PURNIMA S TRIPATHI in Lucknow-Frontline

More stories by this author

Strategic voting

Notwithstanding the election-eve tactics of the BJP and a handful of "community" organisations, Muslims in the State will yet again vote tactically to

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Lucknow

Feel good wearing thin

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Lucknow

THE UTTAR PRADESH DRAMA

Political equations in Uttar Pradesh go into a spin with Mayawati suddenly snapping her alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the latter, in a

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Lucknow

The great game

If the BSP-BJP government does not endure, the BJP runs the risk of losing its hold over its upper-caste vote bank and the BSP may see its Muslim vote

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Lucknow

The drubbing of its life

Uttar Pradesh votes out the BJP government but a fractured verdict spells another round of uncertainty.

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Lucknow

The churning in Uttar Pradesh

The temple factor essentially loses its fizz for the average BJP voter in Uttar Pradesh even as there is a consolidation of the Muslim vote to strengt

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Lucknow

A feud in Uttar Pradesh

Even as Assembly elections approach in Uttar Pradesh, the ruling BJP is further weakened by the feud between Chief Minister Rajnath Singh and State pa

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Lucknow

Death in the incubator

The death of 11 babies in two days in Lucknow's King George's Medical College opens the floodgates of complaints about apathy and insensitivity on the

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Lucknow

An uphill task

The Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies will find the next Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh a very difficult battle.

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Lucknow