Sunetra Choudhury is the National Political Editor of the Hindustan Times. With over two decades of experience in print and television, she has authored Black Warrant (Roli,2019), Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India’s Most Famous (Roli,2017) and Braking News (Hachette, 2010). Sunetra is the recipient of the Red Ink award in journalism in 2016 and Mary Morgan Hewett award in 2018.
Articles by Sunetra Choudhury
‘He was probably having Modi on’: Rahul Gandhi’s dig at PM’s Obama moment
In an interview, Rahul Gandhi attempted to shake off this perception about a prime minister who hardly sleeps for a few hours and spends most of his time at work.
Updated on May 10, 2019 06:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bathinda | Sunetra Choudhury
Was too aggressive, says Rahul Gandhi on tearing ordinance on corrupt netas
Rahul Gandhi’s dramatic and open condemnation of the ordinance – he called it a “complete nonsense” - sealed its fate.
Updated on May 10, 2019 03:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhatinda | Sunetra Choudhury
Exclusive | ‘Narendra Modi is obsessed with my family’: Rahul Gandhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi denied that his father, the late former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, had gone for a holiday on a warship, a day after PM Modi alleged that the latter had used the INS Viraat as a “personal taxi” for family vacations.
Updated on May 10, 2019 12:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bathinda | Sunetra Choudhury
‘Aircraft carrier not cruise ship’: Rahul Gandhi jabs PM on Viraat vacation
Congress president Rahul Gandhi admits that he did visit INS Viraat with his father, late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, but adds that it was an official trip, not a holiday.
Updated on May 10, 2019 09:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bathinda | Sunetra Choudhury
K Chandrashekar Rao sends feeler to Congress over possible post-poll arrangement
Late last month, and approximately 10 days after Telangana voted on April 11, a parliamentarian from Rao’s Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) met a senior Congress functionary to set the ball rolling.
Updated on May 09, 2019 08:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sunetra Choudhury
Chandrababu Naidu opts out of PM race, says any Oppn leader better choice than Modi
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu has ruled himself out of the prime ministerial race, should no party get a clear majority in the Lok Sabha. The
Updated on May 08, 2019 08:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sunetra Choudhury
December dinner indicated Congress, BSP won’t partner
In December, at least a month before the alliance of the SP, BSP, and RLD was announced, and ahead of the announcement of the results of the assembly elections in five states, BSP chief Mayawati received a request.
Updated on May 06, 2019 08:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sunetra Choudhury
‘Will remove Article 370, it blocks integration of Kashmiris’: Ram Madhav
In an interview with Hindustan Times, Bharatiya Janata Party’s national general secretary Ram Madhav spoke extensively on Kashmir, where he was one of the architects of the BJP forming an alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party in 2015 that broke down last year
Updated on May 09, 2020 05:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sunetra Choudhury
‘We don’t need any kingmaker, have the king,’ says Ram Madhav
Asked if the BJP was in touch with fence sitters like the Biju Janata Dal, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Jagan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party, Madhav said, “Strategy is not discussed in front of cameras. Anybody is welcome to walk into the NDA.”
Updated on May 09, 2020 05:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sunetra Choudhury
‘Attractive phrase’: Manmohan Singh on PM’s ‘Harvard vs hard work’ remark
HT also asked Dr Singh if he identified with Prime Minister Modi when it came to coming from modest backgrounds.
Updated on May 02, 2019 02:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sunetra Choudhury
‘Nyay will restart economy that has come to a stop today’: Manmohan Singh
Comparing NYAY to UPA’s rural job guarantee scheme, MGNREGS, Singh said: “The Congress party is committed to fiscal discipline.”
Updated on May 02, 2019 02:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sunetra Choudhury
‘PM Modi doesn’t come anywhere close to Indira Gandhi or Shastri’: Manmohan Singh
Dr Singh’s remarks come after senior BJP leaders have attacked him for being ineffectual as a Prime Minister in his response to terror attacks.
Updated on May 02, 2019 01:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sunetra Choudhury
‘Govt is hiding behind valour of armed forces’: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government had decided to “isolate and diplomatically expose Pakistan as a terror hub” after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks
Updated on May 02, 2019 09:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sunetra Choudhury
‘Many surgical strikes during UPA’s tenure’, says former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
“Multiple surgical strikes took place during our tenure, too. For us, military operations were meant for strategic deterrence and giving a befitting reply to anti-India forces than to be used for vote garnering exercises,” Singh, 86, said in an interview with Sunetra Choudhury of Hindustan Times
Updated on May 02, 2019 01:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sunetra Choudhury