BJP sweeps Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari defeats Mamata in Bhabanipur
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a historic victory in the West Bengal assembly elections, marking a significant political shift in eastern India.
This episode of To The Point covers Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla surviving a no-confidence motion moved by the Congress and opposition parties. Home Minister Amit Shah criticised Rahul Gandhi for his foreign travel and parliamentary attendance records during key sessions.
The debate featured sharp exchanges between BJP spokesperson Sanju Verma and Congress spokesperson Dr Shama Mohammed regarding women's issues and parliamentary conduct, while Priyanka Gandhi accused Shah of using unparliamentary language.
In a separate legal development, the Supreme Court of India issued a landmark judgment allowing a couple to withdraw life support from their son, Harish Rana, who has been in a vegetative state for 13 years. This marks a significant application of passive euthanasia laws established in 2018. Neurologist Dr Rajendra K. Dhameja and former Judge Deepak Gupta discussed the emotional gravity and the necessity for legislative safeguards to prevent misuse. The court has urged the Indian government to draft dedicated legislation regarding the dignity and oversight of passive euthanasia procedures.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a historic victory in the West Bengal assembly elections, marking a significant political shift in eastern India.
The BJP secured a historic victory in West Bengal by crossing the two-hundred seat mark, defeating the incumbent Trinamool Congress and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her own constituency.
This political debate analyses state assembly election results and significant shifts across the regional landscape.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor discusses the Congress party's decisive victory in Kerala and the broader national political landscape.