Ak Bhattacharya

Indian stock market is likely to remain nervous for few days as it gauges the impact and consequences of the surgical strikes launched by Indian army across the Line of Control yesterday, feels AK Bhattacharya, Managing Editor of Business Standard.

'Agenda of PM's independence speech was to reassure common man'

“Most reassuring is the manner in which he (Modi) politically packaged the economic reforms,” says AK Bhattacharya, Editor of Business Standard adding that it was a people-friendly speech.

CEA in Swamy's crosshair: Is RSS holding NDA govt to ransom?

AK Bhattacharya of Business Standard said that Swamy is entitled to his views but BJP and the Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley have disassociated themselves from these comments.

Budget Session: Reforms or more ruckus? Experts debate

As India stands at the cusp of the Budget Session, we have 11 bills pending in the Lok Sabha and a whopping 54 bills pending in the upper house.

Battleground Bihar: What does higher voter turnout mean?

Business Standard's AK Bhattacharya and Sandeep Shastri, co-VC, JNU, share their views on the ongoing election in Bihar and what the high voter turnout means for the political parties concerned

'Small negatives of Modi govt overshadow big positives'

The biggest failure of the Narendra Modi government can easily be political mismanagement – that is the government's failure to recognize the Opposition‘s might in the Rajya Sabha, says AK Bhattacharya, editor, Business Standard

Delhi debacle won't figure in Budget: AK Bhattacharya

The Budget meeting exercise will not get impacted by BJP's disappointing show in Delhi election because the government is under great pressure to revive consumption demand, analyses veteran journalist AK Bhattacharya of Business Standard.

Kejriwal resigns: Masterstroke or foolhardy?

Kejriwal in his resignation speech hit out at the BJP and the Congress for teaming together in scuttling the Jan Lokpal Bill and bringing down the AAP government.

Don't see more populist moves in near-term: AK Bhattacharya

Watch the interview of AK Bhattacharya, Editor, Business Standard with Latha Venkatesh & & Anuj Singhal on CNBC-TV18, which in spoke about the political firmament.

AAP aura fading, Cong poll plan conventional: Bhattacharya

AK Bhattacharya said the Aam Aadmi Party should include all stakeholders of the system – Police and bureaucracy -- to succeed in its governance programme.

See no hurdle in passage of retail FDI: AK Bhattacharya

AK Bhattacharya, editor, Business Standard does not foresee any problem in the resolution being carried forward. Once the bill goes through this political process, it will reassure foreign investors that it would then be unlikely to be tweaked or reversed, says Bhattacharya.

Mamata withdraws support, will UPA fall? Experts debate

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, AK Bhattacharya, Editor of Business Standard believes the TMC chief might carry out the threat of withdrawing its support. In that case, there will be some problems for the government because it has to immediately look for a new ally who will help them to maintain the required majority of 272 seats.

Expect reforms by Aug to avoid ratings downgrade: BS editor

AK Bhattacharya, Editor of Business Standard said that UPA has not been able to manage its alliances effectively. The government needs to bring positive changes to the controversial GAAR and UPA has to consolidate the fiscal deficit, Bhattacharya tells CNBC-TV18.

Sonia cuts Didi to size with Pranab as UPA's man for Prez

Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi may not trust Pranab Mukherjee, the UPA‘s Presidental nominee announced on Friday, but with her party facing tough elections due by 2014, he may be just the ace the party desperately needs.

'Lack of ally support to weigh on govt decisions'

Editor of the Business Standard AK Bhattacharya believes that the ability of the government to make tough policy decisions will be hit due to the lack of ally support.