India, Aug. 24 -- It is a clash of titans which is unfolding before the all-important 2027 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2029 Lok Sabha polls. It is an unusual clash unfolding in the annals of BJP- unheard during the last decade of Narendra Modi-Amit Shah supremacy, as the enthusiastic Opposition watches with glee from sidelines.

It is so because they are (Opposition), for the time being, out of this clash which is between the two power centres of the saffron party, Modi-Shah's centralised oversight leaving hardly any margin for fellow compatriots, and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Aditynanath's independent style of governance, loath to any interference from top bosses in New Delhi. Many manifestations of this clas...