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Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
About the AuthorNilanjan Mukhopadhyay
The writer is an author and journalist based in Delhi-NCR. His latest book is 'The Demolition and the Verdict: Ayodhya and the Project to Reconfigure India', and he�??s also the author of 'Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times'. He tweets at @NilanjanUdwin.
    Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai and other leaders during celebrations after AAP crossed the majority mark in the MCD polls, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. (PTI/Vijay Verma)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Amid BJP triumph, can AAP be a force in 2024?

    The verdict of the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh along with that for the Municipal Corporation of...

    15 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (PTI)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Does RSS chief’s Muslim dialogue have a...

    At the outset, it’s important to examine why the meeting between the sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak...

    27 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, on June 27, 2022. (AFP)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | ‘Freebie’ politics: Can Opp. use PM...

    It is ironical that barely months after leading the BJP to an astonishing successive victory in the Uttar Pradesh...

    29 July 2022 12:55 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, in Shimla, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Politics of ‘us’ and ‘them’: The myths...

    Hindutva is spoken beneath the breath by the leadership but in high decibels by supporters

    3 Jun 2022 12:22 AM IST

    The repeated use of questionable tactics by state police forces points to a deeper malaise. (Representational Image/ AP)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | To stop all political misuse, speedy police...

    As recent events demonstrate, every party prefers having the law enforcers acting as a private militia

    18 May 2022 12:41 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Nehru, Ambedkar and the BJP: Revisiting of...

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally led this new-found public embrace and appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s...

    11 April 2022 12:29 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Congress like an old LP, playing the same...

    People still hope the Congress leadership shall arise from its self-induced comatose state

    16 March 2022 2:44 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, ahead of the second phase of UP Assembly polls, in Kannauj, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. (PTI)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Will BJP’s ‘before’ & ‘after’ 2017...

    The central prong has been always to poke at pre-existing religios prejudice of Hindus against Muslims

    14 Feb 2022 2:51 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Why Netaji is at centrestage: Will history...

    The improbable “return” of Netaji into India’s mainstream politics would have jeopardised the career paths of...

    26 Jan 2022 2:25 AM IST

    Senior leaders of 21 opposition parties including the Congress, Trinamool Congress, TDP, AAP, NCP and the DMK. (Representational Image/PTI)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | After Bengal, Opposition must devise national...

    Opposition parties have to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each party and leader and allocate responsibility...

    5 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

    Former UP minister Akhilesh Yadav offers prayers on the banks of Ganga river during Kumbh Mela 2021, in Haridwar, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (PTI)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Hindu politics' by Opposition is a sign of...

    The (Hindu) Opposition leaders now mask past commitment and efforts at increasing the political representation of...

    20 April 2021 11:55 PM IST

    Representational image (PTI)Opinion
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay: Centre's lockdown exit has the whiff of...

    India's ruling establishment has so far come across as a bewildered lot, unsure of any path but polarising politics and...

    14 May 2020 5:46 PM IST

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