The opposition in India hopefully and happily draws parallels between Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, it has no real answers to why the former lost in 2020 and the latter won in 2019. A new year and a new decade began for the United States, and perhaps for the entire world, in …
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Inclusive alliances are the way forward in Indian politics, and if Bihar is anything to go by, the opposition parties around the country have a lot of work to do. Amidst a strict nation-wide lockdown brought on by a pandemic, the BJP organised its first massive virtual meeting with its cadres and supporters in Bihar. …
The sequence of events since the Anna Hazare movement suggests a conspiratorial political roadmap. Was a movement spearheaded by India against Corruption during the UPA-II period created by the RSS? Were Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal propped up by the Hindutva mother-body? These are not new questions and the RSS itself would perhaps not fight …
The lessons for Congress party from Jyotiraditya Scindia’s exit episode are simple and straightforward. A leader, who has been very close to Rahul Gandhi and was sharing charge of Uttar Pradesh with Priyanka Gandhi until recently, developed a deep sense of uselessness about whatever he was doing or not doing in the grand old party. …
