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ANATOMY OF A DEAL THAT DIDN’T TAKE OFF

April 27, 2022

So, after a week-long drama and headlines, it seems as if ace strategist Prashant Kishor will not be joining the Congress party. What went wrong? According to sources the deal fell through because Kishor wanted total control to undertake an organisational rehaul of the party. He wanted a senior position...

CONGRESS REACHES TO PK FOR A BOOSTER SHOT

April 20, 2022

The Congress has reached out to election strategist Prashant Kishor to help revive the party. This seems to be a relationship that is mutually beneficial as even Kishor was looking for a platform, especially since his plans to take Mamata Bannerjee outside West Bengal failed to take off in Goa....

HOUSEKEEPING FOR SONIA GANDHI BEGINS WITH RAJASTHAN

April 13, 2022

As is evident from the last parliament session, Sonia Gandhi has stepped in for damage control, post the recent assembly election debacle. As interim president of the party she was merely holding the fort in name while her son, Rahul Gandhi took most of the decisions. But this power without...

THE POWER OF NUMBER TWO

April 6, 2022

In politics, positions are important. After all, the entire game is a ‘kissa kursi ka’ (it’s all about the chair). And thereby while the Number One post is all-important, the second most important post has its own positioning and value. For starters, it makes the incumbent in line to be...

POLITICS OF BEING MODI-LITE

March 30, 2022

The indomitable rise of Arvind Kejriwal has been watched by both the BJP, and the Opposition with equal unease. In fact, the opposition, especially the Congress seems warier of the Aam Admi Party (AAP) than the BJP, and with good reason. For if the AAP is growing, then it is...

THE CONGRESS FILES

March 23, 2022

The leadership debate within Congress has got national attention for two reasons. One, that being the only pan India Opposition party, a lot rests on how the Congress is able to revive itself. Given the fact that there is a one-on-one fight between the Congress and the BJP for around...

CONGRESS LEADERSHIP CRISIS

March 16, 2022

Once the results of the five assembly states came in, the immediate focus was on the Congress Party. Admittedly no one expected it to touch double digits in Uttar Pradesh there were expectations that the party would perform well in Goa, Uttarakhand, and Punjab— perhaps even win a couple of...

The Alternate Narrative

March 9, 2022

This round of assembly elections stands out because this is probably the first block where the voters had access to an alternate narrative. Earlier the mainstream channels held sway (and we all know how objective most of these are). It was during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections that social media began...

A close contest in UP

March 2, 2022

With five phases of voting over, the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections have crossed the midpoint. The battle is clearly between sitting CM Yogi Adityanath of the BJP with the SP leader Akhilesh Yadav emerging as the challenger. And depends on whom you speak to, both sides seem confident of winning...

Punjab Votes For Change As All Parties Vow To Bring One, But Who Is The Real Face?

February 23, 2022

The one message that the voter of Punjab gave was that it was voting for a change. That message should have been easy to crack except for one thing—every party was claiming to be the change. The Congress claimed that by changing its chief ministerial candidate, it was offering a...

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