Opinion

If Raj Thackeray can be acceptable as a campaign partner, he might as well be a pre-poll ally and share seats with the Congress-NCP coalition.

The major criticism of the movie Kabir Singh revolves around the issues of abuse, power, gender and justice.

The root cause remains the ever-increasing demand for water from the Nira project and stopping the excess water supply of water to Baramati, the bastion of Pawar, and Indapur.

The Congress has had a chequered history in maintaining cordial relations between its organisational and parliamentary wings, with the dual power centres often leading to confrontation.

The UDF sweep underscores that the voters have rejected the muscular politics of both BJP and CPM.

After the attacks, which killed more than 250 people, making it one of the most successful pro-ISIS attacks anywhere, information was leaked out to the Indian press that New Delhi shared intelligence with Colombo of an impending attack of similar nature.

Although RLSP president Upendra Kushwaha nourishes high political ambitions, his ability to command and transfer his caste votes to alliance partners remains to be tested.

Since the last time India witnessed simultaneous elections, a lot of changes with respect to trends and grounds have occurred in the political scenario.

Till 2006, the PMK successfully transferred its caste base to the AIADMK and DMK when it shifted alliances purely on the basis of political convenience and the side it went to won the mandate.

The key advantage for the ruling AIADMK is the ‘two leaves’ symbol, but given that the BJP candidate’s symbol will be 'lotus' on the EVM, the traditional votes may split and go towards the AMMK.

Coalitions are able to more naturally weave in the vital regional parties that act as breakwaters in the path of potentially elective despotism.

While Giriraj is the face of the conservative Hindutva segment of the BJP, Kanhaiya, a former president of the students’ union of Jawaharlal Nehru University, is symbol of resistance against the Modi government and is facing charges of sedition.

Unfortunately, our political parties have done huge disservice to the nation by trivializing or maligning the ideal of secularism depending on their respective ideologies.

There are many loud murmurs that while the NITI Aayog has made several improvements to the Planning Commission, it is far from fulfilling the expectations from it.

None of the political parties has come good on their promise, but the manner in which they are competing with each other now to win over women voters suggests a clear shift from the past.

With so much supply taken out of the market, fare levels are bound to rise. Given the fragile state of several airlines, competitors may engage in aggressive tactics.