After two consecutive terms in office, and in spite of the propaganda unleashed in the past 10 years through an ultra-favourable press, the country is face-to face with a leader who chooses petty politics as his core campaign material over his governmental record.

The counter-revolution has been in the making for a considerable time, though this wasn’t quite realised as events unfolded. However, it's important that the highest court and institutions intervene when needed.

Why so? Because Watergate was not about fundamentally altering the political system of democracy in the US, as seems to be the case in the instance of the Indian government preventing the Congress party from using its own funds to fight the upcoming national election.

The pilgrim, the true Ram devotee, stands stupefied by the sights and high-decibel tawdry sounds of a construction and religious tourist capitalism in the first gear. 

Despite securing his chief minister's post, Nitish Kumar now wears a crown of thorns. It is the young Tejashwi Yadav who stands to gain to position himself as the real alternative to a growing BJP in Bihar.

There is a stark difference between the Ram of Tulsi and the Ram of Modi and his RSS cohorts who invite an assembly of some of the wealthiest Indians to witness the inauguration of the temple of Lord Ram in Ayodhya.

If anything, differences within the BJP camp appear more searing than differences on seat-sharing within the INDIA coalition.

A failure on the part of the INDIA alliance parties to recognize the magnitude of the historical moment they are navigating is poised to leave each of them isolated. Unity is, therefore, an existential imperative. Are they aware of this reality?

Voting numbers in thrall of Modi’s ‘New India’ have grown steadily, but they are outdone in collective strength by a wide coalition of interests. The appeal to these powerful sections must be made by the alliance parties acting in tandem and coordination.

Tel Aviv knows that even if the Gaza-based Hamas leaders are all killed, new ones will emerge elsewhere, and that it is impossible to kill or destroy the idea of freedom.

Nitish Kumar blaming Congress for the alliance losing its initial steam or Akhilesh Yadav taunting Congress for not supporting Samajwadi Party in Madhya Pradesh are examples of insecurity developed by regional parties of a resurgent Congress.

India’s position is far removed from that of the UN as well as that of enlightened public opinion in Israel.

The propaganda cry of catching terrorists and Chinese agents is for the gullible. The real game is to bring opponents of any stripe, persuasion, or profession, to heel.

The BJP MP's onslaught was on the Constitution of India, on which MPs take their oath and, more particularly, on its Basic Structure, which upholds secularism as a profound value on which rests the nation’s integrity, unity and sovereignty.

The Indian government has shown clearest intent to milk the G20 Summit for all it is worth for purposes of domestic propaganda in the upcoming election.

Although state governments have jailed journalists on false charges and for filing unfavourable reports, no head of a state government has before held a media conference to condemn them for their writing, leave alone pressing criminal charges.

In these circumstances, it is doubtful if the government’s efforts to play up points of national glory can be notched up in the credit column for the prime minister. 

For the past ten years, the followers of the RSS have enjoyed practically untrammelled state power. And it is this which is now their aim to extend – at any price.

Gandhi has unfailingly directed his energies to challenging the Modi government’s policy orientation which has brought widespread suffering upon the poor and the less privileged sections of society.

Two recent remarks made by the defence minister have added fuel to the whispered conversations around the speculation of a military jab and thrust before the 2024 elections.