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The big shock was his party’s defeat; the bigger shock, his own drubbing in Kolathur in north Chennai, which is considered part of the DMK heartland. For M K Stalin, the ‘Vijay effect’ is arguably the most unsettling political moment of his career.DMK had banked on Stalin’s governance record in terms of industrial growth and…
Few state polls have been as dramatic as this round. TOI explains the verdicts through 10 decisive factors, from freebies becoming entitlements to women’s safety, and from Hindu vote to Gen Z angst:1) Return of anti-incumbencyFor a while, anti-incumbency seemed like a fading ghost. Repeated successes of several incumbents, most notably Narendra Modi, had cast…
NEW DELHI: Bengal and Assam poll results have thrown up a challenge for the Muslim community, which has been pushed into a political whirlpool post-2014 by BJP’s ‘communal card’ to polarise the majority community, coupled with controversial measures like delimitation and SIR.BJP’s success in damping the largest minority community in Assam has followed the 2023…
Change reaction in 3 states; Assam keeps Biswas in HimantaIt was a day of dramatic upheavals. BJP finally managed to win the state that had virtually become its final frontier over the past 10 years, Tamil superstar Vijay made a stunning political debut and looks set to be the next chief minister of Tamil Nadu,…
Calling himself ‘Vijay Mama’, the TVK chief thanked kids for his victory MGR, the biggest crossover star from cinema to Tamil Nadu politics, never drank or smoked on screen. He was fair complexioned. For someone who claims to be the next MGR in Tamil Nadu politics, Vijay did – on screen – everything that MGR…
Titans tumble: The defeats may bring the allies closer NEW DELHI: As BJP appeared to get a lock on a state that sends 42 MPs to Lok Sabha, Mandate 2026 confronted INDIA bloc with a question about how to take on a rival with an ever-expanding footprint in the next LS elections.The results in Tamil…
Not shipshape: Poor campaign planning and failure to find an answer to BJP’s identity politics have been a hindrance for Congress NEW DELHI: In cricketing analogy, Congress got off the mark with Kerala. The party notched its first victory since winning Telangana in Dec 2023, and finally showed some resilience after its commendable show in…
KOLKATA: Bhowanipore eventually turned its back Monday on Mamata Banerjee after three terms as the Bengal CM was sliced out of her Kolkata home turf in a knife-edge contest that saw her protege-turned-foe Suvendu Adhikari vanquish her by 15,105 votes.Mamata struggled to accept the outcome, claiming she and her TMC had been defeated “by force”,…
In a dramatic twist to India’s political landscape, West Bengal has begun its tryst with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), marking a seismic shift from decades of regional dominance by the Trinamool Congress.Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu witnessed a major upheaval as new entrant TVK won over 100 seats, reshaping southern politics, while Kerala’s Congress-led United Democratic…
NEW DELHI: As results take clearer shape on Monday, the 2026 assembly elections are delivering a political jolt few had fully anticipated. From a cinematic upheaval in Tamil Nadu to a decisive saffron surge in West Bengal, the verdict is throwing up headline-grabbing shocks and unsettling long-held assumptions about who holds power and how.What is…
