MP Rabindanath
As Kerala heads toward its next Assembly election, expected in May with the Election Commission likely to announce the schedule by the end of this month, the state once again finds itself at the centre of national political calculations. For the Congress, struggling across much of India, Kerala remains perhaps the last major political lifeline….
For a state that once marketed itself as India’s youngest economic powerhouse, Telangana today finds itself confronting an uncomfortable fiscal truth. The admission did not come from opposition benches or rating agencies — it came from the Chief Minister himself. When A. Revanth Reddy acknowledged that nearly half of Telangana’s monthly revenue is swallowed by…
The road to the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election is anything but predictable. For decades, the state’s politics has revolved around the alternating dominance of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). In 2021, the DMK stormed back to power, winning 133 seats on its own and 159 along…
The Telangana municipal results are out. Yes, the Congress has won 1,347 of the 2,582 municipal wards and secured control of 66 local bodies across municipalities and corporations. On paper, that appears respectable. In reality, it is a sobering verdict — not a triumphant one. The polls were held across 2,582 wards in 116 municipalities…
When Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced last week that his government would introduce a fresh law to curb hate speech in the upcoming Budget session of the Legislative Assembly. The declaration—on the surface—appeared unexceptionable. After all, few would openly argue against penalising speech that insults religions or deliberately incites communal disharmony. Yet, context…
Politics, as every seasoned observer knows, is rarely about what is said in public and almost always about what is whispered in private. The theatre of Indian federal politics is particularly unforgiving, where symbolism often matters more than statements and timing can be more lethal than intent. Against this backdrop, a seemingly routine development in…
In the high-stakes theatre of Indian politics, relevance is often currency. And when authority begins to wobble, noise becomes a substitute for power. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s decision to amplify a vague, unverified news report about Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s alleged concerns over the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission…
The Supreme Court’s directive to the Telangana Assembly Speaker to respond within two weeks on the long-pending disqualification petitions against BRS MLAs who crossed over to the Congress has done more than rattle the political establishment in Hyderabad. It has reopened a national debate on the credibility of India’s anti-defection framework and the uncomfortable truth…
With the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government moving towards conducting long-pending civic body elections, Telangana has once again slipped into election mode. While Assembly elections determine who governs the state, civic polls reveal something deeper: the organisational strength, urban appeal, and future trajectory of political parties. For Revanth Reddy, these elections are not routine local contests—they…
Few political slogans have defined the Bharatiya Janata Party’s rise as sharply as its relentless attack on dynast or parivar politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, more than anyone else, has weaponised this narrative—projecting himself as the antithesis of inherited power, a leader who rose from the margins, armed only with merit, discipline and political instinct….
