Narendra Modi’s reforms meet realpolitik in Uttar Pradesh polls
Assembly polls open on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh, and on the ground Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s loftier aims for a new India seem far away. Photo: Reuters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to clean up politics. The man running the ruling party’s campaign in a crucial state election, who is facing 11 criminal cases, says it will take a while.
“At a time of elections, one has to forget every other aspect and just focus on victory,” said Keshav Prasad Maurya, as his three-vehicle convoy carrying police with automatic rifles sped through the countryside.
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