SUVENDU ADHIKARI TO BE BENGAL’S NEXT CM

NEW DELHI ,6 May 2026 : The BJP’s giant-slayer Suvendu Adhikari is likely to be the next chief minister of West Bengal, sources have indicated, succeeding his former mentor Mamata Banerjee. A meeting of the BJP’s legislative party will be held in Kolkata on Friday (May 8) to discuss the formation of the government after […]

An Open Letter to K.C.V Your Place Is in New Delhi A.J. Philip

Dear Shri K.C. Venugopal Ji, I understand that you have staked your claim to the post of Chief Minister of Kerala. As the right-hand man of Rahul Gandhi, you may well have influenced the distribution of tickets to some of your followers, but that alone does not legitimise your claim. You are the General Secretary […]

TRUMP’S PAUSE ON PAK REQUEST

NEW DELHI, 6 May 2026 : US President Donald Trump has paused ‘Project Freedom’, the American military’s effort to guide stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, so that Washington could finalise a deal with Iran. The American commander-in-chief, however, said the US blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place even as there […]

Decoding the BJP’s Electoral Machine: Strategy, Statecraft, and the Uneven Playing Field

From welfare saturation to booth-level precision, and from narrative control to institutional asymmetry, the anatomy of a dominant electoral force. In the aftermath of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Indian politics has entered a paradoxical phase. While the ruling party faced a more competitive national contest than anticipated, its subsequent victories in key state elections—across […]