‘8 seats in Haryana, 3 in Delhi see dip in absolute number of voters’

The analysis revealed that in 115 (27%) constituencies, fewer people came out to vote than in 2019...

The curious case of declining voters in the 2024 elections

In nearly one-third of all constituencies in the 2024 election, the total absolute number of voters declined vis-à-vis the 2019 election...

The Modi meltdown from March to May

As the chart shows, there was a dramatic decline in the number of mentions of ‘400 paar’ in his speeches. Inexplicably but conspicuously, the bravado went missing. Is this indicative of something...

A not-so-level playing field: Our free and unfair elections

“The mother of democracy is in bad shape” said the Financial Times recently, in reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s repeated boast...

Congress’s Praveen Chakravarty writes: Jobs, justice, governance — a bold manifesto for India’s future

The task now is to take these ideas to voters and explain them — an enormous challenge especially when the party’s bank accounts are frozen, and the media is tightly controlled...

The dubious economic claims of Kovind Committee on One Nation, One Election

The idea of 'One Nation One Election' is premised on flimsy grounds of cost savings, policy paralysis, governance interference and, now, the shiny new claim of boosting economic growth...

Congress’s promise to apprenticeship is to provide skilling, dignity and employability to the youth

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi unveiled five guarantees for the youth at a rally in Rajasthan, including a new Right to Apprenticeship Act to provide a one-year apprenticeship...

‘Our apprenticeship promise is like MNREGA. We will make it a legal right … a world first’: Congress manifesto panel member

Praveen Chakravarti elaborates on promise to fill “30 lakh govt posts”, says a Congress government will ensure that anybody seeking...