Rajeev Deshpande
After a long gap, Congress gets it right in a major state, reasserts its main challenger status. But the party’s success needs to be replicated in crucial state elections due at the year end.
Grass roots anger over price rise, factional frictions hurt BJP while Congress gains by exploiting incumbency and focussing on local discontent.
BJP takes calculated risks to retain its coastal stronghold. Reports from Dakshina Kannada
In conversation with Ghulam Nabi Azad
The party should have been proud of Prime Minister Modi’s speech at my farewell
The quota adjustment in Karnataka is an ambitious attempt by BJP to widen its social base
Does the persistent myth of the dynasty make the Congress leader think he is above the law?
BJP firms up its strategy for the Lok Sabha polls by targeting the most challenging seats