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India’s next President – the emerging scenario – II

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Fri, May 04, 2012 11:24AM UTC View Comments

The second part in serial posts in the run-up to India’s Presidential and Vice Presidential elections 2012. Two words abound in the run-up to the presidential poll: consensus and non-political. Let us take the concepts and suggestions one by one. Firstly, there is no tradition of consensus in the Indian presidential poll. The only time...

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How should the Indian President be – the political-apolitical debate

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Sun, Apr 29, 2012 2:16AM UTC View Comments

Before India and Indians got around to discussing who is likely to be the next President, it would have been more prudent to deliberate what kind of a person should assume the exalted post; what should be the person’s background, preoccupations and value system. But, before this we need to quickly recapitulate those who have...

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Why I will finally vote after a decade and a half

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Feb 28, 2012 2:55AM UTC View Comments

On February 28, I will vote after a decade and a half. This blank as a non-voter ironically coincided with the most prolific part of my career as an election analyst. In this period, I have written articles, appeared on television analyzing results as they have unfolded, been part of think-tanks besides making a living...

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Comment: Assembly polls – caste comes to fore again as corruption takes a back seat

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Jan 24, 2012 2:16AM UTC View Comments

The Congress party and the Bharatiya Janata Party – the two political parties astute at media management – have made it known that a last minute blitzkrieg is being launched in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh just days before the polling for state assemblies begins. Of the three, while Punjab and Uttarkhand will see the...

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Modi’s Sadbhavna Mission: Quietly rolls the electoral bandwagon…

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Sat, Jan 21, 2012 2:30AM UTC View Comments

Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Pic: AP.

In October last year when Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, decided to embark on the second leg of his Sadbhavna Mission, most jumped to the conclusion that it was devised to project himself as the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The conclusion was natural as Lal Krishna Advani stirred the hornet’s nest...

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