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Opinion: Yogi Adityanath Reprimanded By Modi-Shah. Does It Matter?

Swati Chaturvedi | Monday September 25, 2017

45-year-old Yogi Adityanath was made Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in March this year despite zero administrative experience. It's showing.

Opinion: Willing To Accept Scindia As Chief, Says Kamal Nath

Swati Chaturvedi | Tuesday September 12, 2017

With its three competing leaders apparently willing to find a way to co-run the campaign, the Congress may be saved the possibility of a huge revolt in yet another state - it's still recovering from Gujarat and trying to keep its Himachal Pradesh flock together.

Opinion: Modi Deserves Big Credit For Nirmala Sitharaman Move

Swati Chaturvedi | Sunday September 03, 2017

Indira Gandhi held the portfolio as Prime Minister, so Sitharaman is the first woman Defence Minister, rather path-breaking from a party considered to be patriarchal.

Opinion: As Crises Mount, Sonia Gandhi And Old Guard Take Charge

Swati Chaturvedi | Friday September 01, 2017

Gandhi Jr is due back today, and significantly, his mother did not ask him to cut short his trip to fire fight for the party. Instead, the old guard of Ahmed Patel and Ghulam Nabi Azad were at her her side during her meetings.

Opinion: At 83, Virbhadra Singh Shows Gandhis He's Himachal Boss

Swati Chaturvedi | Wednesday August 30, 2017

As the Gandhi family comes to resemble the later Mughals - authority enfeebled, no longer able to win elections for the Congress, a senior leader, Virbhadra Singh, is all set to do an Amarinder Singh if his demands are not met.

Opinion: Rahul Gandhi's Itinerary Is Anywhere But Here

Swati Chaturvedi | Tuesday August 29, 2017

Gandhi prefers to devote his attention to foreign assignments while his party seemingly implodes in India.

Opinion: Ram Rahim Was Used By Politicians - And He Used Them Right Back

Swati Chaturvedi | Friday August 25, 2017

At a time when our elected leaders genuflect before self-styled godmen of every ilk, it took a court to take a stand.

Opinion: Amit Shah's Unfolded 'Mission 350' For 2019. How It Will Work

Swati Chaturvedi | Friday August 18, 2017

The last general election was fought by the BJP pronouncing Mission 272. Shah is demanding a major expansion.

Opinion: Amit Shah And Adityanath's 'Torpedo RG' Plan For Amethi

Swati Chaturvedi | Wednesday August 16, 2017

BJP President Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath have big plans to ambush Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in his own constituency: Amethi.

Opinion: Ahmed Patel Win Deserves No Congress Celebration

Swati Chaturvedi | Wednesday August 09, 2017

Ahmed Patel, senior Congress leader and political secretary to Sonia Gandhi, has an affable demeanour with a strict avoidance of displays of emotion. Yet, after his roller coaster ride to his fifth Rajya Sabha seat from home state Gujarat, at 2:30 am, Patel, a night bird, was visibly moved as he hugged his son Faesal.

Opinion: Yes, It's Personal, Says Ahmed Patel On Amit Shah vs Him

Swati Chaturvedi | Monday July 31, 2017

"Shah has a personal grudge against me which is why they are going all out using the most underhand means that I have ever seen in my 40 years of politics to ensure that I lose. Money power, muscle power, you name it - they have deployed it," Ahmed Patel told me in an exclusive interview.

Opinion: What Modi Wants With Amit Shah's Election To Rajya Sabha

Swati Chaturvedi | Friday July 28, 2017

Given how much Shah travels - across the country in states heading for election, lunching with Dalits and mobilizing cadre, many are wondering what Narendra Modi has in store for his closest confidante and effective Number Two.

Opinion: With Nitish Kumar Mishandled, Rahul Gandhi Damages Opposition Unity

Swati Chaturvedi | Thursday July 27, 2017

Did Kumar's inner voice take on urgency after his Saturday meeting with Congress No 2 Rahul Gandhi, who was assigned by his mother and Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi to the job of managing Kumar and ensuring that he did not defect, thereby inflicting a body blow to opposition unity?

Opinion: Vaghela, Amit Shah Could Give Ahmed Patel The Fight Of His Life

Swati Chaturvedi | Wednesday July 26, 2017

If Balwantsinh Rajput, MLA and chief whip of the Congress party in the Gujarat assembly and samdhi (related by marriage) to Vaghela contests the Rajya Sabha election as an independent against Ahmed Patel, Sonia Gandhi's Political Secretary could struggle to get re-elected for a fifth term in the Upper House.

Opinion: By Cutting Vaghela Loose, Congress Gifts Him New Stature

Swati Chaturvedi | Friday July 21, 2017

The Gujarat election and Vaghela will loom as one of the big early challenges for Rahul Gandhi when he takes over as Congress president in September.

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