Counting of votes got underway in the Jharkhand assembly polls with the BJP leading in 29 seats and the Congress-JMM-RJD alliance leading in 42 seats. According to the Election Commission trends, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) is leading in 25 seats with the Congress ahead in 12 seats and the RJD in 5 seats.

Jharkhand elections: Congress-JMM-RJD alliance lead as BJP trails; CM Raghubar Das falls behind

Politics has taken a full circle in Indian politics. The assembly elections which should have gone unnoticed and uneventful has filled Indian politics with new energy and alignment.

Is 2019 another 1967 of Indian politics? Regional parties more effective than national opposition

It is high time that such a charade is put to an end forever. Election after election, the absurd pretence has been thrust on the people in the form of the so-called exit polls and countless hours of mundane analysis on something which is a far cry from reality.

Why Exit Polls in India often go wrong?

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2019: Bollywood stars step out to cast their vote, see pics

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had suddenly left the country and thrown the Congress in a quandary midway during electioneering for the Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections.

Maharashtra Assembly election: Rahul Gandhi has made it more difficult for Congress

After the May 2014 victory, the Bharatiya Janata Party under the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo decided to bench its newly elected MPs of seventy years and above. None was given a ministerial berth, and the tallest among them were designated as ‘mentors’.

L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi's exit from electoral fray: The old has to make way for the new

The elections to legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Odisha will be held simultaneously along with the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Sunday.

Arunachal, AP, Sikkim, Odisha Assembly polls to be held along with Lok Sabha election

Those following the outcome of the recently concluded assembly elections in five states cannot help feeling somewhat concerned, if not cautious, when it comes to projecting the BJP’s prospects in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

After state elections: Nation’s mood and road ahead for BJP

For many years now political parties’ manifestos have been an exercise in preparing a ‘good document’ than identifying the real problems confronting the Indian polity.

Economic and social inequality not a priority for political parties 

Two images on the Internet must have jolted the BJP out of reverie. Manvendra Singh – BJP MLA from Sheo – is common in both the frames. In one of the photos, he is seen clasping the hand of Congress President, Rahul Gandhi, barely concealing the smile after having formally joined the party on Wednesday.

Caste politics hold sway in the electoral arithmetic of Rajasthan