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Karnataka's wait for a Dalit CM continues: Why Congress passed up the chance to break with the past
May 22, 2023 6:33 am
In recent times, the Congress has thrice let the opportunity of appointing a Dalit CM go begging — 2004, 2013, and now 2023. While the dominant caste groups seem far more united, the political support base of Dalits has increasingly got split between the Congress and the BJP.
Chhattisgarh riots: BJP moves in, turns heat on Congress govt
April 16, 2023 8:05 pm
CM Bhupesh Baghel has counted on regional pride, soft Hindutva to keep BJP at bay. But in the wake of first killings in riots under him, it has come under scrutiny.
Keeping BJP in crosshairs in UP for 2024, SP, BSP, Congress slug it out to corner Dalit-Muslim base
April 08, 2023 8:13 pm
To connect with Dalits, Akhilesh Yadav-led SP has started making the pitch that the social justice agenda of Ram Manohar Lohia and Kanshi Ram was the same, thereby urging them to rally round the party
Behind Amritpal rise, deepening political vacuum, widening governance gaps, growing discontent
March 05, 2023 10:03 am
Armed with his fiery rhetoric centred on a three-pronged pitch — calling for drug eradication, return to a pure form of Sikhism, and the need for Khalistan due to ‘injustices’ meted out to Sikhs — Amritpal is trying to appeal to gullible and disgruntled youth in Punjab
New Mamata, BJP battlelines in North Bengal as TMC fires statehood charge to gain ground
February 16, 2023 11:18 am
Suvendu Adhikari denies that BJP backs North Bengal statehood demand, but the party is worried ahead of Panchayat polls as Suman Kanjilal became its third MLA from the region to defect to TMC
In Andhra, BJP fears being left behind alone as TDP, Pawan Kalyan take the lead with yatras
February 16, 2023 11:46 am
Several important leaders skip BJP national executive, with unhappiness growing with state chief Somu Veerraju, especially over failure to tie up with Pawan Kalyan
Keeping eye out for latest trick in Bihar's three-party circus
February 16, 2023 11:50 am
As BJP goes easy on Nitish Kumar recalibrating its 2024 maths, and RJD keeps a wary eye and flexes muscle when it can, the JD(U) supremo won't mind all this uncertainty around him
Karnataka: The die is caste, and the game begins
February 16, 2023 11:53 am
Hike in quotas for some, change in category for others…. If Bommai govt thought it had it sorted ahead of polls, its problems may have just begun
As Bharat Jodo Yatra finds unlikely friends in UP, a new spring in Congress steps, but party needs more to go the distance
February 16, 2023 11:56 am
Taken off-guard by Opposition parties that fell in step in west UP and endorsement from Ram temple bodies, Congress leadership keeps it light, takes things as they come
After Naveen Patnaik, who? ‘Invincible’ CM reignites key question as he makes 100-year BJD rule pitch
February 16, 2023 11:58 am
Naveen Patnaik’s carefully-crafted image, his govt’s welfare schemes, especially for women, and BJD’s robust organisation have been fuelling his triumphs, even as he has now launched a publicity blitz over the upcoming hockey World Cup that Odisha is hosting for second consecutive time
