Through people’s movements and the judiciary, India has kept majoritarian regimes in check — be it under Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi. Are state elections a new addition?
Gujarat elections in 2017, Ahmed Patel’s dramatic Rajya Sabha win, Maharashtra & Haryana verdicts — all expose flaws in Amit Shah’s election strategies.
Jharkhand verdict shows most candidates who changed loyalties just before polls were rejected by voters. But those who switched parties much before have won.
Hemant Soren, who was projected as the chief ministerial candidate for the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance, is expected to travel to Delhi before staking claim to form Jharkhand's govt.
Hemant Soren faced ignominy in 2014, after losing from his family turf of Dumka, while the party won a mere 2 seats in the Lok Sabha elections this year.
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
The historical record cannot be argued with. Large parliamentary majorities have not converted into strong economic growth. Mrs. Gandhi has, deservedly, drawn flak for her authoritarian ways and scant regard for institutions. However, it is probably an even greater failing that she threw India’s economic promise under the bus, to advance her own paramountcy, with bank nationalisation and other similar measures. 2. However, we should not assail the emergence of a strong government only out of fear that it will lead inevitably to its going roughshod over the country’s diversity. My heart tells me that PM ABV, even with more MPs, would still have ruled by consensus. Recognising that is something the nature of India demands.
Why the print allows this castiest thug to write nonsense here.
The historical record cannot be argued with. Large parliamentary majorities have not converted into strong economic growth. Mrs. Gandhi has, deservedly, drawn flak for her authoritarian ways and scant regard for institutions. However, it is probably an even greater failing that she threw India’s economic promise under the bus, to advance her own paramountcy, with bank nationalisation and other similar measures. 2. However, we should not assail the emergence of a strong government only out of fear that it will lead inevitably to its going roughshod over the country’s diversity. My heart tells me that PM ABV, even with more MPs, would still have ruled by consensus. Recognising that is something the nature of India demands.