Trouble arises only if a party appeals to a particular group at the cost of another group’s interests
4 min read8 Apr 2019The BJP is banking on various outreach programmes to draw Dalit votes and help the party gain a foothold in Telangana, while at the same time weakening the Congress
2 min read16 Jul 2018Narendra Modi said the urban population kept rising but no attention was paid to amenities by the previous regimes
2 min read23 Jun 2018Congress earmarks 103 constituencies to Lingayats, Vokkaligas and Kurubas, BJP gives 55 seats to Lingayat candidates and 20 to Vokkaliga leaders
1 min read17 Apr 2018Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah's strategy to split the BJP support base, the Lingayat vote bank, is facing opposition from within the Congress
2 min read27 Mar 2018While the state trades its monopoly over force for vote banks, 'deras' and ashrams provide a social security net for people
4 min read30 Aug 2017Ally Shiv Sena accused the BJP of indulging in vote bank politics by proposing a Dalit nomineeBihar governor Ramnath Kovindfor the post of president
1 min read19 Jun 2017Neglected for years by SP and BSP governments, the people of Phoolan Devi's village Ghura ka Purva have found hope in Narendra Modi's narrative of development
2 min read23 Feb 2017Even though India today is a vibrant democracy, politics in Uttar Pradesh is still influenced by the Hindu caste system, a social hierarchy with its origins in antiquity
1 min read20 Feb 2017Travelling through western Uttar Pradesh in the thick of assembly elections threw up stories that challenge the ordinary. Here's one of them
4 min read13 Feb 2017The 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