RJD

Dynasty Damages Democracy

Minhaz Merchant

The electoral legitimacy political dynasts seek is illusory

Why Nitish Seems Ready to Return to NDA

Bihar CM’s return as JD(U) chief set into motion yet another re-alignment in Patna as Congress’s refusal to consider Kumar for a key role in INDIA alliance irked the party

Amit Shah’s attack on Opposition precursor to no-trust debate

Rajeev Deshpande

The Home Minister criticises the Opposition for forsaking merits of the Delhi Bill to save its newly minted alliance

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

Bihar’s Left Sees No Ideological Obstacle in Backing ‘Opportunist’ Nitish

Ullekh NP

Our fight is against the BJP, says Dipankar Bhattacharya of CPI(ML) Liberation, which has 12 MLAs in the state assembly

Nitish-BJP split triggers decisive battle for the most backward vote

Rajeev Deshpande

BJP banks on PM Narendra Modi turning Lok Sabha elections into presidential contests

The Trojan Horse of Bihar

Rajeev Deshpande

The sudden fall of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra would have worked to convince Nitish Kumar that RCP Singh might well be the Trojan horse of Bihar

The Fall of Lalu

Madhavankutty Pillai

From caste revolutionary to one more jail sentence

UP Tactics

Jayanta Ghosal

There were photos of Priyanka recently chancing upon and exchanging pleasantries with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on a flight

Modi steals show for BJP, again

Amita Shah

After 15 years in power, Nitish Kumar’s party seemed to be slipping to the third position in the seat after the RJD and the BJP, as counting went late into the night