Tired of Lutyens Delhi's chosen narratives. Calls out manufactured outrage from the INDIA alliance and the commentariat that amplifies it for what it is.
· 6 min read
Opposition parties keep treating voting technology as the villain whenever their politics falters. I see a familiar attempt to manufacture outrage, but the Election Commission should answer it with public demonstrations and sharper communication rather than institutional hauteur.
· 8 min read
The failed delimitation package deserved scrutiny, especially from southern states, but the INDIA bloc preferred maximal suspicion to workable negotiation. I find the instant conversion of a complex constitutional defeat into another Modi conspiracy both lazy and revealing.
· 6 min read
Congress and its allies are trying to turn procedural disputes into a permanent crisis of legitimacy. The government should resist their melodrama while insisting that the Election Commission answer serious questions with documents, not wounded dignity.
· 7 min read
Southern states have a legitimate concern about representation after the next census. Turning that concern into an accusation that the government plans to punish them is premature theatre; the serious task is designing a settlement that respects both population and federal trust.
· 6 min read
The opposition treats every institutional reform proposed by the BJP as democracy’s final emergency. I support exploring simultaneous elections, but the government must earn consensus with firm safeguards for early dissolutions, federalism and election oversight.
· 5 min read
India’s new mobile-manufacturing push is not proof that industrial policy has already succeeded. It is proof that the government has moved beyond the opposition’s sterile choice between laissez-faire slogans and licence-raj nostalgia.
· 7 min read
One Nation, One Election raises real constitutional and federal questions, but the INDIA alliance weakens its case by treating administrative reform as dictatorship in disguise. Scrutiny is necessary; theatrical panic is not.
· 6 min read
Voter lists must be transparent, appealable and carefully audited, but the INDIA alliance weakens that cause when it treats every correction exercise as proof of a conspiracy. I want a tougher Election Commission and a more responsible opposition, not slogans that declare the verdict before the evidence arrives.
· 6 min read
The failed delimitation push exposed legitimate federal anxieties, but the INDIA alliance preferred slogans about southern punishment to the harder work of designing equal representation. The government should return with stronger safeguards, not abandon the principle.
· 6 min read
Electoral-roll revision is legitimate and necessary, but legitimacy depends on notice, appeal and transparent deletion data. The INDIA alliance weakens its own case when it jumps from procedural concern to predetermined conspiracy.
· 7 min read
The simplified GST structure deserves credit for making indirect taxation less absurd. The next pro-growth step is unglamorous but essential: stable classifications, faster refunds and fewer compliance traps for small firms.
· 7 min read
Delimitation after the Census will decide how women’s reservation actually enters Parliament. I believe the government deserves credit for creating the constitutional route, while its critics should stop pretending implementation can be detached from representation and federal balance.
· 7 min read
Southern states have a legitimate question about representation after the next census. Turning that question into a pre-emptive accusation that the Centre intends to punish them is politically convenient, constitutionally premature and corrosive to the federal bargain.
· 6 min read
The INDIA alliance’s habit of treating every institutional reform as an assault on democracy is exhausting—and strategically foolish. On simultaneous elections, it should debate the safeguards instead of manufacturing a constitutional apocalypse.
· 6 min read
Reported disagreements inside the Election Commission deserve a documented answer. Congress weakens that legitimate demand when it leaps from procedural questions to a ready-made conspiracy in which every institution is presumed guilty.
· 7 min read
The Election Commission’s roll revision deserves scrutiny and humane implementation, but the INDIA alliance’s reflexive cry of disenfranchisement treats every verification exercise as a conspiracy. I think the government’s side should defend cleaner rolls while insisting that no genuine voter be defeated by paperwork.
· 7 min read
Questions about electoral-roll revision deserve documentary answers, but the INDIA alliance has skipped straight from disputed procedure to institutional guilt. I want the Election Commission to disclose more—and the opposition to prove much more.
