Opposition

Wayanad National Congress

MJ Akbar

If Congress leaders had to resign after defeat, Rahul Gandhi would have gone from his post after a calamitous 2014 and left politics after 2019

Desperately Seeking Caste

Rajeev Deshpande

Is Congress becoming a party of fragmentation?

A ‘Superficial’ Document

Amita Shah

The Opposition dubs the Budget as discriminatory, a survival tactic

Why It Is Still Modi

S Prasannarajan

For India’s choice, the days after June 4 are a prologue as well as a provocation

BJP’s “400-paar” Ambition

Virendra Kapoor

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

Dance of the Defectors

Rahul Shivshankar

BJP isn’t taking them in to empty out the opposition. There’s a larger message

Force & Frailty

Ullekh NP

The Modi campaign is at full throttle while the Opposition shows no signs of catching up

What Modi did emphasise was the Centre’s concerted efforts to connect the Northeast to the rest of India in every way. He cast the spotlight on Congress policies that stoked separatism and led to prolonged civilian distress by way of blockades and strikes