‘Party stronghold’ concept is perhaps a marketing ploy by local politicians to attract voters to the preferred party or to extract resources from candidates.
Who funds elections is an open secret, but nothing much is written about it in the media, write Jaishri Jathwaney & Samir Kapur in their book ‘When India Votes’.
Number of candidates in each constituency has grown rapidly since Independence but an independent has a very small likelihood of winning a Lok Sabha seat.
In their book The Verdict, authors Prannoy Roy and Dorab R. Sopariwala write how the ‘divide and rule’ strategy has been paying electoral dividends in India.
India's politicians lack the ability to take decisions, thus delaying issues that demand immediate action, Parrikar said in an interview with Shekhar Gupta in 2013.
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.
Fifteen years at the apex of power is a little more than optimum. Populist leaders ignore the economic well being of their citizens at their own peril. Religion and nationalism are temporary palliatives. In Russia, Putin’s two decades in office have done very little for the least well off citizens, despite the commodities boom.
Fifteen years at the apex of power is a little more than optimum. Populist leaders ignore the economic well being of their citizens at their own peril. Religion and nationalism are temporary palliatives. In Russia, Putin’s two decades in office have done very little for the least well off citizens, despite the commodities boom.