The conflict between the BJP’s Dalit outreach and its attempt to keep its elite-caste core votebank in good humour threatens to unravel the party’s best-laid plans for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Taxes on petrol and diesel contribute a huge chunk to the government’s revenue.Funds are needed to implement crucial social schemes that the PM has announced, and there is no scope for any cut as of now.
Walter K. Andersen, a professor who has studied the right-wing organisation for over five decades, speaks about the workings of the RSS and its growing influence on Indian society and politics.
The novice Rahul Gandhi of old is gone. His probable allies may be less than enthusiastic, but a presidential air is building up around the 2019 contest.
Our PM put all protocol aside and visited Pakistan, he took initiative to normalise relations, but our neighbour don't mend their ways, Home Minister Rajnath Singh tells Outlook.
He took care to cover all sections of the society – the underprivileged, farmers, Dalits, women, youth, army and the somewhat disillusioned middle-class.
The decision to pull out of the government was announced after BJP president Amit Shah met party’s J&K ministers and top leaders in Delhi this morning.
The refreshingly aggressive Congress president's new avatar can energise the party and lure the voters but what stands out is his overt endorsement of Hindu religious symbols
Sources in the BJP say the budget provisions are based on the feedback that the government got from different quarters – from the ministers, party leaders, functionaries on the ground and the RSS
The railway budget, merged with the general budget, allowed him the luxury of not having to reveal the Operating Ratio (OR) and other uncomfortable facts about the state of railway finances.
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