The BJP leadership's weak defence against the Congress president’s serious charges has cost the party dear. If Rahul gathers steam and the BJP loses some, it could well see 2019 slipping from its grasp.
...Full StoryLately, the issues the Congress president has raised against the BJP have only served to expose his and his party’s weaknesses.
...Full StoryBesides being a security risk, illegal Bangladeshi's influence the polity and eat into the already constrained resources of a developing India.
...Full StoryThe former president's decision has left the Congress stunned.
...Full StoryFortunes changed once Modi started campaigning.
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...Full StoryThe party has completely overlooked two communities - Brahmins and Muslims - in the latest exercise.
...Full StoryThe Lok Sabha MP wants to go with a bang, not with a whimper.
...Full StoryVoters are not naive, existential issues matter more than religious and spiritual invocations.
...Full StoryPublic mood against the government may turn stronger if action is initiated against the former finance minister.
...Full StoryBesides threatening to weaken the grip of Modi and Shah on the party, a loss will have a bearing on the subsequent polls.
...Full StoryAfter Venkaiah Naidu's nomination for the vice-presidential elections, Tomar was given the additional charge of housing and urban affairs.
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...Full StoryNDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind, if elected, is unlikely to continue the tradition of his predecessors.
...Full StoryThe ruling party wants to ensure that the president be elected not just by consensus but also minus any controversy.
...Full StoryThis wasn't the first time the Nehru-Gandhi scion indulged in such histrionics.
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...Full StoryThe Union environment minister lived a healthy and austere life like a true pracharak.
...Full StorySenior lawyer did it again, called the finance minister a crook during cross-examination in DDCA defamation case.
...Full StoryWhile the fodder scam has come back to haunt the RJD strongman, an internal feud is rocking the AAP convener’s boat.
...Full StoryThe most striking thing about his personality was that he was always pleasant and humble.
...Full StoryHis choice would be someone who would always be ready to oblige him.
...Full StoryTheir sheer intention was to draw cheap political mileage from an emotive issue.
...Full StoryIt comes and goes but the quality of air hardly gets any better or worse.
...Full StoryThe main Opposition party has reasons beyond political.
...Full StoryA number of benefits of doubt helped the controversial actor pull off the case.
...Full StoryThe Patidar-Patel agitation and the Dalit protests are not the only issues which go against the CM.
...Full StoryMishandling of Rohith Vemula suicide case, recent Dalit protests and abusing the BSP supremo will cost the party dearly.
...Full StorySupreme Court lays the condition for Congress vice-president for defaming the Sangh.
...Full StoryFor resigning from the BJP at this juncture, the cricketer-turned-politician will be described as an 'opportunist'.
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