For Maharashtra, it is a historic moment to proclaim that Pawar’s politics is dead, long live Pawar’s politics! The last session of the Maharashtra assembly under the stewardship of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is almost over now. Mr Fadanvis, a flamboyant RSS worker, is going to be the second person in Maharashtra’s political history to […]
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In the past couple of years, Congress people and party-less anti-Modi people expected Rahul Gandhi to turn the tables against BJP. The 2019 Lok Sabha election results have created a peculiar situation for the Congress party. Rahul Gandhi has relinquished the president’s post, yet there is no one to shoulder the responsibility of the grand
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In this election, nothing worked in favour of the Congress-NCP, as the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has been benefitted enormously by Brand Modi, organizational outreach and a deep disdain for dynastic politics amongst young voters. Lok Sabha election results in Maharashtra were beyond the expectations of BJP-Shiv Sena leaders and far below the expectations of Congress-NCP
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Many factors in the state make the battle a keen one on the ground. Amid changing caste equations and the high-profile Raj Thackeray campaign, both alliances have a difficult path ahead The fourth and last phase of polling in Maharashtra on April 29th saw almost the same percentage of voting as in 2014. The BJP-Shiv
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The party, which did very well in the state during the Modi wave in 2014, faces challenges not just in Vidarbha but also in Marathwada. The electoral battle in Maharashtra is getting intense and interesting. In the second phase of the polls held on April 18, many prestigious Lok Sabha seats were at stake
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The shift of the OBC Kunabis to the Congress, alongside tribal, Dalit and Muslim support, makes Vidarbha a tough battle for the BJP Powerful Union Minister and former President of BJP Nitin Gadkari may just scrape through on his Nagpur Lok Sabha seat. However, the last minute buildup against him indicates the waning of the
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The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has managed to stay afloat, while the Congress-NCP may be failing to take off well enough Lok Sabha election in Maharashtra are slated in four phases beginning from 11th April and lasting up to 29th April. In 2014, polling had taken place in two phases. The voting in four phases will
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भारतीय राजकारणात कोणाची वेळ येईल आणि कोणाचा काळ येईल याची खात्री नसते. मोदी सरकारच्या पाच वर्षांच्या कारकिर्दीची अखेरची घटका जशी-जशी जवळ येते आहे, तसे तसे राहुल गांधी अधिकाधिक फॉर्ममध्ये येतो आहे. पंतप्रधान नरेंद्र मोदींची प्रत्येक खेळी जेवढी अपेक्षेप्रमाणे घडते आहे, तेवढीच नवलाई राहुलच्या नेतृत्वातील काँग्रेसच्या निर्णयांमध्ये येऊ लागली आहे. काँग्रेसच्या संघटनेची जमिनीवर काम करण्याची
काँग्रेसचा मूळ डीएनए बदलता येणे शक्य नाही, याची राहुल गांधीला जाणीव झाली आहे! Read More »
Brewing unrest among intellectuals, Dalits and farmers can be electorally potent only if there is a closing of ranks Politics in Maharashtra is poised for a major churning in the near future. Social unrest is combined with the vacuum of politics, if not a political vacuum, throughout the state. No wonder that bitter partners of
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काँग्रेसच्या नव-नियुक्त सरचिटणीस प्रियंका गांधी पुढील तीन महिन्यांत राजकीयदृष्ट्या कितपत प्रभावी ठरतात, यांवर केंद्रात मे २०१९ मध्ये कोणते सरकार स्थानापन्न होणार हे निर्धारित होईल. किमान, काँग्रेस सरकार स्थापन करण्याच्या स्थितीत असेल किंवा नाही हे बऱ्याच अंशी प्रियंका गांधींच्या कर्तृत्वावर अवलंबून असेल. काँग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी यांनी प्रियंकाला पूर्व उत्तर प्रदेशच्या ४० लोकसभा मतदार संघांची
प्रियंका गांधी हे ‘रामबाण अस्त्र’ काँग्रेसला फायद्याचे ठरेल? Read More »
