Shell parties, stolen mandates: Is India's Opposition finished? | Conversations with Nilanjan

Описание: In this episode of Conversations with Nilanjan, veteran political journalist and former political editor of Hindustan Times, Vinod Sharma, joins Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of Indian democracy. Sharma explains why he calls the NCPI — the party TMC rebels merged with — a shell party used to park ill-gotten MPs, why he believes India is drifting towards single-party rule on the Chinese model, and why political morality has hit its lowest point in over four decades. He also assesses whether a grand reunion of Congress with the TMC, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and other regional parties is feasible, what Rahul Gandhi must still prove as a leader, and why the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections are the make-or-break moment for Opposition consolidation before 2029.
Sharma closes with a sharp warning: the Congress must run a mother's kitchen — or risk losing every partner it has left.

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00:24 – Opening context
03:58 – Grand reunion feasibility
06:43 – Rahul Gandhi's leadership
10:25 – Congress's de-facto president
13:54 – Shell parties explained
15:12 – Political morality slide
20:38 – Single-party rule warning
23:43 – Opposition coming together
34:21 – UP elections outlook
40:10 – Election Commission verdict
44:40 – Judiciary and institutions
46:53 – Congress must unite opposition
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