POLITICS
POLITICS
![(From left) Nehru, Gandhi, Modi: Direct and reported speech](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-02%2Fbc757b02-921e-43f7-a7e2-d54f29719712%2Fnehru_indira.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C1000%2C563&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
![Muslim women assemble to oppose the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Ahmedabad, November 2016 (photo: Getty Images)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-02%2Fce1d0a69-9456-4b1f-8ed8-fa089a75105a%2FGettyImages_621076418.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3870%2C2177&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
After Ayodhya, the UCC dog whistle again
![Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (Photo: National Herald archives)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2023-07%2F76c2d1af-5fbe-44fd-819e-89d575e7f78d%2FRahul_Gandhi_Karnataka.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C1200%2C675&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
BJP attempted to 'steal' government in Jharkhand: Rahul Gandhi
![Kapil Sibal (photo: National Herald archives](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2023-07%2F9e0bdab7-9dd5-4c98-a814-882393d41540%2FSibal.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C650%2C366&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
Hemant Soren: SC must lay down policy for when to approach it, says Sibal
![A Congress meeting on the ERCP in July 2023 (photo: Wikiwand)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-01%2Fb0fcf62d-91d2-47cb-9096-563b5751afd7%2Fercp.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C1120%2C630&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
Rajasthan: As govt tries hard to claim credit for canal project, Congress, farmers ask hard questions
![Representative image (photo: @kstanzinladakh/X)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-01%2Fab41aa7c-13f1-4e65-af66-72687956eef7%2FLAC.jpeg?rect=0%2C0%2C818%2C460&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
'Deny, distract, lie, justify' is govt approach to China: Congress on viral video from Ladakh
![(From left): L.K. Advani, Manmohan Singh and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at the Akshardham opening (photo: Dr Ranjan/X)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-01%2F1048464b-ab2d-4d93-af88-9f296d0b7e6f%2Fakshardham.jpeg?rect=0%2C0%2C600%2C338&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
#AyodhyaDiary: On this day, a reminder of another temple
![17th century painting of Tulsidas, author of the 'Ramcharitmanas' and contemporary of Babar, he of the Babri Masjid fame. Yet he wrote of his ascetic life: 'maang ke khaibo, masit mein soibo (I beg for alms for my food and sleep in a mosque)'](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-01%2Fd5175896-6f9d-495e-9265-d4b186c60568%2F17th_century_painting_of_Tulsidas.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C800%2C450&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
Ayodhya: The truth and the lies of a temple town
![Promotional banner of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, showing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the foreground, walking alongside others, with the overlaid legend 'Nyay ka Haq Milne Tak [Till We Have the Right to Justice]' (photo courtesy @RahulGandhi/X)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-01%2F440da55e-65b6-493a-86c2-84885677303f%2FRahul_Gandhi_Nyay_Yatra.jpeg?rect=0%2C0%2C889%2C500&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
Herald View: The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra & the stomach for a fight
![File photo of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2018-08%2Ff0c38e86-1e7e-4705-93d1-4bdb86283d63%2Fdr_manmohan_singh_is_real_gdp_king.jpg?rect=4%2C0%2C711%2C400&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
What Dr Manmohan Singh was asked at his final press meet, 10 years ago today
![Defence minister Rajnath Singh (photo: National Herald archives)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2023-04%2F992764b3-d4d1-4a69-9175-9af7c2d4588d%2Fraj1.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C1200%2C675&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
J&K: Rajnath Singh meets families of three slain civilians, says 'mistakes' shouldn't happen
![All selfie points needed to be geo-tagged and a dedicated app was proposed to enable people to upload the selfies (photo: @SELFIEwithMODI/X)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2023-12%2Fd9150383-6993-4f41-bfa7-59c29c9c0203%2FB8xxdWIIgAAiHNE.jpeg?rect=0%2C0%2C2560%2C1440&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS
Selfie points with PM Modi at stations, universities, museums. What will EC say?
![Former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot of the Congress (L) had warned a BJP govt would end its welfare schemes, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's (R) 'guarantee' in the assembly poll campaign to continue them (image: National Herald archives)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2023-12%2F07eb16b8-4e3a-4131-9ca1-181d85f4d5f7%2FAshok_Gehlot_and_PM_Modi.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C835%2C470&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
POLITICS