Any move by either the Congress or the BJP to appease Patels by promising them reservations under the OBC quota will lead to a backlash from the community that forms 40% of Gujarat's population
4 min read31 Oct 2017The three weeks of election campaign highlighted a clash of personalitiespitting Prime Minister Narendra Modi against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
2 min read5 Nov 2015Final phase sees polling in a region that has a high population of Muslims and Yadavs, but a few districts are dominated by the upper castes as well
8 min read4 Nov 2015The political choice of the people of Bihar will sign off on a development strategya gradual change or a radical reboot
4 min read2 Nov 2015Bihar is seeing the BJP mount electoral warfare, as the JD(U) bootstraps its most modern campaign till date, which should definitely worry the Congress
7 min read9 Oct 2015The election scenario in the state cannot be understood without explaining the caste arithmetic
5 min read8 Oct 2015The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared