Shikha Mukerjee | How the three-shell trick works in India’s politics
2 years ago

Shikha Mukerjee | How the three-shell trick works in India’s politics

Deccan Chronicle  

India’s political theatre is tricky enough to negotiate. Through 2023, the most fiercely monitored leaders will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, in his new avatar, after walking and talking his way across India. In 2023, these two narratives — Bharat Jodo versus Bharat Todo — will confront each other in nine separate state elections across India, from the Northeast, where Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura will vote, to the heartland, where Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan will vote, down into the peninsula where Karnataka and Telangana will vote. Till Rahul Gandhi walked himself into the popular imagination, overshadowing him was easy and using the Congress as a punching bag of every imagined or real past act of omission and commission was politically convenient. Whether Rahul Gandhi will have the stamina to engage Prime Minister Modi over the next 18 months in the inevitable grind of state Assembly electoral contests up until the 2024 Lok Sabha is anybody’s guess, given his past record as an adept at the vanishing trick.

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Shikha Mukerjee | India’s leaders must leave the world of virtual reality
1 week ago

Shikha Mukerjee | India’s leaders must leave the world of virtual reality

Deccan Chronicle  

Rhetorical flourishes are a bad idea to begin with. Instead of responding to the distress, the Congress chose to turn it into a cheap jibe targeting Narendra Modi government; Jairam Ramesh, the party’s communications in-charge, seized on the indicator as the “dubious distinction” earned “of being the only government in the history of Independent India to steal mangalsutras from women.” …

Shikha Mukerjee | Edgy Mahayuti equations: The new game of thrones
1 month ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Edgy Mahayuti equations: The new game of thrones

Deccan Chronicle  

The swearing-in of Devendra Fadnavis as Maharashtra’s new chief minister, almost two weeks after the alliance bagged 80 per cent of the total 288 seats in the Assembly, settles nothing. To set the record straight, to use a well-worn cliché, the BJP in Maharashtra doesn’t call the shots, despite winning 132 seats and getting the support of five other newly-elected …

Shikha Mukerjee | Mismatched vocabularies in Maha and Jharkhand battle
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Mismatched vocabularies in Maha and Jharkhand battle

Deccan Chronicle  

Following the rigmarole of politicians pitching for votes has never been as befuddling as it is in this round of state Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. The BJP’s difficulties are further complicated by the direct and indirect criticism of the “Batange-Katange” rhetoric voiced by Ajit Pawar and chief minister Eknath Shinde, the icons of the other side who split …

Narendra Modi, Mohan Bhagwat… Who're India's most powerful politicians?
2 months ago

Narendra Modi, Mohan Bhagwat… Who're India's most powerful politicians?

India Today  

As some frontiersman of democracy wrote: “All political power is inherent in the people. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has solidified his status as Modi’s principal adversary after the Opposition’s creditable showing in a hard-fought Lok Sabha election. AMIT SHAH, 59, UNION HOME MINISTER THE STRONGMAN Because he’s still India’s second-most powerful man—his imprint visible on every­thing that sustains the Modi …

Shikha Mukerjee | Census, caste & citizenship: Spin to win in endless cycle
2 months, 1 week ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Census, caste & citizenship: Spin to win in endless cycle

Deccan Chronicle  

The obviously leaked stories about the launch in 2025 of the long-delayed Census and the move to keep everyone guessing on whether the exercise will include a caste-based enumeration are guaranteed to rekindle the public’s interest and rebuild the BJP’s and its helmsman Narendra Modi’s political capital. The timing of the leaks suggests that the politically astute Mr Modi and …

The India Coalition's Narrative: A Battle for Votes in Maharashtra and Jharkhand
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The India Coalition's Narrative: A Battle for Votes in Maharashtra and Jharkhand

Deccan Chronicle  

The Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections are about how the INDIA coalition reads, implements and performs on the basis of the Lok Sabha verdict and the 2019 state Assembly results. The contest is between two coalitions, regular teams that are playing against each other. Each member of each team is equally critical to pulling off a victory or delivering a defeat. …

Parliament Session 2024: 'Next Five Years Crucial For Indian Development' Says PM Modi | ABP News
6 months, 1 week ago

Parliament Session 2024: 'Next Five Years Crucial For Indian Development' Says PM Modi | ABP News

ABP News  

Speech to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a jab at the opposition, stating that those who are referring to his third term as a one-third government are accurate, given that the National Democratic Alliance, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, has already ruled for ten years and will do so for twenty more. A day …

BJP posts video of Rahul Gandhi 'instigating' opposition MPs to disrupt PM Modi's speech in Lok Sabha | Watch
6 months, 1 week ago

BJP posts video of Rahul Gandhi 'instigating' opposition MPs to disrupt PM Modi's speech in Lok Sabha | Watch

India TV News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused Rahul Gandhi of instigating opposition Members of Parliament in Lok Sabha to go into the well of the House during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech when he was replying to the motion of thanks to the President's address on Tuesday. The BJP took to social media platform X and shared a video showing the …

Narendra Modi’s third term as India’s prime minister may prove the most challenging
7 months ago

Narendra Modi’s third term as India’s prime minister may prove the most challenging

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office for a third consecutive term on Sunday, but it may hold more challenges for the popular-but-polarizing leader than his past decade in power. Political analysts say Modi’s victory was driven by social welfare programs that provided benefits from food to housing and by the strident Hindu nationalism that consolidated Hindu …

Sanjay Raut backs Rahul Gandhi as next PM
7 months, 1 week ago

Sanjay Raut backs Rahul Gandhi as next PM

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday backed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to become the next Prime Minister of India. All of us will be backing Rahul Gandhi,” Mr. Raut said. The Shiv Sena leader also took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 45-hour-long meditation at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari. Calling Mr. …

Priyanka Gandhi hits back at PM over Adani-Ambani jibe
8 months, 1 week ago

Priyanka Gandhi hits back at PM over Adani-Ambani jibe

Deccan Chronicle  

Raebareli: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Adani-Ambani jibe, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday charged that the BJP has a nexus with industrialists and waived their loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore. Referring to the prime minister's remarks at a rally in Telangana that the Congress should explain to people why it has stopped raising …

'Bihari Babu is Now Bengali Babu': In Asansol, Shatrughan Sinha Says Mamata Banerjee Has All Qualities to be India's Next PM
8 months, 1 week ago

'Bihari Babu is Now Bengali Babu': In Asansol, Shatrughan Sinha Says Mamata Banerjee Has All Qualities to be India's Next PM

News 18  

For actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has all the qualities to be the prime minister of India. The TMC leader, who is contesting from Asansol for the second time in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, said he is confident of people’s love for him and hopes to win by a bigger margin. News18 caught up with …

Fielding Rahul from Rae Bareli a responsibility not just a legacy: Congress
8 months, 1 week ago

Fielding Rahul from Rae Bareli a responsibility not just a legacy: Congress

New Indian Express  

Ramesh claimed the decision to filed Rahul has devastated the BJP, its supporters and sycophants. The Congress leader said Rae Bareli has not only been Sonia Gandhi's seat but also Indira Gandhi's seat. Rahul Gandhi, he said, has become an MP three times from Uttar Pradesh and once from Kerala, "but why couldn't Modiji muster the courage to contest elections …

Sanjay Raut reacts to PM Modi's ‘5 prime ministers in 5 years' jibe at INDIA bloc
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Sanjay Raut reacts to PM Modi's ‘5 prime ministers in 5 years' jibe at INDIA bloc

Hindustan Times  

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claims of “5 PMs in five years” if the INDIA bloc is elected to power after the Lok Sabha election 2024. We will even make two or four Prime Ministers in a year, but we will not let our country go towards dictatorship," said Sanjay Raut. “On …

Shikha Mukerjee | BJP dominance in political discourse sees adjustments
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Shikha Mukerjee | BJP dominance in political discourse sees adjustments

Deccan Chronicle  

Intriguingly, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s dominance over the political discourse by establishing the frames of meaning and the order or even disorder of things, including interpretations and contexts, seems to be undergoing a not-so-subtle change. In recent public speeches and in one-on-one interviews, the two major campaigners and masterminds of the BJP, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, have been at …

Rahul Gandhi is leading a mega-alliance against Narendra Modi in the Indian election
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi is leading a mega-alliance against Narendra Modi in the Indian election

ABC  

Over the last two years, he has walked the length and much of the breadth of India, been convicted for defamation, suspended from parliament, and now, had his party's funds frozen. The mighty BJP machinery, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been largely successful in labelling Rahul Gandhi "Pappu" and "Prince" throughout his political career. "Rahul Gandhi cannot claim to …

Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi’s decade in power
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi’s decade in power

Associated Press  

AHMEDABAD, India — Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream. “He has delivered their goals.” UNITING HINDUS Youth and children participate in Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 's shakha in Ahmedabad, India, April 8, 2024. “Until Modi, the BJP had never won a majority on their own in India’s Parliament,” said Christophe Jaffrelot, an expert …

Shikha Mukerjee | Poll promises vs delivery amid rise in polarisation
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Poll promises vs delivery amid rise in polarisation

Deccan Chronicle  

Elections serve many purposes. The 2024 Lok Sabha elections about to get underway will be a great war, of words, principles and agendas, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will face the toughest challenge of his political life. By making purity and pollution in terms of religious practice central to the Indian election, Mr Modi’s counter to the Opposition is …

Watch | Shashi Tharoor Seeks Record Fourth Term Amidst Tough Competition
9 months ago

Watch | Shashi Tharoor Seeks Record Fourth Term Amidst Tough Competition

The Hindu  

The election fever is just about setting in. He spent the Sunday addressing election rallies in Bihar’s Nawada and West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri, capping it with a road show in Jabalpur. Broadly there are three common themes he is touching upon in his elections meetings -- his government’s welfare schemes, corruption in opposition ruled states & the past governments in centre …

Modi running a ‘dictatorship’ that jails dissenting voices: Sharad Pawar
9 months ago

Modi running a ‘dictatorship’ that jails dissenting voices: Sharad Pawar

The Hindu  

As PM Modi blew the poll bugle in Maharashtra with a rally in Vidarbha on April 8, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar chastised him for being intolerant of dissent, remarking that Mr. Modi had centralised power and sent people to jail for speaking against him. Addressing a rally during campaigning in the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency – the stronghold …

‘There can be no comparison between PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi’: Amit Shah
9 months, 1 week ago

‘There can be no comparison between PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi’: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that there can never be a comparison between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been serving the nation for the last 23 years without taking a single leave, while Rahul Gandhi goes on a vacation at the onset of every summer. Union home minister Amit Shah While addressing Shakti Kendra Pramukh Sammelan …

Can India’s Rahul Gandhi defeat Narendra Modi with ‘unity marches’?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Can India’s Rahul Gandhi defeat Narendra Modi with ‘unity marches’?

Al Jazeera  

The opposition launches its 2024 election campaign amid hope among supporters and cynicism from critics. This time, the slogans called for a different “freedom” – from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party government. “The real victory of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra stands in defeating BJP and capturing Delhi,” he said. Gandhi’s rally at Shivaji Park came a …

Shikha Mukerjee | It’s a matter of choice: Modi magic versus Modi baggage
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Shikha Mukerjee | It’s a matter of choice: Modi magic versus Modi baggage

Deccan Chronicle  

The 2024 Lok Sabha schedule has set up the finish line, June 4, when the votes will be counted and the results will be known. In 2024, Mr Modi as the unparalleled helmsman and vote catcher, the BJP as a vast and micro-managed organisation and the Sangh Parivar as the nerve centre of the right-wing Hindu Rashtra-Akhand Bharat ideology will …

Ashok Gehlot's ‘dignity’ attack at PM Modi over ‘moorkh’ jab at Rahul Gandhi
1 year, 2 months ago

Ashok Gehlot's ‘dignity’ attack at PM Modi over ‘moorkh’ jab at Rahul Gandhi

Hindustan Times  

Jaipur: Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi lowered the dignity of his post by calling Rahul Gandhi 'moorkhon ke sardar'. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scared of Rahul Gandhi as the latter will become the prime minister of the country in 2024. On Tuesday, PM Modi called Gandhi the …

Shikha Mukerjee | INDIA gets set, preparing for liftoff; BJP gets jitters
1 year, 4 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | INDIA gets set, preparing for liftoff; BJP gets jitters

Deccan Chronicle  

After the successful meeting of the INDIA parties in Mumbai, which had ended with a slogan: “Judega Bharat, Jeetega INDIA”; the 29-party INDIA collective is ready to lift off. This is not to argue that INDIA as an alliance is set to defeat the BJP and oust Narendra Modi from power should a snap Lok Sabha election be called by …

OPINION | MODI PRESENTS HIS 9-YEAR RULE REPORT CARD
1 year, 7 months ago

OPINION | MODI PRESENTS HIS 9-YEAR RULE REPORT CARD

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first public rally after completing nine years in office, on Wednesday, listed out the achievements of his government. Congress leaders spend most of their time on labelling Modi as “dictator”, defaming the Prime Minister and making fun of him. RAHUL’S REMARKS WILL SURELY HURT INDIA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while addressing NRIs in California …

9 Years of Modi Government LIVE Updates: Union ministers laud achievements of Modi government
1 year, 7 months ago

9 Years of Modi Government LIVE Updates: Union ministers laud achievements of Modi government

Firstpost  

But one of the most significant highs in the Modi era has been how the prime minister has helped the nation slowly but surely shed its colonial baggage. Load More Senior BJP leaders, including Union ministers and chief ministers, celebrated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nine-year tenure in a nationwide outreach on Monday, with Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur expressing …

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress' main challenge is burden of expectations
1 year, 7 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress' main challenge is burden of expectations

Deccan Chronicle  

After its decisive victory in Karnataka, the Congress Party now has to live up to the expectations it has raised. The win is as much an unequivocal verdict against Narendra Modi’s vision of “One Party, One Nation, One Leader” and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s conviction that its organisation can convert anti-incumbency into a renewed mandate, as it is an endorsement …

Aakar Patel writes: Karnataka election result shows India’s natural position is in the centre
1 year, 8 months ago

Aakar Patel writes: Karnataka election result shows India’s natural position is in the centre

The Hindu  

Published : May 14, 2023 16:36 IST - 9 MINS READ Ruchir Sharma, the banker and writer, said that India tends to disappoint both pessimists and optimists, meaning that its progress in the long term was not marked by the striking acceleration that defined the economic success of China and South Korea and Japan before it. The first is exclusion, …

Shikha Mukerjee | India's political topography starts to look a bit different
1 year, 8 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | India's political topography starts to look a bit different

Deccan Chronicle  

As hard as the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party may try and convince the masses that the more things seem to change, the more they remain the same, the inevitability of change and its effects on the political topography of India are undeniable. Mr Kharge’s letter to Mr Modi demanding that the postponed Census of 2021 be immediately done and …

Shikha Mukerjee | Time and tide will not wait for the Opposition to unite
1 year, 9 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Time and tide will not wait for the Opposition to unite

Deccan Chronicle  

Opposition unity is a work in progress. The initiative by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to visit Bihar and then West Bengal is yet another exercise in consolidating an anti-BJP core of political leaders, not all of whom are as rabidly anti-Congress as Trinamul Congress founder and leader Mamata Banerjee. Even if he did not publicly endorse Mamata Banerjee’s frontal …

India First | Rahul Gandhi’s frustrations at Cambridge and Narendra Modi’s triumph
1 year, 10 months ago

India First | Rahul Gandhi’s frustrations at Cambridge and Narendra Modi’s triumph

Firstpost  

Rahul Gandhi’s address at the Cambridge University reflected his desperation and frustrations at not being able to do much to oust the Modi government Two contrasting events were witnessed from a political spectrum. One was the victory rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the party’s spectacular victory in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, and the second was Congress leader Rahul …

BJP replies to Rahul Gandhi: 'At least Congress confessed Centre's achievements in JK'
1 year, 10 months ago

BJP replies to Rahul Gandhi: 'At least Congress confessed Centre's achievements in JK'

India TV News  

BJP replies to Rahul Gandhi: Hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raised questions about the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, the Bhartiya Janata Party took a jibe at Gandhi's statement and claimed he has acknowledged what the Centre has achieved following the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. India is a bright star Countering the allegations levelled by …

Mamata Banerjee PM material, best to take on Modi in 2024, says TMC's Shatrughan Sinha
1 year, 10 months ago

Mamata Banerjee PM material, best to take on Modi in 2024, says TMC's Shatrughan Sinha

India Today  

Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha called his party chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a "prime ministerial candidate" and said she is the sole politician to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In an exclusive interview with India Today, the actor-turned politician said, "Mamata Banerjee single-handedly defeated the BJP in the …

Meghalaya Elections 2023: Rahul Gandhi says 'TMC ensuring class-bully BJP's victory'
1 year, 10 months ago

Meghalaya Elections 2023: Rahul Gandhi says 'TMC ensuring class-bully BJP's victory'

India TV News  

Meghalaya Elections 2023: Congress senior leader Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his election rally in poll-bound Meghalaya. Launching a frontal attack on the Saffron Party, he also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his relationship with the Adani group, claiming that whenever the PM goes abroad, the conglomerate gets a "gift". …

Shikha Mukerjee | Kharge’s strategy: How the Congress can corner Modi
1 year, 11 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Kharge’s strategy: How the Congress can corner Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

It was a perverse force of circumstances that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP had to contend with when the Budget Session of Parliament began on January 31. The shift in Mr Modi’s and the BJP’s position happened in the time it took for the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President’s address to move from …

'Political change in 2024 if Rahul Gandhi...': Sanjay Raut on Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra
2 years ago

'Political change in 2024 if Rahul Gandhi...': Sanjay Raut on Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra

India Today  

Leader of Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction Sanjay Raut said on Sunday that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi developed a new 'aura' last year and if the trend continues this year, the country may see a political change in the next general elections. In his weekly column Rokhthok in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', Raut said, "The year 2022 has given a …

Shikha Mukerjee | After Gujarat, can BJP beat law of diminishing returns?
2 years, 1 month ago

Shikha Mukerjee | After Gujarat, can BJP beat law of diminishing returns?

Deccan Chronicle  

It was an outstanding and unprecedented triumph for Prime Minister Narendra Modi; the results of the state Assembly elections in Gujarat, read alone, reaffirm the popularity and invincibility of the BJP’s superstar. In the two other places that also voted in the last round of elections in 2022, not only did Mr Modi’s appeal fail to galvanise voters, but in …

'After Gandhi it is Modi who has understood...': Rajnath Singh at book launch
2 years, 4 months ago

'After Gandhi it is Modi who has understood...': Rajnath Singh at book launch

India TV News  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the only leader after Mahatma Gandhi who understood the sentiments of the masses, asserting he directly connects with people who in turn trust him. The BJP's ideology and political events may have contributed to the party's "invincible" journey in the last eight years but Modi's strategy in …

Swara Bhasker compares Bollywood's state to Rahul Gandhi while talking about slump in the industry
2 years, 4 months ago

Swara Bhasker compares Bollywood's state to Rahul Gandhi while talking about slump in the industry

India Today  

Swara Bhasker will soon be seen in the film, Jahaan Chaar Yaar. In an exclusive chat with IndiaToday, Swara Bhasker spoke about the current Bollywood slump and compared it to politician Rahul Gandhi. SWARA BHASKER COMPARES CURRENT BOLLYWOOD STATE TO RAHUL GANDHI Speaking about the reasons why Bollywood films are not working, she blamed the economic slump in the country. …

Shikha Mukerjee | Nitish’s Bihar ‘coup’ to set off tremors across India
2 years, 5 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Nitish’s Bihar ‘coup’ to set off tremors across India

Deccan Chronicle  

What Nitish Kumar pulled off in Bihar through a flawlessly executed political manoeuvre against the BJP and its top leadership is like a thunderbolt out of the blue. Nitish Kumar is the last of the politically active and physically robust survivors of the Mandal versus Kamandal war of the 1990s.Through all the years of his alliance with the BJP in …

Anita Katyal | Why Modi wants focus on Rahul; Dhami may face Biplab Deb’s fate
2 years, 5 months ago

Anita Katyal | Why Modi wants focus on Rahul; Dhami may face Biplab Deb’s fate

Deccan Chronicle  

The manner in which the Narendra Modi government has been gunning for Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, it has everyone wondering about the real purpose of this relentless exercise which might just generate sympathy for them. Having lampooned Rahul Gandhi successfully and discredited him as a leader of little calibre, the BJP does not want Rahul Gandhi to disappear …

Shikha Mukerjee | Silence can’t be an option: Why Modi must leash ‘fringe’ bhakts
2 years, 7 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Silence can’t be an option: Why Modi must leash ‘fringe’ bhakts

Deccan Chronicle  

The decision of the BJP’s most popular leader with high approval ratings from the RSS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to stay silent, for a week, on the deliberately provocative and obviously incendiary remarks about Prophet Mohammad by a party national spokesperson on television is a signal. The world and India is astounded by the apparently sincere avowals of the Narendra …

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Politics of ‘us’ and ‘them’: The myths and the reality
2 years, 7 months ago

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Politics of ‘us’ and ‘them’: The myths and the reality

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concurrently engages with multiple narratives. Whatever be one’s political perspective, the last eight years have indisputably seen the making of a “new” India, although newness is not necessarily “good” for all. Despite the endorsement of Mr Modi’s political narrative in the face of economic hardships in 2017, the BJP failed to reach the three-figure mark in …

Shikha Mukerjee | Rahul’s role as Congress’ heir not at all apparent
2 years, 7 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Rahul’s role as Congress’ heir not at all apparent

Deccan Chronicle  

Rahul Gandhi’s role as heir to the 137-year-old Congress Party is very apparent after the Udaipur “Nav Vikalp Chintan Shivir”. After abdicating his post as party president following the dismal performance of the Congress in the 2019 general election, it is appropriate to ask, in what capacity did Rahul Gandhi address the assembled party leaders, the media and, by extension, …

'Modi Hai Toh Mumkin Hai': Shivraj Says PM Led BJP to Poll Wins, Rahul Sealing Gandhi's Aim of Congress End
2 years, 10 months ago

'Modi Hai Toh Mumkin Hai': Shivraj Says PM Led BJP to Poll Wins, Rahul Sealing Gandhi's Aim of Congress End

News 18  

There is immense respect among the people for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan while commenting on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s stunning election victories in four states with the results trickling in on Thursday. “Modi hai toh mumkin hai,” said Chouhan, repeating a popular BJP slogan. “Merely saying the name of the Prime Minister, …

Shikha Mukerjee | As Indian polity matures, new politics is on the rise
3 years, 1 month ago

Shikha Mukerjee | As Indian polity matures, new politics is on the rise

Deccan Chronicle  

In politics, there cannot be a vacuum. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s fast, aggressive exercises in filling the space the Congress wilfully vacated can be seen as opportunistic or it can be perceived as a necessity. It’s hard and presumably satisfying when the regional and smaller parties defeated the BJP in the Assembly or other civic polls, as Mamata …

Shikha Mukerjee | Crossing the line: Mamata transforms national role?
3 years, 1 month ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Crossing the line: Mamata transforms national role?

Deccan Chronicle  

Meetings between chief ministers and the Prime Minister on state issues are routine and usually do not excite the media, nor do they fuel so much speculation. However, the meeting between West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week — and similar recent encounters — were a little different. The issues that Mamata Banerjee said she …

Shikha Mukerjee | Clash of political cultures lies ahead as 2024 looms
3 years, 2 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Clash of political cultures lies ahead as 2024 looms

Deccan Chronicle  

Elections, at every level, are going to be a series of confrontations over political cultures right up to the mother of all battles in 2024. After propounding the idea of cooperative federalism way back, when Mr Modi was India’s bright new hope, the relationship between the Centre and states, in the BJP’s assessment, has sunk to labelling the Opposition of …

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