Priyanka entry to harm both BJP and SP-BSP combine The BJP has been disparaging Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s move to catapult his sister #Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to the fore front of the electoral battle for the Lok Sabha in Uttar Pradesh. The Samajwadi Party, a constituent of the combine formed by the Akhilesh Yadav […]
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#Election Year Rumblings
#Election Year Rumblings With setbacks in the Assembly elections at the yearend, there are rumblings in the ruling BJP as the clock moves inexorably towards general elections in the new year. There is silence in the top leadership of the party on the defeats suffered in three Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and […]
#BJP redraws Election Strategy
#BJP redraws Election Strategy Faced with rural disquiet and lack of response from the farming community, the BJP looks like redrawing its #electoral strategy to attract voters in the on-going Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Polling is already over in Chhatisgarh. BJP facing #anti-incumbency In all the three Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, […]
#BJP’s Desperate Search for Issues and Allies
#BJP’s Desperate Search for Issues and Allies The BJP claims to be the biggest political party not only in India but the whole world. But right in the midst of Assembly elections in five states, the party is betraying a desperate need for new or revived old issues and new partners to come up on […]
#RSS Image Make Over Covering its bets
#RSS Image Make Over Covering its bets The RSS outreach and its attempted image makeover witnessed in September 2018 spells out the realization in the #Hindutva organization of the need to project a moderate face to reach out to all sections of the Indian polity. There is also perhaps the desire to cover its bets […]
Telangana Assembly Dissolution & Prospects of #Early General Elections
Telangana Assembly Dissolution & Prospects of #Early General Elections With #Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao going in for dissolution of the State Assembly, nine months ahead of completion of its tenure, India is poised to have Assembly elections in five states during the winter. Of-course, the Election Commission of India will take the final […]
Is a #Mini General Election in the Offing?
With signals from #Telangana of early dissolution of the State Assembly and consequent state polls, prospects of a mini general election in the winter months are coming to the fore. Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Mizoram Assemblies are completing their tenure at the end of the year or in January and elections in these states […]
Lok Sabha Elections 2019- How The Cards Stack Up
Lok Sabha Elections 2019- How The Cards Stack Up As the momentum builds up for next year’s Lok Sabha elections, tentative moves are being made both by the ruling BJP led coalition and the plethora of forces opposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s politics to firm up alliances and formulate winning electoral strategies. The elections […]
#Winter Polls: Search for winning formula
#Winter Polls: Search for winning formula Both the BJP, which is ruling at the Centre as well as in most states, and the Congress have major stakes in the yearend Assembly elections in four states, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Mizoram. The BJP is ruling in the three Hindi heartland states while the Congress is […]
Crucial #Choices before the Congress and the BSP
Crucial #Choices before the Congress and the BSP As India heads towards crucial Assembly elections in the winter, which may make or mar the #Narendra Modi led BJP’s hopes to continue ruling the country for another five years after the Lok Sabha elections in ten months’ time, two major opposition parties, the Congress and #Mayawati’s […]