Keeping up with UP: Will Mathura be the next in Uttar Pradesh's temple politics

India, Sept. 7 -- The Ayodhya Ram Temple construction campaign propelled the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s rise from two Lok Sabha seats in 1984 to 85 in 1989. Today, the party is leading the governm... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Time to revive students' unions after Gen Z protests?

India, Sept. 1 -- The demand for reintroducing student politics on campuses is getting louder after the Gen Z pressure protest at Jantar Mantar. The students want to be heard on issues of their concer... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Will Rahul convert crowds into votes in Nehru's birthplace

India, Aug. 17 -- Rahul Gandhi and his niece, Miraya Vadra, spent hours at the Nehru-Gandhi family's ancestral home, Anand Bhavan, during the Congress leader's stay in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj for an... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Is abusive language really harmless or needs to be checked

India, Aug. 10 -- On July 31, Prime Minister Narendra Modi rued the abusive language he and even his late mother were subjected to during the protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar against examination irreg... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Does Owaisi threaten Akhilesh Yadav's hold over Muslim voters

India, Aug. 3 -- In June 1995, governor Motilal Vora swore in Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister in the middle of the night. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Why it could backfire if the BJP does not win over Gen Z

India, July 27 -- In 2015, Union minister Rajnath Singh said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government ministers do not resign. He added that it happened in the pr... Read More

Keeping up with UP | Sexual assault: Preaching, practice and politics

India, July 20 -- Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel recently expressed concern about the plight of children born out of wedlock and subsequently abandoned. Speaking at the convocation ceremony o... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Will Bharat Ratna to Kanshi Ram tilt 2027 poll scales

India, July 13 -- The battle lines are largely drawn, major poll issues appear defined, and political loyalties of major caste blocs seem settled ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections due earl... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Congress and the quest for Dalit votes ahead of 2027 polls

India, July 6 -- On June 25, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rejigged its organisation in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, seeking to strike a caste balance among non-Yadav backward groups, upper cas... Read More

Keeping up with UP: TMC meltdown and future of regional parties

India, June 22 -- Regional parties have suffered engineered or self-inflicted splits after electoral defeats. The Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s split following its defeat in the 2026 West Bengal assembly... Read More

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