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Bizarre poll promise

One must have heard about political parties making tall promises like free power or sops for the farmers and others in the run-up to the elections but Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) an alliance partner of the Samajwadi Party (SP) made a shocking promise – of allowing triple riders on the motorbikes - to the electorate if voted to power in the forthcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

Exciting cocktail of caste and communal issues in Punjab polls

With most political parties having declared candidates for Punjab Assembly elections, the boom of caste and religion is somewhat more distinct this time in the run up to the Punjab polls than it has been in the past. While identity politics does not play a big role in Punjab election outcomes like in the Hindi belt states, political observers say, an exciting cocktail of caste and communal issues is looming ahead of voting in the state.