All stories by Radhika Ramaseshan
Vikas Dubey encounter breathes new life into Opposition in UP
Rediff.com27 Jul 2020cution' of the Brahmins in the regime of Adityanath, a Rajput, accused of pandering to his caste's interests. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
BJP set to cash in on valour of Bihar Regiment in Ladakh
Rediff.com12 Jul 2020JD-U sources conceded that the BJP's "Bihari martyrdom" line will give the coalition an edge or "at least help us combat anti-incumbency if the Opposition makes an issue of Nitish's governance".
BJP hopes to corner Mamata between Amphan and Covid-19
Rediff.com29 Jun 2020The party believes that Mamata's poor handling of the pandemic and the devastation brought on by Cyclone Amphan will provide it the political fillip it needs.
Campaigning in COVID-19 era: BJP's blueprint for Bihar polls
Rediff.com22 Jun 2020While P Muralidhar Rao, BJP general secretary, says, 'Digital electioneering is here to stay until the elections in 2021,' the BJP's rallies in Bihar will not be confined to cyberspace. Its strategists have devised other ways of getting around the hygiene protocol that Covid-19 has entailed.
Is all well between BJP and its alliance partners?
Rediff.com17 May 2020In this COVID-19 phase, the BJP leveraged its pre-eminence again to tip the power scales in its favour and relegate its allies in the National Democratic Alliance to a lesser position. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
Why Yediyurappa went against colleagues on Tablighi issue
Rediff.com14 Apr 2020Radhika Ramaseshan reports on why the Karnataka chief minister risked crossing swords with his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and its ideological wellspring, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Caught napping over migrants' exodus, BJP fights back
Rediff.com6 Apr 2020'We had no inkling this would come. Admittedly, we failed to inspire confidence in migrants that no harm would come to them if they stayed back.' Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
Ideology vs governance: How BJP plans to win Bengal
Rediff.com3 Mar 2020'The Shaheen Bagh model of bullets and biryani won't work. The RSS looked at a template that would play to Bengali pride and harp on the state's development. Mamata's slogan to defeat the Left Front was 'Bengal awake and arise'. She promised to check the flight of capital from Bengal to far-flung states and usher in a renaissance. The RSS wants the BJP to pitch this line because it feels Mamata hasn't delivered on her promises.'
How ABVP went from being teacher's pet to campus 'bully'
Rediff.com28 Jan 2020The student front of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has blotted its CV by allegedly instigating and engaging in violence on marquee campuses like JNU and Hyderabad Central University
AGP in a bind over massive anti-CAA stir in Assam
Rediff.com14 Jan 2020The AGP, an ally of the BJP, voted for the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha, after Amit Shah's assurance. However, the scale, intensity and, persistence of the anti-CAA protests since then have taken it by surprise.
AJSU as Jharkhand's Shiv Sena, Mahato as Uddhav?
Rediff.com17 Dec 2019Although the back-fence talk was that the AJSU would return to the BJP if the Jharkhand verdict was inconclusive, the AJSU's Deosharan Bhagat rejected the hearsay. 'Jharkhand was born out of a long agitation and we were one of the agitators. We won't allow people's hopes to die with short-term compromises. Our slogan is our rule, our government,' he said. Another Sena and Mahato as another Uddhav Thackeray, asks Radhika Ramaseshan.
Will 'outsider' Raghubar Das be second-time lucky?
Rediff.com26 Nov 2019By conventional yardsticks, Das was an audacious choice by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP president Amit Shah, like Devendra Fadnavis was in Maharashtra and Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana. Will his choice pay off in the elections next month?
Jharkhand polls first test of Ayodhya's impact on voters
Rediff.com19 Nov 2019Although conventional political wisdom would decree that the construction of a 'magnificent' Ram temple at his 'birth-place' would bring the BJP a big yield of votes in the prospective elections, its leaders know by now that the mandir must not exist in isolation in its game plan, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.
Has the sun set on BJP's Chouhan, Vasundhara and Raman Singh?
Rediff.com6 Nov 2019Could the defeat of Vasundhara Raje, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Raman Singh in last year's polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, respectively, augur a transition in the command structure of these states, where they reigned supreme?
Cong-NCP defectors lead to disgruntlement in BJP, Sena
Rediff.com30 Sep 2019Ahead of the assembly elections, the saffron allies may be ecstatic over the swelling, but it's a double-edged sword with many older leaders wondering what they have got after putting in years of hard work, reports Radhika Ramaseshan
How BJP plans to make inroads into TN
Rediff.com16 Sep 2019Despite drawing a blank in Tamil Nadu, its leaders in the state claimed they should strike roots without using a crutch at this "most opportune" time, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.
Why the law never caught up with Kuldeep Sengar
Rediff.com12 Aug 2019According to an insider, "Winning is all that matters to the BJP. The leaders were warned that he was an undesirable character but they said look at his victory margin."
After LS election, Modi-Shah engaged in 'another war'
Rediff.com23 Jul 2019In the Narendra Modi-Shah masterminded regime, organisational elections have acquired the gravity, authority and colour of a national or state poll, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.
BJP in a fix over CM face in Delhi
Rediff.com18 Jul 2019With four contenders for the top post in case the BJP wrests power from AAP, party sources say naming of a CM face may trigger factional fights.
BJP leader: 'Jagan won't be spared'
Rediff.com9 Jul 2019'The BJP will take time to come to power in Andhra.'