Opinion: Amit Shah's UP Problems Get Larger Led By Adityanath

Swati Chaturvedi | Saturday January 28, 2017

Shah is a battle-hardened campaigner but UP could be his biggest test.

Opinion: Mayawati, Ignored By Media, Is Way Ahead In Campaigning

Swati Chaturvedi | Wednesday January 25, 2017

There is a certain amount of truth to the BSP's complaint. Mayawati, unlike Akhilesh Yadav who is affable and ever-smiling, does get negligible press. Senior BSP leaders say Sonia Gandhi keeps the press at arms length, yet gets great coverage. BSP leaders feel a double standard is applied to Mayawati and their party.

Opinion: With Tweet, Congress Finally Admits Priyanka Gandhi Is In Charge

Swati Chaturvedi | Sunday January 22, 2017

So the Congress is finally acknowledging that Priyanka Gandhi is very much in politics and calling the shots that matter such as being the chief negotiator in the critical alliance with Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party. Ahmed Patel, Congress leader and Political Secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi is a taciturn politician who is known to speak rarely; he put ...

Opinion: BJP's Problems In UP Include An Upset Adityanath, Varun Gandhi

Swati Chaturvedi | Tuesday January 17, 2017

At the BJP headquarters in Delhi on Sunday, Shiv Prakash, the sangathan mantri or liaison loaned from the RSS to the party, found himself the sudden target of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's wrath. As names of candidates for UP were being discussed in the presence of Varun Gandhi, Kalraj Mishra, Ram Lal and other leaders crucial for Uttar Pradesh, sources say Rajn...

Opinion: How Akhilesh's Win Impacts Amar Singh, Dimple, And Rahul Gandhi

Swati Chaturvedi | Monday January 16, 2017

As a jubilant Tipu aka Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, was given the Samajwadi Party (SP) symbol of the cycle, he was crowned Sultan in an order from the Election Commission which established that his father, Mualyam Singh, is now dethroned.

Opinion: Amit Shah Moves Quick To Capitalise On Yadavs' Feud

Swati Chaturvedi | Sunday January 08, 2017

As the electoral stop-watch ticks, watch this space - UP has a way of turning every relationship and alliance on its head.

Opinion: What Akhilesh Yadav Said In Morning's Phone Call With Mulayam

Swati Chaturvedi | Tuesday January 03, 2017

The Election Commission is likely to declare the dates for the UP election tomorrow and the implications for the SP are obvious: if they unite, they are still in the fray; if divided, its Advantage Mayawati. So while a reconciliation may be cosmetic, it may not be elusive for much longer.

Opinion: Akhilesh Yadav's Hostile Takeover Of His Party

Swati Chaturvedi | Sunday January 01, 2017

After Akhilesh Yadav's coup against Netaji and Pitaji Mulayam Singh Yadav, songs from the movie "Sultan" were blaring all over Lucknow as delirious youth danced to "Tipu Bhaiyya'' being crowned Sultan. The song that they should have been playing was Queen's "I want to break free" - Akhilesh Yadav's favourite song. The most significant fact however, remains that while ...

Opinion: Akhilesh Has Outsmarted Father Mulayam

Swati Chaturvedi | Friday December 30, 2016

"Tipu Bhaiya agey badoh, hum tumharey saath, Amar Singh saanp hai" (Tipu (Akhilesh) we are with you, Amar Singh is a snake): these slogans rent the chilly, foggy Lucknow night as Samajwadi chief Mulayam Singh Yadav expelled UP Chief Minister and son Akhilesh as also his cousin Ram Gopal Yadav from the Samajwadi Party for six years. "Teflon Tipu'' has finally emerged a...

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