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Waiting for Godot: When will we see election reform?
Mar 05, 2012
Akhilesh pips Rahul as SP set to be UP’s biggest winner
Mar 05, 2012
Rahul Gandhi in UP: The elephant gives birth to a mouse
Mar 05, 2012
Dear Congress, poll strategies of the 70s don’t work anymore
Mar 05, 2012
Ajit Singh denies talks of RLD-SP tie-up
Mar 05, 2012
Samajwadi Party set to win big in Uttar Pradesh
Mar 05, 2012
Maya moves to dissolve UP assembly, Governor to take call
Mar 05, 2012
What welfare? Rahul turning farms into helipads
Jan 20, 2012
Uma Bharti: If Che Guevera could travel from place to place, so can I
Jan 20, 2012
Sub-quota for minorities intensifies race among parties in UP
Jan 20, 2012
Will she, won’t she? Priyanka could steal Rahul’s lustre
Jan 20, 2012
Delhi’s Batla House encounter springs ugly surprise for Rahul Gandhi
Jan 20, 2012
National parties wake up to UP reality, embrace caste game
Jan 20, 2012
First phase of UP polls rescheduled; to begin from 8 Feb
Jan 09, 2012
Yogi threatens to quit BJP over tainted inductions
Jan 09, 2012
Operation cover-up: sheets not big enough for elephants
Jan 09, 2012
Four-time BJP MLA protests denial of ticket
Jan 09, 2012
SP will decide on tie ups after UP polls: Akhilesh Yadav
Jan 09, 2012
BJP not to give ticket to tainted former UP Minister Kushwaha
Jan 09, 2012

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People will regret voting SP to power: Mayawati

Mar 7, 2012

The BSP leader said the Dalit vote had not shifted to any other party and she believed the people would vote the party back to power in the next elections.

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Images: Akhilesh Kumar Yadav

Mar 10, 2012

Man of the moment, the next Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Kumar Yadav.

#Akhilesh Yadav #Samajwadi Party #UP2012

Bhatta-Parsaul debacle: Rahul entered late, left early

Mar 8, 2012

The Congress was confident that Bhatta-Parsaul belonged to them but the results said otherwise. People feel Rahul balm was late, short-lived and failed to last till end.

#Bhatta-Parsaul #Gujjar #Rahul Gandhi #Samajwadi Party #UP2012

Akhilesh Yadav: SP’s poster boy who won them UP

Mar 7, 2012

Akhilesh Yadav has won national acclaim by helping return his father to power as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous and politically key state.

#Akhilesh Yadav #Mulayam Singh Yadav #Samajwadi Party #UP2012

Congress, do you have any ideas for redemption?

Mar 7, 2012

All options look closed now. The party could begin with a political prime minister.

#Congress #Rahul Gandhi #Sonia Gandhi #UP Elections 2012 #UP2012

Muslim votes: Why SP must thank Gadkari

Mar 7, 2012

The Muslim community voted overwhelmingly for the SP. There could have been a sub-surface polarisation.

#Congress #Mayawati #Muslim votes #Samajwadi Party #UP2012

The Priyanka myth: Why the Congress’ Plan B is a dud

Mar 7, 2012

With Rahul’s failing fortunes, the clamour for his supposedly more talented sister has already begun. So what is more tragic? That Priyanka may turn out to be a political zero or that the Congress has become a party in surname only?

#Congress #Nehru-Gandhi family #Priyanka Gandhi #Rahul Gandhi #Sonia Gandhi #ToTheContrary #UP2012

SP to choose CM after Holi; Akhilesh favoured

Mar 7, 2012

The Samajwadi Party, which got an absolute majority in Uttar Pradesh, would choose its next chief minister after Holi, amid demands from the party’s parliamentary party members that Akhilesh Yadav be handed over the reins of the state.

#Akhilesh Yadav #Mulayam Singh Yadav #Samajwadi Party #UP2012 #Uttar Pradesh

People will regret voting SP to power: Mayawati

Mar 7, 2012

The BSP leader said the Dalit vote had not shifted to any other party and she believed the people would vote the party back to power in the next elections.

#Bahujan Samaj Party #Mayawati #Samajwadi Party #TheySaidIt #UP2012

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People will regret voting SP to power: Mayawati

07 Mar, 2012

Dear Akhilesh, your law and order problem begins now

06 Mar, 2012

UP loss my fault, will continue work in state: Rahul Gandhi

06 Mar, 2012

Delhi has suddenly discovered me: Akhilesh Yadav

06 Mar, 2012

Sugar producers see sweet sops in SP's poll lead

06 Mar, 2012

Blame bad election results on me, not Rahul: UP Cong chief

06 Mar, 2012

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