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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Topic2014 elections

Topic: 2014 elections

If Modi wins on Sunday

Stage set for ultimate Sonia vs Modi battle. If he loses, the RSS he defied will get back. Either way, wait for the rise of a new politics.

This is what changed for voters from 2014 to 2019 Lok Sabha elections: Nothing

Issues on voters’ minds, and belief in Modi's abilities, have not changed significantly between 2014 and 2019 elections.

Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get

India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.

Here’s how many seats Congress can win in 2019 Lok Sabha elections

This forecast is based on the assumption that Indians are as frustrated with BJP-led Modi's regime in 2019 as they were with the Congress in 2014.

Bleak record on economy – the reason Modi’s BJP has returned to communal politics

Voters have to ask themselves why & what this angry, polarising, ugly campaign foretells for the nation if the BJP wins again.

BJP didn’t make Rs 15 lakh promise in 2014 manifesto, says party leader Kalraj Mishra

The former Union minister said the opposition was misleading people, and clarified that BJP said if black money stashed abroad came back, an estimated Rs 15 lakh can be given per family.

There are very few BJP strongholds or Congress bastions in India. Data shows why

‘Party stronghold’ concept is perhaps a marketing ploy by local politicians to attract voters to the preferred party or to extract resources from candidates.

Poll rigging: EC wants police to hunt for ‘EVM designer’, employer says he doesn’t exist

The EC looks to file FIR, ECIL denies that 'cyber-security expert' was an employee as BJP targets Congress over Kapil Sibal's presence at press conference.

Modi: Your time starts now

Modi has run a brilliant and single-minded campaign. People have gifted him the power to change history, to mould it in his image and he needs to handle this very carefully.

On Camera

Carnatic musicians indulged TM Krishna for too long. Boycott is just a start

Krishna has slandered an entire community in the name of freedom of speech. But Brahmin musicians numerically dominate the field due to a complex mix of socio-economic factors, not casteism.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.