2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections

Yogi Adityanath as UP CM: Like Modi, holding office will have a mellowing effect on the Hindutva hardliner

Yogi Adityanath, the recently appointed chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, might have been a BJP firebrand but he would now be forced to mellow down.

Decoding Digvijaya Singh's desperation: Surgery not enough for Congress revival; it needs a rebirth

A rather uncharitable view of Congress leadership from someone like Digvijaya Singh suggests that a sense of panic & helplessness has crept into the party,

Travels of a political pilgrim: Farangi Mahal, once a bastion of Islamic education, looks to regain lost glory

Vying alongside Islamic centres of Deoband and Bareilly, Farangi Mahal has been competing for space in India's political conversation.

Pakistani girl congratulates Narendra Modi for UP win, pleads him to restore peace

A letter written by an 11-year-old Pakistani girl, appealed to Modi to restore harmony between the two nations in order to “win more elections in future.”

UP Election Results 2017: Akhilesh Yadav, and not Mayawati, is the biggest loser

While the results might show that Mayawati's BSP has been routed, the numbers reveal that Akhilesh Yadav's SP is the biggest loser in the 2017 UP elections.

UP Election Results 2017: BJP's rise and BSP's decline reflects new speaking order of subalterns

The 2017 UP Assembly election verdict reads like a speaking order of the subalterns & stipulates that social underdogs have found a safe refuge within BJP.

UP Election 2017: Delhi HC's ruling on Mukhtar Ansari could help put an end to 'gundaraj'

A Delhi High Court ruling on Mukhtar Ansari has the potential to dent the power structures of criminals in UP & clean the electoral process to a good extent

UP Election 2017: Election Commission turning a blind eye to last minute campaigning is akin to a self-goal

It would be akin to a self goal if the Election Commission continues to turn its eyes away from rallies being held on polling day in Uttar Pradesh.

UP Election 2017: Why BJP's rhetoric around Ram Temple is mere electoral tokenism

In the ongoing Assembly elections, the BJP seems to have exhausted the vote-fetching potential of the Ram Temple agenda pan-Uttar Pradesh.

UP Election 2017: BJP state chief Keshav Maurya booked for violating poll code

An FIR was lodged against BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday for allegedly violating the model code of conduct.