Aakash Mehrotra

A grand reshaping of caste alliances across UP and Bihar could significantly impact the 2019 elections. It could well be the last straw to break the BJP's back.

With multiple entities in the system, entrusted with land rights, secured record-keeping process will ensure transparency and instant flow of information.

The biggest warning sign for the party could be coming from the urban areas, once believed to be the party’s stronghold.

A visit across the state is enough to tell that anti-incumbency will hit the BJP hard. But the anti-BJP mood may not translate into a pro-Congress mood.

Having lost GGP, as an alliance partner, the grand old party is learnt to have shown willingness to join hands with the JAYS.

Who will this movement wipe off and whose resurgence can it lead to, are all questions to be answered in due time.

Merely 'greening' patches of land with saplings or larger plants serves no function.

If it was the narrative of change and development that overshadowed everything else in 2014, the upcoming Lok Sabha polls are bound to get more local.

The electoral arithmetic suggests this will be a close contest.

With both Rahul Gandhi and Yeddyurappa relegated to the background, it's a direct fight between the Congress CM and Modi.

Nearly 63 million people in India do not have access to safe drinking water.

A victory in the by-polls would prove that a multi-corner fight with a tactical understanding among Opposition parties can yield victory against BJP.

History has it that the BJP benefits every time the narrative shifts to religious undertones.

Ordinary citizens referring to this election as a 50-50 affair indicates it is a tight contest.

Though the grand old party has support from caste groups, the saffron party has a strong organisational structure in the state.

The saffron party's popularity in the state is at an all-time low.

With the incumbent government facing anti-incumbency, the grand old party has a chance to make a mark.

His current moves are everything the Congress had never been known for and the saffron party had taken pride in.

Establishing Hindu hegemony in a Hindu majority country may seem like a joke, but that has become the core of cultural nationalism.

His stoic silence on matters which hack at the social fabric of the country has been disappointing.

Anti-incumbency, besides organisational prowess and a grip over grass-roots issues, is all it needs to upset Manik Sarkar's prospects.

They will have to let go of their egos and settle to win a bigger battle.

Coming together of Nishad and Peace Party bodes ill for big players.

The real winner will be the one who can make the core voter base stick to the party.

Expect more informal tie-ups, more smiles and hugs in the Indian political landscape.

The party is betting high on carefully constructed Jat-Muslim social coalition.

Facing a young CM and a media-savvy BJP, BSP supremo's invisibility and lack of connect could cost her the battle.

The multi-cornered fight between BJP, Congress, AAP and regional parties signals a hung verdict.