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Sanjay Jha

The writer is former national spokesperson of the Congress.

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Congress spokesperson Shama Mohammed stoked the controversy by calling Rohit Sharma “fat”

Another controversy, another example of Congress’s reactive politicsSubscriber Only

March 05,2025 13:16:45 PM

Time and again, Congress has failed to set the agenda, communicate effectively. Its most striking failure has been its inability to articulate nuanced positions on foreign policy and national security issues

Wed, Mar 05, 2025

What happened in Maharashtra? Five reasons why Congress, MVA were routedSubscriber Only

November 25,2024 17:19:02 PM

If the Congress needs any inspiration for the future, it should look at its fellow partner, Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren. Jailed, harassed, and facing a vicious hate campaign, a fabricated charge of forced demographic change on account of Bangladeshi infiltration from a take-no-prisoners BJP, the JMM leadership remained resilient.

Tue, Nov 26, 2024

What Congress’s self-goal in Haryana means for INDIA bloc – and the message from BJP’s Kashmir failureSubscriber Only

October 08,2024 16:56:08 PM

The October 8 election verdict could have provided the reinvigorated opposition, led by an unusually resolute Congress, the second booster shot after a determined fightback in the Lok Sabha elections. But it turned out to be a mirage. Will the BJP see a potential crack, a cleavage that could lead to its potential resurrection after a dreary run?

Wed, Oct 09, 2024

It’s not about where, it’s what he’s saying copy

Sanjay Jha writes: Why BJP is obsessed with Rahul Gandhi and his speechesSubscriber Only

September 14,2024 07:30:54 AM

Gandhi’s speeches and interactions highlight how the PM has yet to hold a press conference, a non-choreographed interaction

Sat, Sep 14, 2024

From Arab Spring to Bangladesh regime fall — ‘jobless growth’ is a national security issueSubscriber Only

August 14,2024 13:20:40 PM

The ILO had warned that the youth unemployment crisis, especially after the pandemic, was a ticking ‘time bomb’, more so in lower-middle-income countries. Politicians cutting across partisan trenches in India will be profusely naïve to ignore the lessons from other countries like Bangladesh

Wed, Aug 14, 2024

Are we headed for a thrilling Tuesday or a mundane announcement of ceremonial formalities? Who knows? Fasten your seat belts, and close the exit gates (pun intended). (PTI Photo)

Exit polls and results day: Why BJP may have reason to worry, and where INDIA may have fallen shortSubscriber Only

June 02,2024 14:12:13 PM

Economic woes, voter fatigue, corruption – there are many reasons for ruling alliance to be wary of result on June 4. But the Opposition has also made strategic errors

Mon, Jun 03, 2024

Sanjay Jha writes | Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli, Priyanka a no-show: How Congress lost its UP stronghold Subscriber Only

May 03,2024 13:27:40 PM

Smriti Irani now has bragging rights; Rahul copped out of a contest — this is what she will repeat ad nauseum. If the Gandhi siblings had jumped in together, it would have provided a huge force multiplier for the INDIA bloc

Fri, May 03, 2024

patna opposition meeting 2024 lok sabha elections

Sanjay Jha writes: Five things a united Opposition must do to defeat Modi’s BJP in 2024Subscriber Only

June 24,2023 13:54:10 PM

BJP underestimates the Patna Summit of opposition parties at its own peril

Wed, Jun 28, 2023

Sanjay Jha writes: After Pawan Khera incident, Congress shouldn’t fall for tit-for-tat cultureSubscriber Only

February 24,2023 14:34:08 PM

Sanjay Jha writes: My former colleague Pawan Khera is a victim of a culture in which news is infotaiment and spokespersons have to become actors.

Fri, Feb 24, 2023

Sanjay Jha writes on Rahul Gandhi’s speech in Parliament: Questions the Congress leader has raised need answers, not political rhetoric and whatabouterySubscriber Only

February 08,2023 14:13:24 PM

Sanjay Jha writes: Government is wrong in bludgeoning discussions in Parliament on the Adani meltdown. The affair points to cronyism, raises questions about regulatory bodies and shows corporate governance in poor light

Fri, Feb 10, 2023

Sanjay Jha writes: Mallikarjun Kharge must call Ashok Gehlot’s bluffSubscriber Only

November 03,2022 17:27:46 PM

New Congress president must intervene in Sachin Pilot vs Ashok Gehlot. Gehlot precipitated an unsavoury, unwarranted crisis in Congress and now seems to be hinting at closeness to the BJP

Fri, Nov 04, 2022

Sanjay Jha writes: The unofficial official candidature of Mallikarjun Kharge – how Congress has failed itselfSubscriber Only

September 30,2022 17:59:59 PM

Bottom-line: Congress needs a president who can help it win the 2024 general elections, and as many state elections before that. What it does not need is a pallbearer of bland homilies and darbari subservience

Thu, Oct 06, 2022

Sanjay Jha writes on Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation: Congress needs a Priyanka Gandhi-Sachin Pilot ticketSubscriber Only

August 26,2022 17:39:55 PM

Rahul Gandhi must take the blame for barricading himself from his well-meaning party colleagues. But Congress can still upset BJP applecart

Mon, Aug 29, 2022

Anupam Kher is wrong. The buck stops with the governmentSubscriber Only

May 08,2021 03:12:33 AM

Sanjay Jha writes: Centre, PM must be held accountable for the current Covid wave.

Sat, May 08, 2021

Centre must now recalibrate its COVID strategy, allow economy to open upSubscriber Only

May 20,2020 01:27:07 AM

The government has belatedly woken up to the naked truth: India is failing both the medical emergency test and self-destructing by creating an economic washout.

Wed, May 20, 2020

Why the Gujarat results mean it is game on for CongressSubscriber Only

December 18,2017 18:48:33 PM

Unemployed youth, short-changed small traders, wiped out SME entrepreneurs and desperate farmers have exposed the disingenuous fault-lines of this oversold campaign that so hoodwinked us all in 2014.

Mon, Dec 18, 2017

Rahul Gandhi tripura election rally live updates

Is it impartial EC’s business to ban TV interviews?Subscriber Only

December 14,2017 18:01:40 PM

How does the airing of an interview by one political leader, and not another, amount to influencing the vote?

Thu, Dec 14, 2017

Rahul Gandhi’s US address: The triumph of truth at BerkeleySubscriber Only

September 12,2017 17:05:46 PM

Rahul’s candid admission that the Congress, in it’s second-term, allowed a false sense of invulnerability leading to political hubris is refreshingly honest. He is aware of his dynastic baggage on which he is perpetually questioned. But as he has also said, the headstart does not guarantee assured triumphs.

Tue, Sep 12, 2017