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Thursday, August 14, 2025
Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

At his first meeting at his new office, Modi reiterates ‘one nation, one election’

The PM asked the CMs and deputy CMs of all BJP-ruled states to ‘start preparing’ for Lok Sabha and all state assembly polls to be held simultaneously.

What the BJP may have to do to ensure Narendra Modi remains PM after 2019 polls

The big factor the BJP should bank on in the upcoming 2019 elections leads with the question: “Who is the alternative? If not Modi, who? If not BJP, who?”

With stage set for 2019, Prashant Kishor is back in the game

The political strategist calls reports of his collaboration with BJP highly ‘speculative’, is likely to expand footprints, hire more people ahead of 2019.

Speculation about Modi losing in 2019 are driven by an old arithmetic

What many commentators seem to have overlooked the fact that constructing national majorities is no longer just an arithmetical formula consisting of seat-by-seat verdicts.

Modi thinks simultaneous polls will give him a second term, make him invincible

While so much noise is being made, the government is yet to attempt the important challenge of finding a political consensus.

Modi returning as PM in 2019 isn’t certain. India should be prepared for these scenarios

It's not a foregone conclusion who the next Prime Minister will be given there are plenty of voters who could ensure it isn't Narendra Modi.

BJP will mollify NDA allies closer to 2019, when it risks getting a reduced majority

Nineteen states have NDA governments, but the partners have lost their bargaining power because the survival of Modi government does not depend on them.

No big bang changes in Congress under Rahul Gandhi anytime soon

The new party president was expected to bring in his own leadership team, but he’s maintaining status quo at the top and concentrating on the states.

2019 strategy: BJP to deploy trained spokespersons in states to counter negative publicity

BJP has six wings and each wing will select two spokespersons from each state who will eventually tackle questions and charges levelled against party.

Rahul Gandhi finally discovers big data, sets up data analytics wing in Congress

Experienced data analyst Praveen Chakravarty to head the department; Congress is the only party to have a data analytics wing.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.