PIX: President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna awards

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar......

How Do Turncoats Fare In Elections?

The share of candidates who were successful among the BJP was 56.5% in 2019. It was 5% for the Congress. IMAGE: Bahujan Samaj Party MP Ritesh Pandey joins the Bharatiya Janata Party. Photograph:......

From 53 in first polls, number of parties at over 2500

Fifty-three political parties had contested the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951. The number of political parties today stands at over 2,500. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph:......

Why Congress Can't Keep Its Flock Together

If the party's members aren't sure what it stands for, see no path to wealth or power, and endure control by a dynasty, which, almighty as it is within the party, cannot get them the votes, they......