Yadav Community Vote

The big takeaway is that there appears to be much splintering within the voter blocs that were essential to the BJP's caste rainbow in the last state election.

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...

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the BJP is dangerous for society as it conspires to polarise votes on communal lines. He also alleged that farmers are committing suicides, youth are hunting jobs and traders are facing problems under the BJP government.

Unfazed by Election Commission scanner for casteist remark, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today made a blistering attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and said that he would not sit quietly in waging battle for the backwards, Dalits and poor even if they decide to "hang" him.

Vedanta Resources Plc's plans to mine bauxite to feed its alumina refinery in Odisha have suffered a blow after a majority of local residents voted against mining around the hills they consider sacred.

Akhilesh Yadav wears the humility of a winner well. He has thanked Uttar Pradesh for voting for the Samajwadi Party across caste and community lines and giving it a stunning majority at 224 of the 403 seats. He has credited his father's experience and wisdom and the grit of party workers for the win he crafted.

Uttar Pradesh election results: Akhilesh Yadav has thanked UP for voting for the Samajwadi Party across caste and community lines and giving it a majority. "UP accepted the manifesto we placed in their midst and we will implement this manifesto for the prosperity of the state," the young SP leader, who led the UP campaign from the front, promised, ...

The big takeaway is that there appears to be much splintering within the voter blocs that were essential to the BJP's caste rainbow in the last state election.

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...

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the BJP is dangerous for society as it conspires to polarise votes on communal lines. He also alleged that farmers are committing suicides, youth are hunting jobs and traders are facing problems under the BJP government.

Unfazed by Election Commission scanner for casteist remark, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today made a blistering attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and said that he would not sit quietly in waging battle for the backwards, Dalits and poor even if they decide to "hang" him.

Vedanta Resources Plc's plans to mine bauxite to feed its alumina refinery in Odisha have suffered a blow after a majority of local residents voted against mining around the hills they consider sacred.

Akhilesh Yadav wears the humility of a winner well. He has thanked Uttar Pradesh for voting for the Samajwadi Party across caste and community lines and giving it a stunning majority at 224 of the 403 seats. He has credited his father's experience and wisdom and the grit of party workers for the win he crafted.

Uttar Pradesh election results: Akhilesh Yadav has thanked UP for voting for the Samajwadi Party across caste and community lines and giving it a majority. "UP accepted the manifesto we placed in their midst and we will implement this manifesto for the prosperity of the state," the young SP leader, who led the UP campaign from the front, promised, ...