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Shikha Mukerjee
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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.
    Congress supporters at Bharat Jodo Yatra, in New Delhi, Saturday, Dec 24, 2022.(Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | How the three-shell trick works in India’s...

    India’s political theatre is tricky enough to negotiate. With all the hidden and visible bumps that can trip the...

    3 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, greets Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel during the swearing in ceremony of the later in Gandhinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | After Gujarat, can BJP beat law of diminishing...

    It was an outstanding and unprecedented triumph for Prime Minister Narendra Modi; the results of the state Assembly...

    13 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Rahul Gandhi bharat jodo yatra from Alladurg to Masanapalli on Sunday (Photo: DC Image/Deepak Deshpande)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | After Bharat Jodo, time for ‘Vote Jodo’ by Opp.

    "Vote Jodo” should be the outcome and the follow-up action after the Bharat Jodo Yatra. That is the answer to...

    17 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi at the site to take stock of the situation after an old suspension bridge over the Machchhu river collapsed on Sunday evening, in Morbi district, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. ( Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi at the site to take stock of the situation after an old suspension bridge over the Machchhu river collapsed on Sunday evening, in Morbi district, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Morbi shows anatomy of political immunity

    Each time the political establishment in this country, which is in this context a ruling party that defeats...

    5 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Congress leader Sonia Gandhi greeting newly elected party president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. (AP)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Cong’s Kharge era: Can he & Gandhis make it work?

    The Congress president’s election was free and fair, which is as it should be in a democratic polity. However much...

    22 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Instead of commencing new projects, the TRS government should have completed the Indirasagar, Dummugudem-Rajivsagar, Kantalapalli, SripadaEllampalli and Pranahita-Chevella projects initiated by the previous Congress government, Bhatti said.(Representational DC Image)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Our time will come…’ But Cong doesn’t know...

    The Congress is a glutton; its capacity for self-indulgence seems infinite, as the wacky shenanigans that is currently...

    30 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar with Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav interacts with the media after meeting Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Nitish’s Bihar ‘coup’ to set off tremors...

    What Nitish Kumar pulled off in Bihar through a flawlessly executed political manoeuvre against the BJP and its top...

    12 Aug 2022 12:20 AM IST

    Opposition MPs protest in the Rajya Sabha during ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Parliament as a battleground: Does disruption help...

    The two Houses of India’s Parliament were meant to be a battleground, because that is the essence of the type of...

    31 July 2022 11:33 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration ceremony of Digital India Week 2022, in Gandhinagar, Monday, July 4, 2022. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Modi holds the middle as BJP moves further Right

    The inclusivity and development mantra invoked by Mr Modi was clearly aimed at appeasing the apprehensive among the...

    6 July 2022 11:34 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a video conference as he releases benefits under the PM CARES for Children Scheme. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Silence can’t be an option: Why Modi must leash...

    The suspension of Nupur Sharma was an empty gesture

    10 Jun 2022 1:54 AM IST

    Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday sought answers from the Central government over the controversy surrounding Israeli spyware Pegasus. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | To save Congress, its state units could take own...

    The idea of the Congress does not come in one shape or size; Sonia Gandhi and her court are but one of the entities...

    1 Jun 2022 12:27 AM IST

    Rahul Gandhi during farmers deeksha meeting at warangal on on Friday. (Photo:DC/eepak Deshpande)Opinion
    Shikha Mukerjee | Rahul’s role as Congress’ heir not at all...

    It was obvious long before and reconfirmed after political strategist Prashant Kishor’s firm but polite refusal of...

    19 May 2022 12:12 AM IST

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