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Keeping up with UP | Will politicians listen to their rightful demand for political inclusion?

India, March 23 -- Amidst all the pre-election brouhaha over bonds, about 26.8 million persons with disabilities (PWDs), about 2.21% of the country's population (as per the 2011 census), are waiting t... Read More


How critical it is for BJP to win all 8 first phase seats in Uttar Pradesh

India, March 21 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently exuded the confidence of breaking the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 2014 record of 71 Lok Sabha seats ( 73 with allies) in Uttar Pradesh. Wi... Read More


Keeping up with UP | Modi juggernaut, INDIA dreams and the power of number 80

India, March 15 -- Socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia often used to say that elections are the biggest festival of the country in which an excited public dresses up and participates. Much of the vote... Read More


Keeping up with UP | After Ram temple, BJP gets down to correcting its caste calculus

India, March 8 -- Despite Modi's guarantee and the Ram temple hype, the Bharatiya Janata Party is busy setting its caste calculus right in Uttar Pradesh where it is aiming for a 100% result for the Na... Read More


Keeping up with UP | Can the Congress-SP alliance slow down the BJP tornado?

India, Feb. 26 -- The three young leaders of poll partners Samajwadi Party and the Congress, came together on one platform on February 25 to encourage their cadre and supporters for the upcoming 2024 ... Read More


Why Congress opted for Varanasi and SP for Khajuraho

India, Feb. 23 -- The seat-sharing pact between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress has thrown up surprises with the Congress opting for the toughest Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh ... Read More


Keeping up with UP | Will Congress' remaining LS seat in the state handle Sonia's decision to not contest the polls?

India, Feb. 21 -- After the former Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced her decision to relinquish the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat for health reasons, there have been conjectures about the continua... Read More


Keeping up with UP | In the footsteps of Charan Singh's political journey

India, Feb. 16 -- Circa January 1959. Charan Singh was cabinet minister in the Sampurnanand government in Uttar Pradesh when at the 64th session of the All-India Congress Committee in Nagpur, he vehem... Read More


Keeping up with UP | In Rae Bareli's political landscape, it's power versus sympathy

India, Feb. 13 -- Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi won from Rae Bareli for the fifth time in the 2019 general elections, polling 55.80% of the votes. She has won consecutively since 2004, including a... Read More


Keeping up with UP | The dilemma of INDIA

India, Feb. 2 -- Imagine the optics the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra would have created if three prime members of the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) -- Tejashwi Yada... Read More