In ‘normal’ elections, voters have begun to differentiate between national and Assembly elections and vote differently. There is no reason they won’t do the same in synchronised elections.
The long game with these assertions, will require govt to have to cooperate with Opposition. Dialogue and trade-offs which will accommodate perspectives will be back on the table.
The jolt to the BJP’s politics is so severe that if and when the NDA government is formed, Modi will have to reset his image before he could resurrect the BJP.
It may have been easier for CPI(M) to decline to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony on 22 January, for Congress, the invitation is a tightrope walk.
New Delhi: The lead up to the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan had seen cracks developing in the Opposition’s INDIA bloc, with...
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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