The opportunity in Gujarat and Karnataka is waiting on the wings. If the Congress cannot cash in on it this time, it must be ready to be consigned to history.
Month: May 2016
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/success-has-many-fathers-and-mothers-but-election-failure-continues-to-be-a-bastard-2794140.html
The recent state election results have clearly brought the focus back on the decline of the Congress as a potent political force and its very survival as a pan-Indian entity
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/tamil-nadu-assembly-elections-assam-west-bengal-kerala-jayalalithaa-2788948.html
The electoral outcomes in three states – Assam, West Bengal and Kerala – have gone on expected lines, but Tamil Nadu sprung a surprise.
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/corruption-tmc-congress-saradha-narada-elections-west-bengal-assam-tamil-nadu-kerala-2782580.html
There are not many instances when a political party has lost an election roundly in a state on account of corruption charges. Take the case of Lalu Yadav.
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/rahul-gandhi-uttarakhand-assembly-democracy-bjp-jawaharlal-nehru-congress-article-356-2777616.html
The recent failed attempt in Uttarakhand to use Article 356 for partisan gains was a clear case to highlight the ‘murder of democracy’. But then, Rahul should have remembered that Modi was not the only culprit in this abuse of the provision of Article 356 in the Constitution
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/will-modis-kejriwals-of-india-take-lessons-in-political-civility-from-bernie-sanders-2773560.html
Will our Modis and Kejriwals take a cue from Bernie Sanders and eschew personal attack or will they continue to act as if Donald Trump is a role model
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-narendra-modi-caste-upper-lower-dominant-congress-sonia-gandhi-rahul-ljp-bsp-sp-jdu-lalu-prasad-yadav-nitish-kumar-vote-bank-politics-gujjars-jats-patidar-reservation-quota-2765888.html
BJP has to decide whose support it values the most – the upper castes or the dominant castes as there will be a clash between the two over reservation
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/sonia-gandhi-bofors-agustawestland-congress-2759266.html
Almost 25 years separate the AgustaWestland scam from that of the Bofors. Both were defence deals.
Source: http://www.firstpost.com/politics/sonia-gandhi-bofors-agustawestland-congress-2759266.html