A new chief minister has sworn in Tripura. Obviously, BJP also played the same politics by selecting the Bengali immigrant as chief minister of the state as the CPM has been doing. In the din of despicable and condemnable attack on Lenin’s statue, the larger…
Democracy at Stake #Back2Ballot | Antara Mukherjee
“Today it is no more the question of going back to ballot paper in elections, but it’s a must that 2019 elections be conducted through the ballot…
Win elections through manipulations but India will be the loser | Vidya Bhushan Rawat
The scene of thugs in the street throwing stones at innocent school children send a chilling message that the Hindutva groups are deliberately using the…
Ambedkarites, Tribals, Leftists & Muslims alliance – An electoral compulsion.
On 1st Jan 2018, Ambedkarites (read Dalits) were attacked near Bhima Koregaon, where they had been to pay homage to the soldiers mattered in a 200 yr old battle between the Peshwa and the British. The army of the British had considerable presence of Mahars…
Invincibility myth broken in Gujarat, game wide open for 2019 | Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Gujarat’s much awaited results are out. The fraudsters sitting in the mega ‘slaughterhouses’ have been exposed and myth related to invincibility is broken and perhaps shaken the Hindutva camp from inside. These results will have huge impact on the psyche…
Hatred, Polarization and Electoral politics
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) won with a thumping majority in the Uttar Pradesh State Assembly elections on 11th March 2017. It got over three-fourths majority in India’s most populous state. The win is attributed to the charisma of Prime Minister Narendra…
The ‘Divide and Rule’ clause of Indian ‘Democracy’
The much-awaited results of the state elections are out. The ‘Éxit Pollsters’ who went wrong in Bihar are thumping their chests and claiming ‘victory’ claiming invention of a new ‘PK’. The SAD-BJP alliance in Punjab was voted out of power…
Corporate media distorting electoral picture in Uttar Pradesh
The entire union cabinet is now camping in Varanasi. Modi ji has already done a road show and reports are coming in that he will embark on another road show soon. The UP voters have given our big guns a run for their money. It is not only the cabinet, friends…
Voting choices are based on needs, greed and security
The next assembly elections in UP will begin from 11th February 2017 in several phases. The Samajwadi Party in alliance with Congress is hopeful of second term under the leadership of the incumbent Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav…
Uttar Pradesh : Time to think for a post poll scenario
The UP political situation have brought sharp differences between yesterday's friend who have now becoming bitter foes. People are posting things on Facebook and whats app abusing their former comrades just because one is on the side of Samajwadi Party while…