Posts Tagged “Congress”

Rahul missed a trick in his reply to Singapore audience

by Ritwik on March 18, 2018

Rahul Gandhi should remember that when he speaks publicly, he does so as the leader of the Congress party. While it is crucial to appeal to the fence-sitter, it should virtually never be at the cost of demotivating one’s core, articulate, political network. He made that mistake in Singapore.

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So Near Yet So Far in Gujarat: Lack of Local Leaders and Agenda Setting Campaign Cost Congress A Historic Win

by Ritwik on December 18, 2017

Despite losing Gujarat, the Congress looks set for revival. Strong local leaders and an agenda setting campaign can turn the tide in 2019.

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The Political Calculus of Demonetization

by Ritwik on November 13, 2016

Modi revels in painting himself as a lone crusader against the established order. He has successfully used this tactic in Gujarat, and against the old guard in the BJP. If the opposition unitedly attacks demonetization, Modi is going to pretend that they want to stop him from doing good for the country.

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Suspending Uber’s Services is Politically a Good Decision

by Ritwik on December 8, 2014

When a woman who takes a premium cab, ,she believes she is cordoning herself off from the unsafe conditions which prevail. When the company is caught sleeping at the wheel, not having performed preliminary checks, then people do want to see it punished.

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The cost of 28 seats – analysis of the Congress performance in UP

by Ritwik on March 7, 2012

Rahul Gandhi, and his expensive foreign trained image consultants, tried to project Congress as a party of change, of hope, of decisive action in UP. I leave it to the wisdom of the reader to decide whether any of the above is consistent with the image that was sought to be projected. It appears to me that the actions of the party in the last couple of years have rather been populist, oppurtunistic and given to the worst kind of sectarian and votebank politics.

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1 lakh people came together for Lokpal? Think again

by Ritwik on December 29, 2011

The crowds that gathered in Ramlila Maidan were asserting their right to protest far more than they were uniting against corruption. This is not new. The Indian public has a long history of punishing those who seek to usurp democracy. Even a leader of Indira Gandhi’s stature lost her own lok sabha seat due to the excesses of the emergency.

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