On June 19, just weeks after the mighty mandate of 2019, the PM convened an all-party meeting to discuss the subject of ‘One Nation One Poll’ or synchronized general and state assembly elections. Just a day later, the Telugu Desam Party was plunged into a crisis, as four of its members suddenly switched to the BJP. The paradox was stark: on the one hand, an attempt to build a consensus with the opposition on a gravely important issue like synchronized polls, the very next day, split a key opposition party.
Two days after the formidable victory in the general elections, at the parliamentary meeting of NDA alliance partners, PM Narendra Modi went a step further from his earlier sabka saath sabka Read More