By Girish Nikam
When the United Progressive Alliance was formed following the defeat of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the 2004 general elections, many did not give the newly cobbled up alliance much time for survival. The BJP leadership in particular in fact gave it only six months and later kept revising the fall-date, only [...]

By Girish Nikam
The forthcoming general elections will be throwing up many issues which are bound to be taken up by the political class and the media for discussion as the campaign hots up. One however wonders whether what happened over five months back at the Batla House in the capital will be an issue, at [...]

By Girish Nikam
The countdown for the next Lok Sabha elections has begun in right earnest, and for the first time probably in the Indian elections, we have a happy situation where the voters are faced with two clear alternatives for the Prime Ministership.
Despite the media’s penchant for creating confusion regarding the UPA’s choice, or rather [...]

By Girish Nikam
A couple of weeks back when The Hindu broke the controversy about the bickering in the Election Commission between the Chief Election Commissioner N.Gopalaswami and his colleague, Election Commissioner, Navin Chawla, all hell seemed to have broken loose, just on the eve of elections.
The media and the polity as well as the legal [...]