ELECTIONS

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'The BJP's base is shifting to the countryside'

In a no-holds-barred conversation, Chandan Mitra, editor and managing director of The...

'Youth have to be taken on board'

'The demographics is that the majority of our voters and the majority of the population...

'Rahul should thank his mother for letting him go alone'

'She did not push him nor did she push the party in his direction. If she had declared...

'Mamata's win has nothing to do with the Tatas'

'It has everything to do with the West Bengal government's policies. They were too much...

'Rahul could become a desirable leader'

'I feel Rahul Gandhi's emerging influence may do good to the Congress.' Political...

'An event of such magnitude never seen in the world'

Election Commissioner S Y Quarishi on Election 2009 and the challenges many the...

'We drove out an evil force called Left'

'People of this state have suffered for long. Hence, their patience level is very low...

'The Left parties were never our allies'

'At the moment, we don't visualise any scenario where the support of the Left will be...

'BJP rout was clearly the swansong of Advani'

'The BJP ran a miserable campaign and the Third Front, happily, was clueless. It also...

'Time for real Manmohan Singh to show his mettle'

BJP spokeperson Ravi Shankar Prasad says, 'It is the time for the real Manmohan Singh,...

'It will be a thorny road ahead for Mamata'

'The Congress is the only party that can counter US imperialism and the Left Front has...

'This is the biggest gamble the Third Front has undertaken'

'If the Left can get its plans and policies in place and is able to influence the...

'If Mayawati wins 40 seats, the politics of the country will turn turtle'

'Today's national picture, where the power rests with the states and not with the...

'If the BJP gets around 170 seats, it will be secular'

'If they get less than 150, they will be communal as far as the other parties are...

'For 42 years, film stars ruled Tamil Nadu. It's time others took over'

'Best Ramasamy', president of Tamil Nadu's newest party, says it is time that the state...

'272 is not a magical number for government formation'

'A majority in Parliament is not necessary to run the government,' says Constitutional...