Too Many Nominees Spoil The Chances The ambiguity regarding candidates doesn’t seem to stop in the Akhiles Yadav-led Samajwadi Party. It said on Tuesday that Ravidas Mehrotra will represent the party in the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency. On Thursday, though, the party declared existing MLA Ashutosh Verma as the replacement candidate. Both of them are … Read more
Pilibhit: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday found fault with the Samajwadi Party for fielding Hindus in “Muslim-dominated constituencies” and Muslims on seats where Hindus dominate. Addressing election rallies in Pilibhit and Moradabad, she also alleged that atrocities against the minorities are being committed in the guise of Hindutva. The former Uttar Pradesh chief … Read more
Lucknow: The Congress on Monday named Mukesh Singh Chauhan as its candidate for the bypoll to the Lucknow East Assembly constituency. Polling in the constituency will be held on May 20, during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election. “Congress president Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of Shri Mukesh Singh Chauhan as … Read more
The northern state of Uttar Pradesh is poised to be a crucial battleground in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, as its 80 seats hold the key to power at the Centre. The state is critical for the BJP’s ambitious target of winning 400 seats, with a saffron sweep in UP being essential for the party … Read more
LUCKNOW: Former IPS officer Vijay Kumar and his wife Anupama joined the BJP in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Several other leaders and workers from the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, who had recently switched to the BJP, were also inducted into the party at its headquarters in the presence of deputy chief … Read more
Etawah (UP): Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Monday said that people are fed up with the BJP, which made “false and hollow” promises and have decided to vote for the SP. Talking to reporters in Saifai on the occasion of Holi, Yadav said, “Everyone is fed up with the BJP. Inflation, taxes, unemployment … Read more
Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav commented on the Budaun Double Murder Case and accused the BJP of making violence happen at the time of elections. “BJP always makes violence happen at the time of elections”, said Ram Gopal Yadav. In a shocking incident, two children were hacked to death on March 19 in Badaun’s … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party may be in focus after the Rajya Sabha election results — for triggering political storm in Himachal Pradesh and emerging victorious on eight Uttar Pradesh seats — but it’s veteran actor-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan who is silently hogging the limelight. Often spotted on social media getting ‘angry and irritated’ with paparazzi, Jaya … Read more
Actor and former MP Jaya Prada was labelled an “absconder” by a Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, court on Tuesday in relation to two charges of election code violations. The police were instructed to apprehend Prada and bring her before the court on March 6. According to senior prosecution officer Amarnath Tiwari, two cases were registered against … Read more
Lucknow: As many as eight MLAs of the Samajwadi Party did not attend a meeting called by party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday, a day before the voting for the Rajya Sabha elections. A senior SP leader requesting anonymity said that the party chief had called a meeting to brief the MLAs about the voting … Read more
