Articles by Dipankar Ghose
Paddy gambit may hold the key to power in Chhattisgarh
In many ways, conversations around paddy have framed political fortunes in Chhattisgarh since it became a state in 2000.
Updated on Nov 07, 2023 06:02 AM IST
OBC narrative fading for Cong, but farm policies likely to help
Voting for Chhattisgarh is scheduled to be held in a two-phased manner on November 7 and 17, and the results will be declared on December 3
Updated on Oct 25, 2023 01:15 AM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Durg
HT Interview: No anti-incumbency in Chhattisgarh, says CM Baghel
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, ahead of crucial assembly elections, says there is no anti-incumbency in the state and the Congress has ensured all-round development.
Updated on Oct 22, 2023 04:30 AM IST
HT INTERVIEW Baghel govt has put a stop to development: Raman Singh
Raman Singh said that the Congress government under Bhupesh Baghel stopped all development work he started
Updated on Oct 21, 2023 05:44 AM IST
Bastar: Close poll battle plays out on the field of many a bloodbath
Violence and tragedy have been central to politics in India's Bastar region, which is preparing for an assembly election.
Updated on Oct 20, 2023 08:24 AM IST
HT interview: Congress has given recognition... will have collective leadership, says TS Singh Deo
A day after his appointment, Singhdeo said that the idea of his being deputy CM was first floated in 2022
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 10:15 PM IST
What Karnataka poll result means for Modi, BSY, Siddaramaiah, Kharge, Deve Gowda
What do assembly election results imply for the country’s top leaders? A look at the verdict and its impact
Updated on May 14, 2023 08:25 AM IST
How the Congress won Karnataka
The combination of a rooted unified leadership, messaging around local issues, strong social coalition, and a clever campaign that capitalised on anti-incumbency helped Congress
Updated on May 14, 2023 12:32 AM IST
What didn’t work for the BJP in Karnataka election
The party’s biggest failure was engineering a smoother transition from the old to the new leadership
Updated on May 14, 2023 12:38 AM IST
The JD(S) confronts an existential crisis
Karnataka election results: The JD(S) fell to its lowest seat tally of 19 since 1999 when the fledgling party first fought elections, falling from 37 in 2018
Updated on May 14, 2023 12:29 AM IST
Communal undertones may sway fortunes in coastal Karnataka
The western coast of Karnataka with 21 assembly seats including the two from the hills of Kodagu, is where religion drives politics, and life.
Updated on May 02, 2023 01:38 PM IST
Karnataka polls: Deve Gowda’s legacy holds the key in Old Mysuru battleground
In many ways, the electoral fate of HD Deve Gowda and his Janata Dal(Secular) is one of the defining questions of the Karnataka assembly elections.
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 12:12 PM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Hassan/mysuru
Bengaluru’s silenced slums may hold unlikely Karnataka poll key
The shift happens quickly and violently
Updated on Apr 26, 2023 06:13 PM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Bengaluru
Bhiwani killings: How pride intertwines with fear, ‘gau raksha’ in Haryana
Grainy videos of high-speed chases, pitched gun battles, villages that take pride in enforcing a controversial law: Inside Haryana's politics of cow protection
Updated on Mar 10, 2023 12:02 PM IST
Leena Dhankar and Dipankar Ghose, Manesar/nuh/gurugram
Counting milestones: A day in the life of the Bharat Jodo Yatra
Hundreds of frantic feet are kicking up dust, and the tarred lane is unable to hold the numbers on it. First there is a marching band, then a media van, then a ring of security guards holding a thick rope in a bid to separate the man in the centre from the crowds rushing towards him.
Published on Dec 16, 2022 11:55 PM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Sawai Madhopur
Gujarat election results: AAP plays spoiler, claims win with national status
Gujarat election results: For over three months, the biggest names in the AAP — from party chief Arvind Kejriwal to Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha — made Gujarat their second home.
Updated on Dec 09, 2022 04:05 PM IST
Maulik Pathak and Dipankar Ghose
Gujarat elections: Bridge collapse tragedy looms over electoral battle in Morbi
Gujarat election: It’s clear that the politics in and around Morbi at the moment revolves around the bridge collapse.
Updated on Nov 25, 2022 01:45 PM IST
In Patidar backyard, calm and confusion
This non-descript village, 60km from Ahmedabad and 10km from the town of Viramgam, surrounded by fields of paddy, jowar and bajra, was the epicentre of the Patidar movement, perhaps the biggest political threat faced by the BJP in the state in over two decades.
Updated on Nov 24, 2022 07:53 PM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Viramgam
Tribal dilemma in Congress stronghold
Some men travel on their cycles to the JK Paper Mills in Songarh, around 10km away. Different world it may be, but this poll season, villages such as Thuti are bathed in political significance.
Updated on Nov 23, 2022 12:26 PM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Tapi
In land of diamonds and textiles, larger Guj pointers from triangular contest
By night, deeply business-oriented as it is, Surat is alive well into the wee hours, the malls and shopping complexes full of customers. “There is something in the water of the river Tapi. It makes things grow,” Chainani said. “But every garden needs a gardener, even if you have water. And the BJP has always been strong here.”
Updated on Nov 22, 2022 01:00 PM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Surat
Refocusing our lens to view wildlife health holistically
We must recognise how intricately wildlife health is related to human health. This will be possible only if we pay close attention to the criticality of the "one health" approach
Published on Oct 04, 2022 07:38 PM IST
Congress political crisis: The parallels in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh
In both Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, as much as the Congress governments have been battling the BJP, they have been waging an internal war too
Updated on Sep 26, 2022 06:24 PM IST
Modi’s outreach bested Akhilesh Yadav’s caste calculus in UP’s eastern reaches
Senior BJP leaders credited rallies by PM Narendra Modi in the eastern parts for turning the sentiment in the BJP’s favour.
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 01:15 AM IST
Assembly polls: What the verdict means for top leaders
Narendra Modi Barely three months ago, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared to be facing political headwinds in Uttar Pradesh
Published on Mar 11, 2022 12:48 AM IST
UP polls: Ansari’s shadow looms over badlands of Mau
Uttar Pradesh assembly election 2022: Abbas Ansari, the son of the sitting five-time MLA Mukhtar Ansari, is fighting on a ticket from Om Prakash Rajbhar’s SBSP, in an alliance with the SP.
Published on Mar 03, 2022 11:39 PM IST
In east UP, unemployment woes linger in the air
Uttar Pradesh assembly election 2022: Across Uttar Pradesh, from urban centres such as Prayagraj and Varanasi to smaller districts such as Chandauli and Mirzapur, there is a significant narrative on the ground that the BJP has not done enough on employment and filling up government vacancies.
Published on Mar 03, 2022 01:19 AM IST
Will shifting loyalties swing east UP elections?
In eastern UP, in what seems like an election on a knife edge, the movement of these leaders and their ability to bring their castes along with them, may well define the election.
Updated on Mar 02, 2022 04:45 AM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Kushinagar
UP elections: Long shadow of Phoolan Devi’s legacy on Mirzapur
On the banks of the Ganga in Mirzapur’s Purana Bada, a group of three Nishad men are talking about their heroes, and inevitably, one in particular.
Updated on Feb 28, 2022 04:38 AM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Mirzapur
Eastern concerns: Floating bodies to stray cattle
The state administration was accused of severe undercounting of cases and deaths but even the official numbers are high: 8,108 deaths in May 2021, and 3,438 deaths in April 2021.
Updated on Feb 26, 2022 05:12 AM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Shringverpur (prayagraj)
What will decide high-stakes UP contest?
If BJP retains power in the state, it will be the first government to do so in over three decades; but its aura of invincibility will be undeniably dented if SP emerges victorious
Updated on Feb 09, 2022 05:52 AM IST
Dipankar Ghose, Hindustan Times, New Delhi