SHIKHA MUKERJEE

1 week ago | asianage.com | SHIKHA MUKERJEE

There are low-cost solutions to complicated and very large problems; break up the problem into smaller pieces, and the cost comes down. That seems to be the rough and ready mechanism the BJP under Narendra Modi’s leadership is preparing to deploy to bolster voter support. If the one-third reservation of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies is indeed fast-tracked and delinked from the full-scale delimitation exercise, it seems the Modi government is in a hurry.

2 weeks ago | deccanchronicle.com | SHIKHA MUKERJEE

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a mesmerising speaker. His mastery over the message has the masses entrapped. His high-voltage calls in praise of the motherland, Bharat Mata Ki Jai, prompts his audience to respond, usually, with a roar of support.

3 weeks ago | asianage.com | SHIKHA MUKERJEE

Going by the opening salvo in what will be the second historic Battle for Bengal, the next election will be a personalised contest between two charismatic leaders, both endowed with the gift of delivering attention-grabbing one-liners. In 2021, Mr Modi and his BJP lost the fight, flattened by the “Khela Hone” (game is on) call that Ms Banerjee deployed with spectacular success to marshal 28.65 lakh voters, or 48 per cent of the electorate.

3 weeks ago | deccanchronicle.com | SHIKHA MUKERJEE

The warm up for the “Khela Hobe” rematch, that must be concluded by May 2026, has begun. His blood on the boil, with sindoor flowing in his veins, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a blistering assault to capture West Bengal by snatching it from the merciless/ruthless clutches of the embodiment of “Nirmamta”, Mamata Banerjee, in 2026, when the Assembly elections are due.

1 month ago | asianage.com | SHIKHA MUKERJEE

Only the irrationally optimistic would have expected the Congress, suffering from its chronic misdirection, to do better in dealing with the Narendra Modi regime’s unusual manoeuvre of putting together seven multi-party delegations, some headed by former Congress ministers like Shashi Tharoor and Salman Khurshid. The delegations, currently touring different parts of the world, present a united India picture in the face of a national security crisis.