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LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, 03/11/2016: AKHILESH SAMAJWADI VIKAS RATH YATRA : Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, at the flagging off function of Samajwadi Vikas Rath Yatra to Unnaon, at Lucknow on November 03, 2016 after an hour he had to leave his much talked about state of art customised Mercedes Rath after it developed some malfunction. Photo Rajeev Bhatt

State of flux

Major political parties in Uttar Pradesh swing between confidence and doubt in the run-up to the Assembly elections in the context of the tussle in th

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow

LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, 03/11/2016: AKHILESH SAMAJWADI VIKAS RATH YATRA :: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav during Samajwadi Vikas Rath Yatra enroute Unnaon, at Lucknow on November 03, 2016 after an hour he had to leave his much talked about state of art customised Mercedes Rath (seen behind) after it developed some malfunction. Photo Rajeev Bhatt

Advent of Akhilesh

The emergence of the “Akhilesh factor” in the political space in Uttar Pradesh and the surge in the 43-year-old Chief Minister’s stock within the Sama

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying floral tributes at the bust of Dr. Ambedkar, at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, in Lucknow on Friday. PTI Photo(PTI1_22_2016_000170A)

Cold calculations

After defensive tactics and firefighting on the Rohith Vemula issue, the BJP may now raise a communal plank with an eye on Dalit votes.

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow,New Delhi

A new caste formula

The BSP's efforts to reach out to the Brahmin community point to the party's plans to forge a new Brahmin-Dalit-Muslim social alliance in Uttar Prades

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow

THE BATTLE FOR U.P.

The Bharatiya Janata Party could meet with an electoral disaster in the country's most populous State as Muslims resort to `strategic voting', mostly

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh rumblings

The "power at any cost" approach of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led regime in Uttar Pradesh is taking a heavy toll in terms of primary tasks of governa

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow

A Governor and a politician

The dismissal and reinstatement of the Kalyan Singh Ministry raise questions about the constitutional validity of Governor Romesh Bhandari's action an

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow

A first round in Uttar Pradesh

The Kalyan Singh Government's announcement of grants to local bodies just before their members were to elect 39 MLCs betrays his party's nervousness d

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow

A round-up from the States

Political parties are using the Legislative Council elections, due on December 29, as an opportunity to test the waters before the Lok Sabha elections

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow

The Great Lucknow Circus

The size and composition of Kalyan Singh's farcical jumbo Ministry show up the sordidness of the BJP's power politics.

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow

A Pyrrhic victory?

By engineering a majority on his terms, Kalyan Singh has made some personal gains, but the BJP has paid for this with its credibility.

VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in Lucknow

Divided they rule

With Kalyan Singh installed as the Chief Minister of U.P., the BSP and he are at loggerheads again. The BJP's national leadership, caught in the cross

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