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Prashant Kishore: ​A new catalyst in Bihar’s upper-caste politics?

By Viday Bhushan Rawat*  Bihar’s dominant castes have finally found a political leader of their own, and the emergence of Prashant Kishor presents a distinct challenge to the state's established order. His rise poses a far more direct threat to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) than to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), whose internal leadership will comfortably welcome the resurgence of Savarna political agency. The Congress, too, might find smooth sailing alongside Kishor, given its traditional lingering affinity for upper-caste representation.
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The fall of Bankipur: What Prashant Kishor's victory means for Bihar

By Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan   For nearly three decades, Bankipur was regarded as one of the Bharatiya Janata Party's safest urban constituencies in Bihar. Winning the seat had become almost routine for the party, which cultivated an aura of electoral invincibility in the heart of Patna. That perception has now been dramatically overturned. Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor defeated the BJP by nearly 19,000 votes in a by-election that may prove to be far more consequential than the victory of a single legislator.
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Beyond Pradhan’s resignation: ​A broken system, a complicit media, and the rise of GenZ

By Vikas Meshram*  A government that refuses to bend before the will of its people always risks breaking. ​The resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, following an intense youth-led agitation under the satirically named "Cockroach Janata Party" (CJP), is not merely a case of a minister stepping down over a paper-leak scandal. It marks a significant turning point in a party system long dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a system in which a fragmented opposition has rarely found real footing.
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Federalism under pressure: The politics of parliamentary numbers

By Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan   When Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned as Railway Minister after the tragic Ariyalur train disaster in 1956, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru clarified in Parliament that the resignation was accepted not because Shastri was personally responsible for the accident, but because constitutional democracy demanded that those occupying high office uphold the highest standards of moral accountability. That moment became a defining benchmark of political ethics in independent India.
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Business inflation expectations ease, sales outlook brightens, but uncertainty persists: IIM-A survey

By A Representative   Business inflation expectations in India moderated notably in June 2026, with firms anticipating lower cost pressures over the coming year amid improving sales and a gradual recovery in profit margins, according to the latest Business Inflation Expectations Survey (BIES) conducted by the Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA).
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Legal body fears ecological fallout as top court leaves door open for amnesty-style green clearances

By A Representative   The National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR), a pan-Indian coalition of legal professionals and environmental justice advocates, has expressed strong opposition to the Supreme Court's recent judgment in the Vanashakti v. Union of India case, which it says raises grave questions of constitutional import that need to be placed before a Constitution Bench for fresh adjudication.
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Defying anti-insurgency campaign, Maoists hold demonstrate in West Bengal and Punjab

By Harsh Thakor*  In a notable development, despite the Government of India's sustained campaign against the Maoist insurgency in recent years, organisations in West Bengal and Punjab have continued to hold public programmes associated with the movement's political legacy. Recently, groups in Kolkata and Moga organised separate events focusing on the legacy of the Maoist movement, contemporary political developments, and issues relating to education, democratic rights and social movements.
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