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Sheela Bhatt

Sheela Bhatt, arguably India's finest political journalist, has covered Indian politics for 40 years. You can e-mail the author at sheelakb@rediffmail.com

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Haryana: A Political Stunner For The BJP
Rediff.com8 Oct 2024

Haryana is now in the same bracket as Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh where the BJP is the...

Why Politics Will Stay On The Boil
Rediff.com12 Jul 2024

It's obvious to all that the Congress is overestimating its success and the BJP is...

Results 2024: What Lies Ahead For India
Rediff.com13 Jun 2024

'The 2024 election results will lead to much intense targeting of Modi, more intense...

Kashmir: Vote For Hope After A Long Decade
Rediff.com13 May 2024

It's just not a date. It's just not about selecting a candidate. It's not about helping...

Fear In Alwar: 'BJP Will Change Constitution'
Rediff.com19 Apr 2024

In India elections are never fought in a straight line. It's fought on many issues, at...

Ram Temple: Modi Seals His Legacy
Rediff.com22 Jan 2024

The BJP enters challenging times where it has been given a task to hold onto the values...

Modi's Politics Of The Ram Temple
Rediff.com20 Jan 2024

Narendra Modi has proved through execution of this event in Ayodhya that amongst all...

'Independence came early because of the Naval Mutiny'
Rediff.com8 Apr 2022

'These naval sailors should have been given due respect as freedom fighters.' 'February...

Three Takeaways From BJP's Victory
Rediff.com10 Mar 2022

'Whoever thought that building toilets and providing free rations to the poorest of...

'BJP is focused on economic growth'
Rediff.com2 Feb 2022

'I see in the BJP an attempt to get growth and redistribution of resources.' 'For...

'Modi wants to raise standard of living'
Rediff.com31 Jan 2022

'So you have welfare programmes, you reach out to the poor, you cut out the middlemen,...

Modi's Retreat Will Haunt Indian Politics For A Long, Long Time
Rediff.com19 Nov 2021

If Modi's political retreat -- he has tried to avoid a pre-1984 type of situation in...

'Our employees are the most important part in any business'
Rediff.com3 Nov 2021

'To get success in business one should know how to create and attract talent and how to...

Man who warned of the Bhopal gas leak
Rediff.com22 May 2021

Just months before the deadly gas leak in Bhopal killed 15,000 people, journalist...

Two reasons why Bihar win was important for the BJP
Rediff.com11 Nov 2020

This was a difficult election to win, but the Modi card, the caste divide and the...

'BJP unleashed Chirag against Nitish'
Rediff.com28 Oct 2020

'The BJP has the torch and with that same torch, the BJP is trying to light up its...

'All border situations were resolved through diplomacy'
Rediff.com26 Aug 2020

'I am not minimising either the seriousness or the complex nature of the current...

'Sonia wanted Congress to choose non-Gandhi leader'
Rediff.com25 Aug 2020

'Let me reveal for the first time that around August 2019 Congress President Sonia...

Why UAE was ideal destination for IPL 2020
Rediff.com22 Aug 2020

'Unlike India and Sri Lanka, there was no internal air travel needed.' 'For all 8...

'My father's Rath Yatra changed Indian politics'
Rediff.com5 Aug 2020

Just six years after his father's Rath Yatra, the BJP came to power in New Delhi in...