Opposition

Inside Track: Opposing Each Other

March 26, 2023

The Congress is furious at Mamata Banerjee’s concerted effort to ensure that Rahul Gandhi is not declared “the big boss’’ in the still-in-the works opposition alliance. Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury insinuated Banerjee was playing …

Derek O’Brien writes on Government vs Opposition in Parliament: On parliamentary privilege and all else in Indian politics, there are two sets of rules

March 17, 2023

It is interesting to flag that out of the 70 reports of the committee on privileges available on the Rajya Sabha website, the question of privilege in 66 cases was raised by MPs. (Express …

There’s Something Different About Rahul Gandhi

February 10, 2023

Ashutosh Updated: February 09, 2023 11:11 pm IST The government and the opposition, particularly the Congress, are not on good terms. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliament speech is Exhibit A. In a mature democracy, …

How the Opposition is firing at the Centre from the court’s shoulder

January 26, 2023

Governments will come and go. The games of politics and power will continue to be played, but institutions will continue to be the pillars of democracy. By criticising the judiciary, the Opposition is doing …