Ashutosh – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion: Opinion: Why RSS Has Reason To Enjoy Mamata's Bengal Win

Ashutosh | Sunday May 02, 2021

For the RSS, capturing power is not the ultimate goal, it is to make India a Hindu society. Their target is to raise Hindu consciousness and make every Hindu realise that they are a proud Hindu.

Opinion: The Motive For Mamata's Letter To Sonia Gandhi, Other Party Leaders

Ashutosh | Thursday April 01, 2021

Have Opposition leaders finally realised that a single party can't stop the BJP juggernaut, and to dislodge the BJP, and for their own survival, it is important to come together?

Opinion: Why An Injured Mamata Now Has Bigger Advantage Over BJP

Ashutosh | Monday March 15, 2021

Mamata Banerjee's new efforts to project herself as a Hindu leader will increase the BJP's headache. And if her plastered leg provokes sympathy votes,the BJP could be in bigtrouble.

Opinion: Adityanath's Growing Campaign To Be Seen As Successor To Modi

Ashutosh | Wednesday March 03, 2021

Will Yogi Adityanath succeed Narendra Modi as the supreme leader of the BJP and of the government? This question may seem premature, but it's certainly doing the rounds in the ruling party, and outside.

Opinion: Modi Government's Strategy On Farmers Appears To Be Working

Ashutosh | Monday February 22, 2021

What farmers need to do now is get the government to re-engage with them. That can happen only if their numbers at protest sites builds.

Opinion: How Rakesh Tikait Has Regained The Upper Hand For Farmers

Ashutosh | Friday January 29, 2021

One blunder nullifies another blunder and the new blunder creates anew situation. This is how one can describe the present game of cat-and-mouse between the government and farmers.

Opinion: From UP To Punjab, Kejriwal's Exaggerated Plans

Ashutosh | Thursday December 17, 2020

Arvind Kejriwal, undaunted by his earlier failure at expansion, has announced new plans to expand his Aam Aadmi Party's influence. He has announced that the party will contest the next Uttar Pradesh election in 2022.

Opinion: Should Sharad Pawar Replace Sonia Gandhi As UPA Boss?

Ashutosh | Sunday December 13, 2020

An interesting debate has raised its head this week. According to media reports, the anti-BJP camp is debating whether Sonia Gandhi can be replaced by Sharad Pawar as the chairperson of the UPA.

Opinion: Bihar Chief Minister, Beware Of Tejashwi Yadav

Ashutosh | Tuesday November 10, 2020

But Tejashwi Yadav, despite the tragic failure, is the Man of the Moment. Till a month ago he was not taken seriously. It was a walkover for the NDA. The arithmetic was simple. In Bihar, whenever two of the three big parties have got together, they have won and formed the government.

Opinion: Nitish Kumar Is Now A Liability For The BJP

Ashutosh | Monday October 26, 2020

The BJP has realised that Nitish is no longer valuable for the party, and it is right time to explore a future without him bogging it down.

Opinion: This Is Rahul Gandhi's "Atal-Advani" Moment

Ashutosh | Wednesday October 07, 2020

For Rahul, this is the Atal-Advani moment. Like they went through the highs and lows, similarly, he must go through those. Those who ridicule him tend to forget that the BJS/BJP took 46 years to form the government at the centre despite the long legacy of the RSS that was formed in 1925.