Punjab

Who’s Afraid of the Hindu Vote?

PR Ramesh

The anti-BJP plank will resort to dividing the electorate along regional, religious, caste and linguistic lines in the run-up to 2024 despite the fact that such a strategy no longer yields the dividends it once did

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

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

The Punjab Equation

Jayanta Ghosal

Will Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi take his revenge against Navjot Singh Sidhu?

The State of Abandonment

Siddharth Singh

Traditionally two-party Punjab has become so unpredictable that a small difference in the number of votes can make or break political fortunes

A Veneer of Popular Choice

Virendra Kapoor

And the AAP chief ministerial candidate

Biding His Time

Jayanta Ghosal

Navjot Singh Sidhu has past links with the Aam Aadmi Party. It is too early to count him out

The Order of Disorder

Siddharth Singh

The Prime Minister’s security breach in Punjab highlights the increasingly extra-parliamentary nature of protest

The Meaning of the Mamata Campaign

Rahul Pandita

Trinamool Congress is aggressively looking at expansion, with Mamata Banerjee fast becoming the main face of the opposition

Why Did the Government Relent?

Siddharth Singh

The threat posed by identity politics to India’s toughest economic reform appears to have influenced the government in taking a decision in the national interest