Bypoll

Wayanad National Congress

MJ Akbar

If Congress leaders had to resign after defeat, Rahul Gandhi would have gone from his post after a calamitous 2014 and left politics after 2019

Congress: Decline and Fall

V Shoba

Congress’ humiliation in Munugode marks its steady erasure as the main opposition in Telangana but as bypoll results elsewhere show, the party’s crisis does not end with one state

Principles of Disengagement

Open

Indian authorities continue to carefully assess the state of infrastructure and deployment at the Indo-China border

The Munugode Magnet

V Shoba

An upcoming bypoll can change BJP’s prospects in Telangana

Outside Help

Jayanta Ghosal

The BJP managed to win Azamgarh with tacit assistance from BSP leader Mayawati. She put up a local Muslim candidate who split the SP vote right down the middle