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Is the BJP propping up Rahul Gandhi?

April 4, 2023

No one in the country takes Rahul Gandhi seriously, I don’t know why the BJP is taking him so seriously, said Harsimrat Kaur Badal at the NewsX We Women Want Conclave yesterday. The former cabinet minister and Akali Dal leader is making an interesting political point. If the BJP had...

AN ISSUE LARGER THAN RAHUL GANDHI?

March 28, 2023

If nothing else then Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification has served one purpose and that is to bring the opposition parties together on one plank. Of course there is still a year to go before the General Elections and a lot can happen till then but in the short term, parties that...

Auditioning for 2024 Begins

March 22, 2023

Once again, Parliament is besieged by disruptions rather than legislative work. The opposition wants a JPC on the Adani issue, while the treasury Benches have upped the ante by targeting Rahul Gandhi and his comments in Cambridge during his recent visit there. One could say that the latter was a...

NEEDED A SUTRADHAR TO UNITE THE OPPOSITION

March 8, 2023

The next Lok Sabha elections are not too far away and positioning has already begun within the Opposition camp. While the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has stated that the opposition should put up a united fight against the “divisive forces”, he was also quick to add that this was not...

CONG PLANS ROAD AHEAD BUT PLANS TO BYPASS CWC POLLS

February 22, 2023

The Congress is all set to hold its plenary session this week. The key question however is: will they hold elections to the Congress Working Committee? On the face of it, the CWC polls should have been an organic result of the Congress Presidential polls held in October last year....

WHAT NEXT AFTER THE BHARAT JODO YATRA?

February 1, 2023

Rahul Gandhi’s marathon Bharat Jodo Yatra ended with a grand finale in Srinagar after the Congress leader hoisted the national flag at Lal Chowk. There is no denying the immediate impact of the yatra on the former Congress President’s image. The message that he carried, one of unity, also found...

BJP SOUNDS THE BUGLE FOR 2024

January 18, 2023

The BJP sounded its bugle for the next round of elections with its national executive in the capital. But while the primary focus was the nine state elections due this year the ultimate goal was Lok Sabha 2024. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah that is...

Has Bharat Jodo worked?

January 11, 2023

Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is entering its final phase and it’s been a marathon walk for the Congress leader. This is also his last chance at reinventing himself and seems to be his attempt so far. According to Yashwant Deshmukh’s C Voter Tracker, the all India satisfaction with Rahul...

LESSONS FROM THE HIMACHAL WIN

December 14, 2022

The Congress won a state after nearly five years, and there are some lessons from the campaign that the party could build on. For one, it was a localised campaign where issues like the old pension scheme, the Modi government’s Agniveer scheme and procurement price of apples hit a chord....

Kejriwal’s dilemma: Delhi MCD or Gujarat?

November 30, 2022

Is it more important for Arvind Kejriwal to win the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections or to focus on making a sizable debut in the Gujarat Assembly polls? Delhi is Kejriwal’s karam-bhoomi and what is giving him his political raison d’ etre. But Kejriwal is dreaming beyond the borders of...

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