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The Congress could still fill the void of a strong opposition provided the old leadership is ready to welcome new ideas along with new leaders.

In order to save the country from slipping into a one party rule, the revival of Congress, with or without the Gandhi's is the need of the hour.

A mandate only places a particular politics in power; it does not mean, as in authoritarian regimes such as China, the power to run individual or coll

The nature and complexity of the next government would either be a confirmation of the thesis that politicians can read the pulse of the people, or th

The next general elections are a litmus test for both Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

A Karnataka victory would go into the account of Rahul Gandhi whose credentials as a leader would get strengthened and accepted by his friends and foe

The BJP is confronting a tough battle. Media reports from the state till recently were almost unanimous that the BJP is going to win again. Of late, t

Rahul Gandhi, during his recent 75-minute talk at the CII, may have left enough hints - and some more pronounced than the rest -on the need for the party to 're-invent' itself and re-visit some of the policies, including those of the 'economic reforms era'.

The Congress has had a chequered history in maintaining cordial relations between its organisational and parliamentary wings, with the dual power centres often leading to confrontation.

If the final list of prime ministerial candidates consists of only Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and possibly a third front candidate like Nitish Kumar or anyone else, Arvind Kejriwal will surely be there as the people's candidate. And, in the final analysis, the chances of Kejriwal clinching the highest leadership in the country are brighter than those of Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi says he wanted to present evidence of Modi's culpability in parliament. But ...

At a time when Rahul Gandhi and his team are wondering how to win friends and influence people, the Sufis offer an excellent model. For the model to gain traction, the first requirement is a message which can be simply put across.

With two years to go for the next Lok Sabha election, PM Modi's opponents were beginning to make their moves. Demonetisation was only a catalyst.

The last thing Pakistan wanted was Narendra Modi back as India's PM. They'd have preferred the Congress which is seen as soft on them. But how did Indira Gandhi's party reach such a state?

PM Modi must shed the self-acquired role of the sole, vote gatherer. He needed this image to overcome inner-party contestation and become the Prime Minister. Today, this image is a handicap. On this score, ironically, Modi could usefully emulate the laidback, apolitical Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

Politicians have always used the media to communicate with the electorate. What makes social media unique is the scale, speed, and minimal cost at which leaders can do this task. This paper analyses the relationship between political leaders and the microblogging site, Twitter. It provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the use of Twitter by two contemporary Indian political leaders—Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. It describ

THE recent land rights issue of the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa seems to have been resolved with Rahul Gandhi's intervention. We are relieved that the ancient Dongria Kondh tribal population would be able to save their hills from exploitation by commercial interests.

In a grim, status quoist scenario, Rahul Gandhi has a task to keep himself in the reckoning.

If Mayawati plays her cards correctly she will dictate terms in the upcoming UP elections.

The Congress has been suffering from a steady breakdown in ideological clarity for decades, evident in its confusion over secularism, appeasement politics, even Pakistan. It is now paying the price.

पाच दशके सत्तेत असणाऱ्या काँग्रेससमोर आता मोठे आव्हान आहे. त्यांच्याकडे जर ठोस योजना नसेल तर त्यांचे पुनरुत्थान कठीणच नाही तर अशक्यही ठरू शकते.

नरेंद्र मोदी आणि राहूल गांधी या निवडणुकीत गरीबांना थेट पैसे देण्याबद्दल बोलत आहेत. ब्रेगमन यांनी मांडलेल्या ‘युबीआय’ ही संकल्पनेतील हा एक छोटा भाग आहे.