Expect a big organisational shake-up now that RSS is back in the saddle. Mohan Bhagwat is unambiguous about his preference for a 75-year upper age ceiling for holding 'any chair'.
The RSS loved both poster boys of Hindutva—Kalyan Singh & Yogi Adityanath. Singh faced rebellion from within the BJP after 1999 polls. Yogi is also under siege from within after 2024 polls.
The BJP leadership would have us believe that the 2024 Lok Sabha election outcome has given them no reason to change their ways and all is well. But results of 13 Assembly bypolls spread over seven states say otherwise.
JP Nadda recently appointed in-charges and co-in-charges in 23 states. The problem is that he made these appointments five days after his term as party president was supposedly over.
BL Santhosh stopped being useful to BJP when he used Modi-Shah's trust in him to settle scores with BS Yediyurappa, leading to the party's loss in the 2023 Karnataka election.
The Modi-Shah-Yogi Trimurti has decided to bring an Article 370-like disruption in Tamil politics in 2024. BJP wants to squeeze out the separatist Dravidian impulse from Tamil cultural politics.
Shah, Nadda, B L Santhosh had 5-hr 'brainstorming session' with Modi Wednesday. With LS & 5 assembly polls approaching, there's talk of 'caste balancing' & shuffle in party organisation.
Union Home Minister is working hard to ensure 300-plus seats for BJP in 2024 general election while also fine tuning strategies for upcoming assembly, panchayat & municipal polls.
India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Has anybody considered Rahul Gandhis feelings in a dynastic party? May be if he was not constrained by his surname, the so called legacy, he would have been more comfortable joining CPI like Kanhaiyya. But then the lack of political prospects would have made him switch ideology be damned. Congress used to be the party of Lal Bal Pal of C Rajagopalachari. The centrists were destroyed because JN and now Rahul identify with communists but cannot openly do so.
Haryana election is over. Which left wing journalist is worried about the side effects of their poison and failed narrative building? They tried hard to divide the country on caste. Did not work. Now they will dust and repeat. Will one of them be called to account?
d k singh, yu worry about yur credibility firts. you were saying bjp will lose haryana. and you were so wrong. First apologise
Has anybody considered Rahul Gandhis feelings in a dynastic party? May be if he was not constrained by his surname, the so called legacy, he would have been more comfortable joining CPI like Kanhaiyya. But then the lack of political prospects would have made him switch ideology be damned. Congress used to be the party of Lal Bal Pal of C Rajagopalachari. The centrists were destroyed because JN and now Rahul identify with communists but cannot openly do so.
Lots and lots of rear burns coming out in this article.
Have become a fan of this column. Single malt.
Haryana election is over. Which left wing journalist is worried about the side effects of their poison and failed narrative building? They tried hard to divide the country on caste. Did not work. Now they will dust and repeat. Will one of them be called to account?