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BJP LOOKING TO WIN NEW STATES, BUT SHOULDN’T IT BE CONSOLIDATING ITS STRONGHOLDS?

December 2, 2020

The current agitation over the Centre’s reformist farm laws is being led mostly by the farmers from Punjab with some support from those in Haryana. This has led the BJP and its supporters to term this as mostly a Punjab-centric move, with some even stating that it was sponsored by...

BEING CENTRIST IS NOT FENCE SITTING: DEORA

November 28, 2020

Should we have another lockdown? A.I think a lockdown in every city was essential in the earlier part of the outbreak to make people aware of the protocols they need to follow, to upgrade our healthcare systems and to create quarantine facilities. So, an aggressive lockdown in the beginning was...

Who will step into Ahmed Patel’s shoes?

November 27, 2020

Ahmed Patel’s demise has left a crucial gap in the Congress. Apart from his personality, it also has a lot to do with the kind of role he played, that of a trouble shooter and a bridge between various factions of the Congress. Not to mention being a bridge between...

A PAGE FROM A REPORTER’S DIARY WHILE COVERING THE VAJPAYEE PRIME MINISTERSHIP

November 25, 2020

There has been a lot of focus on the Vajpayee era recently because of two books that have recently been published: Vinay Sitapati’s Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi and N.K. Singh’s Portraits of Power that refer to the said period. I too recall covering that period as a young reporter...

Can Rahul do a Tejashwi?

November 21, 2020

Has the Congress learnt any lessons from Bihar? The Bihar elections have brought the focus back on the leadership crunch in the Congress. But has the grand old party learnt any lesson from the Bihar debacle—or the events that predated it such as the G23 revolt? Are there any postscripts...

A RESURGENT TEJASHWI & AN AMBITIOUS BJP WILL BE BIGGEST THORNS IN NITISH’S CROWN

November 18, 2020

Has Nitish Kumar emerged a winner from the recent Bihar polls. Yes, he has certainly managed to save his chief ministerial chair, and considering that he survives a 15-year anti-incumbency, it is a no mean feat. But there is a larger question at play here. He is no longer the...

MESSAGE FOR THE CONGRESS FROM BIHAR

November 11, 2020

At the time of writing the Bihar votes were still being counted but over the past few hours a pattern has emerged for us to attempt some preliminary takeaways. While it would be premature to call the election before the votes are declared, one can make some assumptions, especially regarding...

BIDEN GOOD FOR INDIA, NOT SO GOOD FOR BJP?

November 7, 2020

Most of us have been keenly following the US presidential elections, but what is interesting is that everyone has a point of view. If this election has been seen as one that has so sharply divided America, then it has had an equally divisive impact on India. Speaking on the...

BOTH POLITICIANS AND VOTERS ON TEST IN BIHAR POLLS

November 4, 2020

These elections are not just seeing a battle between Tejashwi Yadav and his bête noire, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. There is another high-profile test at play over here: The image of Bihar. For perhaps the first time in the state the poll narrative is not so much about caste as...

A GEN-NEXT ELECTION WITH A NEW-AGE CAMPAIGN

October 31, 2020

If there is one defining narrative from the Bihar elections, it is the role of the Gen-Next. Both in terms of the political leadership and also the voter. At the start of the elections we saw Chirag Paswan take centre stage with his break up with the NDA. The initial...

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