Politics
The political climate of India remained tense in 2018, with three key state assembly elections underway, as well as, preparations for 2019 Lok Sabha elections nearing their endgame. The year was full of highs and lows for the country. We lost many beloved names, like the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, M. Karunanidhi, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
For the Indian National Congress, the state assembly polls came with victory in three states- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh; loss in one – Mizoram. Another thing that gained quite a lot of attention was the “name-changing” spree of UP Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath. The CM renamed the city of Allahabad to Prayagraj, Mughalsarai was renamed as Deen Dayal Upadhyay after the RSS leader. Recently, while campaigning in the state of Telangana, Yogi Adityanath also proposed changing the name of Hyderabad to Bhagyanagar, receiving ridicule from many.
For the first time since the riots of 1984, a big name was convicted- Sajjan Kumar of Congress party. On the other hand, another accused, Kamal Nath was granted the post of Chief Minister in Madhya Pradesh, inviting strong criticism.
