The 2024 election bugle sounded in India with the announcement of dates for polls in the country’s 28 states and eight federal territories. The announcement, alongside the completion of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharatiya Jodo Nyay Yatra (BJNY) — “Unite India Justice March” — has once again brought to the fore discussion of the electoral prospects of … Read more
One week is a long time in Indian politics. And over just a week in March, the image of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) changed significantly. On March 14, two former bureaucrats were appointed election commissioners despite protests by the opposition, the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules had just been notified and fuel prices … Read more
In a significant political development ahead of parliamentary elections due in a few months, two of India’s major opposition parties, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), sealed a seat adjustment deal involving four states and one union territory. This came close on the heels of the Congress reaching a seat-sharing deal with the Samajwadi Party (SP) … Read more
Advertisement At a press conference in New Delhi earlier this week, the opposition Congress party’s media spokesperson Pawan Khera described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “Congress party’s star campaigner.” Khera pointed out how Modi, in his recent 55-minute speech in election-bound Madhya Pradesh, “mentioned Congress 44 times!” The Congress party’s victories in the states … Read more
Advertisement It was expected to be a turbulent Monsoon session of India’s Parliament, coming in the wake of the ongoing horrific ethnic violence in the northeastern state of Manipur, which erupted on May 3, and has sent shockwaves through the country. However, the extent to which the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was … Read more
The Pulse | Politics | South Asia This will strengthen the opposition’s effort to corner Prime Minister Modi ahead of a no-confidence motion this week. India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, center, arrives at the Parliament in New Delhi, India, Aug.7, 2023. Credit: AP Photo Advertisement India’s Parliament on Monday reinstated top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as a lawmaker … Read more
India’s opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party leader Priyanka Vadra, left, greet media personnel as they arrive at party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Aug. 4, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Dinesh Joshi Advertisement India’s top court on Friday temporarily halted the criminal defamation conviction of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi for mocking … Read more
Advertisement “NDA, BJP can you challenge INDIA?” Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal asked at a press conference after, a new opposition alliance that named itself INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) at a joint meeting in Bengaluru on July 18. Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) is a key constituent … Read more