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With Film Star In Tow, Can Yogi Adityanath Win Back Gorakhpur For BJP?
As Yogi Adityanath's home base, Gorakhpur was always VIP vicinity. This time around, it's even more eminent - as the birthplace of that once unimaginable political proposition, the Mayawati-Akhilesh Yadav combo. In this election, its political weight is off the charts.
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PM Modi's Saurashtra Challenge - And What Hardik Patel Has To Do With It
This is part of Saurashtra's new vexation as it decides who to choose on Tuesday, torn between its long-standing loyalty to the BJP and its recent shift to the Congress.
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Prakash Ambedkar + Asaduddin Owaisi: "Viru-Jai" Combo Makes Its Debut
Mr Owaisi and Mr Ambedkar have been dubbed the "Viru and Jai" of Maharashtra politics by the local media, in a reference to the two characters in the 1970s Bollywood classic "Sholay", who used their combined strength and cunning to overpower the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh. This may not be their moment of convocation "but we are already hungry for...
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In Coimbatore, PM's "Chowkidar" Promise Offers Change - But Hurts Many
On social media, the PM's supporters and detractors clash on his trips to Tamil Nadu with hashtags like #GoBackModi feuding with #WelcomeModi. Mr Natarajan's cadres, similarly, try to talk up among voters an alleged 'emotional disconnect' between Tamil Nadu and Delhi since 2014.
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Called Mayawati 5 Times, Says Chandrashekhar "Ravan" To NDTV
Mayawati has always been deeply suspicious of Chandrashekhar, half her age and like her, a Jatav. She has repeatedly accused him of being a BJP agent, funded by its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, who should have joined her party instead of founding the Bhim Army if he were serious about Dalit unity and rights.
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How Chandrashekhar Ravan Could Impact Mayawati And BJP For 2019
Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan, who was imprisoned for a year on controversial charges of endangering national security, has been freed just in time to challenge the Dalit powerhouse status of Mayawati.
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Will Deliver Mayawati Deal "Within 10 Days", Says Kamal Nath To NDTV
What Madhya Pradesh is reaffirming, ahead of the general election, that if alliances will be a major theme of every political gambit that comes into play, the other will be caste.
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Nitish Kumar Ready To Go It Alone In Bihar, Party Insists It's BJP's Loss
The BJP has begun testing the waters on seat-sharing with allies in Bihar ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections, claiming earlier this week that it had worked out a deal that was fair to all while ensuring the NDA alliance wins every seat it can in a crucial battleground state.
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"Nitish Kumar Has Our Sympathy, Not Vote," Say Bihar Dalits, Blame BJP
The road to re-election for the BJP in 2019 doesn't just lead through Uttar Pradesh but Bihar too. But five years since the party won 22 out of the state's 40 seats in the national polls, its relationship status with the group that powered its victory - the 16 per cent Dalits - is "complicated". The community's disenchantment with the BJP threatens...
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IOU - Index of Opposition Unity - Hits BJP Ahead of 2019
After blowing through Karnataka, the winds of opposition unity appear to have gathered momentum in the politically critical states of UP and Maharashtra.
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After Mayawati's Big Hug Moment, A Test For Opposition Jhappi
Barely a week after the show-stealing hug between Mayawati and Sonia Gandhi, the newly-born all-for-one spirit of the opposition will be tested in Uttar Pradesh, the state which decides who forms the national government.
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In His "Last Election", Siddaramaiah's Biggest Beneficiaries Ditch Him
The free fall of the Congress in Karnataka - it slid yesterday from 122 to 78 seats - was caused largely because it failed to improve its standing among the state's most backward castes despite Chief Minister Siddaramaiah focusing on them through schemes that provided free milk to students and free grain to the poorest families.
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Talk Of Deve Gowda's Under-The-Radar Deal With BJP Achieves Scale
Deve Gowda, a former Prime Minister, says he had offered the Congress an alliance but was rejected by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who left the JD(S) about a decade ago to join the Congress. His son, on the other hand, who has served as Chief Minister earlier, has maintained that teaming with the Congress was unfeasible.
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Want To Take Him On: Yeddyurappa's Son Says Will Run vs Siddaramaiah Jr
In vying for the top contests of the Karnataka election, the constituency of Varuna in Mysuru is fertile ground. It's where voters may be asked to choose between the sons of the two main chief ministerial candidates, BS Yeddyurappa of the BJP and Siddaramaiah of the Congress.
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Amit Shah Heckled By Dalit Protestors In Mysuru. What's At Stake For BJP
The BJP has for decades been the homestead of upper caste Hindus; its opulent victory in the last general election was facilitated by Amit Shah, the party chief, managing to weave together traditional supporters with an assortment of lower and backward castes including Dalits in states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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With Film Star In Tow, Can Yogi Adityanath Win Back Gorakhpur For BJP?
As Yogi Adityanath's home base, Gorakhpur was always VIP vicinity. This time around, it's even more eminent - as the birthplace of that once unimaginable political proposition, the Mayawati-Akhilesh Yadav combo. In this election, its political weight is off the charts.
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PM Modi's Saurashtra Challenge - And What Hardik Patel Has To Do With It
This is part of Saurashtra's new vexation as it decides who to choose on Tuesday, torn between its long-standing loyalty to the BJP and its recent shift to the Congress.
-
Prakash Ambedkar + Asaduddin Owaisi: "Viru-Jai" Combo Makes Its Debut
Mr Owaisi and Mr Ambedkar have been dubbed the "Viru and Jai" of Maharashtra politics by the local media, in a reference to the two characters in the 1970s Bollywood classic "Sholay", who used their combined strength and cunning to overpower the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh. This may not be their moment of convocation "but we are already hungry for...
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In Coimbatore, PM's "Chowkidar" Promise Offers Change - But Hurts Many
On social media, the PM's supporters and detractors clash on his trips to Tamil Nadu with hashtags like #GoBackModi feuding with #WelcomeModi. Mr Natarajan's cadres, similarly, try to talk up among voters an alleged 'emotional disconnect' between Tamil Nadu and Delhi since 2014.
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Called Mayawati 5 Times, Says Chandrashekhar "Ravan" To NDTV
Mayawati has always been deeply suspicious of Chandrashekhar, half her age and like her, a Jatav. She has repeatedly accused him of being a BJP agent, funded by its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, who should have joined her party instead of founding the Bhim Army if he were serious about Dalit unity and rights.
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How Chandrashekhar Ravan Could Impact Mayawati And BJP For 2019
Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan, who was imprisoned for a year on controversial charges of endangering national security, has been freed just in time to challenge the Dalit powerhouse status of Mayawati.
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Will Deliver Mayawati Deal "Within 10 Days", Says Kamal Nath To NDTV
What Madhya Pradesh is reaffirming, ahead of the general election, that if alliances will be a major theme of every political gambit that comes into play, the other will be caste.
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Nitish Kumar Ready To Go It Alone In Bihar, Party Insists It's BJP's Loss
The BJP has begun testing the waters on seat-sharing with allies in Bihar ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections, claiming earlier this week that it had worked out a deal that was fair to all while ensuring the NDA alliance wins every seat it can in a crucial battleground state.
-
"Nitish Kumar Has Our Sympathy, Not Vote," Say Bihar Dalits, Blame BJP
The road to re-election for the BJP in 2019 doesn't just lead through Uttar Pradesh but Bihar too. But five years since the party won 22 out of the state's 40 seats in the national polls, its relationship status with the group that powered its victory - the 16 per cent Dalits - is "complicated". The community's disenchantment with the BJP threatens...
-
IOU - Index of Opposition Unity - Hits BJP Ahead of 2019
After blowing through Karnataka, the winds of opposition unity appear to have gathered momentum in the politically critical states of UP and Maharashtra.
-
After Mayawati's Big Hug Moment, A Test For Opposition Jhappi
Barely a week after the show-stealing hug between Mayawati and Sonia Gandhi, the newly-born all-for-one spirit of the opposition will be tested in Uttar Pradesh, the state which decides who forms the national government.
-
In His "Last Election", Siddaramaiah's Biggest Beneficiaries Ditch Him
The free fall of the Congress in Karnataka - it slid yesterday from 122 to 78 seats - was caused largely because it failed to improve its standing among the state's most backward castes despite Chief Minister Siddaramaiah focusing on them through schemes that provided free milk to students and free grain to the poorest families.
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Talk Of Deve Gowda's Under-The-Radar Deal With BJP Achieves Scale
Deve Gowda, a former Prime Minister, says he had offered the Congress an alliance but was rejected by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who left the JD(S) about a decade ago to join the Congress. His son, on the other hand, who has served as Chief Minister earlier, has maintained that teaming with the Congress was unfeasible.
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Want To Take Him On: Yeddyurappa's Son Says Will Run vs Siddaramaiah Jr
In vying for the top contests of the Karnataka election, the constituency of Varuna in Mysuru is fertile ground. It's where voters may be asked to choose between the sons of the two main chief ministerial candidates, BS Yeddyurappa of the BJP and Siddaramaiah of the Congress.
-
Amit Shah Heckled By Dalit Protestors In Mysuru. What's At Stake For BJP
The BJP has for decades been the homestead of upper caste Hindus; its opulent victory in the last general election was facilitated by Amit Shah, the party chief, managing to weave together traditional supporters with an assortment of lower and backward castes including Dalits in states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
