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UP Elections 2022- A Podcast

 Greetings to all listeners and readers!!


UP Politics
 is the most important state politics in India. UP Politics stands apart from the rest of the world's domestic politics for multiple reasons. Five Indian states are going to elections namely- UP, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand. For obvious reasons, UP is the most important of them all. All eyes are now on UP elections now, which spans over 7 phases and results awaited on 10th march. 

This episode will take you to how UP Politics reached this particular situation and decode the politics and various electoral issues and the way forward. We will understand more about geography, socio-politics, demographics, voting patterns, and its national-level impact.  

The mic that was used for recording. 

About the Guest

We have a guest for the podcast- Rahul Ramachandran Menon. 

The panellist is proficient in Indian Politics and policy. He has been closely following the contemporary issues, news, legal issues, policy challenges etc. and also studying them. He has agreed to share views and insights to share with you, the audience. 

Summary of the podcast 

Generally, these topics like these aren’t much available in the mainstream media, because these are believed hard to crack and don't address the basics. But, through our podcasts, we disprove this misconception that these cannot be understood by common people. We explain in simple terms regarding various subtopics under this vast topic in the form of conversational and discussion style. Everything is easy to follow and understandable in the episode. 

We cover in detail the following topics-
  1. UP Politics- Role and Relevance 
  2. Unique features
  3. Understanding UP's diversity and the UP politics
  4. Parties, Alliances and Standing
  5. Election issues and Manifesto
  6. Impact Assessment of the Elections at the national level
  7. Resources and informative content
  8. Feedback 

Where can you find the podcast?

If you are a regular consumer of a podcast you will be very well aware of various platforms used to hear them. Some platforms allow you to listen without logging in while some others require compulsory logging in. 

As you know the most popular app is Spotify. Here is the Spotify frame. 


Also, feel free to listen to previous episodes and follow us there as well.

If you have any preference on where to listen to the podcast, then choose any platform from those given below and listen at your convenience. 

Links to the podcast- (Just click on the link to your preferred platform)

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Free Resources on UP Elections as suggested by the speaker. 

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