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 […]
Tag Archives: Opposition parties
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Jun
Jun
A significant meeting of Opposition parties in Patna aimed to set the template for a common platform to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 elections. The disparate political outfits will hope to build an ideological counter to the national hegemon, stitch together a seat-sharing framework, and reconcile the competing ambitions of […]
21
Jun
Jun
Punjab’s move highlights the strain in the federal framework. All eyes are now on SC
13
May
May
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not invincible. In the 57 state elections it has contested since May 2014, it has lost 29 (including the 2023 Karnataka polls). That isn’t a sign of invincibility. Nor is the fact that in the 28 where it did form the government after the elections, it had a majority […]