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What Happens Next in Bihar

Elections to the Bihar Assembly saw an extraordinary 70% voter turnout, higher than previous low turnouts.

Vote theft vs illegal immigration in Bihar poll contest

Bihar’s underprivileged voters seem to be buying the Opposition’s narrative that the special intensive electoral roll revision (SIR) infringes on their democratic rights

Are rigged voter rolls robbing Indian democracy?

Rahul Gandhi’s national campaign against voter list fraud is perhaps less about making a comeback and more about saving Indian democracy

Has the Bell Begun to Toll for the BJP Government, or Has Rahul Bitten Off More Than He Can Chew?

Rahul Gandhi’s call against fake voting questions the credibility of the Election Commission as well as the BJP’s 2024 mandate

Liberal democracy shrinks in India, Turkey and the US

Autocratisation has no relationship with the per capita income of a country. Political ideas matter

Bihar: Poll Heist that Failed

What did the pollsters expect by creating a phantasmagoria of a BJP win?

Dipankar Bhattacharya: ‘Nitish must quit NDA’

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

The Unbearable Opportunism of being Nitish

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

SHADOW BOXING with Nitish

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

Great AMBITIONS

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