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 […]
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ARE WE HEADING TOWARDS EARLY #LOK SABHA ELECTIONS?
ARE WE HEADING TOWARDS EARLY #LOK SABHA ELECTIONS? With the possibility of defeat in the coming Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh looming large on the horizon, the #Narendra Modi dispensation may be considering early general elections to coincide with the State polls. That is, provided the idea of simultaneous national and state […]
Trying to make the best of both worlds, will Nitish Kumar fall between two stools
Trying to make the best of both worlds, will Nitish Kumar fall between two stools The Janata Dal (United), which is ruling Bihar in coalition with the BJP, appears to be trying to keep its options open for next year’s Lok Sabha elections, with the objective of snatching the best bargain for itself. But this […]
#One Nation One Election
One Nation One Election With the Narendra Modi Government pushing hard for it, the question of having simultaneous elections for both the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament and State Assemblies has once again come into focus. The Law Commission has swung into action, holding consultations with national as well as regional political parties […]
#State Level Fronts to Rule the Roost
#State Level Fronts to Rule the Roost As India moves towards yearend Assembly polls in crucial States, which are expected to set the tone for next year’s general elections, it is becoming increasingly evident that State level fronts would be capable of making or marring the fortunes of the main parties in the country. Given […]
Anti-#Modi Alliance starts taking shape
Anti-#Modi Alliance starts taking shape The Karnataka developments have given the much needed fillip to moves for opposition unity to take on the #Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance, #NDA, in next year’s Lok Sabha elections. The BJP has been riding high on the back of election victories in Assembly elections in the last four […]
CAN THE CONGRESS TURN THE TABLES
When the BJP came to power in 2014 with a clear cut majority, the first time for any political party in nearly a quarter century, the mood of the nation and the expectation was that the Narendra Modi led BJP headed National Democratic Alliance would easily win another five year term later, if not more. […]
Seculars Unite, #India Calling
With victory in Jharkhand and a strong show in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP is well on its way to realization of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s quest for absolute power. The opposition, especially the erstwhile ruling party, the Congress party, is nowhere to be seen. At least, the so-called secular forces have failed to put […]
Modi’s agenda
It would be funny if it were not tragic when elements in the BJP, India’s ruling party, and the media seek to imply that the party is trying to gag ‘loose cannons’ to restore Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s focus on his ‘development agenda’. In fact, the raising of the communal temperature, which heightens tensions, in […]
Love Jihad and the BJP
The Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP may have dropped the reference to what is being dubbed as Love Jihad at its conclave in Mathura, but it cannot be construed as a signal that the party is giving up its apparent policy of polarisation to create a communal divide and garner the votes of the […]