Decoding the claims and counterclaims in India’s election campaign | In Focus podcast
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Decoding the claims and counterclaims in India’s election campaign | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Political parties are in full campaign mode in India. Campaign themes are more than evident as June 4 – the day for results – is exactly a month away. None other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched scathing attacks on the Congress saying that it will take away SC, ST and OBC reservation quotas and hand it over to the Muslims. Again, the Prime Minister in Gujarat said that if you have two buffalos, the Congress will take away one if it comes to power. Pakistan has also re-entered the BJP’s campaign themes while Opposition parties are attacking the ruling party at the Centre on a range of issues.

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BJP firms up grip on coalition politics
1 month ago

BJP firms up grip on coalition politics

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A spectacular victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections has elevated the BJP morale that plummeted after the parliamentary polls a few months ago. Equally strong is the belief in political circles that victories can be scored through sharp, dexterous moves characterised by the party’s chief strategist, Amit Shah, in conjunction with the state’s Deputy CM, Devendra Fadnavis. “Maharashtra …

Why India’s election results bring hope, even in defeat
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Why India’s election results bring hope, even in defeat

Al Jazeera  

BJP won the vote, but its loss of a majority in the Lok Sabha signals that the politics of hate have a limit. BJP leaders, inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had repeatedly made clear that their goal was to get 400 seats in the 543-seat Lok Sabha, the lower chamber of the Indian Parliament. The BJP also suffered an …

Rahul Gandhi Vote For BJP Congress MP Edited Video
7 months ago

Rahul Gandhi Vote For BJP Congress MP Edited Video

ABP News  

The Verdict: False The original footage shows Rahul Gandhi endorsing Congress, not the BJP. Social media users have shared a video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi purportedly asking people to vote for the rival Bharatiya Janata Party in the ongoing Indian general elections. And on the other side, BJP and RSS are making efforts to protect the Constitution and democracy.” …

Dangers of divisiveness: On the electoral rhetoric, from the top level
7 months, 1 week ago

Dangers of divisiveness: On the electoral rhetoric, from the top level

The Hindu  

With polling over in 379 of the 543 constituencies after the fourth phase in the general election, the electoral campaigns of parties have reached closer to the end point. Deep into the campaign calendar, though, the disconnect between the concerns of the electorate and campaign rhetoric — especially that of BJP lynchpin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi — remains, unfortunately, …

Why are we discussing Pakistan when polls are in India: Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP amid Aiyar row
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Why are we discussing Pakistan when polls are in India: Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP amid Aiyar row

The Hindu  

Why is Pakistan being discussed when elections are taking place in India and the unemployment rate here is at a 45-year high, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asked on May 10 as she hit back at the BJP on the row over Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks. Questioned on the row over Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks, Ms. Priyanka Gandhi …

Letters to The Editor — April 25, 2024
8 months ago

Letters to The Editor — April 25, 2024

The Hindu  

Campaign trail, politics It appears that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s lofty goal of ‘crossing 400 seats’ in the ongoing general elections is facing hurdles. Soundarrajan, Chennai There may be many who are criticising the Prime Minister for his recent speech in Rajasthan by terming it as hate towards a particular religion. Thiruvadi, Chennai As a senior citizen aged 92, I …

What’s on the voters’ minds as India heads into a 6-week national election
8 months, 1 week ago

What’s on the voters’ minds as India heads into a 6-week national election

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Raj Sud, 94, has voted in almost every election held in independent India, bearing witness to the eventful journey of a diverse, and now the world’s most populous, democracy over the last 76 years. Niranjan Kapasi, 89 Dhiren Singh, 58, financial consultant talks to the Associated Press about the key issues in the national elections, in New …

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Rahul Gandhi asks for views, comments from people on Congress manifesto | VIDEO
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Rahul Gandhi asks for views, comments from people on Congress manifesto | VIDEO

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi, who landed from Telangana to New Delhi after attending the 'Jana Jatara Sabha' in Rangareddy district, sought comments and views from people on the party's manifesto through email or messages. Congress manifesto is voice of people of India Earlier on Saturday, Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress manifesto for the …

Thousands rally in India’s capital as opposition bloc and Prime Minister Modi launch their campaigns
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Thousands rally in India’s capital as opposition bloc and Prime Minister Modi launch their campaigns

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — An alliance of India’s opposition parties launched its election campaign with a massive rally Sunday that criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of stifling opponents and undermining democracy ahead of a national election next month. Opposition leaders spoke to the flag-waving crowd and criticized Modi’s government for arresting several of their colleagues, including New Delhi’s top elected …

Letters to The Editor — March 1, 2024
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Letters to The Editor — March 1, 2024

The Hindu  

In Himachal Pradesh It is a pity that the fate of the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, one of the few States the party is in power in the country, is hanging by a thread. It is quite common these days for leaders in the Opposition not to pause and to jump to any ruling party without batting an eyelid …

Battle of Ideologies: Rahul Gandhi Sounds Bugle for 2024 Elections
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Battle of Ideologies: Rahul Gandhi Sounds Bugle for 2024 Elections

Deccan Chronicle  

MUMBAI: Sounding the bugle for the 2024 general elections, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the upcoming polls will be a battle of two ideologies as the slavery works in the BJP. Addressing a ‘Hai Taiyyar Hum’ rally in Nagpur that kickstarted Congress’ campaign for next year’s Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi lashed out at the ruling BJP …

Raining promises: The Hindu Editorial on Competitive populism in the Assembly elections in five States
1 year, 1 month ago

Raining promises: The Hindu Editorial on Competitive populism in the Assembly elections in five States

The Hindu  

The ongoing Assembly elections in five States are seen as a prelude to the general election expected in the first half of 2024. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, the main contestants in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, have sought to outdo each other in promising a widening array of welfare schemes. Incumbents in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the …

'Idea of India attacked by BJP ideology, nation's wealth handed over to few businessmen': Rahul Gandhi
1 year, 5 months ago

'Idea of India attacked by BJP ideology, nation's wealth handed over to few businessmen': Rahul Gandhi

Firstpost  

Gandhi emphasized that the battle is not merely between political factions but a crucial struggle to safeguard the core principles that define India’s identity. Accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of favouring a selected group of businessmen at the expense of the country’s wealth, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi strongly criticized the ideology of the BJP saying that the idea of …

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | It's not just about Rahul: The stakes are far bigger
1 year, 8 months ago

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | It's not just about Rahul: The stakes are far bigger

Deccan Chronicle  

The breath-taking alacrity with which Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla moved to disqualify Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from the House makes it obvious that the BJP has concluded that his continuance as a Member of Parliament is hazardous to its political fortunes. This criticism stung the BJP sharply — so much so that critical references in Rahul Gandhi’s speech were …

Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP on Indian democracy structure, says, 'Media, judiciary, Parliament all under...'
1 year, 9 months ago

Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP on Indian democracy structure, says, 'Media, judiciary, Parliament all under...'

India TV News  

Rahul Gandhi on Indian democracy : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the structures of Indian democracy are under brutal attack and there are conversations ongoing within the Opposition to unite around an alternative vision for the country. "The reason the yatra became necessary is because the structures of our democracy are under brutal attack," Gandhi told reporters …

Opposition running negative campaign against govt and Modi: BJP
1 year, 11 months ago

Opposition running negative campaign against govt and Modi: BJP

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s national executive meeting in New Delhi on January 16, 2023 accused the Opposition of consistently running a “negative campaign” and using “abusive language” against the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi under whose leadership, the party said, the country had enhanced its global image. Accusations by the Opposition continued, despite Supreme Court verdicts in the government’s …

Review: Ideology And Organization In Indian Politics; Polarisation and the Growing Crisis of The Congress Party (2009-19) by Zoya Hasan
2 years, 1 month ago

Review: Ideology And Organization In Indian Politics; Polarisation and the Growing Crisis of The Congress Party (2009-19) by Zoya Hasan

Hindustan Times  

At the annual meeting of the British South Asian Studies Association at Royal Holloway College, London, there were several papers and panels on the AAP party but none on the Congress. While it is widely recognised that the life of the Congress party and modern India converges, there is very little research interest in it among scholars from India and …

Presidential elections, BJP’s Muslim outreach, political films and more | Political Line
2 years, 4 months ago

Presidential elections, BJP’s Muslim outreach, political films and more | Political Line

The Hindu  

President, VP polls: what they say about BJP, Congress When the Congress was in power between 2004 and 2014, there were two elections each to the posts of President and Vice President; in power since 2014, the BJP also has had the opportunity to elect two Presidents and two Vice Presidents. The elections of Ram Nath Kovind, followed by Droupadi …

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Congress like an old LP, playing the same tunes
2 years, 9 months ago

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Congress like an old LP, playing the same tunes

Deccan Chronicle  

Leif Babin, a decorated former US Navy Seals officer and self-declared “student of leadership”, had once said “there are no bad teams, only bad leaders”. Before starting this article, I recalled many written in recent years by several like me — secular Indians who believe in the “original” worldview and earlier dynamism of the Congress. People still hope the Congress …

Anand K. Sahay | Do poll results indicate a basic transformation of India’s polity?
2 years, 9 months ago

Anand K. Sahay | Do poll results indicate a basic transformation of India’s polity?

Deccan Chronicle  

The BJP’s spectacular results in these Assembly elections -- barring in Punjab, where it has never really had any serious influence -- will possibly go down as a special landmark for the party, and a reference point for India. This means that the psychological appeasement of the country’s majority religious community - another name for majority communalism - now appears …

Assembly Elections 2022: After UP, BJP Promises Stricter ‘Love Jihad’ Law in U’khand, ATMs in All Villages on Cards Too
2 years, 10 months ago

Assembly Elections 2022: After UP, BJP Promises Stricter ‘Love Jihad’ Law in U’khand, ATMs in All Villages on Cards Too

News 18  

Assembly Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday launched the Congress manifesto ‘Unnati Vidhan Jan Ghoshna Patra-2022’ for the upcoming UP Polls. Meanwhile, in a fresh attack on BJP, Rahul Gandhi said, PM Narendra Modi, is scared of Congress because “it exposes his nexus with billionaires and his fake image created by his brand managers.” SP …

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Why Netaji is at centrestage: Will history bolster politics?
2 years, 10 months ago

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Why Netaji is at centrestage: Will history bolster politics?

Deccan Chronicle  

This year’s Republic Day parade and celebrations may not have a foreign dignitary as chief guest, but the Narendra Modi government, known for its proclivity for attention-grabbing decisions, has pulled out a guest of honour from the past. Why and with what purpose in mind did the Prime Minister, who has since 2013 onward, after becoming his party’s prime ministerial …

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Hindu politics' by Opposition is a sign of BJP's New India
3 years, 8 months ago

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Hindu politics' by Opposition is a sign of BJP's New India

Deccan Chronicle  

What is common to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav? Ms Banerjee, as well as Mr Yadav, in ways more than one, embody the majority of India’s Opposition leaders who have since 2014, taken recourse to startling innovations to wear their hitherto invisible Hindu birthmarks on their sleeves. The Opposition parties are …

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