Beyond the chessboard duel

The BJP has formed an alliance with a separatist tribal group, which is neither for a Hindi-speaking state, nor for banning cow slaughter.

RESULTS from the remote, predominantly tribal, Tripura assembly elections have set off a false alarm and, predictably, a false debate within the left. On the other hand, the outcome comes as a pyrrhic victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for Tripura negates its project of Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan. The BJP has formed an alliance […]