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By Amulya Ganguli “It’s the economy, stupid!” was the phrase used during the 1992 US presidential contest to emphasize the challenge faced by Bill Clinton during his campaign. In India today, the BJP’s opponents have to realize that the party’s success is the result of its clever use of Hindu-Muslim animosity to advance its prospects. […]

The post Anti-Muslim Sentiment Among Sizeable Hindus Is BJP’s Trump Card In Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Sonia Gandhi will remain the party president, sources said after a mammoth four-and-half-hour meeting this evening amid demands of a change in leadership in view of the party’s crushing defeat in the recently held state polls. The party will hold a “Chintan Shivir” (brainstorming session) soon, sources said after the evening’s meeting of the Working […]

The post Sonia stays as chief, Cong reviews poll debacle first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sagarneel Sinha Every time a section of leading intellectuals, eminent journalists and political analysts try to propagate that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s domination is a past, the saffron party gives a response by winning states with huge mandates. The saffron party’s scripting history both in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand has been repeatedly said by […]

The post BJP’s Victory In Manipur Will Have Big Impact On North Eastern Region first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In West Bengal, the first immediate impact of the recent Assembly polls in five states has been a noticeable change in the familiar rhetoric used by major parties. The eventual outcome of the polls has also affected the internal functioning of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)and the […]

The post Assembly Polls Outcome Gives A Big Boost To BJP In Bengal first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Extensive campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh countered the anti-incumbency against Yogi government which is evident from substantial fall in seats in 2022 polls as against 2017 elections. There is a feeling in BJP rank and file that had Modi not campaigned the way he did it would […]

The post Modi Helped BJP To Counter Anti-Incumbency Against Yogi Government first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty There is “gehri manthan” going on as to what led to the Samajwadi Party loss even after all the signs on the ground pointed to a Bharatiya Janata Party debacle? More important, why did an entire tribe of political analysts fail in their “reading” of the situation unfolding? There is genuine consternation. […]

The post Samajwadi Party Has Done Quite Well Compared To 2017 And 2019 Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The result of the assembly elections in five states will not boost the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala. The Party can not hope for any inroads in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The reasons are clear: Kerala is not Uttar Pradesh. The Hindutva politics, which the BJP has successfully […]

The post Assembly Poll Verdict Won’t Benefit BJP In Kerala first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The results of the assembly elections to the five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur – have shown that the Grand Old Party the Congress is on the decline. The Party has not only lost its ruling state Punjab miserably to the Aam Admi Party (AAP) but also done […]

The post Five Assembly Poll Results Jolt For Congress, Boost To BJP And Narendra Modi first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Election results to five state assemblies have exhibited many firsts. For the first time the Aam Admi Party sprang a surprised when it romped home with a majority in Punjab, leaving far behind the Congress, Akali Dal and other parties. This is also for the first time that APP has stepped out […]

The post There Are Many Lessons For Congress To Learn From Its Debacle In Five Assembly Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty A trait common to all politicians, even the bright young ones, is a penchant for sycophancy. So, when AAP swept its one-state wonder tag out the Delhi window and took Punjab by the “vacuum cleaner”, Delhi AAP leader Raghav Chadha, who ran AAP’s Punjab poll campaign, couldn’t stop himself from blurting out, […]

The post AAP Victory In Punjab Means People Are Tired With National Parties first appeared on IPA Newspack.

A day after Congress moved its MLA candidates in Goa to a resort, the Aam Aadmi Party has also moved to keep its own candidates under guard. Sources say AAP candidates have been put together at certain locations in the state. With predictions of a hung assembly and Congress’s neck and neck fight with the […]

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By Sushil Kutty “I will leave Delhi after April and return to live in Thiruvananthapuram,” Congress “stalwart” AK Antony told a newspaper and people suddenly realized that this man was still around, ruminating in the greens of Lutyen’s Delhi. Nobody will miss Antony after he leaves, like nobody missed him in the eight years since […]

The post Former Defence Minister A K Antony Is Finally Leaving Electoral Politics first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup In the Uttar Pradesh’s assembly elections, the overriding perception is that Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is the man most likely to benefit from electoral tide. Akhilesh Yadav is the complete antithesis of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. This is most marked in the language he uses in election campaign. Akhilesh does not […]

The post Akhilesh Yadav Has Improved His Acceptability Through Long Election Campaign first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Will the mega road show of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi spin the magic for BJP in the holy city and other constituencies in seventh and last phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh on March 7? During 2017 assembly polls, riding on Modi wave BJP and allies had won all […]

The post BJP Is Banking On Last Minute Mega Road Show Of Prime Minister To Win first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra Amid a lot of buzz for the coming presidential elections, names of political veterans such as Sharad Pawar, BSP Supremo Mayawati and a few others have been doing the rounds and discussed as possible candidates for the post. Speculations have been rife of late with Bihar chief minister and long-time BJP […]

The post Nitish Dismisses Buzz About His Candidature For President first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The massive victory achieved by Trinamool Congress in the latest elections to 108 civic bodies in Bengal covering all the districts is a continuation of the trend which was evident at the assembly elections in 2021.In all the subsequent elections held in the state, first Kolkata Municipal Corporation, then polling in four […]

The post Decoding Trinamool Congress’s Massive Victory In Latest Civic Polls In Bengal first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar Will too many cooks spoil the Opposition broth? Many players in the national opposition camp are trying to come together ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls against the BJP. You have Congress President Sonia Gandhi attempting to form a united opposition coalition. You have West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee trying […]

The post Forming Of A Federal Front Of Regional Parties Without Congress May Not Work first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup In Uttar Pradesh politics, predicting an electoral winner is difficult and foolhardy in equal measure. This is a state that has not given any chief minister a second chance at a full five-year term. It has an electorate that has long debunked the prophesy that whosoever rules it, will get a shot […]

The post BJP Is Going All Out To Retain Power In Uttar Pradesh Defying Many Odds first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: By praising BSP during fifth phase campaigning in Uttar Pradesh polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has not only attempted to confuse dalit and muslim voters but also hinted about post poll alliance in the event of a a hung assembly after March 10. Much significance is being attached to the […]

The post BJP Wooing BSP Supporters In Fifth Phase Of Polls In Uttar Pradesh first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra The political buzz around the formation of a third front is back. While talk of a third front has been recurrent, the key difference this time is that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has met his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar in separate […]

The post KCR, Mamata, Pawar, Thackeray Inch Closer To Third Front first appeared on IPA Newspack.

  By David Broder Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is sickening. Vladimir Putin had this Monday claimed that the “Kiev regime” refused any resolution of the conflict in the Donbas except through “military means.” The Russian president now claims to resolve it with far more bloodshed, already spreading beyond the Donbas region and risking a wider […]

The post Global Left Can Never Support Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine At This Hour first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman The recent urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu held for the first time after 2011 has helped strong ruling DMK in the state to consolidated further decimating its rival opposition AIADMK. DMK won all the 21 corporations and unseated AIADMK in its traditional stronghold in western Tamil Nadu. The National […]

The post DMK Sweep In Tamil Nadu Local Body Elections Is A Mandate For Stalin first appeared on IPA Newspack.