Telangana’s political temperature is rising sharply as the state inches toward local body and civic polls. And at the centre of this storm sits the KCR family, once the unchallenged power axis of Telangana, now increasingly cornered by investigative agencies, political rivals, and their own internal fissures. The aura of invincibility that surrounded the BRS…
The bypoll rout in Jubilee Hills has done what years of internal murmurs could not: force the BJP to confront its own strategic drift in Telangana. And the message has come not from an outsider but from one of its most combative personalities—suspended Goshamahal MLA Raja Singh—whose blunt assessment of the party’s performance has gone…
The Congress party’s political mask has finally slipped, this time not by the BJP’s accusations or by public perception, but by the admission of its own Chief Minister. When Telangana’s A. Revanth Reddy told Muslim voters that “Congress hai to Muslims hai, bagar Congress Muslims kuch bhi nahin,” he was not merely speaking in the…
MS Shanker Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge appears to have conceded defeat even before the first vote is cast in the first phase of Bihar’s assembly elections scheduled for Thursday. Instead of confidently projecting the prospects of the Mahagathbandhan — of which his party is a principal stakeholder — Kharge surprisingly chose to cast doubts over…
Some politicians speak sense, some who speak nonsense — and then there’s Priyank Kharge, Karnataka’s Minister for IT and Rural Development, who seems to have made ignorance his political trademark. When the son of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge recently questioned the “talent” of Gujarat and Assam, he wasn’t making an offhand comment — he was…
MP Rabindranath Politics in Telangana has never lacked drama, but the unfolding script in the Jubilee Hills bypoll could easily pass off as a tragicomedy — especially for the ruling Congress. Having strutted with self-congratulation over its “model” 42% BC reservation policy, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy suddenly finds himself red-faced after the Supreme Court…
The Telangana High Court has dealt a major setback to Congress leader and Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, staying his government’s ambitious order to enhance Backward Classes (BC) reservations to 42 percent ahead of local body elections. The court’s decision casts a shadow not only on the policy but also on the electoral process, which has…
Tamil Nadu politics, for the uninitiated, often looks less like democracy and more like theatre—complete with superstars, dramatic dialogues, and the occasional tragedy. As someone who has both followed this state’s political circus and claims Tamilian roots (my forefathers migrated long ago, but the DNA of drama runs deep), I can assure you that actor-worship…
Tamil Nadu politics, true to Lewis Carroll’s phrase, is becoming “curiouser and curiouser.” As the state heads toward its next assembly election, the political landscape is in flux with the ruling DMK battling anti-incumbency, the AIADMK sinking under internal fissures, and the BJP waiting to exploit every crack in the Dravidian fortress. Adding to this…
India has always prided itself on its diversity and the peaceful coexistence of faiths. Yet, time and again, we witness ugly flashes of communal friction—most often during religious processions or festivals. The disturbing part is not merely that such incidents occur, but that they recur with uncanny political convenience. More telling is the pattern: these…
