Utilising data on election results from 1952 to 2017,  this paper offers a comprehensive and up-to-date evaluation of fragmentation and consolidation of political power in India.

The parade of lament by MPs, particularly of regional parties, during the no confidence motion debate, represents the slide of state capacity and the rise of sloth.

The larger question is whether the BJP-led NDA has leveraged its mandate and the historic majority to deliver what it lured voters with in its manifesto

Will the crisis in Karnataka give rise to our own ‘Lascelles principles’?

There is consensus on the need to create jobs—Congress promises one crore jobs and the BJP promises to skill and employ an equal number.

The urge to end the annual poll parade is political in terms of synchronization and economic in terms of the cost of holding elections and opportunity costs.

The quest to defeat the BJP needs a plan that has more than just ‘let’s defeat the BJP’ on the agenda.

The Congress economic policy resolution this year signalling a change in its stance from far-left economics to sensible, centrist economics is a welcome gesture.

The voting in upcoming elections will be influenced by the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya case and the monsoon. 

The BJP has reiterated its claim of a party with a pan-Indian presence in power, from Dwarka to Dimapur.