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Regional parties face battle for relevance in election arena

In many ways, it is clear that the 2024 elections are framed by a challenge repeatedly thrown out by Prime Minister Modi over the past few weeks.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in Aurangabad on March 2. In January, the latter returned to the BJP-led NDA fold. (HT file)
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 06:26 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Parliament security breach: How Bhagat Singh endures, even for the misguided

It's no surprise that even as legacies of Nehru, Patel & Gandhi are ensnared in modern-day political chambers, battle and fascination for Bhagat Singh endures

In a country where history is now increasingly contested, where leaders are valorised and demonised in equal measure, Bhagat Singh is everyone’s hero. (File)
Updated on Dec 15, 2023 04:47 AM IST

Modi’s guarantees ensured credibility among the people: Raman Singh

After a stunning victory in the Chhattisgarh elections, three-term chief minister Raman Singh credits the announcement of welfare schemes as the turning point for the BJP. Corruption was also a major issue in the campaign, with the Congress being punished for their involvement. The BJP's success in tribal seats is attributed to the Congress' lack of understanding and empathy for these regions. The party's first priorities in government will be to fulfill their manifesto promises. The decision of who will be the next Chhattisgarh CM will be made by the party in a meeting of legislators.

Senior BJP leader Raman Singh (ANI)
Updated on Dec 04, 2023 07:42 AM IST

Misfired OBC gambit, infighting: How to lose a mandate in 5 years

A senior leader said that a simmering leadership struggle within the Congress in the wake of the 2018 win also cost the Congress

Raipur, Dec 03 (ANI): A view of the Chhattisgarh Congress office during the counting of votes for the State Assembly elections, in Raipur on Sunday. As per official EC trends, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in the state with 54 of the total 90 seats. (ANI Photo) (ANI)
Updated on Dec 04, 2023 07:22 AM IST

Anti-incumbency a challenge in rural Telangana as BRS eyes return

An expert said while headwinds against the ruling BRS have only crystallised over the last few weeks of the campaign, the signs of disaffection have been there.

Telangana chief minister and BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao in Kamareddy on November 9. (PTI)
Updated on Nov 28, 2023 06:58 AM IST
By, Kaleshwaram/chelpur

Telangana elections: BJP’s prospects take hit as it cedes ground

Since the state was created in 2014, the BRS has always been the pre-eminent political force, winning both assembly polls and most seats in the 2019 LS polls

In 2019, the BJP had won 4 of the 17 seats, winning 23% of the vote, and pushing Congress, the traditional opposition, down into third (ANI)
Updated on Nov 27, 2023 01:30 AM IST
By, Hyderabad

Talks of change shroud AIMIM bastion of Hyderabad after Cong finds space

Hyderabad has always been central to Telangana’s identity. It is a city that saw the most strident protests for the creation of the new state in 2014.

Hyderabad is perhaps the most important district politically; it has 15 of the 119 seats in the state (HT file photo)
Updated on Nov 26, 2023 06:00 AM IST
By, Hyderabad

Paddy gambit may hold the key to power in Chhattisgarh

In many ways, conversations around paddy have framed political fortunes in Chhattisgarh since it became a state in 2000.

In many ways, conversations around paddy have framed political fortunes in Chhattisgarh since it became a state in 2000. (HT file)
Updated on Nov 07, 2023 06:02 AM IST
By, , Raipur/new Delhi

OBC narrative fading for Cong, but farm policies likely to help

Voting for Chhattisgarh is scheduled to be held in a two-phased manner on November 7 and 17, and the results will be declared on December 3

Voting for Chhattisgarh is scheduled to be held in a two-phased manner on November 7 and 17. (PTI)
Updated on Oct 25, 2023 01:15 AM IST
By, Durg

HT Interview: No anti-incumbency in Chhattisgarh, says CM Baghel

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, ahead of crucial assembly elections, says there is no anti-incumbency in the state and the Congress has ensured all-round development.

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel (PTI)
Updated on Oct 22, 2023 04:30 AM IST

HT INTERVIEW Baghel govt has put a stop to development: Raman Singh

Raman Singh said that the Congress government under Bhupesh Baghel stopped all development work he started

Raman Singh was the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh (Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Oct 21, 2023 05:44 AM IST

Bastar: Close poll battle plays out on the field of many a bloodbath

Violence and tragedy have been central to politics in India's Bastar region, which is preparing for an assembly election.

BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE: Five people were killed on Tuesday after a BJP MLA’s car convoy was attacked by Maoists at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh. Bheema Mandavi is an MLA from Bijapur constituency. (HT Photo) Pic received on April 9, 2019.
Updated on Oct 20, 2023 08:24 AM IST

HT interview: Congress has given recognition... will have collective leadership, says TS Singh Deo

A day after his appointment, Singhdeo said that the idea of his being deputy CM was first floated in 2022

Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo (Twitter)
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 10:15 PM IST

What Karnataka poll result means for Modi, BSY, Siddaramaiah, Kharge, Deve Gowda

What do assembly election results imply for the country’s top leaders? A look at the verdict and its impact

The Karnataka election result is a reminder that even for Narendra Modi, the non-Hindi speaking parts of the country remain a challenge, especially in local contests against strong local leadership. (PTI File Photo/PIB)
Updated on May 14, 2023 08:25 AM IST

How the Congress won Karnataka

The combination of a rooted unified leadership, messaging around local issues, strong social coalition, and a clever campaign that capitalised on anti-incumbency helped Congress

The Congress ended up winning 137 of Karnataka’s 244 seats (Twitter Photo)
Updated on May 14, 2023 12:32 AM IST

What didn’t work for the BJP in Karnataka election

The party’s biggest failure was engineering a smoother transition from the old to the new leadership

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai ran a government that put communal issues front and centre (Basavaraj S Bommai Twitter)
Updated on May 14, 2023 12:38 AM IST

The JD(S) confronts an existential crisis

Karnataka election results: The JD(S) fell to its lowest seat tally of 19 since 1999 when the fledgling party first fought elections, falling from 37 in 2018

The two governments led by HD Kumaraswamy collapsed under the weight of their internal contradictions (PTI fILE pHOTO)
Updated on May 14, 2023 12:29 AM IST

Communal undertones may sway fortunes in coastal Karnataka

The western coast of Karnataka with 21 assembly seats including the two from the hills of Kodagu, is where religion drives politics, and life.

Union home minister Amit Shah's during a roadshow ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections, at Madikeri in Kodagu. (Amit Shah Twitter)
Updated on May 02, 2023 01:38 PM IST

Karnataka polls: Deve Gowda’s legacy holds the key in Old Mysuru battleground

In many ways, the electoral fate of HD Deve Gowda and his Janata Dal(Secular) is one of the defining questions of the Karnataka assembly elections.

Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda (right) with his son HD Kumaraswamy at a programme in Mysuru on March 26. (PTI)
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 12:12 PM IST
By, Hassan/mysuru

Bengaluru’s silenced slums may hold unlikely Karnataka poll key

The shift happens quickly and violently

A 2021 survey found that Bengaluru has 597 slum areas. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 26, 2023 06:13 PM IST
By, Bengaluru

Bhiwani killings: How pride intertwines with fear, ‘gau raksha’ in Haryana

From grainy videos of high-speed chases to pitched gun battles, from villages that take pride in enforcing a controversial law to villages living in fear of being targeted: Inside the politics of cow protection in the state.

Outside Monu Manesar’s house in Gurugram. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 10, 2023 12:02 PM IST
ByLeena Dhankar and Dipankar Ghose, Manesar/nuh/gurugram

Counting milestones: A day in the life of the Bharat Jodo Yatra

Hundreds of frantic feet are kicking up dust, and the tarred lane is unable to hold the numbers on it. First there is a marching band, then a media van, then a ring of security guards holding a thick rope in a bid to separate the man in the centre from the crowds rushing towards him.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leading a sea of padayatris during the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Bundi. (ANI)
Published on Dec 16, 2022 11:55 PM IST
By, Sawai Madhopur

Gujarat election results: AAP plays spoiler, claims win with national status

Gujarat election results: For over three months, the biggest names in the AAP — from party chief Arvind Kejriwal to Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha — made Gujarat their second home.

AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal during a roadshow in Gujarat’s Rajkot. (PTI)
Updated on Dec 09, 2022 04:05 PM IST
ByMaulik Pathak and Dipankar Ghose

Gujarat elections: Bridge collapse tragedy looms over electoral battle in Morbi

Gujarat election: It’s clear that the politics in and around Morbi at the moment revolves around the bridge collapse.

135 people were killed after the bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi district collapsed on October 31. (AP)
Updated on Nov 25, 2022 01:45 PM IST

In Patidar backyard, calm and confusion

This non-descript village, 60km from Ahmedabad and 10km from the town of Viramgam, surrounded by fields of paddy, jowar and bajra, was the epicentre of the Patidar movement, perhaps the biggest political threat faced by the BJP in the state in over two decades.

Patidars form about 15% of Gujarat’s population. (PTI)
Updated on Nov 24, 2022 07:53 PM IST
By, Viramgam

Tribal dilemma in Congress stronghold

Some men travel on their cycles to the JK Paper Mills in Songarh, around 10km away. Different world it may be, but this poll season, villages such as Thuti are bathed in political significance.

The road to Thuti has divided the village residents between the desire for development and local displacement (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 23, 2022 12:26 PM IST
By, Tapi

In land of diamonds and textiles, larger Guj pointers from triangular contest

By night, deeply business-oriented as it is, Surat is alive well into the wee hours, the malls and shopping complexes full of customers. “There is something in the water of the river Tapi. It makes things grow,” Chainani said. “But every garden needs a gardener, even if you have water. And the BJP has always been strong here.”

BJP’s Ravi Kishan addresses supporters in Surat on Monday. (ANI)
Updated on Nov 22, 2022 01:00 PM IST
By, Surat

Refocusing our lens to view wildlife health holistically

We must recognise how intricately wildlife health is related to human health. This will be possible only if we pay close attention to the criticality of the "one health" approach

Lumpy skin disease of livestock needs to be checked as there is a potential for disease transmission to wild herbivores. (Satish Bate/HT Photo)
Published on Oct 04, 2022 07:38 PM IST

Congress political crisis: The parallels in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh

In both Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, as much as the Congress governments have been battling the BJP, they have been waging an internal war too

The chief ministers of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have consolidated their positions, angering the men that want to take over (ANI File Photo)
Updated on Sep 26, 2022 06:24 PM IST

Modi’s outreach bested Akhilesh Yadav’s caste calculus in UP’s eastern reaches

Senior BJP leaders credited rallies by PM Narendra Modi in the eastern parts for turning the sentiment in the BJP’s favour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded by BJP leaders following the party's win in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 01:15 AM IST
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