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While the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in Uttar Pradesh may have surprised many, it goes to show that the three narratives from the very beginning of the poll campaign — rashan (free ration), bhashan (speeches promoting the Hindu-Muslim divide) and kada prashasan (tough law and order) – spun by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Yogi […]
Polling in the fifth phase of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh elections went underway early Sunday morning. This phase covers 61 constituencies including Ayodhya and recorded a 21 percent voter turnout recorded till 11 am, 2.1 percent less than the corresponding data in 2017. Polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. A […]
Acting in accordance with the Supreme Court ruling on February 11, the UP government, on Friday, withdrew 274 notices issued to individuals, for recovery of damages caused to public property during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act stir. The Apex Court, had, criticised the state administration for initiating the recovery proceedings under executive orders by the Additional […]
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s clarification that she was not the chief ministerial face of her party in Uttar Pradesh must have delighted many in the opposition camp on Saturday. She explained her ‘you can see my face everywhere’ statement from the previous day as stemming from “irritation”, precisely due to persistent questions about […]
Nothing delights the RSS-BJP more than splitting political estates and breaking up legacy families. It’s about creating splinter “parivars” (families) rather than repose power and command in one central figure, the patriarch or the matriarch or the heir, as with the Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh, which is helmed by Akhilesh Yadav. This morning, […]
Defections and cross-over are par for the course before an election and more so in a state like Uttar Pradesh where politics is the lifeblood of survival of a large, extended community that depends on it in one way or another. However, the turn-around rarely added up to a revolt. Individuals left the parties they […]
