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The poll bugle has been sounded for Uttar Pradesh’s seven-phase Assembly election between February 10 and March 7. Along with Uttar Pradesh, four other states, including Punjab, are also in election mode to elect new State Assemblies.
The protesting farmers think that Modi’s market-friendly overhaul last year of the nation’s agricultural laws will put them out of business. India’s Supreme Court has suspended implementation, and the government has proposed a series of amendments. The farmers balked, saying they would settle for nothing less than their full repeal.
“There is no simplistic causal relationship,” says Vernier. In the last West Bengal election, for instance, women voted so overwhelmingly for…
India’s Congress party has announced that women will comprise 40 percent of the candidates it will field in the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Drop in Muslim representation in legislatures is related to the rise of the BJP.
