Radhika Ramaseshan

Vikas Dubey's encounter gives SP, BSP, Congress ammo to attack Adityanath

Killing of gangster gives the Opposition chance to breach the pan-Hindu vote bank the BJP constructed before 2014

In Bihar, BJP looks to play 'nationalism' card right over Ladakh clash

The party and ally JD(U) set to cash in on the Ladakh valour of Bihar Regiment in the poll run-up

Virtual reality: BJP's campaign blueprint for Bihar polls in Covid-19 era

Among the 21 points flagged in the 23-page booklet are the "help" extended by the Modi government to 5.2 million workers to reach their homes in Bihar in 3,840 "Shramik" trains in 25 days

BJP dials up propaganda on Gujarat govt's behalf as Covid crisis continues

It's a matter-of-course for the pandemic and politics to co-exist, because there's an election on the horizon

Maharashtra battle: In MLC nomination race, BJP ignores loyalty points

The tickets were divvied up among younger persons and newcomers

How governors conduct themselves in the office during the BJP regime

Lately, Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Jagdeep Dhankar, the governors of Maharashtra and West Bengal, virtually emerged as the main challengers to the non-BJP governments for different reasons

How BJP leveraged its pre-eminence again in NDA in times of pandemic

Allies, which were targeting the Centre over the CAA and Delhi riots, are silent since the Covid-19 outbreak

As Covid-19 takes centre stage, crucial political matters await resolution

Even if the pandemic's curve flattens out, governments are in for a long haul because the economic and social costs are far too enormous to be recompensed in the short run

When Yeddyurappa spoke against faith profiling and earned kudos from Oppn

Shobha Karandlaje, Yediyurappa's political confidante and Udupi-Chikmagalur MP, led the anti-Muslim chorus

Covid-19: BJP, RSS nudged to act when faced with mass exodus of migrants

The BJP's penchant for numbers tempted Nadda to fix a target: Mobilising 10 million party workers to feed 50 million people of the country every day

RSS and BJP: Power equations on even keel after Hindu consolidation

RSS isn't keen to rock Modi's boat because its relationship with BJP is smoother now after Hindu consolidation

Kapil Mishra to Bagga, polarising faces take centre stage in Delhi BJP

The next significant change in the population composition was brought about by migrants, largely from undivided Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Yediyurappa reigns supreme in Karnataka with missing second-rung leadership

The optics that leapt up during his birthday jamboree revealed one major problem and that was his younger son, B Y Vijayendra

Balancing act: West Bengal BJP looks to blend ideology, governance agenda

The BJP in West Bengal is looking for a perfect blend of ideology and credible governance agenda

Delhi: AAP kept its nerve even as BJP breathed fire in the campaign

AAP seems to be cruising to victory in Delhi, the result of not getting diverted by BJP's campaign

Why SP and BSP are reluctant to take advantage of CAA turmoil in UP?

As Uttar Pradesh went through a deep turmoil, following the agitation against the CAA and the crackdown on dissenters, SP and BSP strangely remained muted

Amit Shah's big shoes to fill: Will Nadda run BJP on his own terms?

Is the BJP on the cusp of change or will it move with the current of continuity?

From teacher's pet to 'bully' on campus: ABVP and its relationship with BJP

Despite being the BJP's older sibling, the ABVP's relationship with the Sangh's political progeny is peculiar

RCP Singh: Nitish's right hand man and trouble shooter par-excellence

After 18 years in politics, RCP Singh's political reflexes were appropriately acuminated for him to know it was not the time to sulk or carp

From Left of the centre to Right, Asom Gana Parishad has seen it all

The AGP returned to power in 1996 but it never touched the heights it soared to a decade earlier