Best of BS Opinion: A sub-optimal solution, handle with care & more

Here are the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s near clean sweep in the recent five-state Assembly elections, especially Uttar Pradesh, suggests that the year-long farm law controversy did not impact it as much as analysts had initially suggested. This points to a possible opportunity to revive these progressive laws but with the crucial difference that the Centre must take the states on board first, writes A K Bhattacharya. Read it here

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Harsh V Pant and Shashank Mattoo assess the progress in the recent Indo-Japan talks and suggest that the two countries have taken recent rifts over divergent stands on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read it here

The top edit explains why a merger between BSNL and Bharat Broadband Network Ltd won’t help either company. Read it here

The second edit highlights the need to carefully calibrate risks ahead of a Central Bank Digital Currency. Read it here

QUOTE OF THE DAY

 

"I don't want to eat food that someone has brought to me while keeping his life at risk"
 

Gunjan Rastogi, a researcher at RSB Insights & Analytics, on Zomato’s 10-minute food service plan