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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a public meeting ahead of Lok Sabha elections, at Ambasamudram, in Tirunelveli district, Monday, April 15, 2024. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar)

Shikha Mukerjee | Poll promises vs delivery amid rise in polarisation

As the 2024 Lok Sabha elections loom, the political landscape is rife with tension and uncertainty.

16 April 2024 12:05 AM IST

In a landscape marked by shifting alliances, the BJP asserts dominance while the INDIA coalition struggles to forge a cohesive identity. (PTI File Image)

Shikha Mukerjee | Too many mutations hurt coalition politics'...

As the BJP asserts dominance, INDIA coalition grapples with internal dissent & strategic uncertainties in the evolving...

5 April 2024 12:07 AM IST

College students protest against CAA a day after the Ministry of Home Affairs notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. (Image: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | After CAA rules, contours of confrontation changing

Controversy surrounds India's citizenship law change, raising concerns over discrimination and political implications

14 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Image: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Modi's guarantees' on India's growth can be a...

Examining the promises, challenges, and contradictions of India's development journey in the past decade

6 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (PTI File Image)

Shikha Mukerjee | Cynicism versus principles: Will voters reward...

The BJP's Bihar maneuver: A testament to the triumph of political pragmatism over principles.

5 Feb 2024 11:40 PM IST

The temple is built on the razed site of the Babri Masjid. The January 22, 2024 consecration of the 51-inch idol christened Balak Ram (Image:PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Modi has set his target, does BJP know where it's...

The Ram Janmabhoomi movement and the gruelling cross-country journey of the Ram Rath led by Lal Krishna Advani was...

26 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

A Donate for Desh fundraising campaign or a 6,200-km Bharat Nyay Yatra crossing 14 states, most of them ruled by the BJP and the toughest battlegrounds for the emaciated Congress in these parts, is not a strategy for wooing the masses and winning a mandate. (Image: Twitter)

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress flounders, needs a strategy to get relevant

A Donate for Desh fundraising campaign or a 6,200-km Bharat Nyay Yatra crossing 14 states

3 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders during a protest over the suspension of MPs amid the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shikha Mukerjee | Will MPs' suspensions jolt INDIA into anti-BJP...

Mr Kharge, groomed in the Congress culture of consensus building, is a natural for the job of convenor of the INDIA...

22 Dec 2023 11:21 PM IST

Congress workers holding the party flag celebrate the partys win in Karnataka Assembly elections, outside Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Sunday, May 14, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress Complacency Helps Modi win Back Hindi belt

In politics as in cricket, the better side wins. It is credit that must necessarily be shared between the leader/captain...

5 Dec 2023 12:11 AM IST

Photo: Representational image

Shikha Mukerjee | Public discourse standards fall, distorted by EC's...

The EC has limited power to control the terms of public discourse

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting, in Mumbai, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil

Shikha Mukerjee | Does single-minded Congress bode ill for INDIA...

It's true that when votes are fractured, outcomes are unpredictable.

15 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

TMC MP Mahua Moitra speaks with the media, in Kolkata, on Tuesday. (Image: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Ethics, politics and the art of lobbying, wooing...

The tale is not the alleged cash that Mahua Moitra received; the tale is of two legislators

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST