UP vote projections: Big gains for BJP will add muscle to national drive

It's not called the heartland for nothing. With its 80 seats, Uttar Pradesh is the key to the 16th Lok Sabha. Be it Narendra Modi, or Rahul Gandhi, or even Mulayam Singh Yadav, India's next prime minister will need to deliver a victory in Uttar Pradesh to gain the numbers needed for triumph. Uttar Pradesh has always been the controlling state as far as the Indian polity is concerned. The recent past has, however, seen a reverse swing in the polity.

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