And the exposure of the government’s lapses in Pahalgam may have prodded it to make the announcement as a deflectional move.

Rahul Gandhi, who also spoke at the summit, said that the Modi government’s politics spread “anger, fear, and hatred”, and that “listening” intently and carrying the message of love is the only way to build an ideological counter-narrative to the BJP.

As extremist groups invoke the 'settler' narrative and the BJP government pushes ahead with unpopular land policies, we are seeing Kashmir’s social anxieties being weaponised.

There is an apparent erosion in the BJP's internal democracy under Modi and Shah, which may take a toll on the party in the long run.

In a game of wits, as the winners are thirsting to get the largest pie in the power-sharing model, Ajit Pawar has proven that he wasn’t ever a pushover, even when he had to face a humiliating loss a few months ago.

For how long can Narendra Modi successfully continue to sway people away from the immediate issues that affect their lives?

The Wire caught up with the CPI-ML (Liberation)’s general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya to ask about its plan of action in the run-up to the Bihar Assembly elections later this year.

Government officials and politicians from the ruling BJP appear to be complicit in fomenting a communally-volatile environment. How long should it take for those in power to acknowledge that communal violence isn’t a mere “law and order” issue?

Plagued by infighting and cult politics, the BJP has managed to conduct organisational polls in only 12 of its small state units.

The former Uttarakhand chief minister also spoke about a number of issues plaguing the Congress but expressed confidence in its leadership trio.

In this interview, Rawat talks about the future of the INDIA bloc, UCC in Uttarakhand and how the Congress could course-correct.

To call his appointment merely “unprecedented” will be injustice to the Modi government’s extraordinary zeal to override norms and conventions. 

Aiyar recalled that while he was at a distant village in his Tamil Nadu constituency, he got a call from the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to inform him that he was being moved out of the petroleum ministry. 

The AAP forced the BJP to change its own electoral narrative that trashed the former's welfarist approach as “revdi culture (freebies culture)” and instead imitated Kejriwal’s politics in the 2025 polls.

The 2025 assembly elections in Delhi exposed the limits of an ideology-free imagination of politics like no other in the recent past.

A slew of announcements for Nitish Kumar-led Bihar are largely on the lines of last year's budget, which saw a special focus on N. Chandrababu Naidu-led Andhra Pradesh.

When it came to elections, Delhi's rich, poor, and middle classes never reflected the deep divisions that are inherent in the city's social make-up. Until now.

The saffron party is relying on Brand Modi, caste and faith-based polarisation, and anti-incumbency sentiments to upstage the AAP in absence of a leader who can steer the party.

The Wire’s political editor Ajoy Ashirwad looks back on the three events for which 2024 will be remembered.

A year ago, who would have thought that Modi wouldn't scale new highs, especially when he and his party had already proclaimed a predetermined victory with over 400 seats.