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Ashok K Singh

Ashok K Singh

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He is a journalist, writer and commentator.

By Ashok K Singh

Modi is undisputed king. Karnataka election results should shut critics up

PM's performance in Karnataka is much more credible than Gujarat.

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The politics behind move to impeach chief justice of India Dipak Misra

The bitter competitive race for the 2019 Lok Sabha election has contributed to the erosion of Parliament as well as the higher judiciary.

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Why I blame this government of 'two-and-a-half persons' for cash crunch

The latest crisis also exposes complete lack of coordination between the RBI and the finance ministry.

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Why BJP got rich by 81% post demonetisation

During the note ban period, the party's income rose from Rs 570.86 crore to Rs 1,034.27 crore, and it has refused to disclose the sources.

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The real intention behind Modi's fast

Prime ministers and ruling parties don't have to protest and agitate to secure a demand that only they can meet.

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One day Modi will regret having Adityanath as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh

The BJP must worry about repercussions of the cases of rising violence against Dalits and deteriorating law and order situation in UP.

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Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: Why Modi has taken a backseat

As a smart strategist, the BJP’s lead campaigner knows how and when to keep out of rough weather.

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'Congress-mukt Bharat isn't Sangh's language': Why Mohan Bhagwat's latest remark should worry Modi

The RSS chief is not pulling any punches.

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NaMo app exposé: 3,00,000 Facebook likes won't help Modi win 2019 general elections

Discontent among farmers and students across the country is turning into anger.

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Why Opposition has no chance of beating Modi in 2019

The CPI(M) has pooh-poohed the idea of Opposition unity.

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No-trust motion: Why it's not about numbers, but legitimacy of Modi government

Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned again after members disrupted proceedings.

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What Rahul Gandhi should have told Congress workers

The Congress president needs a strategy to fight the BJP, not jumlas.

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Why NDA allies are revolting against BJP

After TDP, Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP has warned the saffron party about consequences of antagonising NDA partners.

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UP by-polls results show all is not well between Modi, Amit Shah  and Adityanath

The PM, keeping away from campaigning in the high-voltage elections, seems to point to a deliberate strategy.

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Smriti Irani versus Prasar Bharati chairman is anything but a war over autonomy of Doordarshan and AIR

The Modi government, like the Congress governments, have ensured that the public broadcaster is reduced to working as a propaganda tool.

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Why BJP is still far from winning the cultural war

The Left's rout in Tripura is more about numbers, less about the rightist forces having conquered the social wars in India.

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What bulldozing Lenin statue in Tripura says about BJP's brazen politics

The saffron party workers can remove statues, but can they erase history?

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PM interview: What Modi means by Congress-mukt Bharat

What ails the Congress afflicts the BJP too, if the two parties are adjudged on Modi’s own parametres.

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Newfound love for Pravin Togadia unmasks Congress' Hindutva agenda

The Rahul Gandhi's party's occasional dalliance with the RSS has been known.

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India's democratic institutions are crumbling. And Modi government is to blame for it

Democracy will fail, as the four Supreme Court judges emphasised, if judiciary fails to stand up to the political executive.

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What Nitin Patel’s rebellion against Modi and Amit Shah has exposed

The deputy CM has done to the BJP what Rahul Gandhi failed to do.

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Why Narendra Modi is unhappy with Gujarat elections results

The possibility of rural voters drifting away from the BJP is a nightmare for the prime minister.

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What Modi got from Trump on his US visit apart from bear hugs

Optics matter in diplomacy and chemistry between leaders establish terms of engagement.

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Why lynchings will continue despite PM Modi's warning to gau rakshaks

There is no reason to believe his condemnation will have a positive effect to stop the trend of mass killings.

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How about declaring a Dalit as Opposition's joint PM candidate for 2019?

The politics over origin of birth and caste labelling of presidential candidates amounts to trivialisation of the institution.

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Hindu Sena should do India a favour by performing havan for Modi-Trump meet

US president is as unpredictable in his meetings with world leaders as Indian PM is predictable.

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Iftar boycott by Modi and his ministers makes a mockery of President's office

The message is: even the President's office is not to be kept above the narrow considerations of the politics of religious partisanship.

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Presidential elections: Opposition must reject BJP's dangerous ploy for consensus

Modi will be facing the Lok Sabha election in two years from now. The office of the president is called upon to play an important role in case of a hung Parliament.

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Hindu Rashtra conclave in Goa will do for Modi govt what Babri-Ram Temple conflict did for BJP

Letting the fringe organisations lead the chorus and campaign for Hindu nation is the saffron party's strategy.

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Indian media needs Modi. Modi doesn't need Indian media

The PM has his captive media, a very large section of them, who solicits the government and the ministers.

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