UPA on shaky ground
When Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, the second largest component of India’s ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), walked out of the alliance last September, nobody thought that would immediately destabilise the…
Gujarat’s right-wing leader poised for premiership bid
Right-wing Indian politician Narendra Modi looks set for a greater role in national politics after winning a third electoral victory to lead the western state of Gujarat Thursday, but not…
The meaning of Modi’s victory
With Narendra Milosevic Modi’s third consecutive victory, Gujarat has taken a big step backwards and India has suffered a political setback. The result will raise Modi’s ambition to play a…
For a few seats more
Good news. The 21st century Indian voter is non-partisan. Loyalty is yesterday’s story; support is now a consequence of governance and delivery. The rhetoric of parties has changed, which is…
