BJP

The Waiting Game

V Shoba

Who will win the power struggle in Karnataka?

Chidambaram says Team Modi formidable, INDIA bloc weak, headless

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In a rare praise, Congress stalwart and former Union minister says no party in India is as organised as the BJP

Why a Caste Census Matters

Ullekh NP

BJP has maintained that while it is not opposed to caste enumeration, the process must be handled with care and carried out through the formal Census, rather than sloppy state-level surveys

BJP, Congress clash over who demanded Caste Census data first

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BJP says papa don’t preach, citing inconsistencies in Congress’s past decisions

Modi Govt accepts Opposition Caste challenge

Ullekh NP

Caste will be enumerated for the first time since 1932 in the next national census, will provide clearer picture of social composition of India

Peace Signals From the Thackerays

Madhavankutty Pillai

Raj and Uddhav hint at possibility of a rapprochement

BJP allies redefine “secular” politics with Waqf vote

Rajeev Deshpande

TDP and JD(U) dash Opposition hopes, Hindutva charge no longer stings

The Origin Story of India’s Power Elite

PR Ramesh

ABVP has become the nursery of the new establishment

Battling Ghosts

Rajeev Deshpande

Rahul Gandhi’s comments warning that party workers allegedly working for BJP will be cast out has deepened the puzzlement

AAPocalypse

Rajeev Deshpande

Neither a Muslim vote bank nor a ‘freebie’ constituency could save the Aam Aadmi Party as it lost support across all social groups, ending a political experiment that failed to live up to its promise