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Timestamps:
(00:00) – Intro
(01:55) – What is a Bahubali & Its Origins
(05:17) – Rise of Hari Shankar Tiwari
(10:50) – Rise of Shri Prakash Shukla
(14:13) – Brij Bihari Prasad’s Assassination
(17:28) – How One Becomes a Bahubali
(18:18) – Brijesh Singh: New Thakur Leader
(21:26) – Mukhtar Ansari’s Life in Jail
(22:41) – Can MLAs Be Imprisoned?
(23:09) – Caste Rivalries in UP
(25:15) – Rise of ‘Katta Culture’
(26:33) – Law & Order Improvements Under Yogi
(31:30) – Criminals Turning Politicians
(33:01) – Political Journey of Mayawati
(40:36) – Why Mayawati Was Not Re-Elected
(43:22) – Akhilesh Yadav vs. Mulayam Singh
(46:07) – Rise of BJP in Uttar Pradesh
(54:18) – How Yogi Became Gorakhpur’s Face
(55:32) – Attack on Yogi Adityanath
(57:22) – Are Politicians Involved in Encounters?
(1:00:30) – Raghuraj Pratap Singh
(1:02:44) – Do Politicians Spread Rumors to Build Fear?
(1:04:05) – Atiq Ahmed’s Criminal & Political Journey
(1:08:01) – Why Investors Fear UP
(1:11:42) – India’s Industrialization Challenge
(1:14:50) – Migration from UP: Causes
(1:15:57) – PMs from Uttar Pradesh
(1:18:47) – Will Yogi Adityanath Be the Next PM?
(1:20:28) – What is Bulldozer Justice?
(1:23:22) – Is Tough Policing Justified?
(1:24:23) – Future of UP Politics
(1:25:20) – What is Delimitation & Its Impact
(1:32:35) – Will Delimitation Happen in 2026?
(1:33:15) – Why the Middle Class Always Suffers
(1:35:53) – BTS
(1:36:25) – Outro
In this episode, we talked to Mrityunjay Sharma, a politician, entrepreneur, author of Broken Promises, and the Election Management Chief of BJP in Jharkhand. He shared a side of Uttar Pradesh that most people only know from movies.
We explore how UP’s gangster-politician image came to be, starting from student fights in Gorakhpur University to the Bahubali rule in Purvanchal. We also talk about the rise of Yogi Adityanath, the impact of encounter politics, and how the state has changed.
In the last segment, we dig into complex issues like delimitation, how the South may get fewer seats in Parliament, and whether the Samajwadi Party has any future in UP.
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