PR Ramesh
An Opposition alliance has unseated a strong incumbent at the Centre only when it has had a promise to sell and a charismatic leader. The anti-Modi alliance has neither while its own contradictions threaten to pull it apart
In conversation with Ghulam Nabi Azad
The party should have been proud of Prime Minister Modi’s speech at my farewell
Together, Rahul and Tharoor make the best Congress story in the worst time of the party
On the eve of his birth anniversary on October 15, his former private secretary makes some startling revelations about the politics behind the scenes
Congress wants a regent, a placeholder for Rahul Gandhi. But who can combine political sagacity with a saintly heart? Ashok Gehlot, the loyal one, has weakened Sonia Gandhi at a vulnerable moment. If she relents, the aura of command gets blown apart. Congress has become a puzzled jigsaw rather than a jigsaw puzzle, a combination of small cardboard pieces that no longer add up to a coherent picture
The Gandhis have eggs on their faces, while the Rajasthan chief minister holds all the cards