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2019 LS elections polarised on Modi
In this year’s election, the Central issue is PM Modi. In many respects, the election is turning out to be a referendum on him. People either like what they have seen of him over the past five years or they dislike him. I have hardly met anyone who is ambivalent...
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Cong still relevant as political force
07 April 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
‘Confident’ Modi all set for second term
31 March 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
Modi biopic fuss non-issue for EC
24 March 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
Again, arrogance may fail anti-Modi brigade
17 March 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
Balakot op nourishes Woke culture in India
10 March 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
Right to disparage Modi’s Pak feats!
03 March 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
Politics on Pulwama is to hold India back
24 February 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta
Modi yet to show his ‘dream’ hand
Last week Parliament felt like the final days of the school academic year. Everyone, but particularly the Lok Sabha members, was in both a reflective and celebratory mode. Celebratory because the assigned work was finally over — at least for the time being — and reflective because there was no...
Opp turns RS into blocking chamber
By Wednesday, February 13, after the Interim Budget is passed, the 16th Lok Sabha will become history. In another fortnight or so, the model code of conduct will come into effect and the country will formally get into election mode. Normal governance will resume at the end of May when...
Budget bolsters Modi’s pro-poor credentials
If global investment funds and correspondents of the Western media were to judge the Interim Budget of 2019 presented by Piyush Goyal this Friday, they would unquestionably have honed in on a big Government: The failure to adhere to the fiscal deficit target set in last year’s Budget. It was...
Priyanka impact on Cong fate uncertain
Every political party has impulses which are almost instinctive. For the BJP, the most natural thing in moments of excitement or even confusion is to fall back on nationalism and Bharat Mata ki jai; for Communists, the ideal has always been the red flag and, in the Indian context, Inquilab...
Modi’s chance to retain power high
The past week has been exhilarating for the Opposition that hopes to upstage Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP in this summer’s general election. First, the Samajwadi Party and the BSP have managed to craft a seat-sharing arrangement that will lead to both parties contesting 38 seats each in Uttar...
10% quota nips in bud pro-reservation protest
Among the many points raised as objections to the 124th Constitution Amendment Bill to enable means-tested reservations was the contention that it was a direct consequence of the BJP’s defeat in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The argument is not devoid of merit. During the campaign, particularly in Madhya Pradesh, the...
Anti-Modi brigade to set the ball rolling
On Friday evening in a vain bid to find out if anything significant — other than the Lok Sabha debate on the contrived Rafale controversy — had happened in the country, I switched on the TV. On at least three ‘news’ channels, I was greeted by a lot of indignation...
