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Vote power doesn’t mean empowerment for women

NEW DELHI: In three of the five states about to hold elections, more women vote than men. Women thus hold the key to assembly elections in Uttarakhand , Manipur and Goa. In the 2007 assembly elections, half of Uttarakhand’s 70 constituencies saw more women cast…

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Uttarakhand: Migration setting political fronts

New Delhi: In poll-bound Uttarakhand, migration of youth has always been a major issue but these elections, even the top state leadership seems to be migrating away from the hills. They’re contesting elections from the more comfortable Tarai region. [more]

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Patently Absurd

Just as the BJP was pitching the judicious and decisive leadership of their chief ministerial candidate as its single point platform, the party released a manifesto full of fantastical economic projections and claims in an all out attempt to woo voters. Already delayed by the…

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Youngsters come up with ‘Why this dhokadhari ji’

Kolaveri di, the song that has become an anthem of sorts particularly among the youth, has assumed political overtones during the poll season in the state. Some youngsters have come up with their own version of the song that went viral on the net immediately…

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The General Dilemma

The 2012 state election sees the crumbling BJP deploying their last and strongest card by replacing their floundering chief minister with one they unceremoniously dumped in 2009. While Khanduri has perhaps saved the party from an ignominious thumping at the polls, will it be enough…

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Party Manifestos Digest

As the 2012 state elections enter their final two weeks, the various parties have been releasing their manifestos: The CPI(ML) was first off the bat with their promise to “take on touts, contractors, NGOs and the land mafia that are ruling the roost in the…

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Communism thrives in dhams

Karl Marx may have called religion opium of the masses, but the left parties are thriving in the most holy of constituencies in Uttarakhand. The United Regional Front, an alliance between the UKD (P) and the left parties, has given the three seats of Gangotri,…

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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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