When 26 Opposition parties came together to form the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in Bengaluru, they faced an immediate (parliamentary coordination), a medium-term (seat-sharing arrangements) and a long-term (the 2024 elections) challenge. This week, as Parliament’s monsoon session opened to a storm of disruptions over a barbaric sexual assault in Manipur, part of […]
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Jul
Jul
2014 heralded the return of the unipolar era in national politics. Coalitions were seen as the remnant of a bygone age of messy multi-party consensus drafting and fractured mandates. Yet, the events of this week have proven that the obituaries of alliance politics may have been hasty. With 26 Opposition parties coming together as INDIA, […]
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Apr
Apr
A string of clashes over the past week has marred the celebrations of Ram Navami across the country and ratcheted up political temperatures, especially in West Bengal and Bihar. In the former, 10 people were hurt after two groups attacked each other during a Ram Navami procession at Shibpur in the Howrah district. Eight vehicles […]