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Prashant Kishor

Kingmaker no more: Prashant Kishor takes a hit

Prashant Kishor made headlines when he helped the Narendra Modi-led BJP win an absolute majority in the 2014 LokSabha...

12 March 2017 2:11 AM IST

Muslim women line up at a polling station in Mirzapur to cast their votes during the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. (Photo: PTI)

How Muslim women were convinced by the BJP in UP

Mobilisation by the cadre on the ground ensured that any negative impact of big ticket policies like demonetisation was...

12 March 2017 2:10 AM IST

Voters stand in queues to cast their votes at a polling station in UP. (Photo: PTI/File)

Uttar Pradesh didn't vote on religion

Experts noted that for the first time it appeared that UP had not voted along caste and religious lines.

12 March 2017 2:10 AM IST

BJP President Amit Shah waves at party workers who welcome him on his arrival at the party headquarters after partys win in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Risky notes ban becomes blessing for BJP in UP, poor convinced it...

Demonetisation was at best a political gamble that he played just three months before the polls in the politically...

12 March 2017 2:06 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, looks on during a press conference in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (Photo: PTI)

On tubeless cycle', Akhilesh doesn't go far; needs Dad to show him the...

Akhilesh will now be remembered as the CM BJP demolished in its biggest ever win, in the country's most prestigious...

11 March 2017 8:38 PM IST

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. (Photo: PTI)

UP poll results: Akhilesh resigns, says alliance with Congress to...

He submitted his resignation to Governor Ram Naik who accepted it and asked him to continue till further arrangements.

11 March 2017 7:44 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah waves at party workers who welcome him on his arrival at the party headquarters after partys win in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

UP election results 2017: Who will be BJP's CM choice after huge win?

The BJP had not announced a candidate for CM's post before the polls, and several leaders are said to be in the fray.

11 March 2017 7:34 PM IST

Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav addresses a public meeting near Aligarh. (Photo: AP)

Despite push by Congress, Akhilesh's cycle punctures in UP

Akhilesh's 'kaam bolta hai' slogan failed to strike a chord with the voters of Uttar Pradesh who rejected the Samajwadi...

11 March 2017 6:09 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate winning seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in, Lucknow. (Photo: AP)

UP Assembly results: BJP's votes soar since 2012; slight drop since...

BJP did even better in neighbouring Uttarakhand with over 46 per cent vote share, though down from nearly 56 per cent in...

11 March 2017 6:05 PM IST

BSP supremo Mayawati shows her inked finger after casting her vote in the third phase of the UP assembly elections in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Behenji's reworked social engineering formula flops in UP

Mayawati gave tickets to 97 Muslim candidates and inducted tainted MLA from Purvanchal Mukhtar Ansari in BSP.

11 March 2017 5:16 PM IST

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Is Ram Mandir a thing of the past?

What remains to be seen is the whether BJP will actually live up to the development plank it fought the elections on.

11 March 2017 4:06 PM IST

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati speaks after a humbling defeat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

EVMs in UP rigged in favour of BJP, challenge PM for fresh polls:...

Mayawati claimed that despite not fielding a single Muslim candidate, BJP won in Muslim-majority areas, showing that...

11 March 2017 2:13 PM IST