Overconfidence or ignorance? BJP's disregard for ground reality could be the real reason behind below-par performanceThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) approached the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with high hopes. The slogan "Ab ki baar 400 paar" reflected the pa...
05 Jun, 2024, 03.53 PM IST
BJP's alliance strategy: Where it is gaining and where it is notThe important takeaway is that the BJP could be emerging as a bigger national party by penetrating in pockets where it had little influence...
02 Jun, 2024, 04.19 PM IST
Playing on backfoot, Congress is hoping 'less is more' in this year's election battleCongress has strategically reduced the seats it is contesting in Lok Sabha elections this year to prioritize alliances, aiming to counter B...
17 Apr, 2024, 01.25 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh: BJP Chief Purandheswari calls for ending YSRCP rule, advocates for changeShifting focus to national politics, Purandheswari acknowledged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's governance at the Centre, praising it as cor...
28 Mar, 2024, 03.26 PM IST
BJP first party since 1990 to touch 100-seat mark in Rajya SabhaThe strength of parties in the Rajya Sabha will change after July, with some parties such as the SP and AAP increasing their numbers. The A...
01 Apr, 2022, 11.23 PM IST
With poll fever, Prashant Kishor in demand in Telugu statesElection fever has already gripped various political parties in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as it is increasingly becoming clear that eith...
21 Feb, 2022, 11.12 AM IST
Bengal win makes Mamata Banerjee most formidable force against BJP: Sushmita DevThe BJP won the seat in 2019 and got 50.7 percent vote share. When the TMC came down to 22 seats in 2019 (in Parliamentary polls) it was ki...
09 Nov, 2021, 11.13 PM IST
Anti-incumbency vs. welfare schemes in Andhra PradeshThe CM is appealing to the electorate to vote for his party, considering him as the candidate contesting from all the 175 Assembly and 25 L...
14 Dec, 2020, 04.57 PM IST
Eyeing power by 2024, BJP shifts gears in Telangana, APThe party strategy is to encourage defections of TDP and Congress top leaders belonging to Reddy, Kamma and Kapu communities.
02 Jul, 2019, 08.15 AM IST
Neither BJP nor Cong will get majority but a Cong-led alternative may emerge: A RajaThis is the first general election in the state after the demise of two political stalwarts -- AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa and DMK's M Karu...
24 Apr, 2019, 04.23 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh assembly poll: Naidu's son Nara Lokesh faces tough poll debutLokesh, grandson of Telugu icon and star-turned-politician N T Rama Rao, says he chose the Mangalagiri assembly constituency for his electo...
05 Apr, 2019, 04.54 PM IST
View: It's probably end of the road for Chandrababu Naidu if Jagan Reddy wins in AndhraThe worst failure of Naidu was political when he joined the Congress party, the arch rival since inception of the TDP, to defeat KCR in Tel...
28 Mar, 2019, 09.43 AM IST
Battle for Andhra Pradesh 2019: A battle to rouse and douse regional passionsAs Andhra Pradesh heads for simultaneous elections to the state Assembly and Parliament on April 11 ET provides a snapshot of the poll stra...
15 Mar, 2019, 03.32 PM IST
Prashant Kishore to Shiv Sena: Remain with BJP; post-poll Nitish Kumar PM-eligibleWhile offering the Sena leadership his election-management skills, Kishor talked about his team managing YSRCP’s poll preparations in Andhr...
07 Feb, 2019, 07.43 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi's nod to Chandrababu's request for funds will depend on BJP's plansJust a week before the swearing-in, Naidu had met Modi with his key ministers and made a presentation on the drought scenario in the state.
29 May, 2016, 06.47 AM IST
BJP could have done better: Chandrababu Naidu on Telangana bill passage"I feel it is the responsibility of the main opposition party to fight for equal justice," Chandrababu Naidu said.
18 Feb, 2014, 11.12 PM IST
2014 Lok Sabha elections: Can Andhra Pradesh be the game changer?The political scenario has undergone a sea-change from the heady days of Janata Party in 1977 and Janata Dal in 1989 and 1996.
03 Jun, 2013, 05.00 AM IST