An FIR has been registered for taking out a procession with permission and making “objectionable” slogans An FIR has been registered for taking out a procession with permission and making “objectionable” slogans Six men were arrested for allegedly raising the ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan in Azamgarh after a meeting of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers. The … Read more
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday blamed the politics of caste and religion for the ‘dismal’ state of affairs in Uttar Pradesh and said the non-Congress governments for three decades had done nothing except tall claims of development. The Congress leader also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying how he … Read more
Ambedkarnagar (UP), BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged that people, especially those belonging to minority communities, are living in fear under the BJP government and promised that her party will work to ensure social justice to all if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a rally here, the former chief minister also accused the … Read more
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said Uttar Pradesh saw the maximum number of riots during the Samajwadi Party rule and only the incumbent BJP government kept such incidents under check. He also said since vaccines against COVID-19 saved lives, votes should also go to “Yogi and Modi vaccines”. In his addresses at the election … Read more
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said if the SAD-BSP alliance forms the next government in Punjab, one of the two deputy chief ministers will be from the Mayawati-led party. “I have announced that one of the deputy chief ministers will be from the BSP,” Badal told reporters after addressing a … Read more
Narendra Modi became the prime minister of the country twice because of the foolishness of the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party chiefs, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi asserted on Wednesday. He made the assertion in response to the two parties’ presidents, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati, earlier dubbing him as the “vote spoiler” for their parties. … Read more
As political parties compete to woo Brahmins through outreach programmes ahead of the 2022 assembly polls, supporters of the Samajwadi Party have gone a step further. In Ballia on Monday, they held a “Shiv Sevak Sammelan” aimed at a section among the Brahmins — the influential Goswami community. The event was held under the banner … Read more
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday hit out at the Congress for accusing her party of having a tacit understanding with the BJP, saying the ‘C’ in its name stands for “cunning”. Reacting to her remarks, UP Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh said every voter in Uttar Pradesh is saying that the BSP is the … Read more
Days after the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party ruled out forging any major alliances for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Congress‘ state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Sunday expressed confidence that his party has the capacity to fight the elections without aligning with either of them and form the next government on … Read more
The Samajwadi Party beat the BJP in the closely-fought zilla panchayat elections in UP, with independent/other party candidates registering wins in the highest number of wards. In BJP’s first-ever organised foray into local polls, it also failed to mark its presence in the key districts of Ayodhya and Varanasi. SP’s victory in the closely-contested zilla … Read more