स्वतंत्र भारताच्या इतिहासात प्रथमच एका गैर-काँग्रेसी सरकारने पाच वर्षांचा कार्यकाळ पूर्ण करत पुढील पाच वर्षांसाठी पुन्हा बहुमत प्राप्त केले आहे. २०१९ च्या लोकसभा निवडणुकीत मतदारांनी केवळ नरेंद्र मोदी सरकारवर विश्वास व्यक्त केलेला नाही, तर मोदी सरकारला जाहीर आव्हान देणाऱ्या सर्व राजकीय पक्षांवर व नेत्यांवर अविश्वास व्यक्त केला आहे. याच वेळी भारतीय जनता पक्षाच्या नेतृत्वातील राष्ट्रीय …
यंदाच्या लोकसभा निवडणूक निकालांनी काँग्रेसच्या भवितव्याबाबत गंभीर चिंता निर्माण झाली आहे. २०१४ च्या निवडणूक प्रचाराच्या धामधुमीत नरेंद्र मोदींनी पहिल्यांदा ‘काँग्रेस-मुक्त भारत’ आपले राजकीय उद्दिष्ट असल्याचे जाहीर केले होते. त्यानंतर त्यांनी अनेकदा प्रत्यक्ष-अप्रत्यक्षपणे ‘काँग्रेस-मुक्त भारता’चा मुद्दा उगाळला होता. २०१९ च्या निवडणूक प्रचारात मोदींनी मुंबईच्या सभेत पहिल्यांदा देश ‘काँग्रेस-मुक्त’ होत असल्याचं सूतोवाच करत लोकसभेत या पक्षाला ५० जागाही …
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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If the RSS loves Savarkar, it should answer the question posed by Acharya Atre in 1941 – whether Savarkar was a hero of the freedom movement or an enemy of freedom? Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is back in the news in Maharashtra. Rahul Gandhi’s comment raised more than a storm in a teacup in the state. …
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There are many questions which are in need of answers. The answers to these questions are the key to Congress revival. The Congress party has once again failed in the recently concluded Bihar assembly elections and in several by-polls across the country. Their failure has caused such a loss of face for the party that it …
The government’s adamant insistence on the 3 farms bills signals an either-or situation. Either Modi has miscalculated the entire gamble or he wants to pit poor and marginal farmers against the middleclass and rich farmers. Everything works for Modi and nothing works against him. This has been the experience of Narendra Modi’s friends and foes …
The letter written by 23 Congress leaders has immediately achieved four objectives for the Congress party irrespective of the intentions of its signatories, and lifted the party out of its stupor. Sonia Gandhi’s term as the interim president of the Congress party ended this month. A year ago, she reluctantly accepted the responsibility despite knowing …
If the Congress wants to end its increasing national irrelevance, urgent introspection and action is the need of the hour. It has become business as usual for the media, political scientists, sociologists, leaders from the left to the right and the voters to talk about the Congress debacle. However, it is very rare to see …
The Congress in its present condition with its leadership in the current format is no threat to the BJP or the powerful combination of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. In the recent past, the Bharatiya Janata Party has lost three of its stalwart leaders due to their sad demise. Manohar Parrikar, Arun Jaitley and Sushma …
In Goa, Manipur, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh, former Congress party stalwarts such as Himanta Biswa Sarma, Scindia and Pilot are the symptoms of a fatal disease. The cause of the disease must be treated immediately and effectively. There are many Manishankar Aiyyars in the Congress party who have unlimited faith in the indispensability article of …
