BJP – Page 7 – Breaking Views

August 6, 2018
TeamRS
Book Launches, Video

Who will win the big battle of 2019

July 4, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

A ‘new’ Congress: from Arrogance to Accomodation

A simple photo-op can sometimes reveal the entire political picture. Last month, as Rahul Gandhi hosted an iftaar party, his high table did not include a single opposition party...

June 7, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Karnataka to Kairana: a Template for 2019

A by-election is a bit like a school monthly test: the marks don’t count for anything during the final exam. Which is why the opposition celebrations after besting the...

May 23, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

From Raj Dharma to Chanakya-neeti: is BJP a party with a difference?

In 1996, soon after LK Advani resigned as an MP over his name surfacing in the ‘hawala’ diaries, we asked the original BJP ideological mascot why he had taken...

May 16, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

The Karnataka ‘nataka’: ten takeaways

15th May 2018 will go down in history as a day when Indian politics rewrote the Harold Wilson oft-used quote that a week is a long time in politics....

May 11, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Karnataka’s 20-20 election

Karnataka is, arguably, India’s most beautiful state. Few states can match its rich diversity: from the wondrous Karwar coastline to the verdant green hills of Coorg, from the wildlife...

April 6, 2018
TeamRS
Video

Babul Supriyo: Hegde should be reprimanded for his remarks

March 15, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

Modi Vs All

In the mid-1990s, as VP Singh was scrambling to help form a non-BJP, non-Cong ‘Third Front’ government, we asked the former prime minister if such a ‘khichdi’ government was...

March 5, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Blog

Battle for North East: Ten takeaways

Maybe it’s the skill of prime minister Modi to convert every state election into a ‘national’ battle but never before has an election result to three small states in...

March 1, 2018
Rajdeep Sardesai
Columns

The Chowkidar against corruption?

The defining image of the 1989 Lok Sabha elections was VP Singh campaigning across the country and claiming that he had in his pocket the Swiss bank account number...