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TopicUttar Pradesh election

Topic: Uttar Pradesh election

Too late for Samajwadi Party to win back non-Yadav OBC voters with caste census

Akhilesh Yadav denting BJP’s vote bank by promising caste census may not reap electoral benefits. The BJP has given OBCs their due recognition.

UP Congress booklet tears into ‘corrupt, casteist, dynast’ SP, tries countering tie-up talk

The 24-page booklet also trains guns on BJP, especially with respect to Covid, and Bahujan Samaj Party of former chief minister Mayawati.

Yogi govt takes notes from SP 2012, promises tablets/phones to 1 cr students ahead of UP polls

In 2012 assembly polls, SP’s promise to distribute free laptops to students graduating from Class 12 was seen as a key factor behind the party’s victory.

Nadda attacks Opposition in UP, says those with ‘narrow mindset’ should not be elected

The BJP national president who is in Uttar Pradesh Saturday on a 2-day visit, addressed a meeting of the newly-elected chairpersons of zila panchayats and block panchayats Saturday.

Why BJP has to win UP by a bigger margin than it did in 2017 elections

The BJP had won 312 of the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2017 elections. 

UP 2022 do-or-die not just for Mayawati or BSP, but for the idea of ‘mainstream’ Dalit party

BSP changed the paradigm of Indian politics to become a truly mainstream party with Dalit agenda at its core. Its decline has more consequences than just Mayawati's irrelevance.

CBI registers fresh case in Akhilesh Yadav’s flagship Gomti river front project

The investigating agency has started a search operation in over 43 locations in multiple states. Around 180 UP govt engineers and officials have also been made accused in the FIR.

Mayawati is sparing no one, not former ally SP or BJP. Come 2022, she wants BSP as ‘the’ choice

Mayawati has been hitting out at BJP and SP this past week, making it clear BSP will go it alone in next year's UP polls. The election is her chance to prove she's still politically relevant.

Views of Congress workers, organisation will be important for UP polls, says Priyanka Gandhi

In a statement Sunday, Priyanka Gandhi urged Congress workers to stage a protest against the BJP govt in UP over inflation, unemployment, and the continuous increase in fuel prices.

BSP will go solo in UP, Uttarakhand assembly elections, Mayawati says

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday categorically denied entering into an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi's party AIMIM in the upcoming UP Assembly elections.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.