Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh leg of the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reached out to Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Chaudhary Jayant Singh with an offer that he will find difficult to refuse. For now, according to party sources, Mr. Singh is weighing his options. For the BJP, … Read more
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar. | Photo Credit: RAJEEV BHATT Amid the buzz that the BJP is reaching out to the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), ruling party leaders in Uttar Pradesh said their inclusion will strengthen the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the 2024 … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Uttar Pradesh party chief Brijlal Khabri during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Ailum village, Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh. Photo: Twitter/@INCIndia via ANI After spurning the Congress’s invite to participate in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav attended the Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s recent show of strength … Read more
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in New Delhi on January 03, 2023. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Scores of larger-than-life cut-outs of Rahul Gandhi in different poses, including chewing sugarcane and striking a combat pose, have lined up the roads as the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered the Jat-dominated western Uttar Pradesh … Read more
After marking its revival in the recently-concluded Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Jayant Chaudhary-led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is actively working towards expanding its support base beyond Jats with an eye on broadening its base in western UP for future polls, as well as for the Rajasthan assembly election scheduled for next year. The party … Read more
Around 2,270 first information reports (FIRs) were registered across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Goa and Uttarakhand this election season for violation of the model code of conduct and Covid-19 guidelines. The highest number of FIRs were predictably filed in UP, which wrapped up its sevenphase polling on Monday. Of the 1,700 FIRs filed in UP, … Read more
A month after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath controversially called the assembly election “80 versus 20”, Mohammed Shamin, a 40-year-old grocer in Meerut, has a different set of numbers to offer. “It is 60-40 in Meerut,” he says, on the eve of the first phase of state polls. “All the Muslims, who form about … Read more
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary are constantly trying to consolidate their vote bank in the name of brotherhood and corner BJP for “negative” politics. The two leaders visited Kairana in Shamli district and Ghaziabad to campaign for their party candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Kairana always … Read more
The BJP is looking at limiting the number of sitting MLAs it may deny tickets to for the upcoming polls to prevent more defections. This follows a spate of resignations from the party, including that of three ministers which has come as an embarrassment for the ruling party. About 30% of the sitting MLAs were … Read more
A day after the Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) announced their first joint list of 29 candidates who will be contesting in the first phase of elections, the BJP has started a campaign to profile and attack SP’s Muslim candidates based on criminal complaints lodged against them in the past. The party … Read more