Andhra's primacy on the Congress map

Aditi Phadnis, Business Standard

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For Iran, a suitable president

Ramin Jahanbegloo, Indian Express
As the next Iranian presidential election of June 14 draws closer, the Islamic Republic is confronted with a crisis on a multitude of fronts. This includes an economy on the verge of collapse due to the harsh international sanctions, a sharp decline in the value of the Iranian currency, the uncertain outcome of the country's nuclear dossier, intensification of Iran's factional feuding, and regional transformations in the post-Arab Spring Middle East.
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With Modi as leader, BJP will sweep UP in LS polls: LensOnNews survey

K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH NARENDRA MODI moving to the forefront of national politics and receiving accolades for every speech and every public appearance that he makes, it’s only a question of time before the BJP announces that it will fight the next Lok Sabha polls under his leadership as its PM candidate. Possibly the announcement will come as early as at the two-day national executive meet at Goa on June 8-9. Against this backdrop, a poll has been conducted by the popular news...
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Three polls, one message: No alternative to Modi for BJP

R Jagannathan, FirstPost
Three opinion polls this week on the national political mood have three simple messages embedded in them – two for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and another for the Congress. The polls – one by AC Nielsen for ABP News, another by C-Voter for Headlines Today, and a third by GFK for CNN-IBN – clearly indicate that the Congress is slipping, and slipping badly, in urban India, and possibly all over the country too.
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Manmohan should be replaced as PM, UPA has lost credibility: Poll

CNN-IBN
As Congress-led United Progressive Alliance completes four years in office on May 22, what is the mood in urban India? In a 12-city poll conducted by CNN-IBN in age group of 18 years or more, the verdict is emphatic and overwhelmingly against the current regime. The poll reveals that UPA government has lost credibility and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh no longer enjoys confidence of urban India.
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ABP-Neilsen survey: If polls held today, NDA may erase UPA

Business Standard
If polls were held today, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will get a mere 136 Lok Sabha seats, according to a survey done by ABP News-Nielsen. The main opposition, National Democratic Alliance, is likely to get 206 seats, while others parties will get 167 seats. Neither the UPA nor the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA will get the magic number 272 in the general elections if they were to take place today. Left parties together will get 34 seats. The NDA may try to form the government, but will need 66 more seats for that.
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Reverse gear on electoral reforms

Jagdeep S Chhokar, Mint
The resignation of Ashwani Kumar as law minister has brought cheer to a group of people who do not have much to do, at least directly, with the coal block allocation controversy. These are people working on electoral reforms. This is because ever since becoming law minister, Kumar had been consistent in his stand that all was well with the electoral system and nothing needed to be fixed. If anything, some things needed to be undone.
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