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

BJP's Bengal 2026 victory stemmed from grassroots organization, "Panna Pramukh" strategy, high turnout, anti-incumbency, youth support, targeted campaigns, and Amit Shah's planning, turning electoral psychology into decisive political success. New Delhi: Major shifts in Indian politics are rarely born out of noise, but they emerge from the quiet, layered execution of strategy and patience. The 2026 West Bengal election results reaffirm this enduring truth. This is not merely

The man well past 70 years of age, dressed in simple shirt and trousers, wearing a faint yellow scarf around his neck, with a broad grin on his face and briskness in his walk, was a part of the powerful Central Committee of the proscribed organisation Communist Party of India (Maoist) … till he surrendered last year before Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at Gadchiroli. His surrender made national and international news, because he was treated as the ‘brain’ or ‘ideological t

There are moments in a republic’s life when the state reasserts not merely its authority, but its moral clarity. Home Minister Amit Shah’s declaration that India stands on the cusp of becoming free of the Maoist scourge marks one such moment. The deadline of March 2026, that was predictably dismissed by the Opposition as political bravado, has, by all accounts, been met with a resolve that is as consequential as it is overdue. For decades, Left Wing Extremism cast a long, dar