Assembly election 2022

A Successful Final Lap

Amita Shah

Modi’s personal touch and women voters played a crucial role in BJP’s victory

A Dress Rehearsal of 2024

Swapan Dasgupta

UP election was simply a dress rehearsal of the General Election due in 2024

The Triumph of the Outsider

Siddharth Singh

AAP decimated Congress and SAD with a more attractive model of populism, changing the political map of a traditional two-party state

Creating a Stakeholder Economy

Anil Padmanabhan

Development and access to basic amenities are moving voters away from the traditional draw of caste and religion in India’s most politically significant state

Fulfilling Ambedkar’s Dream

Guru Prakash

Dalits tend to benefit more than others with social peace and stability

Modi & the Monk

PR Ramesh

It was the ‘double-engine’ magic of Modi-Yogi at work in UP. In the run-up to 2024, the unambiguous message is that leaders like Adityanath will give no quarter to slow-footed rivals