2025 It has been a challenging year. A new round of conflicts began across the world. It is hoped that these conflicts will be curbed in the new year. The world will see a new picture of progress. India is the fastest growing economy in the world. Everyone’s hopeful eyes are on India. It is expected that in the New Year, India will develop new employment opportunities along with rapid economic growth. Focus will be on roads, electricity, water and rail infrastructure.
The government will have to pay more attention to inflation and rural India. The challenge will be to control oil prices amid the changing situation in the Middle East. Talking about the political scenario, there are assembly elections in five states in 2026. Here the reputation of all political parties will be at stake. Let’s take a look at who wants what in India in 2026?
What do the country’s leaders want?: The biggest challenge before the leaders of the country is to improve their performance in the upcoming assembly elections of 5 states. There are assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry in 2025. Of these, BJP is in power in Assam and Puducherry. All other places are under the control of opposition parties.
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BJP: BJP would like to continue its winning streak in Assam. Apart from this, its main focus is expansion in the south. The party is considering Tamil Nadu and Kerala elections as very important. The party is excited by the victory in Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation. On the other hand, BJP also has a lot of expectations from Tamil Nadu. Whereas DMK will try its best to retain its power. In the last elections, BJP had performed well in Bengal. This time the party is claiming to form the government.
TMC: The biggest challenge before TMC in 2026 is to stop BJP. At the same time, the anti-incumbency wave will also have to be overcome. If Congress fights separately from the alliance, it can cause big loss to TMC. Now it remains to be seen how TMC overcomes him and its own former MLA Humayun Kabir. However, TMC aspires to return to power and create history in 2026.
Congress: The year 2025 was full of challenges for Congress. The party faced a crushing defeat in the assembly elections. Even in Maharashtra and Haryana in 2024, the party could not do anything special. But he has hopes from 2026. Apart from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the party is expecting an excellent performance in Assam and Bengal.
Aam Aadmi Party: 2025 Aam Aadmi Party had to lose its strongest fort Delhi. It was from here that the foundation of the party was laid. Now the entire focus of the party is on Punjab and upcoming Gujarat elections. In 2026, the party will try to strengthen its political ground and hold among the people in Punjab, so that it can retain its second fort Punjab in the 2027 assembly elections and make a dent in Gujarat.
economy: India is the fastest growing economy in the world. India would like to maintain its growth in the new year also. The World Bank estimates a growth rate of 6.5 percent in 2026. Whereas IMF’s estimate is 6.2 to 6.6% Is between. India aims to bring inflation down to 4% Will have to be kept around. Recently, India has become the fourth largest economy in the world by surpassing Japan. Now India aims to overtake Germany and come at the third position.
What opportunities lie ahead for young leaders??
- 2026 will be an opportunity for the young leaders of the country. Young leaders will get ample opportunity to prove themselves and increase their support base. There are Panchayat elections in UP in 2026. Panchayat elections are being seen like semi-finals just before the assembly elections next year. SP President Akhilesh Yadav will try to maintain the Lok Sabha rhythm in the Panchayat elections. After returning to BSP, Akash Anand has a better chance to prove himself in the new year.
- Mamta Banerjee is the biggest face of TMC. But she is promoting her nephew Abhishek Banerjee. This is clearly evident from Abhishek’s activism. West Bengal Assembly elections 2026 is an opportunity for Abhishek Banerjee to establish himself in the politics of the state. Tejashwi Yadav definitely got a big shock due to the crushing defeat in Bihar assembly elections. But there is hope for a new beginning in the new year.
- Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, often remains in the headlines due to his controversial statements. This time in the elections he will have to prove that he is not only bold in his statements but also a leader with public support. In Assam, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi will face a challenge from CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. Apart from the challenge, Gaurav also has the opportunity to emerge as a new force.
- The rise of Dushyant Chautala and his brother Digvijay Chautala in Haryana was very fast. In 2019, his party JJP won 10 seats. But the account was not even opened in the 2024 elections. 2026 is like a hope in front of Chautala brothers. This year he may try to regain his public support.
Focus will have to be on these issues
About 65 percent of the total population of the country is youth. In such a situation, there are some issues before the young politicians of the country, on which they can focus to appeal to the young voters.
- Advocacy of reform in education
- Unemployment will have to be made an issue
- Talk on initiatives like startup
- More sensitivity on environmental issues
- More involvement of youth in leadership
- New thinking and new young brands will have to be brought forward
- Gender equality and health issues
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What hope does India have in the game?
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be organized in India and Sri Lanka this year. India had won the last T-20 World Cup. This time too the team will hope to maintain the winning streak. The World Cup will be organized from 7 February to 8 March. The final match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. India also has high hopes from the Asian Games to be held in Japan this year. The special thing is that cricket has also been included in it. In such a situation, India has full hope of a medal. There is hope of a medal in India Open (Badminton).
International: Focus will be on free trade deal
India is diversifying its trade amid US tariff challenges. After UK, Oman and New Zealand, India hopes to sign free trade deals with several other countries in 2026. The final phase of negotiations on a trade agreement is also going on with America. Hopefully something better can happen this year. India is continuously engaged in improving relations with its neighboring countries. But relations with Bangladesh are very tense. It is expected that relations with India will be improved with the formation of a new government there.
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