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Indian Express Power List 2025

March 28, 2025 9:52 pm

The BJP under Narendra Modi is back into its winning habits, explaining the 11th year in a row that its Big Two remain the Big Two, followed by other Sangh Parivar principals. And that begs a counter-question: can the Opposition get into a winning habit?

BJP candidate from Mullana, Santosh Sarwan.

Haryana elections: A veteran woman BJP leader faces off with Congress, and angry farmers

October 02, 2024 2:56 pm

In Haryana’s Mullana constituency, BJP’s Santosh Sarwan is locked in a direct fight with Congress candidate Pooja Chaudhary.

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Ram Madhav writes: Indian politics has failed to attract young leaders

August 31, 2024 7:18 pm

Even when efforts were made, they resulted in dynastic politics and nepotism

The Opposition MPs would move adjournment motions in both Houses in this regard on Friday, demanding a debate on the NEET issue before starting a discussion on the motion of thanks on the President’s address to Parliament, sources said. (PTI photo)

Today in Politics: Stage set for fireworks in Parliament over NEET paper leak; Ajit Pawar to unveil last Budget before polls

June 28, 2024 8:26 am

INDIA alliance MPs to move adjournment motions in both LS and RS, demanding a debate on NEET row before a discussion on motion of thanks on President’s address.

box of kursi political strategy card game

Can political strategy games like ‘Kursi’ build voter awareness?

April 27, 2024 4:48 pm

A window into the minds of strategists like Prashant Kishor or Amit Shah, this card game runs in three phases—candidate fielding, campaigning, and elections—and releases on the heels of the Lok Sabha elections.

The friend who pointed me to Puri’s effort did so with these words: “Here’s a reasonable article from an eminent man.” (Representational Image)

The scapegoating of India’s ‘elites’

April 11, 2024 8:58 am

Whether we are intellectuals or ordinary people, the question to answer is: What will make us a better country?

Caste-party linkages cannot determine outcome of Indian elections: Prof Pradeep Chhibber

July 04, 2023 10:01 pm

“Uncertainty surrounds Indian elections. Many voters vote different parties in successive elections,” said Chhibber, who teaches at the Department of Political Science Berkeley Research, University of California.

AAP leader Jasmine Shah writes: The message in AAP's rise to the status of national party

April 19, 2023 9:14 am

Jasmine Shah writes: AAP has changed the language of governance and politics -- more political parties now enter the election battlefield with a report card of their work

Trishali Chauhan on women representation

In politics and bureaucracy, women are severely under-represented

April 03, 2023 3:19 pm

Service conditions involving postings in distant cadres, patriarchal conditioning and balancing family commitments are some social factors that lead women to opt out of the civil services

July 5, 1978, Forty Years Ago: Quit, Devi Lal Told

July 05, 2018 12:23 am

On July 5, 1978, the Janata Party moved a step further towards a split when the Central Parliamentary Board (CPB) asked Haryana Chief Minister Devi Lal to step down for his refusal to dissociate himself from the July 17 rally.

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HIGHLIGHTS: When Rahul Gandhi defined jhumla, talked about Jay Shah, Rafale deal and more

June 22, 2020 6:21 pm

In his long speech on the floor of the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi defined jhumla, attacked the government on the issues of farmers, women's safety, lack of jobs and accused the BJP of playing divisive politics. And it all ended with a hug and a wink.