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TopicUttar Pradesh bypoll

Topic: Uttar Pradesh bypoll

UP bypolls: Five reasons BJP won in Muslim-dominated Kundarki after gap of 3 decades

Muslim population in this SP stronghold is above 60 percent. BJP had previously clinched Kundarki in 1993, when Chandra Vijay Singh emerged as winner.

How ‘sympathy factor’ helped SP’s Naseem Solanki, wife of jailed ex-MLA, clinch win in UP’s Sishamau

Irfan Solanki has been in jail since 2022. He was convicted in an arson case in June & is facing trial in several others. His sway & Naseem’s emotional appeals helped her chances, say experts.

SP wins just 2 seats, loses 2 to dominant BJP in Uttar Pradesh bypolls

The Akhilesh Yadav-led opposition party keep Sishamau and Karhal under its fold, but loses Kundarki and Katehari to BJP.

In UP, ‘Brand Yogi’ gets big boost after BJP’s near-sweep of bypolls

CM Yogi supervised the campaign for bypolls himself. His leadership had been questioned by many within BJP after LS setback. Party insiders, experts say Yogi has passed bypoll litmus test.

Dimple, Shivpal, back-to-back rallies. Why SP called in big guns to campaign in family bastion Karhal

Karhal falls under Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, which was represented 5 times in Parliament by Mulayam Singh Yadav. Akhilesh has fielded his nephew Tej Pratap as Karhal bypoll candidate.

TV news loves ‘Hindu-Muslim’; politicians are feeding the content this election season

The on-going election season is a war of slogans. And all of them seek to consolidate the Hindu or the Muslim, the caste, class or creed vote behind a particular political party.

Litmus test for PK’s party to prestige battle for Gowdas. Key players & what’s at stake in upcoming bypolls

Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka, Meghalaya, UP and West Bengal among other states are going to bypolls. Contests in many seats are multipolar.

In marathon meetings in Haryana & UP, RSS advises BJP to fix infighting, coordinate better with Sangh

This comes ahead of annual RSS coordination meet with BJP & other affiliates from 31 August to 2 September. Picking new poll faces & not relying on 'Modi factor' for votes also discussed.

SP eyes deal with Congress to contest Haryana assembly polls in exchange for UP seats

SP is looking for 6-8 winnable seats in Haryana in return for giving up some UP seats headed for bypolls to Congress. Bhupinder Singh Hooda says no such alliance planned as of now.

Another debacle for UP Congress, but Priyanka Gandhi hasn’t visited Lucknow HQ in 11 months

Congress contested 6 seats in recent UP bypolls, and lost deposit on 4. Party leaders say communication gap with high command is growing.

On Camera

Mark Tully’s BBC assignment to India wasn’t by chance. It was a karmic connection

Mark Tully witnessed the BBC turn into an anti-India outfit and repeatedly shame and humiliate itself in world circles. Never mind. Tully lives on, and his old BBC lives on.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

IAF achieved air superiority in Op Sindoor, forced Pakistan to seek ceasefire—Swiss think tank

Authored by military historian Adrien Fontanellaz, the study reveals the drone strategy used by Pakistan & how they tried to hit S-400 air defence system, both of which failed.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.