Election 2022

Why Congress is Essential for India and How it Can Be Revived

Shashi Tharoor

Congress must rejuvenate itself, bringing in fresh faces and young blood into its leadership at all levels. It would help if the party took steps to promote inner-party democracy and a more consultative decision-making style: Open up the party to internal elections for its key positions. Seek the views of a wide cross-section of party stalwarts, not just a favoured few. Allow and encourage the emergence of local, state and regional leaders, ratified by periodic votes of party members

Wooing the Ally

Jayanta Ghosal

For the 2024 General Election, SP still needs Jayant Chaudhary’s support for a good showing

The Yogi Law

Virendra Nath Bhatt

The chief minister learnt his lessons early and drew on Kalyan Singh’s approach to crime

Biren Singh: The Mahabharat Man Returns

Sudeep Chakravarti

BJP’s delivery optics and total politics trumped the game. Biren Singh now has a second chance to deliver on the promises of peace, infrastructure, connectivity, prosperity and accountability

The Big Message from a Small State

Rajeev Deshpande

The decline in Congress votes and the role of smaller parties gave BJP the winning advantage

A Successful Final Lap

Amita Shah

Modi’s personal touch and women voters played a crucial role in BJP’s victory

The Triumph of the Outsider

Siddharth Singh

AAP decimated Congress and SAD with a more attractive model of populism, changing the political map of a traditional two-party state

Creating a Stakeholder Economy

Anil Padmanabhan

Development and access to basic amenities are moving voters away from the traditional draw of caste and religion in India’s most politically significant state

Fulfilling Ambedkar’s Dream

Guru Prakash

Dalits tend to benefit more than others with social peace and stability

Modi & the Monk

PR Ramesh

It was the ‘double-engine’ magic of Modi-Yogi at work in UP. In the run-up to 2024, the unambiguous message is that leaders like Adityanath will give no quarter to slow-footed rivals