Amitabh Tiwari

Under Sonia as President, Rahul was vice president of the party. After his ascendancy to the top job, the post of vice president has been dismantled. BJP, on the other hand, has 12 vice presidents. Congress needs to appoint young, dynamic leaders to mind each region of the country

In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, fierce opponents of 25 years, SP and BSP came together to stop the BJP juggernaut in UP after two successive blows of 2014 Lok Sabha and 2017 Vidhan Sabha elections. 

The RJD of Lalu Prasad Yadav is fighting the lowest number of seats since the inception of the party. The participation of Yadav in election campaign is quite laid back and lacklustre, giving the NDA a clear advantage in the Lok Sabha election in Bihar. 
 

The air strike, also known as surgical strike 2.0 and Pulwama attack have placed national security and terrorism among the top five issues during the 2019 elections; an issue that did not feature in the top 10 during the previous poll. We look at how the fervour of patriotism will help the BJP in the upcoming polls

Swing voters will once again play a crucial role in determining who forms the government in 2019. Political strategists of parties need to focus on this vote bank and devise strategies to bring them into party fold

Panda’s entry in the party is likely to give boost to BJP’s prospects in the state, which sends 21 MPs to the Parliament. The BJP won 157 seats in 2014 Lok Sabha elections from five Hindi heartland states, i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan — 55% of its total tally of 282.

Possible gains in the Mamata Banerjee-ruled Bengal will help the BJP negate some of the expected losses in Hindi heartland states in the 2019 general election, feel strategists.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Pinarayi Vijayan-led CPM government at a BJP rally in Thrissur on January 25. He reassured the people of the state that the BJP would continue to uphold the religious and cultural traditions of Kerala, and spiritedly face the violence of the CPM

The United India rally is being seen as merely a show of strength by Mamata Banerjee. She nurses prime ministerial ambitions and is trying to emerge as the natural choice for the regional parties.

Caste plays a key role in politics in India, more so in the Hindi heartland states. A survey by The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) and Azim Premji Institute shows that 55% of Indians are likely to prefer the candidate of their caste in elections