Rahul Gokhale

The Centre’s bid to enforce political morality through constitutional amendment risks empowering investigative agencies at the expense of democratic mandate. Can a government be ethically run from a prison cell? That is the central question behind the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in August last year. The draft legislation mandates that if a Prime Minister, Chief Minister, or cabinet minister is detained for 30 consecutive...

The recent split within the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena marks a critical turning point in Maharashtra politics. With six rebel Members of Parliament (MPs) set to merge into the Eknath Shinde-led faction, the Shinde group’s Lok Sabha strength will rise to 13. While the BJP holds nine MPs, this shift significantly enhances the Shinde faction's independent political clout. Although the BJP maintains undisputed dominance in the State Legislative Assembly, these altering equations at the Centre...

For nearly half a decade, the global geopolitical landscape has been stuck in a state of permanent turbulence. The protracted war in Ukraine, the protectionist tariff regimes of the Trump presidency, and the volatile escalation of hostilities between the United States, Israel, and Iran are no longer distant regional frictions. Their tremors have rewritten the global order and weaponized transnational supply chains. In today’s splintered global order, nations are ruthlessly prioritising...