Are early elections a possibility? Mamata Banerjee’s decision to withdraw support to the UPA at the Centre has triggered afresh the old debate. The studied ambivalence of the Congress-led regime’s outside supporters—the SP and the BSP—has only compounded the uncertainty. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Filed under india · Tagged anti-graft movement, BSP, coal scam, congress, diesel, FDI, hindustan times, Lok Sabha, LPG, Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh, news, SP, UPA, Vinod Sharma
If the exit polls come true, the Samajwadi Party will either have the numbers or shall be tantalizingly close to the magic figure of 202 to form a government in Uttar Pradesh. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Filed under india · Tagged bjp, BSP, hindustantimes, Mayawati, Rajya Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party, seperated at birth, Uttar Pradesh, Vinod Sharma
Predicting the outcome of elections in Uttar Pradesh hasn’t ever been as difficult as it is this time around. The four-way fight for most of the 400-odd assembly seats has left pollsters and politicians as much confused as clueless. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Filed under india · Tagged BSP, hindustan times, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, seperated at birth, SP, UP polls, Uttar Pradesh, Vinod Sharma
The BJP needs a new Atal Bihari Vajpayee, not a Narendra Modi struggling to live down a gory past to qualify as Prime Minister. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 19, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Filed under india · Tagged 2002 riots, Ahmedabad, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Babri Mosque, bjp, congress, gujarat, hindustan times, hindutva, JD (U), Kalyan Singh, L K Advani, Mayawati, Narendra Modi, news, seperated at birth, UPA, Vinod Sharma