After humiliating defeats in Delhi and Bihar, the stunning victory in Assam and improved performance in West Bengal and Kerala have not only come as a major reprieve to Prime Minister Narendra Modi but would also help empower party president Amit Shah, whose capabilities as "poll strategist" had come under scathing attack....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the five assembly election results proved that people have strengthened their faith in the development agenda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)....
Congress lost seats and vote share in both Assam and Kerala, the two states it was in power, while its vote share and seats increased in West Bengal and Puducherry compared to the 2011 results. In Tamil Nadu, it won more seats but got less votes...
The defeat in assembly polls to four major states on Thursday has come as a big disappointment to Congress and a dampener to its ambitions to replace the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The results could delay elevation of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and lead to demands within the party for im...
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday crushed the opposition and Tamil Nadu's AIADMK proved exit polls wrong by retaining power in assembly elections, the biggest popularity test after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP stormed to power in Assam while the Left made a comeback in Kerala amid a washout in West Bengal....
It's a repeat of history in Kerala, with the incumbent government being again voted out. Unlike Didi in Bengal and Amma in Tamil Nadu, Congress veteran Oommen Chandy could not avoid a rout in God's own country....
The BJP on Thursday was set to form its first government in the northeast, ousting the Congress in Assam after its 15-year uninterrupted rule. BJP chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal promised that the new government would leave no stone unturned to fulfil the expectations of the people of Assam....
On a day the Congress saw power in Assam and Kerala slip out of its hands, a senior party leader on Thursday said the entry into politics of Gandhi family scion Priyanka Gandhi could energise the Congress rank and file....
The Left Front-Congress tie-up continues to be relevant in West Bengal notwithstanding the massive mandate against it, CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra said on Thursday. ...
She is feisty and she's back. Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the 'Iron Lady' from Poes Garden, has bucked the trend to beat anti-incumbency and retain power in Tamil Nadu -- a first since 1984. ...
