Tag: Uttar Pradesh
Kanwar Yatra cancelled in UP: Know how the BJP tried risking public health for votes
Reading Time: 5 minutes Though Yogi Adityanath has finally cancelled the Kanwar Yatra in UP under the Supreme Court’s pressure, the BJP’s intention at te first place is problematic.
Modi’s Maan Ki Baat on vaccination conceals the reality of rural-urban division
Reading Time: 5 minutes Modi’s Maan Ki Baat on vaccination conceals the reality of rural-urban division in vaccintion, as despite higher infection, the villages are left behind.
Seven months of the farmers’ movement against three farm laws
Reading Time: 2 minutes The farmers’ movement against three farm laws continues with equal zeal even after seven months and this is posing the greatest threat to the BJP’s existence.
What’s behind Modi’s record 8.6m COVID-19 vaccination on a single day?
Reading Time: 5 minutes While Modi and the BJP jeered the record 8.6m COVID-19 vaccination on a single day on June 21st, what drove this rapid surge in vaccination remains concealed.
Ghaziabad Police’s recent FIR spree again nailed democracy’s coffin
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ghaziabad Police’s recent FIR spree against journalists, Twitter and news portal The Wire nailed democracy’s coffin once again in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh.
Why Modi regime’s absence from the COVID-19 scenario is problematic?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why the Modi regime’s absence from the COVID-19 scenario is inflating the problems and why the state can’t remain nonchalant at the hour of public health crisis
VHP-America’s Narsinghanand Controversy is the tip of the Islamophobic iceberg
Reading Time: 5 minutes Affiliate of India’s Hindu nationalist movement has a history of platforming hate. Narsinghanand’s host of hateful remarks include a call to “finish off Islam”.
Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque placed on Ayodhya template
Reading Time: 5 minutes Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque is now under gloomy clouds as a synchronised campaign has placed it on the Ayodhya template used to demolish the Babri Masjid.
Mounting sugarcane dues issue and the BJP’s complicity
Reading Time: 3 minutes While total sugarcane dues to farmers has reached Rs 229 billion in India, 60% of the amount is due to sugarcane farmers of BJP-ruled UP.
When ‘love jihad’ bogey mocks Women’s Day
Reading Time: 4 minutes India will celebrate International Women’s Day while the women lose their right to “choose” their life partner due to the ‘love jihad’ bogey.
Ghazipur border is a game-changer in the farmers’ movement
Reading Time: 4 minutes Rakesh Tikait’s emotional outburst in Ghazipur border caused a major setback to Modi’s obnoxious game plan regarding farmers’ outburst
The farmers’ movement against agriculture reforms aggravated Modi’s crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes The farmers’ movement against agriculture reforms has become a dilemma for the BJP as it can neither oppose their demands nor reject them.
Can “love jihad” bogey help Yogi Adityanath to retain support base?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Can Yogi Adityanath retain the BJP’s eroding Dalit support base by using the “love jihad” bogey and by persecuting Muslim men using new laws?
Yogi’s elusive “development” and “conspiracy” theory to dominate Hathras probe
Reading Time: 3 minutes Yogi is blaming those opposing his “development” programmes for the Hathras gangrape and murder. This shows how serious he is about justice.
By hiring Concept PR can the Yogi regime successfully spin the Hathras gangrape story?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Yogi Adityanath’s regime has reportedly hired Mumbai-based Concept PR agency to change the narrative over the Hathras gangrape incident.
Will the BJP lose Uttar Pradesh over Hathras?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Will the BJP lose Uttar Pradesh over the Hathras incident and the subsequent political protests against Yogi Adityanath or emerge stronger?
Hathras gangrape and the selective outrage of India’s mainstream
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Hathras gangrape and murder of a Dalit girl didn’t trigger an outrage in the upper-caste sections, exemplifying myriad dynamics of rape.
Vikas Dubey’s “encounter” didn’t kill the mafia but strengthened its rule
Reading Time: 4 minutes Vikas Dubey’s “encounter” killing in the hands of the Uttar Pradesh Police showed that it’s not the rule of law but the rule of mafia that rules the state.
The BJP’s assault on labour rights exposes real intention behind COVID-19 lockdown
Reading Time: 6 minutes The cat was peeping out of the bag for long, but with the the BJP’s assault on labour rights under the garb of fighting COVID-19 menace brought it out.
Farmers’ suffering due to lockdown intensify in UP due to lack of wheat MSP
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Uttar Pradesh the middle, small and marginal farmers’ suffering due to lockdown intensified as they don’t get MSP for wheat from private buyers.