Azad: No one can say when or what will happen in politics
BY REPORTER STAFF Ghulam Nabi Azad, a member of the G-23, a group of disgruntled Congress leaders, has broken his silence on speculations about forming a new party. The former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, who took a rebellious stand against the Congress leadership, said that he has no intention of forming a new […]
Hinduism, Hindutva are two different things, say Rahul Gandhi
ANI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Hinduism and Hindutva are two different things. While addressing the launch of the Congress party’s digital campaign ‘Jan Jagran Abhiyan’ via video conferencing, Rahul Gandhi in his address asked, “What is the difference between Hinduism and Hindutva, can they be the same thing? If they are the […]
Bengal Elections 2021: A Factsheet
BY: SOUMYA BHOWMICK PUBLISHED ON MAY 9, 2021 With all the nerve-racking anticipation doused on 2 May, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) swept the West Bengal legislative assembly elections in 2021. The Bengal elections were crucial for India’s political ecosystem for several reasons. Firstly, it was a tough battleground with the ruling TMC facing competition […]
Assam Elections 2021: Is it Too Late for the Congress to Catch Up?
BY: TITURAJ KASHYAP DAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 21, 2021 With the assembly elections for Assam slated for the latter part of March 2021, political leaders are pulling out all the stops, to be seen and heard. Among the states that are going to polls this year, Assam is where the BJP stands the best chance […]
The Significance of the Bengal Election for the Key Players
BY: SUVOJIT BAGCHI PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 21, 2021 West Bengal is set to witness its 17th Assembly election in a few weeks’ time. While there is still a nip in the air in early February, the political heat is unprecedented. It can only be compared in recent history with the one in 2011, when the […]
India: Dissecting the Farmers’ Protest
BY: AMBAR KUMAR GHOSH PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 20, 2020 History bears testimony to the fact that peaceful expression of public concern has been a hallmark of a robust democracy. India as the largest and a well-functioning democracy has also been an effective breeding ground for nurturing a culture that has consolidated citizens’ right to free […]
Time to revive democracy in Jammu and Kashmir
BY: ARUN CHAUDHARY PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 18, 2020 August 5 will mark a year since Article 370 was effectively nullified, the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was divided into two separate units, and both units — J&K and Ladakh — were made union territories (UTs). In light of the current domestic and external situation, […]
In the road to democracy, inheritance without merit is meaningless
BY: YASHWANT DESHMUKH PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 23, 2020 The pre-Independence era was not really dynastic even though freedom fighters included, very often, complete clans, brothers and even tribes. But in post-Independence India, arguably, the first political dynasty was started when former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s daughter Indira Gandhi was appointed Congress president. In the rest […]
Poll Politics- Jammu Scene
BY: RANBIR MANHAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 15, 2019 Although Parliamentary Boards of all political parties have yet to decide their candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, political analysts have already begun guessing as to who will be who’s candidate in Jammu. Since NC and PDP have shown their anger against CEC for not announcing […]
Priyanka Gamble May Only Cost Congress
BY: SAGARNEEL SINHA PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 2, 2019 Since the induction of Priyanka Gandhi, who resembles her grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, into the battle of Uttar Pradesh officially as the Congress general secretary, the grand old party has been in a jubilant mood. Priyanka’s entry to the party was never doubted; rather […]