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Crisis of the Congress

Vol. 55, Issue No. 36, 05 Sep, 2020

Respect for the party workers’ efforts is the pre-eminent condition to realise inner-party democracy.

Anti-CAA Protests and State Response in Assam: Identity Issues Challenge Hindutva-based Politics

Vol. 55, Issue No. 14, 04 Apr, 2020
Faced with a backlash over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam has been compelled to resort to the Congress’ approach of granting ethnicity-based recognition to groups. Will the party be able to recover lost ground before the next elections?

Twitter in the 2019 Indian General Elections: Trends of Use Across States and Parties

Vol. 54, Issue No. 51, 28 Dec, 2019
Twitter was used widely by various parties, especially political leaders, during the 2019 general election campaign. In this article, a database of 6.9 million tweets is analysed to examine key trends across the parties’ use of social media during election time.

From Chaiwala to Chowkidar: Modi's Election Campaigns Online and Offline

Vol. 54, Issue No. 51, 28 Dec, 2019
In the 2019 Indian general election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi countered corruption charges made by the Indian National Congress's (INC) Rahul Gandhi through the Chowkidar campaign. The author analyses how Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were successfully able to employ the Chowkidar slogan on social media and integrate it with their offline campaign. The Chowkidar campaign and use of social media, the author argues, are a part of Modi’s populist playbook, noting the similarities the most recent campaign has with the BJP’s Chaiwala campaign in the 2014 general election.

Marginalised Narratives of the Indian Freedom Movement

More importance should be given to recovering the stories of marginalised people who were involved in the struggle for independence.

BJP’s Sweeping Electoral Victory in Haryana

Vol. 54, Issue No. 32, 10 Aug, 2019
Kushal Pal, Jyoti Mishra

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s sweeping victory in Haryana in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections has highlighted the changing nature of politics in the state. The BJP overshadowed the regional parties which used to be its coalition partners in past elections. Dynastic politics which was one of the main features of Haryana politics was rendered ineffective as the BJP was accepted across various socio-demographic indicators.

Rahul Gandhi’s Zabardast Jhatka in Gujarat Election

Vol. 53, Issue No. 1, 06 Jan, 2018
Anand Teltumbde

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A Pliant President-to-be?

Vol. 52, Issue No. 27, 08 Jul, 2017

Ram Nath Kovind’s tenure in Rashtrapati Bhavan could reinforce centralisation tendencies.

Does the Congress Have a Future?

Vol. 52, Issue No. 18, 06 May, 2017
Zoya Hasan

Political parties with a rich and storied history do not perish easily. A political revival of the Congress is diffi cult but not impossible. It needs to go back to the basics and identify a core strategy to reverse the current tide towards the right. It has to rework its strategies and win back its core voters. Basically, it needs support among a cross-section of the voters to counter the formidable Hindu social coalition engineered by the power-obsessed Modi–Amit Shah duo which has underpinned the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh–Bharatiya Janata Party’s quest for a “Congress-mukt Bharat.”

Majoritarian Rationale and Common Goals

Vol. 51, Issue No. 37, 10 Sep, 2016
Atul Sood

Looking at existing policy instruments and goals, and the economic and social outcomes they promise to deliver, it is argued that majoritarian politics and social and cultural outcomes are not part of fringe thinking. The politics of hate actually works to build a consensus for ruling class economics. It is not surprising, therefore, that the only "nationalist outlook" of our times is to stand firmly behind the policy programme for the global investor.

Democracy and Violence in India

Vol. 51, Issue No. 17, 23 Apr, 2016
Rudolf C Heredia

India: Democracy and Violence edited by Samir Kumar Das; OUP, 2015; pp i-viii+258, ₹995.

Chamber of Imitative Horrors

Vol. 38, Issue No. 36, 06 Sep, 2003
Sumanta Banerjee

At the end of it all, when we muse over the debate on the no-confidence motion - both inside and outside parliament - we are left in a chamber of mirrors. All that the Congress can do is to compete with the BJP in a race where the Sangh parivar sets the rules. Since the parivar has made leadership an issue, the Congress has to project Sonia Gandhi to counter Vajpayee. Since the parivar lays down the terms of discourse, the Congress has to debate over trivial issues which have been made explosive by the parivar, like Ram Janmabhoomi and cow worship.

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