Tag: UP BJP

By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : The lotus was in full bloom in 2017 as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged out of its 14-year political exile and stormed to power in India's most populous and politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh. A year-and-a-half later, in 2018, the lotus has begun to wilt as evident from several developments over the year. On the one hand, there is tremendous resentment in the party cadres, who slogged to keep the party flag flying for 14-years under successive and very hostile Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan...