Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav writes: Now rulers are free to elect their people

June 06, 2026 7:13 am

Supreme Court's order on SIR has laid the ground not just for the eventual deletion of nearly 10 crore voters through the country without any amendment in the Constitution, law or even rules

‘Supreme Court has authorised disenfranchisement of millions’: Petitioners slam SIR verdict

May 27, 2026 5:45 pm

The EC had started the SIR exercise with Bihar in July last year, following it up with similar exercises in nine other states, including West Bengal, and three Union Territories, from November 2025.

SIR is a test case for electoral democracy. SC order on Bengal can affect its course

April 23, 2026 1:48 pm

The Court in effect told these 27 lakh persons: Sorry, your name stands deleted. Now go try your luck with the Appellate Tribunals. Yes, you may not be able to vote this time. But your right to vote is not being taken away permanently

Yogendra Yadav writes: India’s new federal compact must be based on principle of non-domination

February 24, 2026 9:22 am

The conversation on a new federal compact could begin with a frank discussion on a balance of power across the Hindi and the non-Hindi states

Yogendra Yadav writes | Let’s recover the lost meanings of ganarajya to face the political challenge of our time

January 27, 2026 3:30 pm

A search for the ethical ideals embedded in the idea of ganrajya invites us to uncover the swadharm of our republic. And that would lead us to a stark conclusion: What we confront today is not just a backsliding of our democracy, not just a mutilation of our Constitution. We face nothing short of a determined onslaught on the swadharm of our ganarajya

Yogendra Yadav writes: Reading India’s political mood at the World Book Fair

January 20, 2026 10:44 am

It is natural that the present assault on the architecture of the constitutional republic would invite vigorous attempts to research and defend the constitutional vision

Yogendra Yadav writes: Parliament should discuss how to prevent electoral deforms, not how to bring electoral reforms

December 09, 2025 4:08 pm

The BJP with its organisational presence and support of local officials is better placed than the Opposition to rescue its loyal voters from structural exclusion. Besides, the design of the SIR and its implementation bias would lead to a targeted disenfranchisement of Muslims and other communities that the BJP finds electorally inconvenient

Yogendra Yadav writes on nation-wide SIR: Exclusionary exercise masquerading as reform

October 29, 2025 7:34 am

SIR has resulted in a worsening in all key respects: Sharp decline in adult-elector ratio, disproportionate deletions of women and Muslims, and continued presence of glaring inaccuracies in the voters' list. Latest announcement shows EC's unwillingness to learn from the Bihar experiment

Suhas Palshikar writes: Who stole my nationalism?

May 31, 2025 9:01 pm

A spirited defence of Indian nationalism must also confront how it was undermined from the start. Belonging without othering was always under siege — today's phoney nationalism has only finished the job

Yogendra Yadav: ‘The North and South should make a deal on population vs revenue over delimitation’

April 26, 2025 6:21 am

Yogendra Yadav, member, Swaraj India, and national convenor of Bharat Jodo Abhiyaan, discusses the challenges of delimitation, freeing up the process from bias and streamlining voters’ lists. The session was moderated by Amitabh Sinha, Science and Climate Editor

Bharat Jodo Yatra: Congress Party's 'long battle' to unite the country

September 09, 2022 8:55 pm

The 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' by Rahul Gandhi is being billed by the party as the longest rally mounted in the country over the last century.

Today in pics: March 24, 2014

March 24, 2014 10:22 am

India will hold national elections from April 7 to May 12.

Yogendra Yadav launches AAP campaign in Maharashtra, hits out at Rahul, Modi

February 20, 2014 9:50 am

Launching his party's Lok Sabha campaign in Maharashtra, Aam Aadmi Party leader Yogendra Yadav lambasted Congress and BJP, saying that they were neck deep in corruption.

AAP MLA Binny launches fresh attack against Kejriwal

January 21, 2014 6:47 pm