All stories by ADITI PHADNIS
All Is Not Well With Shinde Govt In Maharashtra
Rediff.com23 Aug 2022The ministry-making exercise took so long because many factors needed to be balanced. But now that it is in place, not everyone is happy with the resultant equation.
Will Regional Parties Come To Congress Or...
Rediff.com22 Aug 2022Some of the Congress's new-found enthusiasm for hitting the streets will show its result in the Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and Karnataka elections. That is when we will know if the Congress will go to the regional parties or the parties will come to the Congress.
Jagdeep Dhankar's Rajya Sabha Challenge
Rediff.com11 Aug 2022As vice president and ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankar is inheriting a troubled legacy. Although the government faces no real numerical challenges in the Upper House, political and legal challenges are there aplenty.
Has BJP's Operation Nitish Begun?
Rediff.com1 Aug 2022Nitish Kumar has to make an existential choice: Between governance and politics, argues Aditi Phadnis.
Bookie odds, Tory voters discount Rishi Sunak's chances in UK PM race
Rediff.com26 Jul 2022British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday extended her bookmaker odds as the favourite to win the Conservative Party leadership race, with former Chancellor Rishi Sunak also trailing in a poll among Tory voters.
Can Jagdeep Dhankar Handle The Rajya Sabha?
Rediff.com26 Jul 2022Running a fractious House full of members every bit as well versed in parliamentary law as the chair, has, in the past, reduced several Rajya Sabha chairmen to tears.
Jagan May Be Party President For Life, But...
Rediff.com19 Jul 2022]If Andhra Pradesh's middle class is denied salaries and pensions or, if these are delayed, it will rise against Jagan Mohan Reddy with the same fervour with which it voted him in.
Maharashtra politics is headed for new twists and turns
Rediff.com14 Jul 2022Eknath Shinde knows he can't possibly make all the MLAs loyal to him ministers. How will they be satisfied? And to satisfy them, the BJP will have to play ball.
Will Droupadi Murmu Be A Consensus President?
Rediff.com12 Jul 2022From the point of view of qualification, Murmu is probably educationally the least qualified among India's recent Presidents. But then, with the BJP in command, she will be required to do little but sign on the dotted line.
Droupadi Murmu: In Modi's Own Image
Rediff.com8 Jul 2022Prime Minister Modi saw a reflection of himself -- she does not come from a political background, has no lineage, and had a lifetime of personal struggle and sacrifice.
Beware, The Meddling Of Koshyari
Rediff.com6 Jul 2022In Maharashtra, Bhagat Singh Koshyari has done pretty much as he liked, observes Aditi Phadnis.
Balasaheb's Sainik vs Uddhav's Sainik
Rediff.com5 Jul 2022The world knew who Balasaheb's Shiv Sainik was. But who was Uddhav's Shiv Sainik? And most importantly, why did he believe in Uddhav, and not Nitin Gadkari or Devendra Fadnavis?
Prez Poll: What Is Mamata's Game?
Rediff.com27 Jun 2022Mamata Banerjee's sights are not on the next month's Presidential election. She is focusing on another election that will take place in 2024.
'Congrats Param, you just made sanitation sexy'
Rediff.com27 Jun 2022No prizes for guessing what the BJP's election campaign is going to be, and who will provide important inputs for it.
All the President's Stock Portfolio
Rediff.com20 Jun 2022In his capacity as India's First Citizen, the President owns the shares of several public sector enterprises held by the government.
Manik Saha faces his biggest challenge
Rediff.com18 Jun 2022In Tripura, the challenge for the chief minister is less from the alliance partners and more from his own party, the BJP.
Hardik Now Needs A Head For Strategy
Rediff.com11 Jun 2022With time on his side, that Hardik Patel will one day occupy the top spot in Gujarat is a no-brainer. But the BJP doesn't like rabble-rousers.
NDA 11,000 Votes Short In Presidential Poll
Rediff.com7 Jun 2022That's a deficit the NDA will have to make up with the help of 'friendly' alliance partners, the very groupings the PM has said are 'family-run'.
V K Saxena's Road To Delhi LG via Gujarat
Rediff.com3 Jun 2022Vinai Kumar Saxena's current job as lieutenant governor of an Opposition-ruled state will raise the bar -- not just for him, but also for the Aam Aadmi Party government, which never says no to a fight with the representative of the central government in India's capital.
Presidential Poll: Not A BJP Cakewalk Yet
Rediff.com23 May 2022The NDA's combined parliamentary and state-level committed Presidential votes number around 12,000 fewer than a majority.