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Film exposes the reality of Rudrapur riots

The Pratirodh Bureau has released a documentary film ‘PARTITION REVISITED‘ based on the Rudrapur riot of 2nd Oct, 2011, wherein four persons were killed. Policemen & mobs led by leaders of the BJP, Congress & BSP had ransacked shops and settlements of Muslims in their…

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This eunuch in Uttarakhand is making political parties see blue

Dehradun : This eunuch gave jitters not only to the Congress and the BJP when she contested for the post of mayor of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation in 2008, but a majority of Doonites went red at the very thought of having a eunuch for…

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Ex-soldiers’ party gives Cong and BJP the jitters

Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha (URM), a regional political party formed by retired army officers just four months ago, is gaining mass acceptance in Uttarakhand and is likely to make a dent in the vote banks of the Congress and the BJP. [more]

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The Rub of Delimitation

Over the past few years, the 2006 delimitation exercise that redrew the electoral map of Uttarakhand for the 2012 state elections has provoked major controversy. Tracking the shifting population of the state, the hills districts (Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi)…

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Preventing the use and abuse of the Lokayukta issue

While a strengthened Lokayukta (Uttarakhand was one of the few states with a preexisting board) is welcome, the transparently electoral compulsions behind the push for the bill at the tail end of the government’s five year term has overshadowed its introduction. Since the passage of…

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Regional Front Collapses, Time to Support Individual Candidates?

With twenty days of campaigning left in the 2012 Uttarakhand state assembly elections, the Uttarakhand United Regional Front has splintered into at least three distinct alliances, dimming hopes for a breakthrough of alternative political forces in the state. The front originally foundered on seat allocations…

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Another five years of neglect for Uttarakhand

Another grim prognosis from Hill Post’s Jagdish Bhatt Dehradun : With no political leader of vision and parties only keen to come to power in the state and fill the coffers of corrupt bureaucrats, babus and politicians, the people of Uttarakhand feel cheated yet once…

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BJP’s poll calculations go awry, stoke open party revolt

While arguments over seat distribution for all parties have erupted into street protests in the past, the BJP’s decision to go with complicated poll calculations as opposed to the prerogatives of their incumbents and party loyalists has gone awry in an unprecedented fashion. Protests across…

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Raksha Morcha gaining mass acceptance

With a majority of people joining the Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha (URM), which comprises former Army personnel, former bureaucrats, cops, academicians, scientists, social activists and eminent personalities from different fields, the outfit is slowly gaining mass acceptance. [more]

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Pact with BJP proved ‘suicidal’ for UKD

The story of the UKD is the story of the Uttarakhand movement which has collapsed due to its on unsurmountable factionalism and contradictions. Will new entities like URM and UPP pick up the slack, while old stalwarts like the CPI return to the fore in…

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