Ahead of the upcoming local elections, the Grand Old Party in the Indian state of Rajasthan has received a major boost, as at least six MLAs from the Bahujan Samaj Party have switched their loyalty to the party which rules the state. The latest development has raised the tally of the Congress Continue Reading
A political expert warns that the Indian state of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, where the Congress rules with the support of a slender margin like that of the defeated coalition government in Karnataka, may follow the path of the southern state. Like the case of Karnataka, in these two states also, the infightings in the […]Continue Reading
The exit polls have boosted the confidence of the ruling BJP extensively. The only question left before the opposition is that what is next. All exit polls unanimously predict that the NDA led by the BJP would easily cross the magic number of 272, required to ensure the majority in the parliament. According to the […]Continue Reading
The Gujjar Community has launched a severe agitation across Rajasthan demanding at least five per cent reservation for the community in jobs and educational institutions. The community has reminded the ruling party of state Congress that it was with their support the party defeated the BJP in the state. They have warned that they would […]Continue Reading
The Indian state of Rajasthan has got nearly twenty-three new ministers today. The oath taking ceremony of the new ministers have taken place at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur. Of these twenty-three, at least thirteen are cabinet ministers, and the rest are state ministers. Importantly, one of these ministers is a lawmaker of the Rashtriya Lok […]Continue Reading
A political party normally feels happiness in its election victory, and sad in its election failure. There is nothing unusual in it. It seems that the prime national parties are very eager to prove all such notions wrong. From the gestures of the leaders of the prime national parties which competed vehemently against each other […]Continue Reading
It seems that the BJP has failed to win the heart of the Hindi heartland this time. As per a latest report, the Congress Party has performed far better than expected in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh –both ruled by the saffron party at this moment- in the crucial assembly election. The report also indicates that […]Continue Reading
A report published in a leading national daily says that the political mood in the rural Madhya Pradesh is very different from that of the rural Rajasthan. It is not that one is pro-BJP and other is pro-Congress; in both places, there is a strong feeling against the saffron party. It is only that the […]Continue Reading
With the BJP determinant to use all possible means to keep the Congress Party’s raising star of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot, away from the state legislative assembly, the Saffron leaders have tactically fielded the most powerful Muslim candidate of the rightist camp, Yunus Khan, in the Tonk constituency –one of the Muslim dominated constituencies in the […]Continue Reading
A question no opposition party, which aims to create a grand-alliance ahead of the 2019 General Election, wishes to address is that who will be projected against the charismatic Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the PM candidate in the election. It is not that there is no leader available. The sad reality is that […]Continue Reading