With the media in overdrive over government formation in Uttar Pradesh, making and breaking alliances by the hour, the man who should be at the helm of all activity is quietly waiting and watching.

In a sudden turn of events, UP chief minister Mayawati has got her Cabinet to approve dissolution of the state Assembly even before counting of votes begins.

After the polls, it is time for prayers, parlours and parleys.

It has been an unusual election in Uttar Pradesh.
The event that once used to be an Eastman colour festival was played out in drab black and white this time. The scene was colourless; voters silent, candidates remained confused. It was only the media that played the poll game to the hilt, while onlookers watched on amused.

The month-and-a-half-long election process in Uttar Pradesh will come to a close with the seventh and final phase of polling Saturday. Sixty Assembly seats, spread over 10 districts, will vote in the state’s Rohilkhand region, where a majority of constituencies are dominated by Muslims.

The month-and-a-half-long election process in Uttar Pradesh will come to a close with the seventh and final phase of polling Saturday.

Sixty Assembly seats, spread over 10 districts, will vote in th

In 105 days, he addressed 409 meetings, held six road shows and covered almost every Assembly segments in Uttar Pradesh.

The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party face the maximum number of rebel candidates in the final phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh.

The smell of blood pervades conversations in this dusty township that is marked with pot-holed roads and makeshift tea-stalls.
Political overtones of criminal activities are hotly debated and there is a growing anger against the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party.

The Congress in Uttar Pradesh has demanded the dismissal of BSP minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui who was severely indicted by the Lokayukta five days ago.