Categories for Election Watch
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The Open Fields of Uttar Pradesh Will cycle sprint across or saffron colour it ?
The power play in Uttar Pradesh, the political cauldron of India, never ceases to amaze. The sudden yearning of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, when everything was going his way, to seek a pre-poll alliance with Rahul-led Congress, a sinking ship... View Article
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War of the Hills
The Election Commission has announced the dates for the Assembly elections in five states, omitting as of now the crucial election of Gujarat which too is due this year. With over 16 crore voters participating in the various Assembly polls,... View Article
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A Leader From The Front
There is a dearth of leadership in the country, who can lead the nation from the front and take it, to the zenith with his vision, planned mission and hard work. This is possible only when visionary leaders from our... View Article
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Lotus set to bloom in Kerala backwaters
Predicting the outcomes of Kerala elections has always been psephologists’ nightmare. This time the situation has become even more complex. For more than two decades, the two political fronts – Left Democratic Front (LDF) and United Democratic Front (UDF) –... View Article
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UP elections SP The Frontrunner BSP in struggle for 2nd place
As the battle for Uttar Pradesh enters the final stages with the first phase of election began on February 8, there is much confusion as to who will win or lead the race. There are (opinion) polls and polls but... View Article
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Up Runs On Poll-Metre
The first phase of polling in the suspense filled Uttar Pradesh assembly elections where 55 constituencies went to the polls recorded a 20 per cent increase in voter turnout as compared to the last assembly polls. Despite the heavy rains... View Article
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Mulayam Checkmates Opponents Bukhari pledges support to SP
In what is being seen as a hotting up of the Uttar Pradesh political scene, media and politics-savvy chief head priest of Jama Masjid, Delhi, Syed Ahmed Bukhari or ‘Shahi Imam’ as he likes to be called, and some other... View Article
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Unveiling, Veiling All at UP tax-payers’ cost
Whether it be the ceremonious unveiling of the mammoth costly bronze, marble and stone statues of Chief Minister Mayawati’s and elephants, the BSP party symbol, or the hurried veiling of these same statues on the order of the Election Commission... View Article
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A Close Race
lections in India were always loud, colourful and a celebration or a festival but travelling through Punjab the silence was quite deafening. The posters, banners, buntings, pamphlets and the loud loudspeakers were missing. As were the large cavalcades of cars... View Article
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All Eyes On Major
He was brought in at a time when the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttarakhand appeared headed for an electoral disaster, with the assembly elections approaching fast and, the BJP government badly besieged by the allegations of corruption. Incidentally, the... View Article
