-The Telegraph The dole of ghee, salt, gram and cash is likely to work with some segments of voters Bareilly: One-kilo packets of ghee, salt and black gram along with the 5kg rice or wheat provided free against ration cards. Mixed with a generous portion of the Karnataka hijab controversy. That’s the cocktail the BJP is serving in Uttar Pradesh to arrest the dent in its vote bank. “The Yogi Adityanath government has added...
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UP polls: Understanding shifts in caste, religious identities -Bhanu Joshi and Neelanjan Sircar
-Hindustan Times Hindu-Muslim polarisation is not as outwardly visible despite being an everyday reality. Many Jats, who once openly voted on the basis of a “Hindu identity”, are fighting the election side-by-side with Muslims due to the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance Pichli baar leher thi. Hum bhi leher mein doob gaye. (There was a wave last time. We also drowned in it.) In September 2013, the Muzaffarnagar riots killed 60...
More »Uttar Pradesh Polls: A loophole in democracy -Shaikh Mujibur Rehman
-The Hindu Only if the Samajwadi Party-led coalition wins by a large margin can it be assured of government formation It is clear that the fierce electoral battle for Uttar Pradesh is mainly between the Akhilesh Yadav-led gathbandhan (coalition) and the Yogi Adityanath-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), even if it appears multi-cornered on paper. The failure of unity among supposedly secular parties against the BJP once again demonstrates not just their half-hearted...
More »‘Suraksha’ plank finds particular resonance in Uttar Pradesh -JP Yadav
-The Telegraph For the better-off upper castes, it has acquired the context of the safety of their sisters and daughters Bareilly, Rampur: Sitting outside a small medicine-cum-stationery shop at Khirka village in Bareilly district, Rakesh Gangwar, Ramdas Kashyap and Puranlal Gangwar unhesitatingly declare their support for the “phool” (lotus). Each lists the reasons almost in the same order, as though they had prepared beforehand for the question. The top reason for all three —...
More »Explained: Rise of small parties and their electoral significance in UP polls -Arvind Kumar
-IndiaToday.in Small and marginal parties play a crucial role in political arena of Uttar Pradesh. Here is a look at their rise and impact on UP elections. The BJP had won the 2017 Assembly Election of Uttar Pradesh with the help of alliance of small and marginal parties such as Apna Dal and Suheldev Rajbhar Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP). These alliances had enabled the party to mobilise voters from the most backward...
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