Opinion: Why BJP Is Friendlier Than Ever With Regional Parties

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Tuesday March 12, 2024

The BJP wishes to have as many parties as possible in the NDA, especially those like the TDP, which it feels has better 'winnability' now than earlier.

Opinion: Is INDIA Bloc's Fight Over Before It Started?

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Saturday January 27, 2024

Most people in cricket-crazy India probably know the familiar drill preceding a cluster of hastily cobbled-up and half-witted cricket teams, joining hands to challenge the champion team in nondescript kasbahs or urban hamlets during annual jamborees.

Opinion: Self Or Collective Interest? Tough Choices Dog INDIA Parties

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Monday July 31, 2023

Addressing the Indian Youth Congress convention with 'Behtar Bharat Ki Buniyaad' (Foundations of a Better India) as its theme in Bengaluru recently, Rahul Gandhi asserted that the country was witnessing political contestation between two ideologies.

Opinion: BJP Gobbles Up Dynastic Parties

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Tuesday July 04, 2023

Political families and family-run parties that are not politically aligned with the BJP shall have to remain on guard to ensure they do meet the same fate as the Shiv Sena or the NCP.

Opinion: In Sena Vs Sena, Uddhav Thackeray Still Has A Fighting Chance

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Thursday June 22, 2023

Maharashtra's politics is witnessing a period of churn and only the most astute will emerge stronger. Uddhav Thackeray has a challenge on hand.

Opinion: In All-Women Republic Day Parade, PM Modi's Big Message

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Wednesday May 17, 2023

The Union Government's efforts to put together an all-women Republic Day parade in 2024 can bolster the BJP's efforts to highlight itself and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as being committed to empowering women in every walk of life, including defence

Opinion: How BJP Won The Northeast And What Congress Needs To Do

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Friday March 03, 2023

Assessing the polls in the three northeastern states through a single lens would be erroneous, because each was distinct.

Opinion: Bharat Jodo Yatra Was Good. Rahul Gandhi, Now Move On

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Tuesday February 14, 2023

Modi and the BJP are formidable. Turning the tables on them is a mathematical possibility. But for that, Rahul Gandhi and his party both need to be far more creative and imaginative than they have been until now.