The BJP’s victory in Uttar Pradesh revealed the opposition’s decadence
The BJP’s victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022 despite the strong anti-incumbency wave shows the decadence of the opposition.
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Can the MLAs and ministers quitting the BJP in Uttar Pradesh help the Opposition?
Can all the MLAs and ministers quitting the BJP in Uttar Pradesh be helpful in the Opposition’s quest for power in the 2022 UP Assembly polls?
Babri Masjid demolition: what’s the way forward?
The Babri Masjid demolition is revisited each year by so-called opponents of Hindutva but apart from lamenting the past what’s the way forward?
Lakhimpur Kheri farmer massacre: Situation worsens as the BJP spins its narrative
The situation has worsened in Uttar Pradesh after the Lakhimpur Kheri farmer massacre as the BJP and the Yogi regime are innovating ways to blame the farmers.
Can the SP-BSP defeat the BJP in UP by appeasing the upper castes?
Can the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party defeat the BJP in Uttar Pradesh by appeasing the upper castes? Can they retain their Dalit, OBC vote bank?
Ram Mandir at Ayodhya mainstreamed Hindutva in Indian polity
Ram Mandir construction wasn’t the real goal of the RSS behind its Ayodhya mission. The August 5th events reaffirmed that once again.
Jaya Bachchan’s lynching advocacy exhibits how mobocracy lures democracy
Jaya Bachchan has advocated the lynching of rapists to punish them. While saying that she didn’t clarify who will judge the crimes and who will lead a mob?
Can Allahabad High Court’s notice over poll malpractice turn Modi’s fate similar to Indira Gandhi’s?
Alike Indira Gandhi, Narendra Modi too got a notice from Allahabad High Court over election malpractices. The outcome of this case needs to be seen.
Kanwariya Vandalism is a Result of RSS’ Tweaking of the Hindu Ritual
The holy month of Sawan is a month when male devotees of Lord Shiva, the Hindu God, traverse a long distance from their home to reach the river Ganga, dip there and then fetch water from the holy river and rush to their neighbourhood Shiva temples to pour it on the deity. This ritual, called … Read more
Bypoll Debacle of BJP a Hogwash to Defend EVM Fraud in 2019
There is a huge jubilation prevailing in the otherwise gloomy opposition camp since the BJP was defeated in two Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh during the bypolls. The Samajwadi Party, supported by the BSP and the Congress, managed to win the Phulpur and Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seats for which elections were held on 11 … Read more
Analysis of the Victory of the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election
Corporate mainstream media and the political pundits on their payrolls are offering many explanations for the massive victory of the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election. From blowing the klaxon of Vikas, i.e. development, the cliché used by the BJP since the 2014 general elections to dupe the people, to blaming the concrete manifestation … Read more
The Killing of Saifullah in the Lucknow Encounter Left Many Questions
Mainstream media owned by big corporations are notorious in India as they act as government’s propaganda machinery when it comes to spreading Islamophobia and by painting concocted tales of the state machinery as Gospel Truth; these media outlets help the rulers to shape the public opinion in its favour. As most of the subscribers of … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections Organised Under Modi-fied Code of Conduct?
The Election Commission decided to make the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections a multi-phased polling exercise to curb the poll related violence and maintain law and order in the state. Uttar Pradesh is prioritised by the EC due to its immense political value to the key players of Indian polity. However, despite all these measures the … Read more
Bijnor Murder Becomes BJP’s Communal Weapon
The RSS is seeing a clear danger in the voting pattern in the Uttar Pradesh elections and hence it’s pressing into service its most trusted bigots to incite communal tension in different regions of the largest state of India and to scare the majority Hindu community, especially the Dalits and backward castes and win them … Read more
Impact of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections on Modi’s Fortune is Negligible
If a naïve person goes by the narratives of the mainstream corporate media of India, they will certainly believe in the cliché that the outcome of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections will have a severe repercussion on the BJP government at the centre and even more, it will create a roadblock for the BJP to … Read more
Until now – Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections and the Sangh Parivar
When was the last time that the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections became national news three years before the curtain raiser? The 2017 assembly elections in north India’s largest state and one of the most populous states of India became a bird’s eye in national politics for all major players since 2014 when the BJP swept the … Read more
Bihar Elections: Arithmetic of opportunism and quest for power
(This article was first published in October 2015 in the previous version of People’s Review. Due to an incident of hacking the old website was pulled down and we could only restore the old articles in this section) The upcoming elections in Bihar for the legislative assembly has drawn attention of all major national corporate funded … Read more
Murder of Journalist – Criminalised Politics of Uttar Pradesh
(This article was first published in June 2015 in the previous version of People’s Review. Due to an incident of hacking the old website was pulled down and we could only restore the old articles in this section) The criminalisation of politics in Uttar Pradesh had been a pioneering inspiration for Indian politics, with the … Read more