Does Rahul Gandhi know his UP: migrants are not beggars! Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh: recently when Rahul Gandhi in his speech at Phulpur got carried away by his own rhetoric, and asked the youth there for how long would they go on begging [for jobs] in Maharashtra and Punjab, the opposition, Mayawati and the BJP had a field day alleging that Rahul had hurt the pride of the Uttar Pradesh youth. This sense of outrage and hurt pride however is not the point really. So what is the point? First, the migrant from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar travel long distances to places like Punjab and Maharashtra not... 

JD [U] – BJP tussle in UP: over seat sharing in UP assembly elections!   Lucknow/Patna: according to latest news reports, BJP and JD (U) have for some time been in a tussle over sharing of seats for the coming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. So much so that even after a series of meetings, unable to resolve differences, the announcement of the BJP’s candidates for the UP polls is getting delayed. Reports mention that the JD (U) wants 53 seats, the BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit is agreeing to no more than 24 seats. The argument of the state BJP is that the socio-political situation...