POLITICS, POWER & ELECTIONS: UNCOVERING ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN WEST BENGAL

March 31, 2021

At the start of his campaign for the West Bengal Assembly elections in November last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, “Maut ke khel se mat nahi mil sakta (you don’t get votes from bloodshed).” While the Prime Minister did not name the...

CAA OR DEVELOPMENT: WHAT WILL ASSAM GO FOR IN ASSEMBLY POLLS?

March 17, 2021

While it would seem that the spotlight during this season of Assembly elections has been on West Bengal, another critical state that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP is battling to secure is Assam. The Assam Assembly elections, which are slated to take place between March 27 and April 6, are...

PUDUCHERRY’S POLITICAL CRISIS: BJP GRAZES INTO CONGRESS PASTURES, BRINGS DOWN ITS LAST CITADEL IN SOUTH INDIA

March 3, 2021

One of the last citadels of the Congress in the south—Puducherry—collapsed a month before the Union Territory goes to polls. And like always, curtains came down on the grand old party’s government due to inner-party contradictions, a few resignations, and some nudging (speculated as such) by the Bharatiya Janata Party...

WHEN NATURE STRIKES: THE FURIOUS CASE OF UTTARAKHAND FLOODS

February 17, 2021

As security personnel and rescue teams continue research operations in the flood-stricken state of Uttarakhand, people across the country are distraught watching the tragedy unfold on their television screens. As per official estimates, 56 people have already been reported dead, while the search for over 150 missing continues. Undoubtedly for...

INDIAN POLITICS’ PANDORA’S BOX: UTTAR PRADESH ELECTIONS IN 2022

January 20, 2021

While in the throes of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic in September last year, political parties in India shifted their focus to the Assembly bypolls being conducted in Uttar Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successfully won six out the seven Assembly seats in the bypolls. This included Bulandshahr, Bangarmau,...

MISSION KOLKATA: DECIPHERING BJP’S WEST BENGAL PLAYBOOK

January 13, 2021

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed last week that the voters of West Bengal were angry and dissatisfied with the Mamata Banerjee government and the saffron party is likely to win 200 out of the 294 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections. “Bengal is...

MISSION BENGAL: SONAR BANGLA VS BANGLAR GORBO MAMATA

December 30, 2020

This week, the Indian National Congress has announced that it will be contesting the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections in alliance with the Communist Party of India (CPI(M)). While the details of the alliance (seat sharing ratios) have not yet been announced this is the second assembly election in a...

DECODING EXIT POLLS IN INDIA

December 9, 2020

Covid-19 has been at the core of talking points for news channels in the last few months. However, coming in close recently on the news was the coverage of the Bihar Assembly elections. Counting for votes for the three-phased Assembly elections began on 10 November. News channels and polling agencies...

DATA WATCHING: BIHAR ELECTIONS

October 22, 2020

We consume data on a daily basis from multiple sources and in various formats. Often due to this excessive number crunching and overload of information, the most important messages from data are lost. Polstrat’s objectives include creating methodologies and processes that will help channel a solution-oriented approach and better decision-making....

Data watching: Covid-19 in India

September 9, 2020

We consume data on a daily basis from multiple sources and in various formats. Often due to this excessive number crunching and overload of information, the most important messages from data are lost. Polstrat’s objectives include creating methodologies and processes that will help channel a solution-oriented approach and better decision-making....