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Anita Katyal
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Elections 2019: Is Rahul Gandhi to blame for the Congress’s failure to ally with regional parties?
Senior leaders say the party chief should have led from the front instead of leaving the talks to junior colleagues and letting state units dictate the terms.
Anita Katyal
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It’s advantage BJP again as nationalism displaces livelihood issues from political narrative
The Congress’s weak organisational machinery is hurting it even in states that it won less than three months ago.
Anita Katyal
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Mamata Banerjee’s spat with Congress is a reminder that forming an anti-BJP alliance won’t be easy
To stand a chance against the ruling party’s superior organisational machine nationally, Opposition parties must urgently settle their fights in the states.
Anita Katyal
Trending
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Scania audit confirms Nitin Gadkari received luxury bus from Swedish firm for personal use: Reports
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As the dead pile up in Gujarat, the state’s media is on a warpath with the government over Covid-19
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At what age are people usually happiest? Here’s what a new study found
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Interview: ‘Everyone expected once Omar Abdullah walks out, something will happen. But nothing did.’
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India played down new mutant Covid strains to avoid panic – but this may have backfired
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Jat vs non-Jat in Haryana: Congress weighs its options after humiliating defeat in Jind bye-poll
Randeep Singh Surjewala, the party’s national spokesperson and a prominent Jat leader, came third in an election it had hoped to win.
Anita Katyal
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Congress stole BJP’s budget thunder with ‘NewREGA’ – but it now has to prove it means business
The party has been working on its manifesto to demonstrate that it actually has a credible plan.
Anita Katyal
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Why the BJP and Congress are pulling out all the stops for a minor bye-election in Haryana
Each party is looking at January 28 bye-poll in Jind to get a measure of how it will fare in the Lok Sabha polls.
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Video
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Watch: Entertainment workers dress up as ‘Star Wars’ characters, clean Gagarin boulevard in Siberia
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Watch: Bear enters house, strolls around. Then two tiny terriers scare it away
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Watch: Meet the ‘world’s biggest bunny’, stolen from a UK garden, with a finder’s reward of £1,000
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Kumbh safe from Covid-19 for it is being held in open area, unlike Nizamuddin Markaz: Uttarakhand CM
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‘Can’t be overly complimentary’: Comedian-commentator John Oliver on Prince Philip’s death
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Priyanka Gandhi’s formal entry into politics has enthused party workers – but she won’t have it easy
She has less than three months to rally voters in eastern Uttar Pradesh, where the Congress has virtually no presence, no social base and no workers.
Anita Katyal
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Left out of SP-BSP alliance in UP, can Congress make itself count by targeting BJP’s Brahmin vote?
It’s an unlikely prospect without any leader of stature in Uttar Pradesh.
Anita Katyal
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Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal face pressure to form alliance – but Delhi Congress doesn’t want it
Chandrababu Naidu and Mamata Banerjee have urged the Congress president and the AAP leader to sink their differences and join hands against the BJP.
Anita Katyal
The Reel
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‘Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson, Salma Hayek in action comedy
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‘Army of the Dead’ trailer: In Zack Snyder movie, a heist in the middle of a zombie outbreak
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In documentary series ‘My Love’, an Indian farming couple reveal the secrets of a long marriage
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No more fumbling-bumbling: Vijay Varma is on the up after ‘OK Computer’
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‘Star Vs Food’: Kareena Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor, Pratik Gandhi at the stove
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2019 elections: Grand alliance unlikely as Opposition parties root for state-level partnerships
The Congress seems likely to go it alone in both Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Anita Katyal
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Rajasthan CM choice: Rahul Gandhi had a chance to show decisive leadership – but failed to do so
The decision to name Sachin Pilot as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s deputy gave the impression that the Congress chief had succumbed to pressure.
Anita Katyal
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Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath: An efficient administrator tainted by role in 1984 attacks on Sikhs
The new chief minister is an international jet-setter who is not exactly a people’s person.
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The Field
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Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak banned for 8 years for corruption by ICC
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ICC Rankings: Babar Azam dethrones Virat Kohli as world No 1 batsman in ODIs
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AFC Champions League: Historic day for FC Goa, acid test for ISL and Indian football
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Watch: AB de Villiers on how he adapts to the situation, not playing since last IPL and more
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Boxing: Poonam, Vinka give India winning start at youth world boxing championship