JD-U

The Message from the Modi Cabinet

PR Ramesh

The Prime Minister gets ready to work at full tilt with overwhelming support from his allies

Lining Up for 2024

Rajeev Deshpande

Nitish Kumar’s decision to reunite with RJD is a major realignment forced by his sense of political vulnerability

Ram Vilas Paswan (1946-2020): A Natural Ally

Amita Shah

A tenacious survivor in national politics and a popular Dalit face

The Many Turns of Prashant Kishor

PR Ramesh

There couldn’t be anything better for politics than the cleansing signal

Karnataka: The Coaltion of Utmost Unhappiness

V Shoba

The two-month old cohabitation experiment in Karnataka is on the verge of disaster

The Whispering Conscience of Nitish Kumar

S Prasannarajan

In the end, there was only one man left to play the morality script in Bihar

Nitish Kumar: In Good Company

PR Ramesh

Nitish Kumar retains power in the new NDA government in Patna. The blow to Congress and opposition unity is irreversible

Nitish Kumar: Savvy Survivor

Kumar Anshuman

Nitish Kumar is cozying up to Modi. Why?

An epic battle is underway in the proverbial badlands of Bihar, where many political lives swing between irrelevance and renewal. Even as cracks appear in the artificial alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad, the BJP wants more than a victory. It is fighting for a mandate worthy of India’s most popular politician and its unsurpassed campaigner. Narendra Modi’s next phase of modernisation will begin from the backwardness of Bihar