ISAS Insights

Of the five Indian States going to elections in February-March 2017, Uttar Pradesh (UP) is the most important. Despite the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) having swept the 2014 national election in UP, the coming Assembly poll is likely to be a three-cornered contest between the BJP, the ruling Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, with the Congress as a fourth and minor player.