Rasheed Kidwai
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Opinion | Karnataka Tussle: Is This Where Congress Finally Understands The Value Of 'Timing'?
For years, Rahul Gandhi's critics have accused him of being a moral commentator rather than a commander. Karnataka may be a rebuttal to that charge.
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Opinion | Why India's 'Cockroach' Rebellion Should Terrify The Opposition
For India's opposition, the message is clear. Stop assuming young voters are merely waiting to be mobilised against Modi. They want credible jobs, fair exams, affordable futures, and political entry without family passwords.
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Opinion | One Person In Gandhi Family Is Smiling Over Satheesan's Kerala Win - Despite Rahul
Rahul lost in Kerala. Priyanka gained. Kharge is satisfied. Venugopal was checked. And Satheesan emerged as Chief Minister. That is the internal Congress story beneath the Kerala story.
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Opinion | KC Venugopal, And The Paradox Of Being The Man Rahul Can't Do Without
The tragedy for Satheesan, if he doesn't get the post, would be that he helped create the victory that made Venugopal possible. The danger for Venugopal is that everyone in Kerala knows it.
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Opinion | Is INDIA Bloc Set To Split After Tamil Nadu, Bengal Results? A Look At The Mess
Reportedly, Rahul was quick to realise his folly of not siding with Vijay sooner, the day votes were cast across Tamil Nadu. By April 24-25, he had told a close aide, "We made a blunder in Tamil Nadu."
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Opinion | The Dam Breaks: Kerala Didn't Reject The Left, It Rejected What It Had Turned Into
This verdict is not merely an anti-incumbency wave, but also a moral correction issued by a politically literate electorate against the tone of power.
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Opinion | Self-Inflicted Wounds? How Mamata Became The Architect Of Her Own Collapse
For a leader who built its identity on being the "sole protector" of Bengali sub-nationalism and the provider of a sprawling welfare state, the transition to the Opposition benches will be devastating.
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Opinion | 38% vs 18%: How Bengal Exposes The Biggest Irony Of Women's Reservation
Bengal with its duality - 38% women in Parliament versus 18% in the state contest - captures the core tension of the Bill better than any other example.
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Opinion | 'Humiliation', 'Neglect': Congress's Quiet Unravelling As Leader After Leader Leaves
"The door is open for people to leave" attitude has not helped the party.
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Opinion | The Story Of Bengal's 'Real' Outsiders
Bengal has always had a rich tradition of enabling 'outsiders', or non-Bangla speakers, including those making it to the Lok Sabha.
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Blog | Meet The Man Who Got Sunil Gavaskar's Cricket Bat In 1981, And Never Looked Back
Kiran More once remarked that Shyam Bhatia had done more for cricket than even the ICC.
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Opinion | 'Team Rahul' And 'Team Priyanka': Inside Congress' Plans For Kerala And Assam
The two siblings don't function at cross-purposes or differ on key ideological issues. However, in practice, they are often seen following slightly different 'chaal, chalan, chehra', as they say, from each other.
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Opinion | Sonia-Rahul To Maken, Why Mani Shankar Aiyar Keeps Ditching His Verbal 'Filter'
The former Rajya Sabha parliamentarian used to joke that in the time of Rajiv Gandhi, he was on "arsh" (cloud nine), while in the UPA regime under Sonia Gandhi, he was brought down to "farsh" (ground).
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Opinion | Old Mistakes: Why Congress 'Bosses' Keep Silencing Their Strongest Leaders
There's a recurring flaw in the Congress's political culture. Leaders with regional charisma are treated as assets when convenient and as liabilities when they develop a voice and following of their own.
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Opinion | The Shashi Tharoor Congress - And Rahul Gandhi - Can't Quite Understand
The Congress has historically struggled to accommodate autonomous power centres that do not derive legitimacy from its central leadership structure. Placed against this historical arc, Tharoor's predicament acquires sharper relief.
