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UP Election 2017: Political heavyweights lock horns in second phase of polls
Fp Staff •The polling in the second phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh is over.

Situation in western Uttar Pradesh is like that of Kashmir in 1990s: Adityanath's communal remark draws flak
•Firebrand BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has compared the situation in western Uttar Pradesh to that in Kashmir in 1990s, when Kashmiri Pandits had to flee the Valley, while the party defended its leaders over their controversial remarks during the poll campaign on alleged exodus of Hindu families from Kairana.

Narendra Modi is the PM of India, for god's sake, not the daroga of Dadri!
Ajay Singh •Is Narendra Modi the elected Prime Minister of the Union of India or is he the daroga of Bishara that we keep asking him for answers? Even if he were to relent and say something on this what would he say other than all the secular platitudes of all the political and literary intelligentsia that wouldn’t amount to making a whiff of difference to the family of Akhlaq? He could have possibly taken the moral high ground, but that’s about that.

Rape and murder of 15 minors: Delhi murderer was influenced by porn, alcohol, a movie called 'Maa'
Fp Staff •It was a stolen driving license that led to the undoing of Ravinder Kumar. His arrest by the Delhi police has brought back chilling memories of the Nithari killings.

BJP behind Meerut 'love jihad' case? Woman says party worker paid family Rs 25,000
Fp Staff •The Meerut Love jihad case is turning into a further embarrassment for the BJP as the victim says her family was paid some money by a BJP leader.

Muzaffarnagar's new ghettos: Muslims leave their homes, find safety in numbers
Fp Staff •These localities in Muzaffarnagar where Muslims are settling have neither water nor power, no sanitation nor any medical facilities.

Regional satraps stare at irrelevance as Jats veer towards BJP
Sanjeev Singh •Even as the Mahapanchayat issue rages in Western Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district, it also signals the changing political equations within the dominant Jat community.

BJP-Akhilesh faceoff continues: Western UP nervous again, this time Moradabad
Fppolitics •UP will see a series of Assembly seats go to bypolls later this year. The BJP is trying to consolidate its Lok Sabha gains while the SP is trying to regain its toehold in the state.

Amit Shah confident of win in all 10 seats in western UP
Fp Archives •Shah, who is in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, said in a statement that instead of being mislead by anyone the electorates have caste their votes in the name of the development and security of the country.

Not just Amit Shah: All parties want a polarisation in UP
Jagannathan •Amit Shah shocked the media by his aggressive speech earlier this month in the heart of western UP's Jat-land. What this indicates is that the BJP is now responding to Muslim consolidation by playing its own polarising cards



