If there is talk about India’s problems, can pudiyawalas offering one-shot solutions be far behind? Bharat Jodo Yatra would have remained colourless without them.
In a political world where party organisations are hollow and proximity to leaders is the only matrix of relevance, a selfie is a bridge between people and power.
The party’s outreach initiative – the Bharat Jodo Yatra – began from Kanyakumari on 7 September and will end in Kashmir, after traversing through over a dozen states.
Hingoli (Maharashtra): The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) put up a strong show of strength at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra Thursday and...
People of Narsi village recall PM Rajiv Gandhi's visit 31 yrs ago. He had come to address a public meeting as part of the 1991 Lok Sabha poll campaign. He had died the next day.
As NCP leaders joined the yatra, ally Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray also hailed it as a movement to end the 'atmosphere of bitterness' and unite the country.
The 3,500-km walk is on its western leg for the next two weeks during which the Congress leader will touch 15 Assembly and 6 Parliamentary constituencies in the state.
The BJP has faced a political defeat in this election, but its social coalition is largely intact. The political task of uniting the bottom half of the social pyramid — poor, villagers, Dalit, Adivasi, OBC, and minorities — is still a long way off.
International Energy Agency says India's oil demand will be driven by diesel/gasoil requirements in contrast to the rest of the world, where EV boom will lead to lower demand.
Muslim vote is BJP’s biggest worry. Knives are already out and probing its most critical fault line. Without recovering UP, BJP’s decline threatens to become chronic, and progressive.
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