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The writer is Contributing Editor, The Indian Express
July 23,2024 22:25:50 PM
Nitish, Chandrababu Naidu chose cash for development agenda rather than lucrative Cabinet posts. It also suited PM Modi well to keep the portfolios and retain impression of business as usual
Wed, Jul 24, 2024July 12,2024 21:13:40 PM
He has shown willingness to take on leadership, is more visible on ground, but has to guard against overreading the results, or taking allies for granted
Sat, Jul 13, 2024June 30,2024 19:10:37 PM
PM also sends message that he won’t be buffeted around like others who headed coalition govts before him.
Mon, Jul 01, 2024June 22,2024 19:51:04 PM
The 18th Lok Sabha would see sharper exchanges between Modi govt and Gandhis-led Congress... And yet, to have all three members of Gandhi family in Parliament at the same time is bound to raise questions
Sun, Jun 23, 2024June 17,2024 07:16:24 AM
For the RSS, more than a reset, a Modi bound by the compulsions of coalition politics may provide an opportunity to reconfigure its equations with the BJP.
Mon, Jun 17, 2024June 10,2024 07:32:50 AM
Facing the prospect of running a coalition government for the first time, the PM is likely to face challenges on three fronts: NDA allies, a stronger Opposition, and navigating party-RSS relations.
Tue, Jun 11, 2024June 05,2024 07:25:00 AM
The BJP leadership will now have to rule at the head of a coalition government, take along its allies, and be more mindful of its own party leaders who were given short shrift.
Wed, Jun 05, 2024May 27,2024 07:17:37 AM
"We are somewhere between 300 and 310… this is without counting the sixth phase (chhatta giney bagair)… We are in a comfortable position. This time, we went to the people with 10 years of track record and 25 years of a powerfully positive agenda," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in an interview to The Indian Express.
Mon, May 27, 2024May 27,2024 06:52:12 AM
Amit Shah Interview: Ruling out the possibility of Narendra Modi retiring, as was being made out by his opponents, he said not only will Modi be sworn in as Prime Minister again in June but “even in 2029, the Prime Minister will lead us”.
Mon, May 27, 2024May 18,2024 21:03:27 PM
Akhilesh says that while alliance with Congress “will continue” after the polls, SP will “never merge with it”. “The anti-BJP and anti-Congress space in our politics will remain”
Sun, May 19, 2024May 11,2024 09:58:49 AM
His words were as much about the future of the Congress as about the prospects of his own party, and with an eye particularly on the coming Assembly elections
Sun, May 12, 2024May 07,2024 19:55:40 PM
Asked if this applied to his party, 86-yr-old veteran says: "No difference between Congress and us"
Wed, May 08, 2024May 05,2024 07:20:18 AM
Amethi and Rae Bareli are not just any two Lok Sabha constituencies. They are seen as a gateway to the Congress’s revival in UP and their results will have an echo beyond the two seats.
Wed, May 08, 2024April 24,2024 21:56:26 PM
Varun Gandhi has reportedly got feelers to contest from Rae Bareli, but BJP will go down this path charily
Tue, May 07, 2024April 19,2024 18:06:39 PM
Unlike the last two general elections, when the BJP swept Rajasthan, this time a contest is a possibility in nine to 10 Lok Sabha constituencies
Sat, Apr 20, 2024April 15,2024 07:04:06 AM
In the last two Lok Sabha elections, west UP set the tempo for the rest of the state to follow. This time, there are few posters, hardly any visible banners, and no “Jai Shree Ram” slogans by BJP karyakartas on the streets.
Mon, Apr 15, 2024April 04,2024 19:58:45 PM
Rahul Gandhi's bid to trash his Cabinet's ordinance was seen as Manmohan Singh’s weakest moment as PM. What is not so widely known is that Rahul had apologised to Singh afterwards
Fri, Apr 05, 2024April 01,2024 07:28:12 AM
"This is a parliamentary election, it is about policy and development. This is not a family affair … that Ajit Pawar is making it to be," says three-time Baramati MP who is up against her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar, Ajit's wife
Mon, Apr 01, 2024March 31,2024 07:15:04 AM
The contest between Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule and Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra begs the question: Is Pawar’s politics of building alliances in the backroom relevant in the face of a predatory BJP?
Sun, Mar 31, 2024March 24,2024 07:27:40 AM
Key 2024 question up in air as Opposition eyes a new unity cause
Thu, Apr 04, 2024March 16,2024 21:14:46 PM
He has emerged as a symbol for those opposed to Modi, especially minorities, attracted crowds and earned political gravitas. But for INDIA, and even Congress, Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra was a missed opportunity.
Sun, Mar 17, 2024March 09,2024 16:34:35 PM
While Bansuri has shades of Sushma in her oratory, PM has shown he can let bygones be bygones and that in the 370-seat target, the party's priority this time is winnability, and only winnability
Sat, Mar 09, 2024March 02,2024 07:18:54 AM
The bottom line is clear. Without addressing its decline in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress cannot rediscover itself.
Sat, Mar 02, 2024February 17,2024 07:23:20 AM
On the cusp of a likely third term, PM has the space to ensure that an already polarised polity doesn't open new fault lines.
Sat, Feb 17, 2024February 10,2024 07:20:26 AM
Karpoori Thakur, L K Advani, Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh plus Swaminathan cover the ground for the BJP dispensation
Wed, Mar 06, 2024