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From G20 to Chandrayaan-3, Article 370 to Ram Mandir, BJP well set for the 2024 grand finale
Much before it sent Congress reeling earlier this month with three wins in the Hindi heartland, BJP and PM Modi were hard at work packaging a platter for serving out to voters with ingredients ranging from India’s global standing to Hindutva signalling why the Modi government deserves another chance in 2024. The INDIA alliance looks woefully ill-prepared to convince voters that they have a better alternative to offer
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Assembly Elections 2023: BJP reaffirms hold over Hindi heartland, Telangana gives Congress its consolation prize
Congress’s claim to being the BJP’s sole pan-Indian adversary came apart after the rout in MP, Rajasthan and potentially Chhattisgarh. This weakens the Congress in the INDIA alliance and opens up space for regional parties like SP, JD(U) and RJD
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BJP’s southern gameplan defies logic as it loses a long-time ally in Tamil Nadu
The BJP central leadership is betting big on its feisty state president K Annamalai, a former IPS officer, providing stronger opposition to the ruling DMK than what the weak AIADMK leadership is able to offer presently. But organisationally, it is the AIADMK that still has heft and the potential to bring numbers to the Lok Sabha for BJP
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The shifting sands of I.N.D.I.A’s birth and evolution
After settling on the impactful I.N.D.I.A name, the opposition’s progress on a common minimum programme and seat sharing have been slow. Meanwhile, BJP – courtesy the central government – is raining one hard knock after another, leaving the “I.N.D.I.A” alliance clueless on tackling BJP’s expansive Hindu nationalism package
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Shadow of Maharashtra NCP rebellion, heartland churn loom large over Opposition’s Bengaluru meeting
It’s not just in Maharashtra that the Opposition has been dealt a blow, alliances are showing strains in UP and Bihar too
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Patna Opposition Unity Meet: The ball lies in Congress’s court
The grand old party’s willingness to accommodate the aspirations of regional parties will decide the course of this initiative. Challenges posed by internal rivalries between AAP-Congress and TMC-Left/Congress are hard to resolve. Arriving at a one-seat, one-candidate consensus is easier said than done
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Opposition Unity: Far from a regrouping, Siddaramaiah’s swearing-in saw battle lines within non-BJP spectrum harden
Congress feels ambitious again about tackling BJP head-on and ignored opposition parties crucial for the unity effort. Those wary of a Congress resurgence on their turf stayed away despite being invited. Chasing unity before 2024 polls may be futile and could help BJP polarise the polity even more sharply
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Karnataka Election Results: BJP’s rout has lessons for the party in upcoming assembly polls
BJP’s disastrous experiment of replacing Yediyurappa, a leader with wide appeal in rural Karnataka, brings its leadership strategy for Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh into focus. Attempts to foreground Hindutva issues coming a cropper show a one-size-fits-all approach won’t work across states
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Karnataka Elections 2023: The gateway to the South that BJP cannot afford to lose
Karnataka news updates: In a stark departure from its norm, the BJP central leadership has grudgingly thrust BS Yediyurappa back into the limelight. In contrast, Congress’s default strategy has been to trust its big guns in the state to deliver
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Karnataka Elections 2023: The “National versus Regional” dilemma haunting BJP and Congress
Karnataka polls: Both BJP and Congress have to deal with powerful regional leaders and factionalism in Karnataka, which constrains the choices before the high commands of both parties in cultivating loyalties, awarding tickets and driving political strategy
