Shivaji Sarkar

UP Polls: Direct-To-Voter Hits High On Party Cost, Probity

March 10, 2022

The extravaganza of expenses at the UP assembly elections is nobody’s guess. The sum is supposed to be whopping. This election, campaigning is becoming more innovative, direct-to-voter, expensive and with doubtful probity. The parties are sweating for having intricate ‘personalised contact’ with the voters in their den apportioning 25 percent...

Kinks In Manmohanomics: NDA Continues With The UPA Legacy

February 25, 2022

An economist strangely goes political to criticize a government that follows his Manmohanomics of liberalisaion, globalization, privatisation with the same devotion that the proponent, Manmohan Singh, former prime minister started. One can understand the pressure of Singh trying to score a goal during the poll time. The plunge that he...

Will Baghel Emerge A Dark Horse Against Akhilesh Like Shubhendu?

February 18, 2022

Amid shifting of majority votes, the next phases of polls in the central UP hold key to the fate of the state. The party winning the region reins Lucknow. The trends in first two phases in UP and Uttarakhand turned curioser. The minority votes are consolidating and majority votes are...

SP-RLD ALLIANCE MAKES WEST UP BATTLE TOUGH FOR BJP

February 3, 2022

On one of the busiest Saturdays in western UP, last week, the galaxy of leaders was on whirlwind tours of the region in a do or dies battle. SP leader Akhilesh Singh Yadav and RLD leader Jayant Chaudhury jointly took “ana sankalp” vow (holding a fistful of food grains) to...

CASTE RE-ENGINEERING MAY DECIDE UP ELECTIONS

January 28, 2022

The churning in UP is being keenly observed for the apparent exodus of some caste leaders. Is it caste reengineering or a repeat of the Bengal elections where a similar exodus was seen from the ruling TMC to BJP? Apparently, caste is more powerful in states like UP than “vikas”,...

THE OPPOSITION HAS FAILED THIS NATION

January 14, 2022

The Indian Opposition has failed the people. Bereft of ideas and somewhere having the ruling syndrome in them, they have become shadow ruling parties oblivious of the key issues and problems of the people. It is indeed a critical economic situation where the opposition could not play the constructive role...

Varanasi corridor a game changer, Opposition needs a new path

December 16, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varanasi blitzkrieg climaxes with the launch of the Kashi Vishwanath corridor with its strong Hindu, Hindutva or Hinduism thrust. The Rs 339 crore project is completed in less than three years. The reverberation of “Har Har Mahadev”, chants for Shiva, a festive joyous mood and a...

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