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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicElectoral Politics

Topic: Electoral Politics

What BSP chief Mayawati is aiming for with Oct 9 ‘mega rally’ in Lucknow, her 1st in 4 yrs

BSP's vote share dropped to 13% in 2022 assembly polls, from 22.23% in 2017. With Uttar Pradesh set to go to the polls again in 2027, the Mayawati-led party is looking to get a head start.

From NOTA to win against electoral bonds, how IIM-A professors started ADR to fight for poll reforms

Non-profit organisation Association for Democratic Reforms on a mission to 'reduce money and muscle power in political system and make political parties more accountable, transparent'.

Age shouldn’t be a bar in politics. Young politicians can make big impact

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Opposition MLAs face wrath of Indian voters after natural disasters, not ruling party’s: Study

Researchers from US and South Korea used data from 4,313 assembly constituencies over the years 1977-2007 to estimate the effects of droughts and heavy rainfall on Indian elections.

Rahul Gandhi’s liberal supporters do him great disservice

A liberal echo chamber assures Rahul Gandhi every day that he’s the best thing that happened to India — and votes don’t matter.

Three steps backwards

Even through differences in ideology, our politicians never lost their sense of conduct. Now, when maturity is needed within parties, it is replaced by an unprecedented bitterness.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.