The party has given no space to what Wyatt, writing about Tamil Nadu, calls party ‘entrepreneurs’.Footnote32 The likes of Amar Singh and Azam Khan in the SP, or Nasimuddin Siddiqui, Swami Prasad Maurya and Indrajit Saroj in the BSP, were eventually relegated to the margins, first in ...
This year's polls were held in 542 constituencies, after the election was cancelled in one constituency in southern state Tamil Nadu where votes would be polled at a later date. While the BJP seems winning over 300 seats on its own, its pre-poll alliance partners Janata Dal (United) seems...
Another way of putting this is that as long as you are in the first or second place, you have time and the force of inertia on your side. You can exist in a state of structural weakness for many election cycles till something forces you into the third place. The third place is disast...
Ever since the election results have been announced, both the BJP and the INC have pulled up their socks and preparing for the battle royale in 2019, forging pre-poll alliances and electoral understanding. Only a couple of days ago, the BJP yielded to one of its alliance partners Lok Jansh...
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On the last day of the winter session of Parliament, the BJP-led NDA and Congress-led INDIA bloc held counter-protests, which reflected the ongoing political tensions. The key issues included the 'One Nation, One Election' bill, Amit Shah's remarks on BR
Among other most under-performing states, Haryana and Tamil Nadu, led by BJP and ally AIADMK, respectively, ranked below Punjab which is ruled by Congress. While 17.1 per cent respondents were not satisfied with the Punjab government's work, 9.1 percent in Haryana and 1 percent of r...
“The ability of the market to surprise was evident in the 557 point spurt in the Nifty on Friday. This sharp upswing will continue today assisted by the super NDA performance in Maharashtra. The political message from this election is huge and highly positive from the market ...
At its peak, the BJP had governments (or was part of the government) in 21 states. With yesterday’s election performance, the Congress now has a government or is part of the government in five states--Punjab, Karnataka, MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh--with 21% of the population, up fr...
Over 540 parliamentary constituencies went to polls after the election was cancelled in a constituency in southern state of Tamil Nadu in the just-concluded elections in India. Counting of the votes is still underway. The ECI website showed that in most constituencies, the BJP candidates have mai...