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Keeping up with UP: BJP's reality check over UGC, non-academic duties of teachers

India, Nov. 3 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained six MLC seats in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the recent polls but its loss of two seats in Varanasi and one in Lucknow reflects the brewing angst o... Read More


Keeping up with UP: When the poll caste calculus is set at 80% of the population

India, Oct. 26 -- Following the Rajya Sabha elections in October 2026, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath reiterated his contentious "80 vs 20" slogan, which carries two interpretations. Pu... Read More


Keeping up with UP: Can Rahul Gandhi's street activism revive the Congress in UP?

India, Oct. 19 -- justify;">On the day Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was protesting in the streets of Delhi, belligerently raising the public issue of 'vote chori', Congressmen in Lucknow publicly exch... Read More


Keeping up with UP: When compulsion, not compatibility drives a fragile political alliance

India, Oct. 12 -- Two political parties -- the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal (U) -- led by two unpredictable leaders Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar swept the Bihar assembly polls in 2015. A k... Read More


Keeping up with UP: Bureaucrats entering politics - the hits and many misses

India, Oct. 5 -- Om Prakash Rajbhar, Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) president, was perhaps not far off the mark when he recently remarked that becoming an IAS... Read More


Keeping up with UP: Remembering CEC TN Seshan who ate 'politicians for breakfast'

India, Sept. 29 -- "A future historian writing the electoral history of India would divide his work in two distinct phases-pre-Seshan and post-Seshan. Before him, the country had outstanding men as Ch... Read More


Keeping up with UP| Young minds: A maze every political party is struggling to navigate

India, Sept. 22 -- Smarter attire, youngish lingo and contemporary music-from rap to rock-is unlikely to impress Gen Z, which is gearing up to play a significant role in the upcoming 2027 Uttar Prades... Read More


Keeping up with UP: Mayawati's family troubles, cadre disappointed

India, Sept. 14 -- The founder-president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Kanshi Ram, and his protege Mayawati chose to stay unmarried to dedicate their lives to their mission of empowering Dalits. ... Read More


Keeping up with UP: Will Mathura be the next in Uttar Pradesh's temple politics

India, Sept. 7 -- The Ayodhya Ram Temple construction campaign propelled the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s rise from two Lok Sabha seats in 1984 to 85 in 1989. Today, the party is leading the governm... Read More


Keeping up with UP: Time to revive students' unions after Gen Z protests?

India, Sept. 1 -- The demand for reintroducing student politics on campuses is getting louder after the Gen Z pressure protest at Jantar Mantar. The students want to be heard on issues of their concer... Read More