Left, Right & Centre

In Jaipur a hotel run by a Muslim is sealed and staff arrested over rumours that they were selling beef. Have the cow vigilantes been emboldened again? Will the government act?

He has been appointed leader of India's biggest state, but Yogi Adityanath has also been an extremely polarising pro-Hindutva figure. Why did the BJP choose Yogi Adityanath? What is the message that the party wants to send? And more bluntly - is India moving towards becoming a 'Hindu rashtra'? We discuss.

The BJP's most vocal and belligerent opponent today, Mamata Bannerji, and her Trinamool Congress is now in the eye of the latest storm over corruption and bribery. The Calcutta High court has handed over the investigation into the Narada News sting that recorded video tapes of TMC leaders accepting cash bribes to the CBI. The court handed over all recorded video tapes and the camera used, to the agency, and has given it 72 hours to file a report. A defiant West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had won the 2016 elections by a landslide soon after this sting operation, had pledged to have state police investigate but opposed it going to the CBI. Today the court observed that the state police that has been conducting the investigation so far was at best "puppets" and transfered the case to the CBI. A furious Mamata Bannerji has accused the BJP of a conspiracy and pledged to fight the charges legally and politically. (Video courtesy: Narada News)

After the massive landslide win in UP, the BJP sets its sights on 2019 Lok Sabha elections with Prime Minister Narendra Modi telling his party members to start taking his message to the youth. But what about the opposition? Can any one party take on PM Modi? Will the entire opposition have to unite can they?

With the swearing-in of its first government in Manipur, the BJP has gone from having zero states in the North East to three and is eyeing more. We analyse how did the party make inroads here.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BSP Chief Mayawati have alleged results in the just-concluded assembly polls were skewed through tampering of electronic voting machines or EVMs in the assembly polls. The Election Commission says it's rubbish - are these just wild allegations or do they merit a probe?

After the unmitigated collapse in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leaders appear to have agreed upon two matters: that the party is in unprecedented crisis and that Rahul Gandhi's run as boss should not be truncated. "He (Rahul Gandhi) is trying to lead the party in a certain direction, (but) it has not worked for a long time now," Priya Dutt, a former Congress MP from Mumbai, said. However, she said, "He is a good leader, he is trying to do his best."

As Manohar Parrikar is sworn in as Goa Chief Minister following the Supreme Court's orders, a rebellion in the Congress grows. Did the Congress wake up too late or did the BJP use unethical means to form a government?

Is Rahul Gandhi in denial? As he describes the UP disaster as "a little down" for the Congress, we ask if India's Grand Old Party needs to find a new leader.

As the BJP takes Goa and Manipur from the Congress, which is the single largest party in both states, we debate if this is "a murder of democracy" through horse trading as the Congress alleges or a legitimate poltiical move in a hung assembly.