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

· Mar 24, 2019 · 06:30 am

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

· Mar 14, 2019 · 07:30 am

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

· Feb 17, 2019 · 06:30 am

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

· Feb 15, 2019 · 12:30 pm

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

· Feb 02, 2019 · 08:00 am

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.

Anita Katyal

· Jan 25, 2019 · 07:30 am

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

· Jan 23, 2019 · 09:30 pm

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

· Jan 21, 2019 · 06:30 am

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

· Jan 16, 2019 · 07:30 am

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

· Jan 08, 2019 · 06:30 am

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

· Dec 17, 2018 · 07:30 am

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.

Anita Katyal

· Dec 13, 2018 · 11:22 pm