It cannot be fought in isolation at R.G. Kar.

Adhikari’s aim might have been to pass the blame for the defeat on to the minority community or to pit Hindus against Muslims in the hope of future dividends, but in picking on the slogan, he has unwittingly nailed the reason the BJP was humbled.

After a long diffidence, the Congress is today once again leading the political fight against the ideology that cost the nation its father – credit for this must go to Rahul, who has prioritised fighting hate over fighting elections.

Elections are a time of accountability of work done before, and of hope for the work that will be done in the future to improve the lives of people. Today's BJP campaign is very different from that.

Two weeks into polling, the buffalo ran away with the 2024 election campaign.

If anyone thought the INDIA parties are fear-mongering when they say the 2024 election will be the country’s last unless the BJP is defeated, the walkover to Mukesh Dalal should be an eye-opener. Today it is Surat’s voters who have been benched, tomorrow it could be the rest of India.

However unequal, the election must be fought before the result can be declared. To announce the winner even before polling has begun is to tell the Indian voters it doesn’t matter who they vote for. 

His catchy announcements over the past 10 years may have painted a pretty picture of an India on move but the reality is that 80 crore Indians – more than half the country – are unable to earn enough to even afford two meals a day.

This is a fight for the promise of justice, equality, freedom and fraternity in the sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic of India.