Indira (1971) or Vajpayee (2004) - Which Way Will Modi Go in 2019?
6 years ago

Indira (1971) or Vajpayee (2004) - Which Way Will Modi Go in 2019?

The Quint  

Prime Minister Modi, the mighty incumbent, is up against a largely united opposition challenge in 2019. A similar political circumstance has occurred twice before: first in 1971, when in an “Indira Gandhi vs everybody else” poll, she trounced a hasty opposition alliance; and then again in 2004, when the “invincible” Vajpayee crumbled before a seemingly weak, incoherent patchwork of parties. 1971: From ‘Gungi Gudiya’ to ‘Iron Lady’ Indira Gandhi became prime minister in January 1966, after a traumatic half-decade in which India fought two wars, lost two iconic prime ministers, and battled two years of severe drought against a hostile American regime. In a sense, Indira was the “fall girl” for the powerful Syndicate of older Congress stalwarts who thought they could manipulate her.

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How Indira Gandhi's lust for absolute power led to the end of "One Nation One Election"
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How Indira Gandhi's lust for absolute power led to the end of "One Nation One Election"

Op India  

India’s democratic system, which allows citizens to actively influence governance at all levels, rests on the strength of its electoral process. How Indira Gandhi broke the “One Nation One Election” cycle The prime minister at the time, Indira Gandhi addressed the country on the evening of 27th December 1970. The simultaneous poll cycle, which would become gradually obstructed in later …

AB Vajpayee architect of India’s transition into 21st century: PM Modi
2 months, 3 weeks ago

AB Vajpayee architect of India’s transition into 21st century: PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the architect of India’s transition into the 21st century and said the BJP stalwart ushered in reforms that set the stage for India’s economic surge, abandoning an economic philosophy which encouraged cronyism and stagnation. Modi said, “He stands tall as a statesman who continues to inspire countless people.”The prime minister said …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was architect of India’s transition into 21st century: Modi
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was architect of India’s transition into 21st century: Modi

The Hindu  

Paying tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee a day before his 100th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called him the architect of India’s transition into the 21st century. In 1998, when Vajpayee took oath as Prime Minister, Mr. Modi said the nation was going through a period of political instability with four general elections in …

How Indira Gandhi's 1970 decision was final nail in One Poll coffin
3 months, 1 week ago

How Indira Gandhi's 1970 decision was final nail in One Poll coffin

India Today  

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Wayanad Bypoll: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Political Journey and Family Legacy
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Wayanad Bypoll: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Political Journey and Family Legacy

News 18  

The upcoming Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election is significant as it will be Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's first electoral contest. Her family's legacy in the constituency, including Rahul Gandhi's victory and Sonia Gandhi's multiple wins, will be a major factor in her campaign. The by-election will also test Priyanka's ability to connect with voters on a personal level and uphold her family's …

Opinion: For Rahul Gandhi, 'dada' Feroze is better role model than Indira
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: For Rahul Gandhi, 'dada' Feroze is better role model than Indira

India Today  

As the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi would be better off following in his dada’s footsteps than his dadi’s. Rahul Gandhi's dada Feroze Gandhi, considered an outstanding parliamentarian till he died in 1960, was famed for doing the “homework” — data, statistics, statements, etc — when he took on Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in a …

Maharajganj: Uphill task for Cong’s young turk against six-time BJP MP
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharajganj: Uphill task for Cong’s young turk against six-time BJP MP

Hindustan Times  

MAHARAJGANJ: In the electoral battle in Maharajganj, where Kurmi votes hold the key, six-time MP and union minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary is once again in the fray, taking on Congress candidate Virendra Chaudhary, who is a first-time MLA from Pharenda. Virendra faces an uphill task as he is pitted against a candidate who secured more votes than …

Indira Gandhi’s 1971 election victory and the Congress shift towards socialism
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Indira Gandhi’s 1971 election victory and the Congress shift towards socialism

The Hindu  

The 1971 Lok Sabha elections were fought against the backdrop of a split in the Congress party, which had been the dominant political party in the country since Independence. Economic reforms and the 1969 presidential election The first decisive conflict between the two power blocs within the party happened in July 1969 when Mrs. Gandhi introduced her ‘Note on Economic …

Keeping up with UP | In Rae Bareli's political landscape, it’s power versus sympathy
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Keeping up with UP | In Rae Bareli's political landscape, it’s power versus sympathy

Hindustan Times  

Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi won from Rae Bareli for the fifth time in the 2019 general elections, polling 55.80% of the votes. Rae Bareli has stood with the Gandhi family as well as the Congress party since 1952 when Feroze Gandhi — Indira Gandhi’s husband — was first elected from this backward class-dominated constituency. The Congress high command knows no …

Priyanka Gandhi vs PM Modi in Varanasi? I.N.D.I.A leader's bold prediction for 2024 Lok Sabha polls
1 year, 7 months ago

Priyanka Gandhi vs PM Modi in Varanasi? I.N.D.I.A leader's bold prediction for 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Hindustan Times  

Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday expressed confidence that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would win if the Congress fields her against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Varanasi seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “…She may fight from Amethi if she wants or from Varanasi, I am certain she will win,” Chaturvedi said while indicating that the Opposition bloc …

June, Emergency, and Economics: The Roots of Indira Gandhi's 1975 Decision
1 year, 8 months ago

June, Emergency, and Economics: The Roots of Indira Gandhi's 1975 Decision

The Quint  

Hundreds of treatises have been written about the Emergency. Why did Indira Gandhi take such a dictatorial decision? What happened between her weeks and months of glory in 1971 to that dreadful day in June 1975 when Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency and locked up virtually all those who raised a voice against her? Unlike other dictators, Indira Gandhi gracefully …

Indian opposition parties agree to work together to defeat governing party in next elections
1 year, 9 months ago

Indian opposition parties agree to work together to defeat governing party in next elections

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Leaders of 17 Indian opposition parties agreed Friday to set aside their differences and put up a united fight in next year’s national election in an attempt to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party a third consecutive term. But its recent defeats in elections in northern Himachal Pradesh and southern Karnataka states have raised hopes …

Indian opposition parties agree to work together to defeat governing party in next elections
1 year, 9 months ago

Indian opposition parties agree to work together to defeat governing party in next elections

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Leaders of 17 Indian opposition parties agreed Friday to set …

May, PMs & 2014: How Modi's Rise To Power Marked The End of 'Nehruvian India’
1 year, 9 months ago

May, PMs & 2014: How Modi's Rise To Power Marked The End of 'Nehruvian India’

The Quint  

First, the authors would like to use electoral data to dispel a myth revolving around Narendra Modi both among his critics and fans: that he is a towering colossus in the Indian political landscape the way Nehru and Indira Gandhi were. Yet, his electoral track record is not too great compared to that of India’s first prime minister. The Congress …

Modi only the third Indian PM to return after completing full term
5 years, 9 months ago

Modi only the third Indian PM to return after completing full term

India TV News  

Narendra Modi has achieved the distinction of becoming only the third Indian Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Manmohan Singh to return to office after completing a full term with the result of the 2019 general election being announced on Thursday. Nehru, independent India's first prime minister, had led the Congress to victory in the 1951, 1957 and 1962 Lok …

Elections 2019| Opinion: It’s now a do-or-die situation for the Congress
5 years, 10 months ago

Elections 2019| Opinion: It’s now a do-or-die situation for the Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress party that led the freedom movement under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi and steered the state-making process under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru is on its last legs. The choice of Rajiv Gandhi, a political novice, as Prime Minister after the death of his mother in 1984 confirmed the fact that the sycophantic culture had become so deep-rooted …

Will Varanasi be a repeat of Rae Bareli in 1977, wonders Mayawati
5 years, 10 months ago

Will Varanasi be a repeat of Rae Bareli in 1977, wonders Mayawati

India TV News  

A day before polling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency, BSP supremo Mayawati Saturday wondered if Varanasi would be a repeat of Rae Bareli in 1977 when maverick politician Raj Narain defeated Indira Gandhi. Though she did not elaborate on the context, the apparent reference was to post-Emergency general election when, Indira Gandhi had got 1,22,517 votes and lost to …

Lok Sabha elections 2019| ‘Nehru took your homework’: Priyanka Gandhi jibes PM Modi at Delhi roadshow
5 years, 10 months ago

Lok Sabha elections 2019| ‘Nehru took your homework’: Priyanka Gandhi jibes PM Modi at Delhi roadshow

Hindustan Times  

Keeping aside her identities of “Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s sister”, “former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s daughter” and the “Congress general secretary”, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday chose to hit the narrow lanes of Brahampuri as a “Delhi girl”, challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fight the last two phases of the parliamentary elections on the issues of demonetisation, goods and services …

Vote to make democracy stronger, says PM Narendra Modi
5 years, 10 months ago

Vote to make democracy stronger, says PM Narendra Modi

India TV News  

After filing his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha election 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked the people of Varanasi. PM said the "longest-ever roadshow" in Varanasi that started on Thursday evening and continued until Friday could have been possible only in Kashi. In 2014 general election, Modi won the seat by defeating Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal. …

Lok Sabha election: Infrastructure, belief and Raj Narain's words explain why Raebareli remains a Gandhi stronghold
5 years, 11 months ago

Lok Sabha election: Infrastructure, belief and Raj Narain's words explain why Raebareli remains a Gandhi stronghold

Firstpost  

In every election, voters of the Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency are reminded of an apocryphal tale that relates to the victory of maverick socialist leader Raj Narain in 1977 over then prime minister Indira Gandhi Editor’s note: In this series on contemporary history, consulting editor Ajay Singh takes us to places and talks about people who left yesterday’s indelible mark …

Narendra Modi is no Vajpayee: Here is why Sonia Gandhi is wrong and why BJP’s defeat in 2019 is extremely unlikely
5 years, 11 months ago

Narendra Modi is no Vajpayee: Here is why Sonia Gandhi is wrong and why BJP’s defeat in 2019 is extremely unlikely

Op India  

Sonia Gandhi, former Congress President and mother to the current one, in response to a question on Prime Minister Modi’s invincibility, has remarked that people assumed the Atal Bihari Vajpayee was invincible in 2004 as well but the UPA managed to secure a win. On the other hand, Narendra Modi over the past 5 years has succeeded in engineering a …

India election 2019: Everything you need to know
6 years, 1 month ago

India election 2019: Everything you need to know

CNN  

New Delhi, India CNN — India is just weeks away from general elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party facing what looks like an increasingly close contest. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stands near Rahul Gandhi during the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament Attack at Parliament House on December 13, 2017, in New Delhi. …

2019 seems fraught with possibilities
6 years, 1 month ago

2019 seems fraught with possibilities

Deccan Chronicle  

The year 2019, like 2014, will be another presidential election year. The 2018 elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, where the BJP has deep roots and enjoyed power, and where the usual anti-incumbency should be kicking in, has been diluted by Narendra Modi’s unhistorical stridency. The new state witnessed another largely bipolar election, between the charisma of K. Chandrashekar …

Opinion | With Priyanka in, Modi faces a stiffer challenge
6 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | With Priyanka in, Modi faces a stiffer challenge

Live Mint  

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has finally entered the political arena and the fight with Prime Minister Narendra Modi has well and truly been joined. Her brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday appointed her as general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh East just months before the election jamboree gets rolling. Uttar Pradesh East may be her immediate—and by no …

Opinion| The BJP needs to snap out of denial mode
6 years, 3 months ago

Opinion| The BJP needs to snap out of denial mode

Hindustan Times  

In 2004, a few weeks before the general elections and a day after the Lucknow stampede in which 21 poor women were killed while collecting free saris, the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee admitted to me in an interview that the tragedy had seriously damaged the ‘India Shining’ image being aggressively promoted by his government. The big picture emerging …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The man, the legend, the people’s politician
6 years, 7 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The man, the legend, the people’s politician

Op India  

To say that Mr Vajpayee had a life of impact and significance would be an understatement. A parliamentarian for over four decades Vajpayee was elected to the ‘Lok Sabha’ ten times and to the Rajya Sabha two times. Soon after Mukherjee’s death, the mammoth task of leading Jan Sangh came unto the young Vajpayee and he became the National President …

Harivansh Singh’s Rajya Sabha win: Why BJP is always ahead of Congress
6 years, 7 months ago

Harivansh Singh’s Rajya Sabha win: Why BJP is always ahead of Congress

Times of India  

For over a decade, Sanjeev Singh has worked with various news channels as a field reporter. MORE After losing the prestigious election of the deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha to JDU MP and NDA candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said, “sometimes we win and sometimes we lose”. She may have said this to keep the morale of …

One year of demonetisation: Narendra Modi tried to do an Indira Gandhi but ended up being another Morarji Desai
7 years, 4 months ago

One year of demonetisation: Narendra Modi tried to do an Indira Gandhi but ended up being another Morarji Desai

Firstpost  

When the country is getting ready to celebrate the first anniversary of the demonetisation day on 8 November, it is inevitable that the question will be asked: has the momentous decision confirmed Narendra Modi’s place in India’s history? The prime minister’s 8 November address last year de-legitimising the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes was a historic occasion; he …

Indira's legacy: A role model for Modi?
7 years, 4 months ago

Indira's legacy: A role model for Modi?

Deccan Chronicle  

One of the delightful ironies of the right-wing BJP’s state of mind is that while its leaders hate India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, they admire, even adore, his daughter Indira Gandhi, the country’s third Prime Minister, who was tragically assassinated by her bodyguards 33 years ago. It seems one reason why Mr Vajpayee had to look to Nehru as …

The Emergency - What Happened 40 Odd Years Ago And Why Is That Important Today
7 years, 8 months ago

The Emergency - What Happened 40 Odd Years Ago And Why Is That Important Today

Live Law  

In 1975, Justice Jagmohan Sinha of the Allahabad High Court delivered a judgment that would alter the course of Indian democracy forever. The judgment was in the case of Raj Narain v Indira Gandhi, in which the sitting Prime Minister of India, Shrimati Gandhi was held guilty of electoral practices in her 1971 general election victory and was disqualified to …

Modi@3: With 2019 in Sight, Await More Politics & Less Governance
7 years, 10 months ago

Modi@3: With 2019 in Sight, Await More Politics & Less Governance

The Quint  

A students’ agitation in Gujarat set off a political turmoil in Bihar which sowed the seeds for the popular nationwide anti-Indira JP movement. The gathering storm loomed menacingly as a 20-day all India railways strike called by George Fernandes in 1974 crippled the country’s transportation lifeline and caused large-scale economic disruption. A year later, Indira Gandhi was in danger of …

If demonetisation fails, Modi will be destroyed
8 years, 3 months ago

If demonetisation fails, Modi will be destroyed

The Hindu  

The former Prime Minister H.D. In a recent speech, you compared the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi to the current situation following demonetisation.. When banks were nationalised and privy purses abolished, the people thought this major step taken by Indira Gandhi would benefit the poor and solve the unemployment problem… In the 1971 Parliament elections, she won a two-thirds majority; …

‘Cool’ Indira Gandhi was changing bedcovers after 1971 war began: Book
8 years, 10 months ago

‘Cool’ Indira Gandhi was changing bedcovers after 1971 war began: Book

India TV News  

New Delhi: A day after the India-Pakistan war erupted in 1971, then prime minister Indira Gandhi was so cool that she was changing the bedcovers on a 'diwan' when her personal physician walked in. "It was the day after the Bangladesh war had started and she had worked late into the night," says the book, "The Unseen Indira Gandhi". She …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A giant in Indian politics
10 years, 2 months ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A giant in Indian politics

India TV News  

New Delhi: In the six decades he was in electoral politics, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, awarded the Bharat Ratna on Wednesday, catapulted from one who lost one election after another to a colossus who eventually became India's only non-Congress Prime Minister to last a full five years in office. In the short but tumultuous period he presided over the destiny of …

1971 Lok Sabha elections: Indira Gandhi storms back to power
10 years, 11 months ago

1971 Lok Sabha elections: Indira Gandhi storms back to power

Live Mint  

1971 Lok Sabha elections: Indira Gandhi storms back to power 23 Photos. Updated: 08 Apr 2014, 01:53 PM IST Share Via The 1971 elections saw Indira Gandhi coming back to power with her campaign to eradicate poverty. Images: the election posters, the heated campaigns and telephone operators disseminating election-related information 1/23Morarji Desai, who went on to be prime minister in …

Book Blames Indira For Damage To Cong's Electoral Base In UP
13 years, 9 months ago

Book Blames Indira For Damage To Cong's Electoral Base In UP

India TV News  

New Delhi, May 29 : A book on Congress has blamed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for the damage to its electoral base in Hindi heartland, particularly Uttar Pradesh, where Rahul Gandhi is now trying to rebuild the party ahead of the Assembly polls next year. Noting that while the impact of these developments was not immediately felt, the book …

Is this really Vajpayee's Election?
20 years, 10 months ago

Is this really Vajpayee's Election?

Hindustan Times  

Politicians are fortunate that voters have short memories. Today nobody remembers how the BJP regarded Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the aftermath of the assembly election defeats in such states as Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in late 1998. But anybody who saw the mood of the BJP after the assembly election defeats of 1998 would have concluded that Atal Bihari …

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