Dr. A. K. Verma : Opinion in English
Writings in English Press
1. Post-Kovind Nominations: What does BJP’s Dalit Strategy Look like? Swarajya, 28 June 2017
3. Explained: Why Pollsters Failed in Uttar Pradesh, Swarajya, 8 April 2017
4. Uttar Pradesh Verdict: Correcting Perceptional Distortions, Swarajya, 31 March 2017
6. Modi Certainly doesn’t exclude Muslims from Governance, Rediff.com. 16 March, 2017
8. Decoding Resounding BJP Win, Deccan Herald, 12 March 2017
9. Why BJP Won So Massively in Uttar Pradesh?, ABP Live Blog, 11 March 2017
12. UP 2017 Phase III: Why SP May Have Lost This Round To BJP, Swarajya, 21 February, 2017
13. Decoded: UP’s Vastly Complex Caste Jigsaw, Swarajya, 10 February, 2017
15. Bihar 2015 and UP 2017: Four Ways The Two States Are Similar, Swarajya, 2 February 2017
16. Brake on Cash Donations may clean Politics, New Indian Express, 2 February, 2017
18. Deft caste moves give wings to BJP’s 265-plus dream, Deccan Herald, 29 January 2017
19. SP-Congress Pact: Mistake or Master Stroke, New Indian Express, Edit Page, 25 January, 2017
21. The Disciple who forgot his lessons, Swarajya, 13 January, 2017
22. No body can beat Mulayam without his own desire to be beaten, rediff.com, 4 January, 2017
23. State of the U.P. Battleground, The Hindu, 2 January, 2017
24. What Exactly Is Preventing A Congress-SP Coalition In Uttar Pradesh?, Swarajya, 21 December 2016
25. Jayalalithaa, Mayawati And Mamata: The Creators Of Their Own Auras, Swarajya, 18 December, 2016
26. Fresh Coat of Paint for the Party, New Indian Express, 21 November, 2016
27. Democratic Upsurge on the Cards, New Indian Express, 4 November, 2016
28. Casteism In Islam May Help Mayawati’s Dalit-Muslim Coalition, Swarajya, 28 October 2016
29. Akhilesh set to be New Sultan of Samajwadis, New Indian Express, 24 October 2016
30. Clear Change of Track: What Drives Mayawati’s Outreach to Muslims? Swarajya, 17 October, 2016
31. UP 2017: Congress banks on Rahul, social rainbow and miracles, Newsable.com, 19 September 2016
32. Mulayam is an Outdated Ticket in the SP, rediff.com, 16 September, 2016
33. Parties Getting Busy in Competitive Social Engineering in UP , Deccan Herald, 7 September, 2016
34. Who Will Catch the Rainbow: The Fragmentation of the OBC Votes, OPEN Magazine, 19 August 2016
35. Babbar-Dikshit Duo for Congress in UP: An Experiment Bound to Fail, Swarajya, 21 July 2016.
36. Reconfiguring OBC Politics in UP, Deccan Herald, 18 July, 2016
37. Mayawati: Spent Force or Dark Horse, Swarajya, 27 June, 2016
38. Why BJP Needs To Have A Face for Uttar Pradesh Elections?, Swarajya, 10 June, 2016
39. A Nation of Leaders sans Leadership, Deccan Herald, 18 May, 2016
40. The costly Handshake with Ajeet Singh: The BJP May do it for UP 2017, Swarajya, 15 May, 2016
42. Modi is Expanding BJP’s Support Base And The Congress Is Angry, Swarajya, 28 March, 2016
43. Maya. Modi, Muslims Challenge Akhilesh, Deccan Herald, 26 March 2016.
44. How Can The Rajya Sabha Be Better Aligned With Public Mandate? Swarajya, 11 March 2016.
45. ‘BJP’s Dilemma: CM’s Face’, Deccan Herald, 13 February 2016
46. ‘The Scramble for Dalit Votes in Uttar Pradesh’, Swarajya, 3 February 2016
47. Akhilesh Plays Trump Card Too Late, Swarajya, 2 November 2015
48. Can Mayawati Comeback in UP, Swarajya, 7 October 2015
49. Has Anyone Seen Mayawati Recently? Swarajya, 26 September 2015
50. What is the Bihari Voter Thinking, Swarajya, 20 September 2015
51. Be Wary of Assumptions in Bihar, Swarajya, 18 September 2015
52. What’s Brewing in Uttar Pradesh, Swarajya, 22 August 2015
53. New Janata Experiment’s Uncertainties: Who will benefit in UP and Bihar?”, Swarajya, 30 May 2015
54. A missing Rahul and its implications, Deccan Herald, 10 April, 2015
55. Kejriwal’s faults will bring ‘bure din’, Deccan Herald, 14 March 2015
56. Will AAP’s New Politics Trump Modi’s Development? Swarajya, 6 February, 2015
57. A Pakistan we don’t get to see, Deccan Herald, 14 January, 2015
58. Are Muslims fed-up with Identity Politics, Swarajya, 3 December, 2014.
59. Janata Dal 2.0 without Janata Support, Swarajya, 23 November, 2014
60. Maha Message: BJP Unchallenged, Swarajya, 19 October 2014
61. Maharashtra Masterstroke: BJP risks paid-off, Deccan Herald, 1 November 2014
62. UP By-Polls: When BJP took its eye off the Ball, Swarajya, 30 September, 2014
63. ‘The 2014 Verdict: Decoding UP’, Swarajya, 12 September 2014
64. Viewpoint: Kyoto-Kashi pact a part of PM’s smart-city vision’, News18, September 2, 2014
65. Congress Should Think and Revamp, The Economic Times, 16 June 2014
66. MODI’S CLEAN Saffron SWEEP of UP, HARDNEWS, June 2014
67. Modi Wave: Myth or Reality, Deccan Herald, Edit Page, 5 May. 2014
68. Is Muslim Voting behaviour Changing, The Economic Times, 18 April 2014
69. Varanasi: No Cake Walk for Modi, Deccan Herald, 13 April, 2014
70. Election 2014: Modi’s OBC Card Trick, Hardnews, April 2014
71. What’s AAP?, The Economic Times, 18 March 2014
72. In UP, It is Modi vs. Others, Deccan Herald, (Election Special 2014), Blog, March 3, 2014
73. Is a Mayawati-Congress alliance brewing in Uttar Pradesh? The Economic Times, 3 February 2014.
74. ‘Will AAP turn out to be the Party Pooper in UP?’ The Economic Times, 9 January 2014.
75. ‘Hard Options, Soft Choices’, HARDNEWS, December 2013, pp. 26-28
76. In U.P., Narendra Modi Needs to Play it Right, The Economic Times, 10 December 2013.
77. “Mulayam’s New Politics, The Economic Times, Delhi, 19 November
78. Riots May Impact Ruling SP Fortune, Deccan Herald, 15 September, 2013
79. A Conflagration, A Story, Indian Express, 10 September, 2013
80. The Fairer Share, Indian Express, 12 September, 2012
81. Cracking The U.P. Test, Indian Express,7 March, 2012
82. U.P. Polls: Multiple Undercurrents, Mint, The Wall Streat Journal, p.19, 2 March 2012.
84. U.P. Election: Hard Nut to Crack, Hardnews, February 2012
85. ‘Devil in the Details’, Indian Express, 12 April, 2010-
86. ‘The Badlands of Bundelkhand’, Indian Express, 8 January 2010-
87. ‘Why UP is the Biggest Surprise this Election’, Rediff News, 18 May, 2009
88. Resurgence of the Congress and BJP in U.P, Rediff News, 27 April 2009 –
89. When 3+1 =5, Indian Express, 9 April, 2009-
90. Ms. Social Engineer, HARDNEWS, October, 2007
91. Politics Sans Excellence, Indian Express, 13 September, 2007
92. ‘Not That Cake, A Sandwich for Maya’, HARDNEWS, June, 2007-
93. It’s All Maya, Indian Express, 1 May, 2007-
94. Poll Promises, UP,UP and Away, Indian Express, 9 April, 2007
95. Local Writ Large, Indian Express, 15 March, 2007, p.11
96. SP, BSP Neck & Neck, (with Sanjay Kumar & Yogendra Yadav), Hindustan
Times, 24 January 2007
97. BJP the Real Loser, Congress the Real Winner (with V.B. Singh), How India Votes: Verdict 2004, The Hindu, 20 May, 2004