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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    The focus of the Assembly elections in four states and a Union territory has centred around West Bengal and the big question is whether the BJP under PM Modi will breach the final barrier, as it were, for the right-wing saffron party. (AP/Bikas Das)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi's pan-Indian image won't help BJP win...

    The right-wing party is learning the hard way that multitudinous India is a multipolar political field

    10 March 2021 7:21 AM IST

    Climate activist Disha Ravi, 22, being taken to a court in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Ravi was arrested for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers in India. (AP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Arrests on flimsy basis undermine...

    A citizen's liberty cannot be left to the mercy of a policeman or policewoman

    26 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST

    The honest way of going about this important issue dealing with the challenges of agriculture is to tell the truth that the government is unable to pay the rising MSP bill. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | PM's arguments on farm laws seem deeply...

    The government is now telling a lie -- that farmers will get a better deal outside the mandi, which is not the case over...

    17 Feb 2021 7:18 AM IST

    Ms Sitharaman has announced a huge capital expenditure outlay across sectors from health to infrastructure, and even to the financial sector, by setting up a Developmental Financial Institution with a capitalisation of Rs 20,000 crores. ((Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | State back in saddle; can pvt sector drive...

    There is the feeling that the economy is at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel, and the post-pandemic turnaround is around...

    2 Feb 2021 7:14 AM IST

    Security tightened at Red Fort, a day after it was stormed by protesting farmers during their tractor march, in New Delhi, Wednesday, January 27, 2021. (PTI /Kamal Singh)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | As farmers lose ground, government will...

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kept himself aloof from the issue apart from giving general, vague rhetorical responses

    28 Jan 2021 7:06 AM IST

    The Akalis, who have been the major political voice of the Sikhs, have not been in the forefront of the agitation now that they walked out of the government and the NDA on the very same issue.(Representational Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Akali Dal's voice is missing in...

    It is not clear what the equation is between the Akalis and the leaders of the farmers' unions

    17 Jan 2021 4:06 AM IST

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference at Circuit House, in Patiala. PTI photoOpinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Congress drifts as real issues are left...

    Interestingly, neither the Gandhis' camp nor the dissidents have any clear idea of how to oppose the BJP

    22 Dec 2020 6:56 AM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will our farmers force arrogant govt to yield?Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will our farmers force arrogant govt to...

    The hardnosed men and women of the soil are not going to be overwhelmed by the PM's rhetoric and sweet talk

    1 Dec 2020 9:33 AM IST

    Voters stand in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections, at Mahua in Vaishali district, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    No real winner in Bihar; Nitish, Tejashwi lose out

    The 2020 Bihar Assembly election has ended without any real winners

    12 Nov 2020 8:12 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar share a light moment during an election rally in Muzaffarpur on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Hindutva a stumbling block for BJP in Bihar

    There is a political vacuum in Bihar, and there is room for some of the existing players to grab the opportunity and...

    24 Oct 2020 11:40 AM IST

    Students during a protest rally over the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped two weeks ago in Hathras. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Hathras: Yogi government's offensive...

    The charges against the protesters include conspiracy, treason and abetting enmity between communities and castes

    7 Oct 2020 6:13 PM IST

    Farmers shout slogans as they march to protest against the Union governments agriculture reforms in Amritsar. (AFP)Opinion
    Parsa | What is PM Modi afraid of?

    The prime minister should have used the debate on farm bills to underscore their virtues

    24 Sept 2020 9:53 PM IST

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