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2019 Election Analysis

Books

Modi Mandate 2019: How psephologist Pradeep Bhandari covered 400 constituencies to know what Indian voter thinks

OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2020

Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari has turned author with his debut book 'Modi Mandate 2019: Dispatches from Ground Zero" which he penned after travelling to as many as 400 out of 543 Lok Sabha constituencies.

Opinions

Priyanka blaming ordinary Congress workers for defeat is the lowest point for Congress and for Nehru-Gandhis

Abhishek Banerjee - 17 June, 2019

Passing the buck downwards won’t work any more. Because those at the bottom will leave in droves.

News Reports

Massive ‘surprise’! Rahul Gandhi to remain Congress president and not take responsibility for the 2019 Election debacle

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2019

In a massive "surprise", Rahul Gandhi is set to continue as the Congress President and not take any responsibility for the 2019 Election debacle that saw Congress being wiped out in the Modi wave that gave BJP 303 seats.

Opinions

Why BJP performed so badly in Tamil Nadu: from caste to communication, here are the reasons

Jithu Aravamudhan - 6 June, 2019

If BJP is willing to seriously introspect on its disastrous show in Tamil Nadu then it needs to fix its organization/leadership and its communication strategies ASAP

Opinions

Irony: Hung out to dry, the Opposition that Naidu wanted to lead is now rooting for Jagan Reddy

Ashish Shukla - 5 June, 2019

Naidu’s ego must have been fed by the opponents around him. He saw himself as a kingmaker. One who could make Narendra Modi dance to his tune.

Opinions

The ‘liberals’ are not introspecting, just angry and upset that their propaganda is failing

Rahul Roushan - 4 June, 2019

None of them are really saying that their beliefs were based on some wrong or outdated principles that need to be discarded.

Politics

‘I would like to hold those who voted for Modi by their collar and say, you idiots’: Yogendra Yadav has a meltdown before introspecting

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2019

Though Yogendra Yadav acknowledged that there have been monumental errors in reading the voter psyche but it didn’t deter him from prophesying doom after PM Modi’s re-election.

News Reports

ECI explains in detail why reported ‘mismatch’ of data and allegations of ‘ghost votes’ being polled is fake news

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2019

The Election Commission of India has now released a detailed note explaining why the reported mismatch of data is alarmist and nothing but malicious rumour mongering.

Opinions

Political consolidation of all castes: Narrative of BJP being an ‘upper caste’ party is malicious and another attempt to wound Hindu unity

K Bhattacharjee - 1 June, 2019

The BJP will be acutely aware that they are dependent on this Hindu consolidation for its stellar performance and going forward, if it is to do well, then it has to further cement it.

News Reports

Congress fails to introspect, blames Rahul Gandhi’s humiliating defeat from Amethi on lack of cooperation from SP and BSP

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2019

The conclusion that the panel drew was unsurprising considering it deflected all the blame to SP-BSP and shielded Rahul Gandhi from taking any part of the blame for his loss in Amethi

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