Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is it creative disruption, or the murder of democracy?
1 year, 4 months ago

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is it creative disruption, or the murder of democracy?

Deccan Chronicle  

The “One Nation, One Election” proposal of the BJP is in the best traditions of zero-based budgetin, where nothing is off the table, so long as it makes sense and is profitable. Clearly, the BJP sees gains in the conflation of national and state-level elections, before four large states precede the Lok Sabha elections in the middle of next year. The Opposition politicians point to yet another link being forged in a chain -- One Nation, One Election, One Party, One Leader. One such should be a ban on mid-term mass defections to another party which destabilises duly elected governments, promotes “rent seeking” and undermines the development of a cohesive party cadre.

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Maharashtra elections | Two-party system may be better, says Prithviraj Chavan
2 months ago

Maharashtra elections | Two-party system may be better, says Prithviraj Chavan

The Hindu  

“Six parties are unsustainable,” opined former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday, batting instead for a ‘two-party system’ like Western democracies. Anger in Marathwada Commenting on the Congress’s Lok Sabha performance in Haryana and Maharashtra, Mr. Chavan said, “The Lok Sabha performance in Haryana was far closer than Maharashtra, where the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance performed much better”. Poll …

View: Why PM Modi's third term is historic, and why Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar won't dump BJP?
7 months ago

View: Why PM Modi's third term is historic, and why Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar won't dump BJP?

Hindustan Times  

A day after an underwhelming electoral result for the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his cabinet colleagues at Lok Kalyan Marg office and delivered the bottom line that the NDA was going to form the government at the Centre for the third time. Narendra Modi being felicitated by party leaders JP Nadda and Amit Shah, TDP chief N Chandrababu …

How BJP ended Naveen Patnaik's 24-year rule in Odisha
7 months ago

How BJP ended Naveen Patnaik's 24-year rule in Odisha

Firstpost  

The saffron party’s targeted campaign, focusing on highlighting the BJD’s governance failures and presenting itself as a credible alternative, resonated with voters disillusioned with the status quo In the intricate tapestry of Indian politics, few states exhibit the kaleidoscopic shifts and strategic manoeuvres of Odisha, where recent electoral events have unfolded like a gripping political drama. Through a combination of …

Opposition alliance: Too wobbly
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Opposition alliance: Too wobbly

Live Mint  

For the opposition “INDIA" bloc to present a credible fight to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, it’s critical that it stays united. On Wednesday, Mamata Banerjee, chief of the Trinamool Congress Party, declared that her party would battle the BJP alone in West Bengal after the Congress party rebuffed its offer of two of the state’s 42 seats to contest. …

Inside the BJP's Playbook for the 2024 Elections Against a Resilient Opposition
1 year ago

Inside the BJP's Playbook for the 2024 Elections Against a Resilient Opposition

The Quint  

In a political spectacle that has reshaped the landscape ahead of the 2024 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party clinched victories in the state elections of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. This victory not only altered the dynamics of the forthcoming general elections but also solidified the BJP's dominance in the Hindi heartland, with the exception of Punjab, Delhi, Himachal …

DC Edit | As they part ways, BJP to lose more than AIADMK
1 year, 3 months ago

DC Edit | As they part ways, BJP to lose more than AIADMK

Deccan Chronicle  

The implications for the national party BJP as the Dravidian major AIADMK snapped ties with it are greater than just having to write off its electoral chances in the state of the Tamils. It might mean the BJP will face alienation in all South India save Karnataka where it can still be hopeful of winning seats to the Lok Sabha …

Chaos and coalitions - The Hindu
1 year, 5 months ago

Chaos and coalitions - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Political parties are realigning, unsettling old equations across India. Between the two alliances that made their respective shows of strength last week, one could count 64 parties — 38 at the National Democratic Alliance meeting that endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third term in 2024, and 26 at a gathering that vowed to work jointly to defeat him. …

DC Edit | BJP back to business of prepping for polls
1 year, 7 months ago

DC Edit | BJP back to business of prepping for polls

Deccan Chronicle  

One can keep a tiger locked up and chained only for so long. A defeat can hurt and haunt anyone, be it in business, or sports, arts, and most certainly in politics, but the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of the double-engine of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah knows to shrug off the …

Karnataka has shown how to defeat Modi — India must now learn
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka has shown how to defeat Modi — India must now learn

Al Jazeera  

Modi turned the state election into a referendum on himself. India’s political landscape is again alive with new possibilities after the southern state of Karnataka threw the Hindu supremacist Bhartiya Janata Party out of power in recently-held assembly elections and elected the long-struggling Congress Party. The decisive defeat of the BJP in Karnataka means that now, all of southern India …

Under-reading and over-reading the Karnataka vote
1 year, 7 months ago

Under-reading and over-reading the Karnataka vote

The Hindu  

Over the last few days, there have been some very fine analyses of the Karnataka Assembly vote of 2023. We are told how different regions voted; how the AHINDA platform has re-emerged; how caste groups such as the Lingayats and Vokkalingas have consolidated; how anti-incumbency is a proud Karnataka State tradition; how the charge of 40% corruption sarkara stuck; how …

India’s Karnataka state votes in crucial challenge to ruling BJP
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s Karnataka state votes in crucial challenge to ruling BJP

Al Jazeera  

The outcome is likely to be an indicator of voter sentiment ahead of national elections expected by May next year. People in the southern Indian state of Karnataka are voting in an election where pre-poll surveys show the opposition Congress party favoured over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing Hindu nationalist party. Wednesday’s votes for 224 state legislature seats will be …

Karnataka votes on May 10: Why the stakes for BJP and Congress have become higher
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka votes on May 10: Why the stakes for BJP and Congress have become higher

India Today  

Karnataka will vote on May 10 and the result of the assembly election will be declared on May 13, the Election Commission of India announced on Wednesday. Karnataka will be the first election to take place after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha following his sentencing in a criminal defamation case, triggering protests by the grand old …

DC Edit | As Modi magic blooms, BJP sets new record in Gujarat
2 years, 1 month ago

DC Edit | As Modi magic blooms, BJP sets new record in Gujarat

Deccan Chronicle  

The Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party would not be a bad fit as Nike’s brand ambassador, because they, incredibly, just did it. For a seventh consecutive time, the BJP won the Assembly elections in Gujarat, variously described as Hindutva’s crucible and lab to one of India’s most developed and industrially progressive states. If being the seventh consecutive victory …

BJP Takes Calculated Risk in Dharamshala, but Discontent May Dent Tribal Vote Bank
2 years, 2 months ago

BJP Takes Calculated Risk in Dharamshala, but Discontent May Dent Tribal Vote Bank

News 18  

It promises to be the most exciting electoral battle in the hills in recent times. For the first time in almost two decades, the Bharatiya Janata Party has not chosen a representative from one of Himachal Pradesh’s oldest tribal communities — Gaddi — to fight its electoral battle from Dharamshala. While both Vishal and Anil have seemingly been placated by …

Rajasthan Elections & Three 'R's: Can Congress and Sachin Pilot Get Them Right?
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajasthan Elections & Three 'R's: Can Congress and Sachin Pilot Get Them Right?

The Quint  

Indian politics over the years has seen voters develop a natural dislike for the ruling or the incumbents, often stirring the pot for ‘anti-incumbency’ sentiments.These seem to be justified as governments generally fail to ensure last-mile delivery as promised previously. Other parties including All India Trinamool Congress and Biju Janata Dal also managed to roar back to power. Months before …

Gujarat Elections: Is it Advantage BJP or Can Congress, AAP Put Up a Fight?
2 years, 7 months ago

Gujarat Elections: Is it Advantage BJP or Can Congress, AAP Put Up a Fight?

The Quint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ahmedabad on Friday, 10 June, is his second visit to Gujarat in a span of just about 15 days. The who's who of Indian politics are frequenting Gujarat as the state gears up for assembly elections later this year. This list includes national leaders like Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, …

A new social core: The Hindu Editorial on the ideologically-affiliated voters of the BJP
2 years, 9 months ago

A new social core: The Hindu Editorial on the ideologically-affiliated voters of the BJP

The Hindu  

As the dust settles after the Assembly elections in the five States, Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has an unmistakably firm sway now over politics in the country. Data from the Lokniti survey show that across four States, while the Opposition parties garnered votes largely among the religious minorities, a substantial section among …

Opinion | Why BJP-led Mitrajot may become Assam's first non-Congress govt to win consecutive terms
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Why BJP-led Mitrajot may become Assam's first non-Congress govt to win consecutive terms

India Today  

As the country battles a second wave of coronavirus, four Indian states and one Union Territory await new governments in less than three days, with counting of votes polled in the five assembly elections is scheduled for May 2. On the other side, the Congress-led Mahajot forms one flank of the Opposition that consists of the Muslim-backed All India United …

The election-eve political climate in Kerala has changed little from when the LDF won the local body elections last year
3 years, 9 months ago

The election-eve political climate in Kerala has changed little from when the LDF won the local body elections last year

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been trying hard to increase its vote share in key constituencies, win over new sections of voters through political manoeuvres and thus achieve a breakthrough in Kerala, is unlikely to accomplish anything dramatic in terms of seats in the Assembly elections to be held on April 6. The 2016 Assembly elections saw the triumph …

Single party dominance, democracy imperilled
3 years, 10 months ago

Single party dominance, democracy imperilled

The Hindu  

Weeks hence, the nation is set to witness a series of elections to several State Assemblies. State elections normally do not attract too much attention, but as the nation moves inexorably towards single party dominance, the outcome of each and every Assembly Election becomes critical to the end objective. Power though proxy Coming to the State-level elections scheduled to be …

Anti-incumbency, Opposition tie-ups behind BJP’s loss
5 years ago

Anti-incumbency, Opposition tie-ups behind BJP’s loss

Live Mint  

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party faced electoral defeat in the Jharkhand assembly elections on Monday, with chief minister Raghubar Das’s loss from Jamshedpur East, which he has won at least five times in the past, making matters worse for the party. People have become more demanding and the anti-incumbency factor can impact the electoral performance of the party,” said a …

Maharashtra outcome unlikely to impact Karnataka BJP
5 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra outcome unlikely to impact Karnataka BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hubballi: The BJP's failed attempt to form its government in Maharashtra and the coming to power of the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP combine is unlikely to have a serious impact on the poll outcome in the three Assembly constituencies in the border district of Belagavi-Gokak, Athani and Kagwad. As for the BJP's campaign managers, the loss of power in Maharashtra has no …

Opinion | An ethical formation please
5 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | An ethical formation please

Live Mint  

Now that the state election results are out, the focus has shifted to government formation in Maharashtra and Haryana. In the former, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally Shiv Sena have a comfortable majority, so this should not pose any problem, although negotiations within the alliance may still cause some friction. The BJP, the top seat winner in Haryana, …

Election results 2019: Sabarimala might have worked in favour of Congress in Kerala
5 years, 7 months ago

Election results 2019: Sabarimala might have worked in favour of Congress in Kerala

The Hindu  

As the ruling Left Front is staring at the prospect of an unprecedented electoral rout in Kerala, a host of social issues including Sabarimala and the anti-incumbency factor are believed to have played an important role in the debacle. The BJP, which had sensed a “golden opportunity” in the Sabarimala issue following the Supreme Court order that permitted women to …

In Kerala, Congress and CPM tap on mutual strengths to take on BJP in Lok Sabha polls
5 years, 10 months ago

In Kerala, Congress and CPM tap on mutual strengths to take on BJP in Lok Sabha polls

Live Mint  

Anukoola Sahacharyam ” seems to be the buzzword in a handful of pockets in Kerala, where the Bharatiya Janata Party could significantly improve its vote share. For the Congress and the Left, it translates into asking their respective party cadres to help consolidate votes tactically for either of the two parties in some key constituencies—to keep the BJP from winning …

Narendra Modi in Kerala sets Sabarimala agenda for LS polls: BJP senses huge potential to make inroads into minority vote bank
5 years, 11 months ago

Narendra Modi in Kerala sets Sabarimala agenda for LS polls: BJP senses huge potential to make inroads into minority vote bank

Firstpost  

BJP workers in Kerala sought to use the Sabarimala protests to trigger a Hindu consolidation that they failed to achieve through the hardline Hindutva politics. The virulent attack launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Left Democratic Front government and the Congress on the Sabarimala issue during his two visits to Kerala within a span of a fortnight indicates …

As regionals' rise, our democracy is stronger
6 years ago

As regionals' rise, our democracy is stronger

Deccan Chronicle  

Telangana chief minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi supremo K. Chandrasekhar Rao, flush with his impressive victory in the state Assembly elections on December 11, got back to his coalition-building exercise which he began earlier and gave the tentative name of “Federal Front”. It included at that time West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamul Congress and Odisha chief minister Naveen …

Disadvantage Congress
6 years, 1 month ago

Disadvantage Congress

The Hindu  

December 11, 2018 12:15 am | Updated February 06, 2019 05:23 pm IST The Congress’s political strategy in Kerala regarding Sabarimala has been to back those who oppose the court’s order. Sreedharan Pillai told a Yuva Morcha meeting that the Sabarimala issue was a “golden opportunity” for the BJP to grow and, with its huge grassroots-level network, the Sangh Parivar …

Sabarimala issue fails to help BJP in Kerala local body elections
6 years, 1 month ago

Sabarimala issue fails to help BJP in Kerala local body elections

The Hindu  

The results of byelections to 39 local bodies held in Kerala on November 30 has proved to be a damper for the opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front and the BJP, both of which had been leading separate high-profile agitations against the CPI-led Left Democratic Front government on the Sabarimala temple issue for the past few months. By winning 21 out …

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