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Telangana CM Revanth Reddy getting closer to the Gandhis

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Yashwant Deshmukh & Sutanu Guru

The Importance of Elon Musk

The woke-liberal dream of eventually shaping the entire world to suit their totalitarian and often Marxist worldview has been rudely disrupted by Elon Musk. India...

Politics is all about personality and perceived performance

Starting from Narendra Modi at the national level, Indian politics is more and more about personality cults. The first phase of voting is already over...

Why unemployment will be a big issue even in 2029 & 2034

India, despite being the second most populous country in the world (now most populous) has completely missed the mass industrialisation bus. CVoter has been tracking...

Is corruption an issue that really concerns voters?

There really haven’t been too many instances where corruption as an issue has affected an electoral outcome. The co-author has been travelling across India for...

Magnanimity with Pakistan is bad policy

For India, the Pakistan economy is so insignificant and irrelevant that hardly anyone will notice if there is no trade between them. That distressingly familiar...

You really think democracy is safer in Canada than in India?

So remarkable is the fine print in Canada’s new law that Stalin and Mao would have been proud sponsors of such a law. The annual...

Is BJP cobbling up a 1999-style NDA?

In Karnataka, the BJP now has a formal and formidable alliance with the JD(S). In Bihar, the INDI Alliance had a major advantage as...

Congress as West Indies, BJP as Australia

There seemed to be an air of inevitability as the co-author met scribes and locals in Shimla, Bilaspur and other places in Himachal Pradesh...

AAP, SP, Congress and some Déjà Vu

A strong opposition that can keep the government on its toes is always good for the health of a democracy. But then, hopes and...

Sandeshkhali and power

Trends are a long-term phenomenon. Even in West Bengal, the clear trend is that Hindu voters have started voting as ‘Hindus’. The co-author has a...

Should India bother about Elections in Pakistan?

Indians don’t seem to care at all about what is happening with the elections in Pakistan. By the time you read this, national “elections” in...

American Democracy is becoming a Joke

Before commenting on the myriad flaws in Indian democracy, western commentators would do better to focus on how American democracy is becoming a joke...

Is this the end of I.N.D.I. Alliance?

The delicious dreams of Opposition leaders seem perilously close to being shattered. In June 2023, there was a sense of anticipation bordering euphoria. There was...

How Mayawati has made it easier for PM Modi

She and Jatav Dalits will almost certainly ensure the BSP gets a 10% vote share in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha elections. There is...

Does political stability matter? Bengal and Odisha reveal contrasting outcomes

Both states have seen very high levels of political stability. Yet, why has Odisha been such a near miracle in reducing poverty and improving...

A tale of two ‘start-ups’

Both Arvind Kejriwal and Byju Raveendran can have a future. They will need to reinvent. For a decade or so, the two were feted, applauded...

Can I.N.D.I.A bring BJP below 250 seats?

A recent CVoter opinion poll and other credible data suggest that the mountain might be too steep to climb for the opposition. A dazzling array...

After historians, ‘eminent’ economists join the war for India’s soul

When Sunil Khilnani wrote the “Idea of India” in 1997, it was not just about the country marking 50 years of independence from British...

The message from Telangana for I.N.D.I.A partners is brutal

You will surely live to fight another day if you focus hard on your own states and their voters. Going ‘national’ and ‘international’ between now and April 2024 could mean catastrophe in your own home turf.

For I.N.D.I.A, is 2024 going, going…gone with gaumutra?

What is shocking is the behaviour and utterances of Congress leaders like Karti Chidambaram and Priyank Kharge, who de facto supported the lunacy of...

Pro or anti-incumbency? An electoral riddle

By the evening of 3 December, we will all know whom the voters have chosen in the five states. How many will see pro-incumbency...

Has Sonia Gandhi handed over 2024 to Narendra Modi?

By showing no sympathy for Israeli women, elderly and children slaughtered by Hamas terrorists and openly supporting the Palestinian ‘cause’, the Congress could have...

Congress prospects post 2024 Lok Sabha elections

In politics, like in cricket and life, almost anything is possible. Congress fans watching the World Cup match between Netherlands and South Africa (not...

How a polarised India displays total unanimity on Canada

A recent pan-India survey conducted by CVoter reveals both pragmatism and hard nationalism amongst Indians across the ideological spectrum. Cvoter conducts surveys related to political,...

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