UP is an important state to roll out the government's agrarian reforms and job growth policies.
His absence will be felt because of his decision taking ability and rapport with armed forces.
Except drubbing in Delhi and Bihar, the BJP president has had a good record since he took over the reins of the party in June 2014, says Archis Mohan.
'She should review her strategy of social engineering and get back to the BSP's initial plank of social change.'
Archis Mohan decodes Bharatiya Janata Party's pre-presidential poll manoeuvres.
Experts say Indian students will have to accept that international space for them is shrinking.
Faceless Ambedkarite groups from across the country are running BSP's election war rooms, writes Archis Mohan.
Increments in 2017 would be less than in 2016, says survey.
Amit Shah's sustained campaigning against slaughterhouses has unnerved UP's leather and meat export industry.
A defeat in UP will, therefore, dent the Modi government's efforts to win more seats in the Rajya Sabha.
Under the scheme coming into effect from April 1, 2018, a donor could purchase bonds from authorised banks against cheques or digital payments. These would be redeemed only in the designated account of a registered political party.
Punjab has around 19.7 million voters, of whom 53% are below the age of 40 years.
The Association for Democratic Reforms slams the Budget proposals on political funding, says they lack teeth and show the "lack of political will" in proposing real reforms.
A united Opposition is expected to move amendments to the motion of thanks for the President's address on how note ban was a mess.
Anti-incumbency sentiment in Punjab puts SAD in a weak spot. But voters remain divided over AAP and Congress. Sahil Makkar reports.
The only factor working against the AAP, and in favour of the Congress, is the infighting in the former.
Major focus will be on adequately funding existing schemes to ensure their timely completion before the next General Elections.
Akhilesh believes his catchment area is the 4.1 million new voters who are 18 to 19 years old.
A committee on digitalisation headed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu had in an interim report recommended taxing cash transactions of at least Rs 50,000 to promote digital payments.
"There has been one meeting (on this). It is a matter of setting up the governance structures. Now ball is in the court of the Indian side to finalise the governance of the setting up of the fund. We are ready for it," the UAE ambassador Dr Ahmed Al Banna said.
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