Rajeev Deshpande
Congress suffered a major setback as hopes of a victory in Haryana evaporated as BJP’s social coalition prevailed while it under-performed in J&K too
Dalit disenchantment with BJP is making the Haryana polls a close contest
Caste is the unspoken factor behind more publicised issues like farmers’ ire and unemployment. Siddharth Singh reports from northern Haryana
Southern Haryana’s Yadav belt is critical to BJP’s prospects as it faces electoral headwinds over a slack second term. Rajeev Deshpande reports
The turn in Abdullah’s election rhetoric might have something to do with his recent loss in the Lok Sabha polls to Sheikh Abdul Rashid (Engineer Rashid), a Kashmiri separatist
The party is again faced with the unending tussles in Haryana between former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and party leaders Randeep Surjewala and Selja Kumari
Can BJP overcome the resentments of the Jat community in Haryana? Siddharth Singh travels across the state to find out
The need for change had become palpable in the last several months as aspects of governance, most notably the functioning of civic bodies, suffered, giving rise to public discontent