Opinion: With Agnipath, PM Modi Repeats Mistakes Made With Farm Laws
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Friday June 17, 2022To know why protests against the Modi government's new "Agnipath" (armed forces recruitment) scheme have become the angriest in Bihar, it is instructive to take a morning walk in the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
Opinion: Gandhis' Ineptitude Costs It One State After Another
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Thursday September 30, 2021The Congress has to do many things for its revival. But right now, Rahul Gandhi has to take one urgent decision. He must end the dangerous drift in the party.
Opinion: BJP's Principal Assets - Modi And Shah - Are In Trouble
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Sunday May 02, 2021Much of this criticism will be on account of the BJP's abysmal failure to dethrone Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal.
Opinion: Uddhav Thackeray-Led Alliance Shows How To Defeat BJP
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Wednesday January 20, 2021The BJP under Modi and Shah has often boasted that it is well on its way to becoming India's dominant party in every state - from "Panchayat to Parliament". It certainly occupies the Number 1 position at the Centre and in many states - including at the panchayat level, as the recent results in Maharashtra have shown. However, Uddhav Thackeray has shown that a robust '...
Opinion: Rahul-Priyanka Deliver A Big Win; What They Must Do Next
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Tuesday August 11, 2020The credit should go mainly to the decisive action by the two leaders who now command the highest degree of support within the party - the brother-sister duo of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. They were ably assisted by party colleagues, both old and young, in their reconciliatory efforts to convince Sachin Pilot into a 'ghar wapasi'.
Opinion: Uddhav Thackeray Finds His Best Self In Corona Crisis
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Tuesday April 21, 2020If Uddhav Thackeray remains true to his better self, it is safe to predict that he will emerge as a consequential leader in the post-Corona political developments at the national level - and also in the post-Modi governance architecture in India.
Opinion: The Modi-Shah Strategy Reduces 'Kamal' To 'Keechad'
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Wednesday March 11, 2020"The Modi-Shah strategy of making India "Congress-mukt" prompts me to think of what the previous generation of BJP leaders might have said about these murderous attacks on democracy. I am surmising this on the basis of my own active political life in the BJP between 1996 and 2013."
Opinion: Modi And Shah Must Take Blame For Mob Takeover Of Delhi
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Wednesday February 26, 2020Whatever Modi might have wanted to achieve from hosting Trump in a grand manner - "event management" is after all his forte - there is no denying that India's democracy and India's civilization have been shamed by the kind of dangerously polarizing politics that he and Shah have been playing.
Opinion: RG's Latest Fumble Against Modi Exposes His Weaknesses
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Friday February 07, 2020Rahul Gandhi, after the debacle he and his party suffered in the 2019 parliamentary polls, is both combative and prone to unforced errors. He is sometimes casual and careless to the point of looking downright immature. Moreover, he often fumbles against a powerful opponent like Narendra Modi who is out to finish both his party and his family's legacy in Indian politic...
Opinion: On Death Anniversary, 10 Savarkar Links To Mahatma's Killing
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Thursday January 30, 2020Will Narendra Modi's government posthumously honour Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966) with the Bharat Ratna? Most likely, even though his name did not figure in the Padma awards announced on the eve of Republic Day. After all, the BJP, which has evolved into a Savarkarite party - the Hindu Mahasabha in its new avatar - is insistent that its greatest, albeit highly ...
Opinion: The Maharashtra Fiasco Hurts PM Modi In 5 Big Ways
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Wednesday November 27, 2019The self-goal by Modi and Shah in Maharashtra will accelerate the pace of change in national politics.
Opinion: Modi Deserves Kudos For 'Chennai Connect' With Xi
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Sunday October 13, 2019"The friendship between China and Pakistan is unbreakable and rock solid despite changes in the international and regional situation," he told Imran Khan, who had come to Beijing for the third time this year.
Opinion: Modi-Shah - 2 Tigers, 1 Mountain. Where Does That Leave Rajnath?
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Friday June 07, 2019"One Mountain Cannot Contain Two Tigers." Is this Chinese saying going to become salient as Narendra Modi's second innings, which has just begun, progresses? Or will Modi and Amit Shah prove it wrong?
Opinion: Modi's Speech His Best So Far, Now He Must Deliver On "Vishwas"
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Monday May 27, 2019"Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi-ji, I wholeheartedly commend your hope-giving speech at the NDA meet. Now, along with crores of patriotic Indians (non-Muslims as well as Muslims), permit me to urge you: Walk the Talk."
Opinion: By Failing To Unite, Opposition Gifted Modi, BJP 300 Seats
Sudheendra Kulkarni | Friday May 24, 2019One hopes that the Congress party at least now wakes up to the imperative need to build strong and enduring alliances, while at the same time focusing on the very difficult task of rebuilding itself ideologically, organisationally, and in ways to win the hearts and minds of people belonging to all sections of our diverse society. Without the Congress' revival, India's...
