The electoral message for the Congress and the BJP in the recently concluded Assembly elections was rather sharp and blunt as regional parties threaten to overtake the two mainstream national parties. In spite of what the political spin doctors may say, weak ruling authority at the centre has always led to chaos in Indian history. Read more

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Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Assembly Elections 2012, BJP, Congress, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, hindustan times, inside story, Manmohan Singh, Narendra Modi, news, Nitin Gadkari, Rahul Gandhi, SAD, Shanta Kumar, Shishir Gupta, Sonia Gandhi, Trinamool Congress, UPA
After BJP’s dismal performance in the 2009 elections, the Sangh Parivar led by Mohan Bhagwat approached party patriarch LK Advani to decide the successor to party president Rajnath Singh, whose rather lacklustre term was coming to end in December that year. Read more

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Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 7:50 am
Filed under India · Tagged 2014 general elections, Anant Kumar, BJP, Gulberg Society riot case, Jaswant Singh, L K Advani, Mohan Bhagwat, Narendra Modi, NDA, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, sadhbhavana fast, Sangh Parivar, Sushma Swaraj, UPA government, Venkaiah Naidu, Yashwant Sinha