-Newsclick.in Perhaps for the first time, TMC leaders concede in private discussions that after Bogtui the party finds itself on the backfoot and the carnage has been proving hugely embarrassing for the party chief and chief minister. Kolkata: Perhaps for the first time in the 11 year-regime of Trinamool Congress, a section of Imams who function under the banner of Bengal Imams Association and Welfare Trust (BIA) have targeted TMC supremo and...

-The Hindu Pandemic relief was to end in March 2022. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) for another six months till September 2022. The scheme was originally introduced in April 2020 a month into the first lockdown during the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the sixth phase of PM-GKAY. The Phase-V of the scheme was...

-The Telegraph Mandal politics must be revamped, not renounced Is Mandal politics on its deathbed? This is the question that many analysts have asked after the Bharatiya Janata Party routed the Samajwadi Party in the recent Uttar Pradesh Elections. It was the fourth consecutive electoral drubbing for the SP at the hands of the BJP in the Narendra Modi era. Mandal politics cannot defeat the BJP, and the SP needs to finally move...

-Moneycontrol.com The BSP has recorded a humiliating performance in UP once considered its bastion. Unless Mayawati initiates immediate reforms, the party will fade into oblivion  The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has received a drubbing in the Uttar Pradesh assembly Elections. It has recorded its worst performance since inception, largely due to a bipolar contest which saw its non-core as well as some core voters shift to the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the...

-Newsclick.in Was it welfare schemes? Or was it Hindutva? And, how much money did BJP spend? Usually after election results come out, there is a dismantling of myths created during the Elections and creation of new myths. This happens in all Elections but when a significant state like Uttar Pradesh is involved – it’s a feast of theories. Then, there are riddles for which everyone has a solution. First, have a look at...