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Sanjay Kumar is a professor and currently director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. The views expressed are personal.

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi chairs the Congress Working Committee meeting, in New Delhi, Sunday, March 13, 2022. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also seen. (PTI/Kamal Singh)

Sanjay Kumar | Congress' unwillingness to change is its basic problem

The failure of talks between the Congress and PK, not just once but twice, has also damaged the party's image

2 May 2022 6:30 PM

Women holding identification cards, stand in a queue to cast their votes, during the Punjab Assembly elections, in Amritsar. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjay Kumar | The challenges and the risks over exit polls

It is challenging as there is hardly any other business where the product's quality is put to the test as quickly as it...

8 March 2022 9:20 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in support of his party candidates, during the ongoing West Bengal assembly polls, at Joynagar in South 24 Parganas district. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjay Kumar | The political fallout of the Covid crisis across India

When the country faced these multiple health crises, what people saw was PM Modi addressing several election rallies in...

19 May 2021 1:38 AM

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near a polling booth as voters wait to cast their votes during the fifth phase of West Bengal state elections in Newtown Rajarhat, North 24 Parganas district, India, Saturday, April 17, 2021. (AP)

Sanjay Kumar | Bengal lesson: Drawbacks of a multi-phase state...

Was planning an eight-phase poll spread over a month, and during a pandemic too boot, wrong, after all?

20 April 2021 6:25 PM

If the women voters of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu vote the way they have voted in the past, it would give an edge to these two parties in the respective states. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Sanjay Kumar | Women voters to play critical role in Bengal & TN...

Women voters are turning out to vote in large numbers both in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections

17 March 2021 11:11 PM

Holding simultaneous elections would mean the expansion of the dominance of national parties and slow and gradual shrinking of the political space for regional parties. (Photo:PTI)

Sanjay Kumar | Simultaneous polls to be a blow to smaller parties

If simultaneous elections are held, Indian politics will come to be dominated by the national parties

11 Feb 2021 11:19 PM

This year elections are due in two states in the east -- West Bengal and Assam -- and three states/UTs in the south -- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Its important to note that all these are now governed by different parties and no party has a government in more than one state. (Representative Photo)

Sanjay Kumar | Elections 2021: A mixed bag of hope & challenges

2021 is going to be more eventful, as five states are going to the polls in the middle of this year

15 Jan 2021 6:35 PM

More state elections are around the corner. Jharkhand was not held this week though BJP CM Raghubar Das could easily have been told to request an election by his high command .

Sanjay Kumar | Elections at 73: Women voters, criminal' leaders

The sweet memories could also be remembered as an upsurge in electoral participation of the marginalised

19 Aug 2020 12:56 PM

: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan PCC President Govind Singh Dotasra (R) and others arrive at party office, in Jaipur. PTI Photo

Sanjay Kumar | Reviving Congress will be a very difficult task

The way political events that have unfolded within the Congress during the last few years are clear signals of a grave...

31 July 2020 12:24 PM

Migrant workers carry sacks of groceries distributed at their workplace during coronavirus lockdown (PTI)

Sanjay Kumar: As India battles Covid, class divide is growing

Brining back lakhs of migrant workers home is a herculean task, and the government must be complimented for that

7 May 2020 1:30 PM

People line up to get tested for the novel coronavirus at Sadar Bazar Idgah Road in New Delhi the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, on Friday, April 24, 2020. (Asian Age Photo)

After corona: Upgrade India's healthcare fast

Clearly, the size of India's health budget is far from satisfactory

24 April 2020 7:58 PM

Gypsy women prepare lunch in their hut in New Delhi on April 4, 2020. (PTI)

What social distancing is possible in a hut?

37% of Indians live in a one-room dwelling, and 32% in a two-room house/dwelling

8 April 2020 7:01 PM