Ajit Maindola, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Efforts underway to heat up politics in Rajasthan

Leaders close to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the target of central agencies. NEW DELHI: The politics in Rajasthan Congress seems to be heating up...

Nitish is no kingmaker like harkishan Surjeet

It will be a difficult task for the Bihar Chief Minister to be an alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. NEW DELHI: Will Bihar Chief...

Most Congress leaders’ priority is to pick Rahul Gandhi as president

NEW DELHI: Under the changed circumstances after Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation, pressure is again increasing on Rahul Gandhi to accept the post of Congress...

Rahul remains a prisoner of ‘attitude problem’

Gandhi scion needs to adapt himself; Congress may have to pay a heavy price if party takes Azad’s departure lightly. NEW DELHI: With many leaders...

‘Only Strong organisation, poll successes can revive Congress’

Sycophancy will not be of any help for the party in its fight to stage a comeback. NEW DELHI: There seems to be no end to...

Congress upbeat after five mayoral wins in MP

Party gets a fresh lease of life after civic poll results of Madhya Pradesh; opposition bags 7 out of 16 mayoral positions. NEW DELHI: The...

Ashok Gehlot gets active for Rajasthan polls

Congress’ focus is on local issues, while the BJP banks on PM Modi. New Delhi: Around one year is left for the Rajasthan Assembly elections...

Opposition unity may be elusive in monsoon session

Congress’ own leaders may spell trouble for it. New Delhi: Unity is likely to be elusive for the Opposition in the Monsoon session of Parliament...

Congress focuses on countering polarisation after Udaipur killing

Grand old party goes all guns blazing as photos showing BJP members’ alleged ‘terror links’ emerge. New Delhi: In what is being viewed as a...

CM Soren in neck-deep trouble as ED digs deeper

JMM-led Jharkhand government may go the Maharashtra way even as more skeletons come tumbling out of the cupboard. New Delhi: With the Enforcement Directorate (ED)...

Combative KCR’s support to Sinha signals he is not close to PM Modi

Telangana Chief Minister surprises everyone by hardening his stand towards the Modi government. New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) hardening his stand...

Udaipur beheading is bad news for Gehlot, Congress

This is a big issue having polarization potential for the BJP. Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot may have taken swift action to control the...

Rahul’s elevation as Congress president to be deferred again

Maharashtra developments, Udaipur incident add to Congress’ woes and worries. New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as Congress president is likely to be deferred. Sources say...

PM’s pick Droupadi Murmu ruffles Opposition feathers

NDA steals a march over Opposition parties, including Congress. New Delhi: The BJP-led NDA has triggered panic in the opposition camp by naming Odisha tribal...

Is Uddhav indispensable for BJP in Maharashtra?

What BJP cannot lose sight of is that 48 Lok Sabha seats come from Maharashtra; MVA will be a challenge with Uddhav continuing to...

Gehlot ready to play on the front foot on a political pitch

As political mercury heats up, Rajasthan Chief Minister leads the Congress attack. NEW DELHI: The collision between Congress and the NDA government at the Centre is...

Kartikeya Sharma stages a stunning victory, jolts Congress

New Delhi: Media baron Kartikeya Sharma pulled off a sensational and brilliant victory as an Independent candidate in a nail-biting contest in the Rajya...

Gehlot’s stature grows after Congress’ win in RS polls

New Delhi: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has emerged stronger after Congress pulled off victory in three of the four Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan...

kcr may be Opposition’s face for 2024 battle

The Telangana Chief Minister plans to change the profile and format of his political outfit Telangana Rashtra Samithi. New Delhi: In what will have far-reaching...

Congress relies on Ashok Gehlot’s ‘political magic’ for third Rajya Sabha seat

Rajasthan Chief Minister’s ‘political dexterity’ keeps the grand old party’s hopes alive for its third seat. New Delhi: Will Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who is...

CM Dhami will lead BJP on upward trajectory in Uttarakhand

Older leaders may be sent packing; Prime Minister Modi describes Chief Minister Dhami as a dynamic leader. New Delhi: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami...

Varun Gandhi will reach out to unemployed youths, farmers, traders

BJP MP will launch a nationwide campaign to connect with a large section of society ‘facing problems due to govt policies’. New Delhi: Voicing support...

Rahul Gandhi needs to change his strategy

Congress’ pursuit of Delhi’s throne will be a wild-goose chase without winning states. New Delhi: Can a political party win the Lok Sabha election without...

Target 2049: PM sets BJP’s goal for poll dominance

BJP’s brainstorming comes up with key poll strategies; CMs for all poll-bound states to be decided by the Central BJP leadership. Jaipur: The BJP brainstorming...

Congress planned to give Kishor charge of Bihar

The poll strategist accepted the proposal in the presence of Rahul Gandhi, but backtracked later. New Delhi: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor was also one of...

BJP set to brainstorm on plans to win all election battles until 2024

Jaipur: After the Congress’ brainstorming, the BJP is also going to chalk out its strategy for upcoming elections, including the 2024 parliamentary polls in...

Will Congress bridge gap between rhetoric, action?

Congress will find it difficult to implement lofty ideas being floated during the three-day strategic meet at the city of lakes. New Delhi: Congress interim...

Will brainstorming help Congress weather storm?

NEW DELHI: With the Congress leaders all set for marathon brainstorming session at the three-day Chintan Shivir to be held on 13 May at...

‘BJP-RSS engineering riots to shift focus from inflation, unemployment’

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot dares Union Home Minister Amit Shah to set up a probe panel so that the truth can come out. JAIPUIR:...

Old guard will give Congress a new lease of life

New Delhi: The Congress will chalk out its strategy for the big 2024 electoral battle with the help of experienced leaders and veterans of...

Priyanka and Rahul are at variance with each other

Development related to Kishor suggests all is not well between the Gandhi siblings. New Delhi: The entire development related to poll strategist Prashant Kishor has...

Will Prashant Kishor turn a saviour for Congress?

The poll strategist seems to have nothing new to offer to solve the problems of the grand old party going on the wrong track...

Gehlot leads from the front as poll politics picks up

BJP sparing no effort to raise emotive issues to shift agenda even as the Chief Minister toils to keep focus on his government’s achievements. New...

Sonia struggles to fix Congress’ woes in states

Despite defeat in five states, leaders of the crisis-ridden grand old party are not ready to mend their ways. New Delhi: With the Congress leaders...

Gehlot, Baghel, Nath to lead Congress in their states

Chief Minister of Rajasthan is in an aggressive mood against Central government. New Delhi: Taking a lesson from its defeats in five states, the Congress...

Congress, NCP, Sena working to stay together

New Delhi: The budget session of Parliament went off very well from the government’s perspective. But it was disappointing for the opposition. Due to...

BJP’s election plan in pipeline for Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh

New Delhi: The BJP has started chalking out strategy for Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in view of the next year’s Assembly elections. The...

Congress faces a Rajya Sabha problem

Number of seats dwindling, number of contenders swelling. New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi will find it a challenging task to select candidates for...

Congress’ membership drive in the doldrums

The grand old party’s several electoral defeats have resulted in leaders and MLAs showing no interest in carrying out the membership drive. New Delhi: The...

PM Modi’s stamp writ large on UP, Uttarakhand cabinets

New Delhi: The second consecutive stints of the BJP governments in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand bear testimony to the impact of Prime Minister Narendra...

Sonia’s Congress revival bid won’t make much difference

Congress interim president will find it difficult to placate dissenters by relieving Rahul Gandhi’s loyalists of their advisory roles. New Delhi: Congress interim chief Sonia...

BJP’s big poll win boosts party’s morale in Rajasthan

With central leadership emerging much stronger, challenges for former CM Vasundhara Raje will increase. New Delhi: The impact of the BJP’s resounding victory in Uttar...

Sonia Gandhi needs to show courage

She should rid the party of existing ‘incompetent advisors’ immediately; internal tussle of the party is attributable to just a couple of leaders. New Delhi:...

Results will impact BJP politics in Rajasthan, MP

New Delhi: The thumping victory of BJP in UP and other state elections could have a far-reaching impact on politics in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh...

Only Congress can avert a ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’

A non-Gandhi should take charge of the Congress, not Rahul and Priyanka. New Delhi: After resounding rejection of the party in the Assembly elections, the...

Vasundhara Raje’s religious recourse riles rivals

Event to mark ex-Rajasthan CM’s birthday on 8 March is being seen by her adversaries in BJP as a show of her political strength. New...

Congress plans to tackle ‘possible’ poaching in Uttarakhand, Punjab

New Delhi: The post-poll feedback from Punjab and Uttarakhand is giving anxious moments to the Congress before counting. Internal reports from both the states...

Leaders DO calculations before counting BEGINS

‘BJP will not allow the Congress to get to power easily even if it gets 36-37 seats’. New Delhi: With the counting of votes yet...

Will Gehlot’s ‘pension revival’ revive Congress?

Rajasthan CM’s decision to implement the old scheme boosts the sagging morale of the Grand Old Party. New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s decision...

BJP’s ‘law and order’ plank finds favour with women

Uttar Pradesh’s ruling party seems to have received an ‘urban clap’. New Delhi: The BJP appears to have succeeded in wooing the women voters with...

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