Crisis in party
IS there any political party in the entire democratic world, which has not faced a crisis; be it a crisis of leadership, of organisation, of the behaviour of cadres or,…
Regulating party elections
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah remained the president of the All India Muslim League from 1937 to 1943. Abul-Kalam Azad was the president of the All India Congress from 1936 to…
National congress
The meeting of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is very important in the sense that it determines the leadership of China and its goals. The…
Reviving Congress
ON hearing of the fall of the Bastille in 1789, King Louis XVI asked “Is it a revolt?” The wise Rochefoucauld replied, “No, Sire. It’s a revolution.” In India, the…
Dozens of former Bush officials leave Republican Party, calling it ‘Trump cult’
Dozens of Republicans in former President George W. Bush’s administration are leaving the party, dismayed by a failure of many elected Republicans to disown Donald Trump after his false claims…
With infrastructure vote, Congress gives Biden long-needed jolt of good news
With this week’s election results in New Jersey and Virginia suggesting that voters are souring on Democrats, President Joe Biden badly needed a jolt of good news. And on Friday,…
Party vs democracy
EVENTS in India of late richly illustrate once again that Indian ‘democracy’ is unique among recognised parliamentary democracies. This should cause no surprise. The fault lines were set in 1937…
How Congress helped Hindutva
Indian Muslims fell out of love with the Congress Party, long before Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in his infinite wisdom decided to unlock the doors of the 16th century Babri…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi faces backlash over election drubbing
Rahul Gandhi is set to face a backlash from within the main Indian opposition Congress party after it suffered a mauling for a second general election in a row from…
Can Congress survive sans the Gandhis?
Without a Gandhi at the top, India’s Congress Party is increasingly looking and acting like a headless chicken. Since its debacle in the recent general elections, there has been a…
