Assembly election 2022

Himachal Pradesh: Outcome As Usual

Siddharth Singh

BJP pays for downplaying the danger of populism and its large number of rebels

The Grand Delusion

The bad news is not likely to end soon for Congress. But facing its biggest existential threat, the party leadership continues to be in a state of denial

Battle Plan 2024

Rajeev Deshpande

From governance to delivery of welfare and attention to women voters, BJP will offer a new deal

The Mind of the Permanent Winner

MJ Akbar

Why Narendra Modi is the mothers’ choice

Dissidence Down

Jayanta Ghosal

The BJP is seeing a mellowing of rebel leaders like Vasundhara Raje and Uma Bharti in state units

Modi and the Politics of Trust

S Prasannarajan

The normalisation of Hindu nationalism

The Yogi Law

Virendra Nath Bhatt

The chief minister learnt his lessons early and drew on Kalyan Singh’s approach to crime

UPset and SetUP

Jayanta Ghosal

Why Mamata Banerjee didn’t contest any seat in UP despite visiting the state twice

Biren Singh: The Mahabharat Man Returns

Sudeep Chakravarti

BJP’s delivery optics and total politics trumped the game. Biren Singh now has a second chance to deliver on the promises of peace, infrastructure, connectivity, prosperity and accountability