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improving business or industry. In this Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh has
backdrop, the alienation of the voters is brought the formidable dalit leader and
natural, who is also saddened by cheap his father Mulayam Singh on the same
accusations against each other. political platform that too after a gap of
Modi’s campaign against corruption 25 years.
could not make much headway this time, The country’s opposition parties have
because the rampant corruption in Uttar failed to challenge the government on
Pradesh, where his party has unprece- Both Modi and Rahul economic issues. The criticism of the de-
dented majority. The children died in the monetization has only furthered class
Gorakhpur Medical College due to the have failed to take antagonism, enough for people to swal-
non-availability of Oxygen. The company up economic issues. low hardship. Modi has succeeded in
which used to supply Oxygen was alleg- keeping the anti-Modi forces fragment-
edly asked to cough up more bribe than Modi talks about ed, according to indications from various
asked during the previous government’s states.
regime. Interestingly, Gorkahpur is the national security The consolidation of the Muslim votes
home district of the chief minister Adi- and some flagship in favour of the opposition parties may
tyanath Yogi, who instead of punishing further complicate political and eco-
the guilty, tries to raise frivolous quasi- schemes, but seldom nomic issues with communal overtones.
religious issues, whether Lord Hanuman mentions what In such a situation, the issue of govern-
was a dalit etc. ance loses shine. We have to wait till May
Rahul again failed to cement an alli- has happened to 23 for the final results.
ance in UP with the local political out- make in India
fits, where BSP supremo Mayawati and letters@tehelka.com
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