Assembly elections

Is it all maya now?

Amita Shah

After four consecutive electoral debacles, Mayawati is at a crossroads

Maharashtra: On a High

With the near eclipse of Congress and NCP in Maharashtra, BJP sets its sights on a bigger score in the forthcoming Assembly elections

Indraprastha

Virendra Kapoor

The silence of talented MPs, optimism of opposition leaders and pushiness of duty-free hawkers

K Chandrashekar Rao: The King of Telangana

Amita Shah

As Chief Minister, KCR’s outreach programme addressed farmers, senior citizens, women, youth and the poor with a series of welfare and social schemes

Ashok Gehlot: The Desert Fox

Ullekh NP

With Rahul Gandhi keen on promoting young blood, Gehlot stuck to the party line throughout the election campaign of not asserting himself over the state Congress chief Sachin Pilot

Kamal Nath: The Artful Doer

Amita Shah

Nath was a political novice in the 80s when he rose to fame as a chum of Indira Gandhi’s younger son Sanjay. Slogans such as ‘Indira ke doh haath, Sanjay aur Kamal Nath’ date back to that time