The NDA constituents remained curious onlookers in Parliament whenever BJP MPs got into heated exchanges with the INDIA bloc. While the INDIA bloc reacted in unison, the BJP remained isolated.
Those pushed aside during the Modi-Shah regime are beginning to find their feet and voice. And these are early days yet. The BJP must welcome these developments.
The BJP has faced a political defeat in this election, but its social coalition is largely intact. The political task of uniting the bottom half of the social pyramid — poor, villagers, Dalit, Adivasi, OBC, and minorities — is still a long way off.
If Modi wants to run a Vajpayee-style NDA alliance, he is fine. If he wants to go back to the so-called Modi Revolution, then the alliance is in more trouble than the current calm might suggest.
Naidu will prefer working with Modi to the opposition because he has the experience of dealing with—and of being duped by—Modi. This time, he has the antibodies.
BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.
From ‘one nation, one election’ to delimitation and counter-Kejriwal plan, Modi-Shah have an agenda for 2029 poll too. But much will depend on the BJP’s numbers in 2024 polls.
While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.
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.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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