Rajeev Deshpande

Modi may set aside BJP’s more contentious agendas but he is unlikely to be overcautious

Local factors undo BJP as party falls well short of majority; NDA allies JD(U) and TDP do well; shock defeats for CMs Naveen Patnaik and Jagan Mohan Reddy

BJP has the edge on BJD in Odisha’s Lok Sabha seats while the Assembly election is a closer contest than expected, reports

After a successful career in medicine, Dr Jitendra Singh has been Minister of State (MoS) in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) since the inception of the Modi government in 2014. He talks to Rajeev Deshpande about elections in Jammu & Kashmir and the electoral narratives as polling for the 18th Lok Sabha concludes

Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office speaks to Open in an exclusive interview

Dharmendra Pradhan, contesting from Sambalpur in Odisha, tells why he gets a whiff of change

Welfare schemes and improved law and order have consolidated BJP’s social coalition in eastern Uttar Pradesh, reports

A week after the pilgrim belt of Mathura-Vrindavan voted on April 26, public opinion indicates the Modi-Yogi model has prevailed over local discontents and trumped a disorganised opposition, reports