‘The Nitish government has been busy appeasing RSS,’ says CPI-ML (Liberation) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya

Nitish looked sideways when the coffin-gate scam was raised, even while the ‘saffronisation of education’ was in full swing

Even if Nitish Kumar masquerades his opposition to Narendra Modi, he would not really cause any anxiety to the RSS as long as he supports the BJP in a post-poll scenario

The Congress is confident of breaking new ground, but going it alone might be a risky venture on the ground

Despite being pulled up by the Election Commission for distributing money among his votebank, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s election campaign in Bihar is going strong and his future seems assured

Will it be Manmohan Singh or some other leader who will sit across the table at the next summit? That’s what Vladimir Putin might be thinking

The Indian strategic community, ecstatic about growing ties with the US, should bear in mind that Washington is too involved with Beijing to give up its embrace of the dragon. The US does not see its relationship with India as a zero sum game

It is important that the government and the entire society work towards restoring the credibility of the judiciary at all levels so that it dispenses justice without fear or favour