Nikhil Varma

Communications professional, Ex-scribe @morningcontext, @DeccanHerald, @the_hindu, interested in politics, internet economy, test cricket.

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@Portfolio_Bull It's incredible that these stories happen only to blue tick accounts on X.

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@facts_reveal BSP has 1 MP and 4 Mlas across the country. Hardly a party that is afloat at the moment

[Vasudha Venugopal @Vasudha156]

The TMC implosion happening right now is perhaps the fastest disintegration of a major party in recent times…And I see this happening because even MPs and MLAs realise that in Bengal, parties that lose power after a prolonged rule rarely come back quickly. The Left only weakened after 34 years in office. Bengalis are often reluctant to embrace change, but once they do, they tend to stick with it for a long time. Also, parties with a stronger ideological, caste or community glue are usually better equipped to withstand defeats…the TMC isn’t one of them…

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@AnkitaGiggles It will give the BJP a huge win and will be stuck down by the courts.

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@daman4455 @PoulomiMSaha That's not what's being said. It is the lack of an ideological glue that keeps parties afloat even when they lose elections. This is perhaps the first time a major political party is imploding in real time in India

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@athulmnair1 Outside of the Kerala win, which was a team effort, where has Venugopal helped the Congress win an election..

[Nidheesh M K @mknid]

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[Madhavan Narayanan @madversity]

Breakaway #TMC faction joining the NDA is morally a bankrupt move. But this doesn't make Mamata Banerjee a victim. It is just her karma payback for practicing haughty authoritarianism at the top and franchise politics at the grassroots.
But the elephant in the room is a washing machine taller than that Sardar Patel statue. We are now officially behaving like a tinpot African state. Vishwaguru has gone to buy snake oil.

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@Subytweets @PriaINC That's the nature of the beast bhai.. I am not sure this whining wins anyone to the Congress..

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@vijaita @DilliDurAst Isn't this normal? The police recording a protest

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@PriaINC @Subytweets This is very strange for a political party to say.. That others are trying to steal their thunder. The point of being a political force is to make sure you are relevant. Not dependent on others to keep you relevant

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@NayanimaBasu @rohini_sgh How does any one quantify a true protest?

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@ankur_baudh @scribe_it For that you need to be politically relevant. Fight and win elections. Winning 1 seat in UP and then claiming leadership makes no sense

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@AMISHDEVGAN And that's wrong because?

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@Nicks103 No one is going to do that. Especially with the IPL being the big draw it is.

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@benguism @jgopikrishnan70 The DMK will have to fundamentally oppose these bills because of pressure from their voters. And the TVK will raise the stakes too. At this juncture, it will be political hara kiri for the DMK and the BJP to become allies

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@Mittermaniac He loves being the centre of attention. And the IPL allows him to get a chance to say the same old things. I think he is now looking for some sort of a deal with the govt

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@chandrarsrikant He has been looking to sell good stories rather than build a good product that will stick. Rapido and Uber benefited from this

[Nikhil Varma @nikes225]

@ShwetaSoni2510 @terence_fdes If folks think an alternative political formulation is the solution to their problems and not your party, it calls for reflection on why that's happening.