Keeping up with UP: The day when UP had 2 CMs and the Governor held sway

India, May 9 -- In the 1996 mid-term assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 174 seats, emerging as the single largest party in a 424-member house in undivided Uttar Pradesh. The BJP fail... Read More

Keeping up with UP | How Bengal poll results will impact the battle for UP

India, May 3 -- Geographically, Kolkata and Lucknow are 1,000 kilometres apart; politically, their DNAs differ sharply. Ideally, a poll result in West Bengal should have no direct bearing on Uttar Pra... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Will women help BJP retain power

India, April 30 -- In March 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi credited women for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s victories in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur assembly elections. "Wher... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Dalit women take the lead in Ambedkarite movement

India, April 20 -- On April 14, the annual spotlight remained on processions and politics marking the birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ambedkar, the head of the Constitution's drafting committee who champ... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Why Mayawati continues to matter despite BSP's loss of ground

India, April 13 -- In her memoir, 'Mere Sangharshmay Jeevan Evam Bahujan Movement Ka Safarnaama', former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati calls the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) a symbol of the digni... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Can mere lip service ensure support of women voters

India, April 6 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi created a buzz in poll-bound Kerala by pitching for a woman chief minister. Addressing a rally ahead of the April 9 assembly elections, Gandhi said he lo... Read More

Keeping up with UP: What clamour for Bharat Ratna for Kanshi Ram means

India, March 23 -- On June 3, 1995, Mayawati was sworn in as Uttar Pradesh chief minister following the collapse of the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) coalition. Kanshi Ram, the BSP fo... Read More

Keeping up with UP: What if 33% quota for women in legislatures is implemented from UP?

India, March 16 -- In September 2023, the Narendra Modi government convened a special session of Parliament to introduce the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam bill fulfilling the three-decade-old demand fo... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Preparations begin for 2027 assembly election

India, March 9 -- The preparations for the 2027 election to the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly have begun. In 2022, the polling concluded on March 7. The results were announced on March 10 that yea... Read More

Keeping up with UP: Can statehood for Bundelkhand become a reality?

India, Feb. 23 -- In mid-2025, Union home minister Amit Shah told actor and activist Raja Bundela that creating three states - Bundelkhand, Purvanchal and Vidarbha-was not the Central government's pri... Read More

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