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Rahul Verma

Rahul Verma

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Grand Alliance’s failure holds a mirror to the RJD

Even as Tejashwi Yadav rose as the face of the party’s future, the party’s past — one defined by the “15-years-of-misrule” narrative — hung like an albatross from his neck. (PTI)

Published on Nov 16, 2025 09:52 pm IST

A Bihar puzzle the BJP waits to solve

Bihar’s women voters connect with Nitish Kumar due to his welfare measures over the last two decades. (HT Archive)

Published on Oct 23, 2025 09:18 pm IST

How the AAP lost its plot and office in Delhi

New Delhi, India - Feb. 8, 2025: BJP Supporters during the celebration at BJP HQ as the party leads in the Delhi Assembly elections at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, February 8, 2025. (Photo by RAJ K RAJ / Hindustan Times) (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 08, 2025 09:00 pm IST

Middle class holds the key to Delhi elections

The poor will likely be concerned about welfare benefits while the middle class may care more about better roads, management of traffic, and efforts to reduce air pollution (REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2025 09:17 pm IST

What citizens in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh think 75 years post-partition

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Published on Jan 03, 2025 01:16 pm IST

Poll lessons for the BJP and Congress

Within a decade of being the pre-eminent party in the state, the Congress’s tally has fallen to its lowest in Maharashtra (Jitendra Takale/ANI)

Updated on Nov 23, 2024 09:27 pm IST

Lessons from Haryana for BJP and Congress

Gurugram, India-October 08: Workers and supporters celebrated the success of Bharatiya Janata Party in Haryana Assembly elections on Civil Lines Road at near John Hall, in Gurugram, India, on Tuesday, 08 October 2024. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Published on Oct 08, 2024 09:21 pm IST

Emerging dimensions of caste politics in India

Noida, India- April 14, 2024: People seen on the occasion of the 133th birth anniversary of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar at Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal, sector 95, in Noida, India, on Sunday, April 14, 2024. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published on Aug 15, 2024 09:26 pm IST

How Opposition revived its political fortunes in the face of the BJP juggernaut

Supporters of Indian National Congress (INC) party hold a portrait of their president Rahul Gandhi and wave India's national flag to celebrate vote counting results for the country's general election, at the INC headquarter in New Delhi on June 4, 2024. Vote counting was underway in India's election on June 4, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi all but assured a triumph for his Hindu nationalist agenda that has thrown the opposition into disarray and deepened concerns for minority rights. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)(AFP)

Updated on Jun 05, 2024 02:17 am IST

Offered a choice, voters pick horses for courses

**EDS: IMAGE VIA PIB** Berhampur: Voters display identity cards while standing in queue to cast their votes during the 4th phase of general elections, in Berhampur, Odisha, Monday, May 13, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_13_2024_000312B)(PTI)

Published on May 22, 2024 10:10 pm IST

Truths, myths about the low voter turnout

People queue up to vote during the second round of voting in the six-week long national election outside a polling booth in Bengaluru, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo)(AP)

Published on May 01, 2024 10:10 pm IST

No wave in sight, big surprises are unlikely in the offing

Gaya, Bihar, India -Apri .19, 2024: Voters in queue for casting their votes at a polling booth during Lok Sabha election in Gaya, Bihar, India, Friday,19, 2024. (HT Photo)

Published on Apr 19, 2024 11:52 pm IST

How the BSP ceased to be the force it once was in UP

Why does it seem like the BSP is not in contention in the battle for UP’s 80 Lok Sabha seats? (HT file)

Published on Apr 12, 2024 10:53 pm IST

Why Congress failed to win in the Hindi heartland

BJP and Congress celebrate respective victories in assembly elections.(ANI/PTI)

Published on Dec 04, 2023 10:15 pm IST

In Rajasthan, a battle of two parties, two leaders

Can Gehlot’s efforts to reach out to a wider section of society through a large bouquet of welfare schemes turn things around for the Congress? (ANI)

Updated on Nov 25, 2023 04:40 am IST

A bipolar polity or a dominant party state?

Congress leader Kamal Nath and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Published on Nov 16, 2023 10:50 pm IST

3 key hurdles will define Rahul’s future in politics

The first challenge is to define Gandhi’s role in the Congress. (ANI)

Published on Aug 11, 2023 07:58 am IST

What alliance politics means for 2024 polls

The dominance of the BJP has ensured that there is space for only two nodes in Indian politics. (HT Photo)

Published on Jul 20, 2023 10:19 pm IST

A SWOT analysis of Oppn prospects

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and others attend the Opposition leaders' meeting regarding a joint strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, in Patna on Friday. (ANI)

Published on Jun 26, 2023 10:14 am IST

Regional parties are in a generational churn

By appointing daughter Supriya Sule as the NCP’s working president, Sharad Pawar made it clear who’ll take over the mantle of the party.(HT FILE PHOTO)

Published on Jun 14, 2023 08:47 pm IST

Win sketches contours of future election plans

What explains the consolidation of the bottom half of society — in caste and class terms — behind the Congress? (Reuters File Photo)

Published on May 13, 2023 10:59 pm IST

For 2024, parties must focus on young voters

The BJP and the Opposition will have to tailor their messaging to the most crucial demographic in the 2024 elections — voters between 18 and 25 years, who will make up a 175-million strong population. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on May 03, 2023 07:37 pm IST

Results ring alarm bells for Opposition alliance plans

For the Opposition, though, the results hold more significant takeaways — and not all are pleasant. The Congress has shrunk further, and new players have emerged in these states. Despite the positive bump in the popularity of Rahul Gandhi, there has been no drastic improvement in the Congress’s ability to win elections. (Raj K Raj)

Updated on Mar 03, 2023 08:09 am IST

Sena split points to a new era in politics

Chief minister Eknath Shinde has the advantage of power and patronage at the moment. He also claims to be in greater tune with Balasaheb’s ideological agenda (HT PHOTO)

Published on Feb 22, 2023 12:55 am IST

Reading the fine print of Gujarat, Himachal, MCD

All parties will rejoice in their successes. But which party will heed to the warning signs that this round has sent will shape Indian politics. (Shutterstock)

Published on Dec 08, 2022 11:20 pm IST

Mulayam Singh Yadav: Reconciling contrary strands of his politics

Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Published on Oct 11, 2022 03:44 am IST

It is Tejashwi’s, not Nitish’s, make or break chance

The RJD faces several challenges. Tejashwi Prasad Yadav will need immense patience and creative energy to tackle them. Nitish Kumar can impart lessons in the art of political management, but Tejashwi will have to grow as a political man on his own (PTI)

Updated on Aug 12, 2022 06:56 pm IST

What presidential, V-P polls say about politics

The new appointees will steer the country through a significant phase — the 75th anniversary of Independence and that of the formation of the Republic, an important general election, the constitution of a landmark delimitation commission that might forever alter Centre-state relations, and the 100th year of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) — and so it is important to explore the symbolic, political and long-term rationale behind the nominations. Four aspects immediately become clear. (Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jul 25, 2022 08:30 pm IST

With rising tensions, BJP faces a political dilemma

The die has been cast and the fallout of these events is unpredictable – both for the BJP’s internal politics as well as its governance legacy. (Reuters)

Published on Jun 29, 2022 08:11 pm IST

For its revival, the Congress must look inward

Updated on May 20, 2022 07:13 pm IST

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