2024: Countdown
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Siddharth Singh
Competitive populism of the manifestos can only come at a very high post-poll cost
Karnataka: Office Perks
Why a cash haul in Karnataka, with the money allegedly meant for the Telangana polls, raises uncomfortable questions for the Siddaramaiah government
What’s At Stake?
The upcoming Assembly elections will provide BJP cues for the General Election next year
I.N.D.I.A. and Its Discontents
An Opposition alliance has unseated a strong incumbent at the Centre only when it has had a promise to sell and a charismatic leader. The anti-Modi alliance has neither while its own contradictions threaten to pull it apart
The Threat to the Gig Economy
Duplication of social security benefits by states can end up harming a viable model
A Call to Arms
Can the grand alliance of the Opposition survive its inbuilt contradictions before taking on the ruling coalition led by Modi at his peak?
The Loneliness of the Patriarch
NCP’s best Lok Sabha tally was nine seats two decades ago but that never came in the way of Sharad Pawar being projected as a prime ministerial candidate. That image of the wily strategist has been shattered by Ajit Pawar’s departure
‘Total Politics’ at Play
The splits in NCP and Shiv Sena have expanded NDA and hurt the Opposition’s efforts to present a united challenge to Narendra Modi in 2024
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