By PRAKASH BHANDARI The BJP has played the social engineering card in Rajasthan with an eye on the Lok Sabha election where the party will try and retain all the 25 seats that it had won in the 2014 and 2019 elections. Tuesday, December 12, 2023, was Margsheersh Krishna Paksh Amavasya day, according to the
Religion matters. Aspirational India is still poor. India admires strong leaders. India values decency.
Shreekant Sambrani highlights the reasons why the BJP pulled off improbable victories in the Hindi heartland.
Never before has the BJP faced such a crisis over the nomination of the Chief Minister as it is facing now, discovers Prakash Bhandari, veteran observer of Rajasthan politics.
A democracy is one, only if it has a robust Opposition.
And as its actions show, the Modi-BJP combine gives two hoots for that.
So, the Opposition must learn to convince people why the BJP must go.
Else, it can count down to 2029, points out Shyam G Menon.
By RAMESH MENON The results of the assembly election have many lessons for both political parties and campaign managers. What was it that triumphed? It was ultimately diligent and aggressive campaigning, polarisation of new sections like tribals and scheduled castes, booth management, door-to-door campaigning by trained workers, personal contact with voters, and finally, the money