Modi’s Message

Return of the Satraps

Five of them not only held on to their turfs but emerged stronger as well

A Measure of Mumbai

How India’s financial capital votes has an outsized influence on national politics. Modi leaves nothing to chance

Thackeray’s Folly and Shinde’s Sena

Uddhav Thackeray’s Hard Fall

Looking back, Thackeray might have avoided the Shinde event if he had paid attention to what was happening on the ground

The Election Machine

A BJP plan for 2024 election

Tiger Tethered

The party that Bal Thackeray built has been suffering an existential crisis for a long time

The Last Resort

Luxury retreats continue to be a haven for both party honchos to herd their flock and rebels who want to break away

The Fall of Uddhav Thackeray

The rebellion that ended his tenure as chief minister would have happened sooner had it not been for the pandemic

Rifts in Sena, Drift on Hindutva spark Maharashtra Crisis

The decisions of Sena MLAs to bolt en masse have sealed the fate of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government -- irrespective of whether it hangs on a little longer