Congress turning the UP gun on itself

Recently Jaiswal, leader of the union, said congress will demand president's rule if congress does not get a majority in the UP polls.

Neerja Chowdhary explains why is his statement a faux Pas...

"Political implications apart, it was highly objectionable for Jaiswal - he is not just a party leader, like Digvijay Singh, but holds a constitutional office as a minister of the Union - to talk of president’s rule in the midst of elections. After all, polls are held to enable an elected government to be formed, not with a view to impose Central rule, and that too before the election process is over."

Congress turning the UP gun on itself

UP's voter

Seema Mustafa analyses the entire political scenario on ground-based politics and explains the strengths and weaknesses of each and every party whch is trying to gain any stake in the state elections 2012...

UP's voter is savouring her moment in the sum

The Congress dynasty

Congress party's image has faded throughout the country. It is in a hapless state where the central government is in a state of flux with all the corruption charges and misgovernance and it is trying to find a foothold in most of the states in the state elections 2012 except, maybe Punjab, where the anti-incumbency factor is an issue for their principal opponents, The Akali Dal- BJP combine...

The situation in Karnataka, Andhra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and many other states is not something that the congress can flaunt on...

Coalition politics and more significantly, the dynasty rule of the Nehru-Gandhi family is only deepening the crisis for the oldest party of the country which could boast of extreme superiority before 1980's

What is the way ahead?

NV Subramanian explains more...

Dynamic Hubris drives congress to new low

Punjab polls

The state of Punjab is known for it's prosperity and the green lush...

The Indian granary and the foothold of the former green revolution (which has now turned into a sense of disaster) still produces the largest amount of rice in the country with good wheat production also...

But, the main question is, is it really prosperous?

"No, it isn't" says Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr.

Punjab Polls and the problems of prosperity

A test for Rahul's magic wand

Rahul Gandhi has gone all out to campaign in favour of congress for this time's state election for Uthar Pradesh, so much so that he has not got much time to shave!

He has caught everyone's imagination already including the media though he has covered only one-third of the entire state...

But, will his charisma and sheer political presence be enough for congress to taste success in the elections this time around?

Nilofar Suhrawardy assesses the entire scenario...

A test for Rahul's magic wand

Muslim votes: Which party will take it...

There are close to 20% of Muslims in India and where they cast their vote can decide the fate of 2012 state UP elections...

Did BJP do a mistake by oppressing Muslim reservation? As all the other castes's votes are informally decided and the Muslims distancing themselves from SP and Rahul Gandhi's heroics towards them contrasting with a weak foothold for the congress and the BSP, the entire seat matrix is totally confusing...

How a weak BJP has fired UP's Muslims