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In Lok Sabha election 2019, some shades of 1977, but sorry position of Congress, abstract promises by Modi symbolic of wider malaise

These are deeply searching questions to ask of an electorate, but if the general election of 1977 teach us anything, it is to ask even when it is most difficult to.

Philip Kotler's marketing mantra, Mayawati and Akhilesh's alliance, Gillette's controversial ad; today's must-read stories

It's worth looking at what happened on Twitter barely 24 hours after Kotler tweeted his congratulations to Modi

Mayawati, Akhilesh's alliance eclipsed by bitter past, but SP-BSP combine threatened more by intrinsic differences

Mayawati, when she announced the alliance, brought up the infamous guest house incident obliquely hinting that the embers of the past still remain but she is consciously choosing to bury the hatchet

'Don't trust Mayawati': Shivpal Yadav cautions Akhilesh after SP and BSP join hands in Uttar Pradesh

Addressing a rally in the Samajwadi stronghold Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh, Shivpal – the younger brother of Mulayam Singh – said Mayawati had then accused him of sexual harassment

Alliance will work as long as Akhilesh Yadav agrees to everything Mayawati says, bows down before her, says SP MLA Hariom Yadav

SP MLA Hariom Yadav said SP-BSP alliance will not work in Firozabad. "This gathbandhan will run only till our president (Akhilesh) agrees with Behenji (Mayawati)," he said

KCR's dream of a third front far-fetched proposition; lack of common agenda keeps regional satraps divided

Political pundits are vary of reading too much in KCR's efforts to form a 'national party'-less alliance. And there are two reasons behind it, one lies in the past, and one in the present

Prithviraj Chavan says no alliance against BJP possible without Congress in 2019

There cannot be an alliance of opposition parties without the Congress, which would be the fulcrum of any such front to take on the BJP in the 2019 general election, senior party leader Prithviraj Chavan has said.

Akhilesh Yadav expresses solidarity with Lalu, says BJP 'did injustice' to the jailed RJD leader

Expressing solidarity with jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday that the "BJP did injustice" to him.

Akhilesh Yadav attacks uncle Shivpal, cautions supporters against 'fake Samajwadis'

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday cautioned his supporters against "fake Samajwadis", signalling fresh strain in the party's top ranks.

Akhilesh Yadav says govt cheated farmers through loan waivers; BJP's Keshav Maurya says ex-CM is 'depressed'

Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged that UP farmers had been cheated in the name of loan waivers, and said the Adityanath government needed to answer questions