PRIYANKA GANDHI VADRA IS IN THE HOUSE

December 18, 2024

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s political debut may have been delayed, but it has definitely made an impact. Soon after her maiden speech in the Lok Sabha - which interestingly enough was about the Constitution - she was back on her feet (on the floor of the House), this time to commemorate...

The CRACKS ARE SHOWING WITHIN I.N.D.I.A BLOC

December 11, 2024

The cracks within the INDIA bloc are now visible on the surface. The TMC and the Samajwadi Party are not happy with the Congress party’s unipolar focus on the Adani issue. They would rather that other issues such as the Sambhal violence get more play; for its part, the Aam...

The Transactional Nature of Politics Today

December 4, 2024

It has been over a week since the Maharashtra results but the BJP is still to announce its chief ministerial nominee. Given the fact that the BJP is the largest party in the Mahayuti coalition, as well as the fact that the state campaign was led by the outgoing deputy...

What next for the Congress?

November 27, 2024

The Maharashtra results have dealt a sharp blow to the Congress party’s morale which had seen a short burst of revival post the Lok Sabha results. The election in Haryana where the Congress failed to wrest the state away from the BJP could have been written off as an aberration...

Curtain Raiser for the Winter Session of Parliament

November 20, 2024

With the Maharashtra & Jharkhand elections drawing to a close, the focus will soon shift to the winter session of Parliament that is slated to begin from 25th November, two days after the results of the recent round of polls. Of course a lot of the discourse will depend on...

LOCAL ISSUES RATHER THAN NATIONAL DIATRIBE IN MAHARASHTRA POLLS

November 13, 2024

Elections for the state of Maharashtra and Jharkhand are underway along with a crucial set of bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and of course the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. What is interesting is the poll rhetoric this time around is more centered on local rather than national issues. In Maharashtra specially...

The UP Bypolls

November 6, 2024

Along with elections in the states of Maharashtra and Jharkhand there are also some bypolls that will take place. It would be especially interesting to see which way the state of Uttar Pradesh would vote given the way the vote fell in the recent Lok Sabha. If the Samajwadi Party...

The Gandhi Family Trust

October 30, 2024

With Priyanka Gandhi Vadra taking the electoral plunge the Congress party will have all the three members of the Nehru-Gandhi clan in Parliament. The timing of Priyanka’s electoral debut is interesting for she is taking the plunge at a time when the party has just begun its climb back from...

The importance of Maharashtra Elections

October 23, 2024

If winning Haryana was important for the BJP then Maharashtra holds the same existential significance for the INDIA bloc and particularly the Congress party. If you recall the BJP came out of the Lok Sabha polls with a significant decrease in its numbers giving hope to the Opposition that it...

HARYANA POLL IMPACT FOR BJP AND CONGRESS

October 9, 2024

The importance of the Haryana state elections cannot be undermined. For one every election is crucial, no matter how big or small the state. And second, these are the first elections post the Lok Sabha and it is interesting to see whether the national trends have held. At first glance...