Do the math. The BJP will be the victim of its own 2014 success, writes Shashi Tharoor. The recent state assembly election defeats for the BJP in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the clear, if close, loss in Madhya Pradesh, and the ruling party’s no-show in Telangana and Mizoram, have energised the opposition, and in particular the Congress Party. From a period […]
Author: ideaofcongress
A quiet churning in Congress
There have been several changes at various levels of the principal opposition party. Post-Karnataka, there are signs of recovery in the party that has set its sights on 2019 Lok Sabha elections Almost exhausted by multiple election losses since 2014, the grand old Congress seems finally recouping. It just surprised the rival […]
A Tryst with an Idea – Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018
From the beginning of February till the mid of May, Karnataka has been no less than a high-season destination. The constant influx of the current biggest names in Indian politics, their roadshows and public-meetings, and all things that are part and parcel of the Indian election experience was on full display. The incumbent popular CM, […]
India not safe in BJP’s hands as nation cannot be ‘built on divides’: Shashi Tharoor
Asserting that a nation cannot be “built on divides”, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said India was not safe in the hands of the BJP government. “…unfortunately, the evidence we have seen in the last four years (of the NDA rule) does not suggest that this country is safe in the hands of […]
Modi’s economic policies disastrous, says Manmohan Singh
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the state of India’s economy, saying the country was facing crises that were avoidable. “Our nation today is experiencing difficult times. Our farmers are facing an acute crisis, our aspirational youth are not finding opportunities, and the economy is growing […]
House in crisis: Four reasons why Parliament is becoming irrelevant
Every morning, a familiar spectacle. Parliament begins, uproar ensues, MPs compete with runner Usain Bolt in a high-speed relay to the well, and immediately the People’s House shuts down. Another day of taxpayer money wasted, debate on life-affecting legislation stymied, and yet another nail hammered into the coffin of Westminster-style democracy in India. Parliamentary […]
Unmade in India: the story of Tirupur’s decline
The city of Tirupur was always known as an entrepreneur’s paradise — a place where unskilled labour arrived from across the country to receive on-the-job training before ultimately starting their own micro to small units to service India’s largest knitwear export cluster. Demand was always growing, labour was continuously learning and moving up […]
Congress Plenary 2018: A young India’s tryst with destiny
The Congress party is looking to Rahul Gandhi, the first Congress president of this century, to kindle the hopes and aspirations of a young India In the 2014 general elections, one in five Indians voted for the Congress party, while nearly one in three voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Narendra Modi. […]
When NiMo Meets NaMo by Rajdeep Sardesai
When NiMo meets NaMo One good thing in the often joyless times in which we live is the flowering of satire and cartooning on social media (yes, RK Laxman’s legacy is alive and kicking) For the last week, my whatsapp has been buzzing, not so much with breaking news, as with ‘breaking jokes’. Every few […]