Congress

BJP’s “400-paar” Ambition

Virendra Kapoor

Once BJP was persuaded to drop that lofty goal, its critics now went for the kill

Back to the Family Turf

Amita Shah

How safe is the safe seat for Rahul Gandhi? Amita Shah captures the mood in Rae Bareli

Mapping the Muslim Mind

Ullekh NP

Travelling across eastern Uttar Pradesh, Open finds Muslims are crestfallen as they are taken for granted by the so-called secular parties

Sam Pitroda: Loose Talker

Madhavankutty Pillai

Once part of India’s telecom revolution, he now finds renown for the wrong reasons

The Congress campaign is stuttering at the end of polling for 285 seats with its key promises failing to strike a chord with voters and an isolated high command remaining out of sync with the party cadre

Congress Crisis In Delhi

Open

Now BJP is well-poised to repeat its sweep of all seven seats in the capital

The Conceit of Social Justice Politics

S Prasannarajan

As Modi challenges the dogma of division

A Socialist Mirage

Siddharth Singh

Policies that encourage redistribution have a poor track record and Congress’ leftward lurch is more a vision of class war than empowerment

Spare the EVM Please

Rajeev Deshpande

Look who’s losing faith in democracy

Hope and Deliverance

Rajeev Deshpande

Local issues and the Modi government’s record animate discussions while Congress’ populist pledges and allegations of political vendetta in arrests of opposition leaders fail to impress voters across north Rajasthan