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The 2025 Delhi elections should focus on air pollution, Yamuna cleaning, jobs, and women’s safety but are instead driven by freebies

काश्मीरच्या प्रादेशिक राजकीय पक्षांनी कलम 370 बाबतच्या भ�

Kashmir’s regional political parties must move past rhetoric over Article 370 and address the needs of J&K’s youth

पाकिस्तानमध्ये अलीकडेच पार पडलेल्या सार्वत्रिक निवडणु�

Religio-political parties in Pakistan's recent general elections increased their presence and attempted to shed their conservative image, but this did

दक्षिण आफ्रिका सार्वत्रिक निवडणुकांकडे वाटचाल करत असता

With an increasing number of political parties, the potential of coalition politics is an imminent reality in South Africa as it heads to the polls

जगाच्या अनेक भागांतील निवडणुकांच्या उलट, भूतानने त्याच�

Unlike elections in many parts of the world, Bhutan experienced a seamless transfer of power during its most recent elections

मालदीवच्या राष्ट्रपतीपदाच्या निवडणुकीत शेवटी रिंगणात �

As the new administration in Maldives prepares to swear into power in November, political parties are embracing new alliances, roles, and responsibili

The deepening of the divide between and within the US’s principal political parties foreshadows a deeply fractured presidential election

The inclusion of soft power initiatives under the BRI shows the urgency on the Chinese side to project the wheels of BRI as moving in Nepal

राजनीतिक दलों और चुनावी पैसों के नियमन में कानूनी ख़ामिय

Maldives’ political front seems to have been upturned as new political parties emerge in the face of the upcoming presidential elections

The entry of the youth and the new political parties into Nepalese politics is a welcome development as people become disenchanted with old leaders.

राजनीतिक दलों और चुनावी पैसों के नियमन में कानूनी ख़ामिय

The legal lacunae in regulating political parties and election finance need to be plugged

Multiple citizen complaints have forced municipal authorities to undertake measures to curb the unauthorised erection of billboards in the city

The diversity of India's political set up means that no electoral majority is cast in stone and no ideological hegemony can enjoy the permanence.

The growing ties between Nepal and India can be witnessed as the political parties of both these countries are eager to work closely on new initiative

The recent Uttar Pradesh elections indicate the rise of “new welfarism” as a political strategy

A divided moderate constituency, including existing and new political parties, can weaken them collectively vis-à-vis a united extremist alliance.

One thing is pretty sure from the manifestos. Political parties are more interested in showing the carrots that are readily saleable to their electora

It is ironical that despite being an outsider the governor manages to strike a chord with the locals. What is it that the governor does right which ev

Inclusion of environmental issues in manifestos has been a trend since the last general election. This time, there are even specific mentions of the N

How are corporates/businesses funding political parties in India? Where do major political parties stand in terms of donations from corporates and bus

It is difficult to predict which party’s political strategy will succeed.

Evolution of the electoral space has somehow not been able to take place at the cost of “all retentionist” separatist sentiment and politics.

The knowledge and understanding of the past and the fundamental of democratic practice do not put any constraints on political parties to declare thei

Role of media, civil society, political parties and business are significant in addition to Central and State governments in dousing the flames in Kas

With only a week left for the scheduled second-round polling in the presidential elections on Saturday, 28 September, it may be time the stake-holders in Maldives arrived at an interim consensus, keeping the healthy and constructive future of the infant democracy at heart.

Democracy costs a lot of money. To fight elections and run their routine activities, political parties in India seek donations from all possible sources including ‘illegal’ and ‘interested’ money. This has serious ramifications in preserving the integrity of Indian democracy. An increasing number of countries, meanwhile, have taken the path of public subsidies and direct funding of parties and political activities — aiming to reduce dep

A politics of hand-outs hasn’t removed poverty from India. It has embedded it even more deeply. Narendra Modi was elected to end this politics. He is now following it.

Political parties are the only entities which are not subject to any regulation or regulator. The phrase political parties has not been mentioned in India's constitution and post independence, the legislatures have not enacted any regulation or law governing the functioning of political parties.

Despite the optimism surrounding the potential dividends from India’s youth population, demographic ageing is underway. All but five of India’s 28 states have fertility rates below replacement levels, with the share of older adults growing faster than all other age cohorts. However, existing policies, laws, and schemes targeting older adults have fallen short. Poor drafting, limited implementation, and a disproportionate focus on youth needs

Assembly Elections 2023: There is justice in the poll promises that political parties are making to women voters, whose assertion at the polling booth in terms of turnout and independent choices is only too evident to these parties.

Bangladesh and India are standing at a take-off stage in their relationship despite anti-Indian groups and political parties trying to find fault with Hasina's moves. The Chinese and Pakistani lobbies are unhappy with this growing engagement.

The unanimous passage of the LBA bill through both houses of Parliament underlines the growing maturity of the political discourse on foreign policy in India. In particular, the larger political parties have shown that building consensus on India's foreign policy can increasingly be a bipartisan affair.

The essence of any democratic system is the healthy functioning of political parties and consequently free and fair elections. Free and fair elections imply not only a legal institutional framework for the conduct of elections and a transparent electoral process.

Privatised electricity distribution in Delhi completed ten years last June. Now an important question which we have to ask time and again is, why should the citizens pay for the inefficiency of the distribution companies? This is yet another public service that has become a score point for political parties, giving no relief to the ordinary citizen.

Nepal's Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi has been appointed the Head of the interim government. His main mandate is to hold elections for the CA. But 22 opposition political parties have begun their protest programmes against the new government, raising doubts whether polls can be held in June this year.

The pending Companies Bill provides for in an increase in the corporate funding to political parties from 5% to 7.5% of the average net profits. This increase is despite the fact that the presence of strong corporate funding laws has not hindered companies to squeeze out crores in bribes.

This Issue Brief seeks to outline the history of corporate funding in India, legislation governing corporate funding, institutional innovations in corporate funding like electoral trusts, and international experiences and their relevance in the Indian context. Given the increasing clamour for transparent and accountable corporate funding of political parties, the Brief also explores the perils of over-reliance on corporate funding.

Prolonged periods of military rule in Pakistan have enabled the military to penetrate all structures of the Pakistani state. Political parties, the judiciary, bureaucracy, and the media — today all have their share of pro-khaki elements. Therefore, a military coup d’etat is no longer the only way to unseat a democratically elected political leader who may have differences with the Army. Indeed, if former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had compl

Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa¿s resignation on 7th May 2004 amidst mounting pressure from the agitating five political parties Nepali Congress (NC), Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), Jan Morcha (JM), Nepal Mazdoor Kishan Party (NMKP) and Nepali Sadhavana Party (Ananadi Devi) supported by the members of civil society has left a political vaccum in the country.

Campaign trends in Delhi elections indicate that parties are playing around the issues having popular appeal rather than the hard core issues of governance, statehood or even air pollution. In varying degrees, populist ideas such as free houses, free water and free electricity remain the core poll promises for all political parties.

The promises made by key parties in the Delhi elections are in conformity with the national trend of offering populist schemes. One thought political parties of this 'enlightened' metropolis, that was turned to an epicentre of the nation-wide anti-corruption stir and gave rise to political newbie AAP, would beat this trend and offer something better.

As a rising India engages the world with confidence in an increasingly challenging environment, informed contestations on foreign policy should be the norm.