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What Rahul Gandhi can learn from Tory leader’s tips for Rishi Sunak’s successor

With a coalition government in place and the gap between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and Rahul Gandhi’s popularity ratings shrinking, the Congress must listen to William Hague about not making rash policy pronouncements.

Why PM Modi has staked claim for a fourth term so early in his third

As long as people are voting for Modi, there is no question of him stepping away—not in 2029, or 2034, or any time during his Amrit Kaal.

Modi government’s U-turns expose a well-known secret—BJP is facing a crisis of conviction

Article 370, Ram Mandir and UCC formed the core of the BJP’s politics. Now that these issues are no longer electorally productive, the BJP is struggling.

Mamata Banerjee losing the plot in Kolkata rape-murder case. BJP is the least of her problems

There are many, many questions Banerjee needs to find answers to. Because it’s not just the Opposition and the general public, many of her party colleagues are also suspicious.

Two months into Modi 3.0, NDA’s ‘Fevicol bond’ shows signs of stress

The NDA constituents remained curious onlookers in Parliament whenever BJP MPs got into heated exchanges with the INDIA bloc. While the INDIA bloc reacted in unison, the BJP remained isolated.

Why Modi-Shah can’t do to Yogi in 2024 what Vajpayee did to Kalyan Singh in 1999

The RSS loved both poster boys of Hindutva—Kalyan Singh & Yogi Adityanath. Singh faced rebellion from within the BJP after 1999 polls. Yogi is also under siege from within after 2024 polls.

Why is BJP doubling down on Hindutva? Modi-Shah have a different reading of 2024 result

Over a hundred thousand new jobs—1,09,589, to be precise—were created every day in 2023-24, the Reserve Bank of India said in its latest report...

How BJP leaders, voters and cadres are all sending SOS messages in their own ways

The BJP leadership would have us believe that the 2024 Lok Sabha election outcome has given them no reason to change their ways and all is well. But results of 13 Assembly bypolls spread over seven states say otherwise.

BJP goes ‘headless’ – Why Modi-Shah can’t decide Nadda’s successor

JP Nadda recently appointed in-charges and co-in-charges in 23 states. The problem is that he made these appointments five days after his term as party president was supposedly over.

BJP is caught in its own Maharashtra trap. It has little to gain in Assembly polls

The BJP can’t afford to be seen as undermining Eknath Shinde, a Maratha leader. He is a bigger challenge to the party than Uddhav Thackeray ever was.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.