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April 4, 2024
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Limits of Opposition’s ‘save democracy’ plank

BJP versus Democracy — a huge banner at the Opposition “ Save Democracy” rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi was aiming to set the 2024 election agenda. The last...

March 21, 2024
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Elections 2024 is a match of unequals

The 2024 election bugle has been sounded but the traditional band-baaja buzz is missing. This could be partly because a general election is more a marathon than a sprint,...

March 7, 2024
Rajdeep Sardesai
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BJP’s push to bridge the North-South gap

From the sun-kissed beaches of Lakshadweep to temple-hopping across Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, is it any coincidence that Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has made four extended...

March 7, 2024
Rajdeep Sardesai
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BJP’s push to bridge the North-South gap

From the sun-kissed beaches of Lakshadweep to temple-hopping across Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, is it any coincidence that Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has made four extended...

February 22, 2024
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Congress-mukt Bharat to Congress-yukt BJP

There is a new guessing game on in Delhi’s power corridors: Who will be next to leave the Congress for a “Congress-yukt” (Congress-filled) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)? While the...

February 21, 2024
Rajdeep Sardesai
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2024 is Acid Test for Congress: Abki Baar 50 paar?

There is a new guessing game on in Delhi’s power corridors: who will be the next to leave the Congress for a ‘Congress-yukt’ (Congress filled) BJP? While the BJP...

January 25, 2024
Rajdeep Sardesai
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The Mandir moment as the Modi moment

In 2014, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patriarch LK Advani, amid a power struggle with his protégé Narendra Modi, almost dismissively referred to the latter as a “brilliant events manager”....

January 11, 2024
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Navigating the fault line of Ram Mandir politics

“It was we Shiv Sainiks who brought down the Babri Masjid in just 17 minutes, the BJP just ran away. Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is our creation,” member of...

December 28, 2023
Rajdeep Sardesai
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Chronicles foretold of our exciting times

As a turbulent year draws to a close, and a potentially more chaotic period lies ahead, it’s time for an annual year-end prayer for a better India and the...

December 18, 2023
Rajdeep Sardesai
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