Searched for
KHAM FORMULA
Cong's Guj resolution revives tensions over caste faultlinesCongress's new Gujarat resolution, emphasizing caste census and social justice for SCs, STs, OBCs, and minorities, faces internal criticism...
BJP's Caste Chess: How the party maneuvered Kshatriya dissent in GujaratCaste dynamics are a crucial factor in India's politics, influencing alliances and strategies. Rajya Sabha member Parshottam Rupala recentl...
Gujarat: AAP, AIMIM split minority votes of Congress; BJP gainsThe entry of the AAP and the Hyderabad-headquartered All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has not only disturbed Congress's minor...
Gujarat Elections 2022: 2017 polls saw Patidars drifting away from BJP. Their voting patterns will be crucial this timeEarlier, the Patidars were a vote bank of the Congress. They shifted their allegiance to BJP in the 1990s after the Congress focused on the...
2022 Guj elections pose dual challenge for Cong to take on BJP & keep its vote bank intact, says political experts2022 Gujarat Assembly polls are likely to be one of the toughest for the opposition Congress as it is facing a dual challenge of defeating ...
BJP desperate to win Gujarat polls, but anti-incumbency, Cong pose challenges: AnalystsThe BJP has reworked its strategy to retain Gujarat, a party stronghold where polls are due by 2022-end, and if it succeeds in achieving th...
Modi's new Blueprint for BJP, robust organisation unlikely to wither away for decadesBut the organisational network created by the grand old party during the freedom struggle was so robust that it continues to sustain it eve...
Congress shutting doors, AAP yet to build presence, Hardik Patel may return to BJPIt is learnt that Hardik's entry to the BJP is being worked at the party's highest level with an active nudge from the top RSS brass, who s...
Saurashtra Patidars ditch BJP, but Patels in cities remain loyal to ModiAt the root of the success of the Congress formula of KHAM (Kshatriya-Harijan-Adivasi-Muslim) in 1985 was this caste conflict.
Gujarat Assembly Elections: Why there is so much more at stake for PM Narendra Modi this timeHopefully Modi government will move past Gujarat, GST and demonetisation to focus on making sure our economy vaults over the New India bar.
Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor, Jignesh Mevani: Gujarat’s youth factorDespite the contradictions that exist between them — like the Patidar vs OBC rivalry — they have so far batted in unison to overcome the “b...
Gujarat Congress leader Vijay Kella quits; says workers being "ignored"Vijay Kella, chairman of the Gujarat Congress' relief committee, said party vice-president Rahul Gandhi meets only a handful of people and ...
Gujarat Elections 2017: BJP MLAs keep fingers crossed over poll ticketsWith Hardik, Thakor & Mewani posing new challenges, party may feel the need to field fresh faces in many constituencies
View: Modi may turn more personal and sentimental to woo Gujarati votersThrust of this campaign is likely to be distinctly different from previous assembly polls held after Modi assumed office, including the jus...
CCTV footage may damage Hardik Patel’s credibilityCongress has been working on reviving its 1980s KHAM (Kshatriya Harijan Adivasi Muslim) formula, even while wooing Patidars subtly.
Gujarat Congress losing plot ahead of polls; partymen blame Bharatsinh SolankiSolanki was appointed in the aftermath of Congress’ rout in Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and was mandated to galvanise the party for 2017 st...
- Keshubhai Patel queering the pitch for Modi in election year?
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi may find the going tough for the upcoming assembly elections as his predecessor Keshubhai Patel is mobilising poli...
- BJP faces formidable Kham of Congress in Anand
Anand is also the land from where caste entered Gujarat politics in a big way.
- Raja's appeal to adivasis in Santrampur
Mandakini Pamar is out campaigning for her husband, Paranjayadityasinji Pamar, who is the Congress candidate for the Santrampur assembly co...