Two issues made headlines recently. People stage protests against the violent clashes in Manipur and the Congress' win in Karnataka, the saffron spread versus the rest. Outlook analyses the lessons from Manipur and Karnataka.
The ethnic clashes between the Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur claimed more than 70 lives displaced around 20,000 people. It is time the Union government directly steps in to balance the unequal sharing of resources among the two communities and bring peace and harmony.
A victory in Karnataka may aid the Congress party in its efforts to form an Opposition front for the 2024 parliamentary elections
The ethnic violence in Manipur has widened the divide between the Meitei and the Kuki communities. But one question haunts everyone: where was the government?
The worst affected by the violent clashes in Manipur are women, elderly and children who now face an uncertain future
The selective targeting of the Kukis and the radicalisation of Meitei youths in Imphal Valley is a cause for grave concern
A set of post-violence developments may end up preparing the ground for the widening of the rift. The continued blame game is keeping the atmosphere tense.
In the past, Manipur has experienced several conflicts and has come out stronger. It will this time too.
The outcome of the elections of 2024, after Karnataka, can certainly be steered in this direction. Much will depend on how far the Opposition can raise people’s livelihood-related issues in tandem with a different political narrative.
While the Congress remained singularly focused on the target right from the start, the BJP was busy digging its own grave, hurtling from one misadventure to another.
Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir are itching to be back on the poll pitch
A sweeping win in Karnataka but a dismal performance in the Gujarat Assembly elections just five months back—what changed for the Congress?
For the past two decades, every politician in Goa has promised to ban casinos before elections. Yet every government turns a blind eye to this issue after the polls
After the 2022 Assembly elections, political manifestos stopped being relevant for many Goans
Manifestos alone cannot win an election. A host of other factors come into play
In the most significant deviation from the polarisation and counter-polarisation on religion and caste lines, Tejashwi Yadav made ‘jobs’ an election issue, and won
The Left in Kerala could successfully set a counter-narrative to the one set by the BJP of placing Sabarimala on the centre stage. The Congress fell into the BJP’s trap and lost
Arvind Kejriwal focused on the politics of welfare and infrastructure and won handsomely. So why is AAP now flirting with soft Hindutva?
In the 2022 state elections, all political parties focussed on welfare schemes. The results were mixed
Suresh Menon is an author, most recently of 'Why Don’t You Write Something I Might Read?'
