Five key factors 2024’s winning strategy must optimise
Incumbent Modi-led NDA remains the clear favourite, judging from both opinion polls and anecdotal evidence. Yet, Lok Sabha elections remain...
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Farmers stirred, BJP not shaken
The Centre and farmers shuffle ahead on “talks”. Police use teargas shelling, pellet guns too, on farmers breaching barricades and...
Patna’s paltu politics: 4 ways game changes
*BJP has clear lead in LS poll prospects *Nitish gives up PM dream, JDU not really better off *RJD takes...
Voter, not Narwekar, is Kingmaker
Maharashtra speaker’s ruling won’t change state’s political dynamics. BJP is in pole position electorally but Congress is in the game,...
Many faces, No big idea
INDIA alliance leaders who met yesterday should know time is running out for mounting an effective 2024 campaign. BJP’s message...
In 8 points: How BJP ‘Brahmastra’ destroyed Congress
Sunday was about BJP’s unambiguous electoral triumph and the heralding of big trouble for Congress and the opposition. Here’s how....
Jaipur’s Hawa going both ways
Gehlot has built a personal constituency with his welfare schemes. His main challenger Modi also retains considerable popularity in Rajasthan....
The Telangana Topsy-Turvy
Has KCR gone from being his party’s primary draw to being a liability? Has Congress closed in on BRS or...
The Madhya Matrix: MP polls are a very tight race. Incumbency hurts BJP but the Modi factor helps it. Congress’s Dalit-tribal game seems to be working. It’s wooing OBCs. But don’t knock BJP’s organisational strength, especially in cities and in Malwa region
The political scientist Wayne Wilcox described Madhya Pradesh as a “collection of left-out portions of different states combined into one...
Can INDIA solve the BJP puzzle?
A successful electoral campaign in Indian politics is broadly composed of three pillars: media buzz, electoral strategy and governance agenda....