The guns have fallen silent and the shadow of fear is gradually receding.
Dreaded dacoits have been eliminated and the fear of the bullet has evaporated, particularly in the Bundelkhand region.

In a veiled attack on Election Commission, UP Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday said its order to cover statues of BSP's poll symbol 'elephant' and those of her own was ‘one-sided, wrong and an insult

Small parties in dynastic politics
Amita Verma
, Jan. 13

They all denounce it but they all practise it too. After the big political parties, it is now the small political parties that have got caught in the web of dynastic politics in Uttar Pradesh.

The Samajwadi Party has declared Akhilesh Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh.

With the ruling BSP bracing up for the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday on Sunday will be a low key affair unlike previous years.

To celebrate the 56th bir

Delimitation in Uttar Pradesh has had a piquant impact and for the first time, perhaps, sitting MLAs are being pitted against sitting MLAs from the same constituency.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has questioned the Election Commission (EC) for its intentions in conducting free and fir elections in UP.

Nine months, four alliances and scores of accusations. The much-publicised Peace Party in Uttar Pradesh is apparently going to pieces even before the elections begin.
The party that claimed to change the direction of state politics in 2011 is now looking for a direction for itself in the state.

With recent events overtaking the election scene in Uttar Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party are revamping their election campaign to derive maximum political advantage from the change in scenario.