elections

Editorial:  May 2016
Hardnews Bureau Delhi 

If the Left Front manages to clinch victory in West Bengal then a viable political alternative to the BJP might emerge
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi 

The Left is no longer left behind. A new radical rainbow coalition of Left assertion is shining like a red star in India. New barricades, alliances and scaffoldings are being enacted. The times they are changing
Amit Sengupta Delhi

Curiously, the polls in ‘politicised Kerala’ have become apolitical this time
Hardnews Bureau Thiruvananthapuram 

With one top ULFA leader reportedly in China, the peace talks with the other faction are trapped in a stalemate
Chandrani Banerjee Delhi 

There is no wave in Assam. It is a close contest. Win or lose, it all depends on how elections are ‘managed’
Ravishankar Ravi Guwahati 

The Left-Congress alliance in West Bengal poses a new political headache for Mamata Banerjee
Hardnews Bureau Kolkata 

As Bihar heads into elections in October-November, the main narrative of both the contestants, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the alliance of the Janata Dal, Congress and the RJD, has centred aroun