Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi have so far stayed away from the campaigning in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections but another charismatic chief mi

At least three United Progressive Alliance allies — the Trinamul Congress, the NCP and the DMK — have realised that they will have to fight the next general election on their own for different reasons

A Delhi court’s dismissal of petition against Union minister P. Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum case has come as a morale booster for the Congress ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.

There is talk that the vote banks of all major political parties are witnessing a split in the poll bound Uttar Pradesh where rival parties are playing various cards to emerge as a winner.

Talk of a change in the composition of the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA after the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election has begun in the political circles.

The Trinamul Congress and the NCP who are testing their appeal outside West Bengal and Maharashtra are unlikely to open their account in the February-March Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

Two former chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh — Digvijay Singh and Uma Bharti — have emerged as prominent campaigners in the key electoral battle being fought in Uttar Pradesh.

The representation of Uttar Pradesh in the AICC and at the Centre has been increasing ever since Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi identified himself with the state to revive the party’s fortunes.

Reservation has become the flavour of the season, with three major parties — the Samajwadi Party, BSP and the Congress — trying to keep minorities in good humour in the crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls next month.

Election manifestos have become the last priority of major political parties, which have launched their campaign for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls before coming out with a manifesto.