Up Assembly Elections 2022

Explained: Inauspicious period of ‘Holashtak’, the reason behind BJP delaying its swearing-in ceremonies in four states

Holashtak is observed for eight days before Holi every year and is considered to be a period of penance and an inauspicious time

Assembly poll results and after: Why Muslims and the BJP need to talk, and talk fast

The effort should be to try and strike a balance between minority rights and the majority community’s sensitivities, which it believes have been ignored in the name of secularism

A tale of two parties: How BJP’s win saw peace and amity, but Mamata’s victory led to violence and anarchy

The attitude and behaviour of the BJP’s cadre and the rank and file, post victory, clearly show that the saffron party is essentially and fundamentally the only democratic political structure and movement in India today

GhoseSpot | How Narendra Modi is at an inflexion point to put his career on a higher plane

The prime minister is well poised to take a more magnanimous approach towards his adversaries and play the role of an elder statesman with his colleagues

Assembly poll results 2022: How Kejriwal’s party got ‘AAPsolute’ majority in Punjab

The Aam Aadmi Party, which has won 92 seats in the 117-seat Punjab Assembly, capitalised on the long-held desire for ‘change’ in this border state

Right Word | Assembly poll results 2022: BJP has mastered the art of winning elections and retaining states

First as BJS and then as BJP, the party has worked hard on its ‘cadre’ base and continues to do so. This is what has helped the party to make a major comeback even after being out of power from Centre and in many states during 2004 to 2014

Assembly election results 2022: Time for new politics, not just new leaders

Narendra Modi has changed the paradigm of Indian politics and initiated a new politics based on economic well-being and last-mile targeted delivery that has dismantled old politics of feudalism, favouritism, casteism and rhetorics

Assembly poll results 2022: BJP wins a famous victory, but AAP’s rise is alarming

The fact that AAP has now won the restive border state of Punjab is disturbing. An AAP-run Punjab will be, I fear, a prime target for subnational diplomacy as promised by Joe Biden’s ambassador-designate to India, Eric Garcetti

SP candidate from Hastinapur who 'kept eye' on EVMs with binoculars loses UP Assembly polls

No EVM mishandling was reported from Hastinapur during or ahead of vote counting

Assembly election results 2022: After BJP's four big wins, Narendra Modi holds massive roadshow in Gujarat

Modi's visit to his home state comes a day after the declaration of results of the Assembly elections in five states