Kumar Uttam covers politics and public affairs. He has been a journalist for 15 years.
Articles by Kumar Uttam
50 years later, politics still left in me, says Ram Vilas Paswan
Ram Vilas Paswan was among the first, for instance, to demand the government pass an ordinance to restore the original provisions of the SC/ST Atrocities Act, which were diluted by a Supreme Court order.
Updated on Dec 04, 2018 07:11 AM IST
Hindustan Tmes, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Rajasthan elections 2018: Farmers hold key to CM Vasundhara Raje’s future
Rising agricultural input costs, falling profits and poor market infrastructure remains a problem for farmers, who have a lot to complain about the BJP government.
Updated on Dec 02, 2018 11:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Kumar Uttam
Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Mumbai businessman throws his hat in ring in Sikar
Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: After unsuccessfully seeking a ticket from Congress, Wahid Chowhan will contest as a candidate of the newly launched Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, started by BJP rebel and independent MLA from Khinswar, Hanuman Beniwal.
Updated on Nov 30, 2018 01:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Sikar (Rajasthan) | Kumar Uttam
No BJP role in Jammu-Kashmir assembly dissolution: Rajnath Singh
Governor Malik dissolved the state assembly late on Wednesday night after claims for forming a new government were pressed both by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti and People’s Conference leader Sajjad Lone.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 07:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Kumar Uttam
Madhya Pradesh assembly elections 2018: Rajnath Singh takes a jibe at Congress
Rajnath Singh was taunting the Congress for not naming its chief ministerial candidate ahead of Madhya Pradesh assembly elections on November 28.
Updated on Nov 22, 2018 11:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ratlam | Kumar Uttam
BJP reminds Congress of Rajiv Gandhi’s ‘big tree’ remark, asks for explanation
A Delhi court had awarded death penalty to Yashpal Singh and ordered life imprisonment to Naresh Sherawat on Tuesday for the killing of two men during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that followed assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi leaving. The riots left nearly 3,000 people dead across the country.
Published on Nov 21, 2018 03:15 PM IST
New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s big Ayodhya event to get a push from Uttar Pradesh BJP
The VHP is organising the Dharam Sabha, a meeting of Hindu religious figures, at Bengaluru, Nagpur and Ayodhya on November 25 and in New Delhi on December 9. Senior functionaries of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), too, are expected to attend the event.
Updated on Nov 21, 2018 08:35 AM IST
New Delhi/Lucknow | Kumar Uttam and Pawan Dixit
Why today’s Chhattisgarh election can shape Mayawati’s 2019 game plan
They point out how the Congress, the party that had expelled Jogi not so long ago, rushed to support rival Janata Dal (Secular) HD Kumaraswamy’s government in Karnataka even if it meant ceding the chief minister’s post.
Updated on Nov 20, 2018 10:50 AM IST
Hindustan Tims, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Congress leadership divided in state, Jogi-BSP will hurt them more: Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh
Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh said there is no anti-incumbency in the state.
Updated on Nov 20, 2018 11:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, | Kumar Uttam
Ajit Jogi draws on SC, ST support in Chhattisgarh to dent Congress, BJP chances
Former chief minister Ajit Jogi has fielded his son Amit Jogi’s wife from a non-reserved seat on a BSP ticket for the upcoming assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. He and his wife Renu Jogi are Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) candidates from Marwahi and Kota in neighbouring Bilaspur.
Updated on Nov 19, 2018 08:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bilaspur | Kumar Uttam
Chhatisgarh Assembly elections 2018: BJP banks on CM’s ‘non-controversial’ image to secure win
Chhattisgarh looks headed for a photo-finish (polls are usually close here) but the BJP is banking on the “soft and charismatic” image of its longest serving chief minister to return to power for the fourth consecutive term.
Updated on Nov 17, 2018 03:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Raipur/Bilaspur/Durg | Kumar Uttam
Congress is getting huge support from OBCs, says Bhupesh Baghel
A former minister and a sitting legislator, Bhupesh Baghel is seen as contender for the chief minister’s post in case Congress wins Chhattisgarh.
Updated on Nov 17, 2018 03:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Raipur | Kumar Uttam
BJP, CM Raman Singh bank on SC seats to retain Chhattisgarh assembly
Chhattisgarh has 10 seats – in the 90-member assembly -- reserved for SC candidates, and the BJP won nine of them in 2013 assembly elections, recovering losses it suffered in the 29 segments reserved for scheduled tribes (STs), of which it won just 11.
Updated on Nov 14, 2018 10:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Durg | Kumar Uttam
Chhattisgarh assembly elections 2018: Congress takes a leaf out of Amit Shah’s book
Chhattisgarh assembly elections 2018: Congress organised training sessions for booth-level workers in 87 out of the 90 assembly segments in the state.
Updated on Nov 12, 2018 08:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Raipur | Kumar Uttam
BJP’s new math to make room for partner Nitish Kumar in 2019
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is yet to announce a seat-sharing agreement in Bihar for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but has said it will contest an equal number of seats as the Janata Dal (United).
Updated on Nov 09, 2018 10:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Karnataka bypoll results: What it means for the BJP
Leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) insisted that not much should be read into the results of the Lok Sabha and assembly bypolls in Karnataka.
Updated on Nov 07, 2018 05:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
BJP to set up over 200 call centres to monitor, amplify its voter outreach
The BJP polled 171.7 million votes in 2014, when it won a majority on its own with 282 seats. It is trying to reach out to 330 million-plus voters this time.
Updated on Nov 05, 2018 07:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Several sitting MLAs missing from BJP’s first list for Madhya Pradesh elections
BJP candidate list 2018: CM Chouhan will contest from Budhni, state ministers Narottam Mishra and Yashodhara Raje Scindia to contest from Datia and Shivpuri respectively for November 28 assembly polls.
Updated on Nov 02, 2018 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | Ranjan and Kumar Uttam
From farm to caste, the issues that matter in the 2018 Madhya Pradesh elections
MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is popular among the masses, but a resurgent Congress and anti-incumbency can hurt his party in polls
Updated on Oct 23, 2018 02:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Indore/Bhopal | Kumar Uttam
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan banks on schemes to better tally in Madhya Pradesh, but faces risk of fatigue
In Madhya Pradesh which goes to poll on November 28, there is a welfare scheme for everyone - newborns, students, farmers, even the dead - yet a big risk, which the BJP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan faces, is fatigue.
Updated on Oct 10, 2018 12:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Burhanpur | Kumar Uttam
For PM Modi’s 2019 campaign, BJP readies its WhatsApp plan
A “booth action plan” prepared by party president Amit Shah has already asked state units to compile the list of smart phone carrying voters in every polling station.
Updated on Sep 29, 2018 03:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Supreme Court order on Aadhaar lays good governance road map, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Aadhaar is constitutionally fair and gives “dignity to the marginalised”, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday in its verdict, allowing the government to mandate the unique identity number to access subsidies and welfare schemes.
Published on Sep 26, 2018 11:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
BJP plans mass campaign on citizenship bill
The Citizenship (Amendment) bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2016, but it is stuck because of strong opposition.
Published on Sep 21, 2018 11:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Nitish Kumar meets Amit Shah ahead of ‘honourable’ pact for 2019 in Bihar
Nitish Kumar, who is in the national capital for some “routine” medical tests at the All India Institute for Medical Sciences, had a quiet meeting with Amit Shah at his residence.
Updated on Sep 19, 2018 07:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Grand Alliance will have no impact in Himachal, says CM Jai Ram Thakur
For the first time in Himachal Pradesh’s history, 30 new schemes were announced in a budget with adequate monetary provisions, says Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur.
Updated on Sep 18, 2018 09:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Kumar Uttam
Oppn wants power, no matter what the method, what the cost: Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh
All this talk and chatter of anti-incumbency is more a sentiment created by the angst and frustration of an opposition, Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh said in an interview to HT.
Updated on Sep 16, 2018 07:56 AM IST
Hindustan TImes, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Shun nepotism, consult me on foreign trips: PM Modi tells BJP chief ministers
The BJP is in power in three poll-bound states: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. It is planning to drop a sizeable number of lawmakers to minimise the impact of the anti-incumbency factor.
Updated on Sep 13, 2018 11:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Grand alliance failed against Indira Gandhi in 1971, it will fail against Narendra Modi in 2019: Sushil Modi
Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi said, “There was a grand alliance against Indira Gandhi in 1971, but it did not succeed. I believe ’71 will be repeated in 2019.”
Updated on Sep 12, 2018 07:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Upper castes should be given 15% reservation: Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan
Union minister for consumer affairs, food and public distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan is the senior-most Dalit face in the Narendra Modi government.
Updated on Sep 11, 2018 07:07 AM IST
Don’t see any anti-incumbency in Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
In an interview to HT, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan spoke about welfare schemes, farmers’ stir, anti-incumbency, and the poll challenge.
Updated on Sep 10, 2018 07:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam