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Topic: Gujarat Elections

If Modi wins tomorrow*

*Originally published on 22 December 2007, on the eve of the Gujarat assembly election results, this piece had analysed how a second Modi victory...

मोदीजी न तो यह नो बॉल थी, न वाइड बॉल या बाउंसर या बीमर

राजनीति में तकरार चाहे जितनी भी तल्ख क्यों न हो, अपने विरोधी या पूर्ववर्ती की देशभक्ति पर सवाल नहीं उठाया जाता. उस पर खराब फैसले, रीढ़विहीनता, मतिभ्रम आदि के आरोप तो चलेंगे. मगर देशद्रोह के आरोप? कतई नहीं!

Even in politics, one never accuses a former PM of treason. Does Modi regret crossing that line?

However bitterly contested politics may be, you never question a rival or predecessor’s patriotism.

For first time since 2002, riot police deployed in Gujarat elections

Personnel of the Rapid Action Force will be deployed in about six sensitive constituencies that will be voting in the second phase of Gujarat elections.

Modi, like Richard Branson, is a brand that needs undiluted attention

Gaudy shirts, spiky Mohawks, burst fades represent the style assertion of OBCs in Gujarat.

BJP, Congress trying to cash in on their flood relief work in north Gujarat

Voters in north Gujarat’s Banaskantha, the worst affected district, came out with mixed reactions about BJP government’s relief efforts.

Jai Sardar, Jai Bhawani, Jai Bheem: Rahul tries it all on Modi’s home turf

Patidars, Thakor Sena and Dalits throng Rahul Gandhi’s election meetings in Vadnagar and Vijapur in Mehsana district of Gujarat

It shows that Modi does not even know the ‘D’ of diplomacy

This is not the first time that Narendra Modi has raised the Pakistan bogey to deflect attention from real issues in the country.

The PM is right to caution the nation about the amazingly deplorable conduct of Congress

The Congress party’s outreach to Pakistan, both in the context of national interest and during Gujarat elections, is certainly most inappropriate.

Patel quota stir, note ban & farm crises key factors in first phase of Gujarat polls

89 constituencies across 19 districts covering Saurashtra, South Gujarat and Kutch regions of the state go to polls Saturday.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.