Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Will BJP’s infiltration pitch in Bengal and Assam pay off?
Infiltration from India’s border with Bangladesh has become a key component of Bharatiya Janata Party’s strategy for state assembly elections.
The Indian election’s winners and losers
Just as the BJP’s victory represents a kind of defeat, the resurgent opposition’s defeat looks a lot like victory
An Indian election unlike any other in recent past
High-octane Lok Sabha election has lessons for Bangladesh, too
India’s election opens the door to the past
India witnessed a tumultuous time between May 1996 and October 1999 when coalition governments came and left in quick succession.
Fear and loathing surrounding India’s election
After the first phase of voting, Modi seems to have changed his campaign strategy, focusing more on firing up BJP's Hindu base.
Might Modi Lose?
As India’s general election enters its second month, most conventional expectations have already been upended.
The Modi Decade
Dissent is framed as disloyalty, with criticism of government policies labeled “anti-national.”
Is BJP's policy of exclusion and segregation backfiring?
PM Modi's decision to inaugurate the new parliament building himself has garnered scrutiny.
India’s democracy in detention
What happens to Gandhi has important implications for India’s future.
Jammu and Kashmir to get first woman chief minister
Chief of People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti is chosen as the next Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
BJP thrashed in Bihar
The Grand Alliance called Mahagatbandhan of three parties led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav humiliated the BJP-led NDA in the Bihar...
Has Modi's magic waned?
Whether or not the Narendra Modi magic has waned or whether the strategy of campaigning has been faulty, the fact remains that the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has been routed in Bihar.
Modi’s BJP defeated in Bihar polls
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party has been defeated in a stunning outcome to the electoral battle in the country's third-most populous state Bihar where a coalition of regional parties led by Nitish Kumar swept back to power.
DON'T GIVE HATE A CHANCE
India's religious pluralism is looking less secure every day. It's a turning point for India, a country that has taken pride in being a secular democracy where citizens...
Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal
This is not the first time the cow has become mixed up with politics. Conflicts over cow slaughter sparked religious riots in India.
WHEN THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG - MODI'S RSS CHALLENGE
The news of a mob in Dadri, a UP village in India of beating to death an individual suspected of cow slaughter would have been normally viewed just as another communal incident.
Saffornising the institutions
Understandably, there is a sense of horror over the Bhartiya Janata Party government's decision to 'modernise' the Jawaharlal Nehru Museum at Tin Murti in New Delhi.
Story of two travel documents
India's major political parties, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have rendered parliament a place of tamasha.
Modi greets Rahul on his birthday
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi extends birthday greetings to Rahul, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family who turned 45 today.