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The Hidden Lessons of India’s Political Splits
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Mass defections are often blamed on ambition. But history suggests that parties begin to fracture when they lose ideological purpose.
The spate of mass defections and vertical splits witnessed over the past few years has become the subject of heated...
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TMC merger possible, but a LoP is unlikely
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As TMC merger speculation grows amid internal turmoil, Congress is unlikely to replace Mallikarjun Kharge with Mamata Banerjee as Rajya Sabha Opposition leader
New Delhi: After suffering a crushing setback in the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief...
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TMC’s split boosts BJP’s push for key reforms
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New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with her nephew and MP Abhishek Banerjee, is facing a series of political setbacks, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues to...
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Sinking Ship
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Barely a month after the BJP’s historic landslide ended 15 years of Trinamool Congress rule, Mamata Banerjee’s once-invincible party is rapidly disintegrating into a spectacle of opportunism, defections and panic.
The speed of the collapse has been breathtaking. The first...
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The Opposition’s Existential Question
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While democracy needs a credible opposition, it is not the BJP’s responsibility to create one.
Elections in India since 2014 have increasingly generated an engaging debate- the “lack” of a political opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Barring a...
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Assam, Bengal and the BJP’s New Political Geography
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Assam and West Bengal signalled a broader political shift: traditional regional loyalties no longer guarantee voter allegiance.
The political landscape of eastern India has undergone a profound transformation over the past decade, culminating in significant electoral victories for the Bharatiya...
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The Quiet Shift in India’s Ballot
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The 2026 Assembly poll results have shown that India’s voters are shifting from familiarity to aspiration by rewarding those leaders and parties who promise a credible path to the future.
Something significant has shifted in Indian politics, and we are...
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Ballot Quake
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The keenly-contested state elections in four states and a union territory witnessed mandates that have taken a tectonic turn in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The voters here have delivered verdicts that have completely upended entrenched narratives and redrawn...
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Tight Races
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Exit polls, like monsoon forecasts, are best treated with scepticism. India’s recent electoral history is littered with confident projections that dissolved on counting day. Yet even allowing for their fallibility, the latest round of projections across four states and one...
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Freebies, infiltration to dominate discourse
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee holds a child on the occassion of Eid al-Fitr in Kolkata on Saturday.
New Delhi: In the West Bengal assembly elections, issues of illegal infiltration and freebies are set to dominate the discourse. The...
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