The Congress on Monday accused ruling BJP leaders of violating the poll code ahead of the UP Assembly elections and asked if the Election Commission is under pressure. Naseemuddin Siddiqui, chief of the UP Congress media cell, claimed while his party’s event in Bahraich was not allowed allegedly due to poll code violation, Union Home … Read more
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Saturday said the “success” of her party’s ‘Prabuddh Varg Sammelan (meeting of intellectuals)’ has troubled the BJP which is now “copying” the idea and holding similar events. “High inflation, poverty and unemployment have made people’s lives miserable. As a result, there is anger among the people against the BJP, and … Read more
Azad Samaj Party chief Chandrashekhar Azad here on Thursday said his outfit will contest on all 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls next year. Employment to the youth, checking crime, women empowerment, food security, health and right to education will be the issues that will be raised by his party, he said during a … Read more
The Uttar Pradesh government has no plans to decrease taxes levied by the state on fuels such as diesel and petrol, keeping in mind the requirement of funds and resources for strengthening medical facilities against the backdrop of Covid-19 as well as the developmental works being undertaken across the state, said chief minister Yogi Adityanath. … Read more
UP’s budget session opened on Thursday amid the Samajwadi Party’s dramatic street protests. Some of its MLAs arrived for the session on tractors carrying sugarcane in solidarity with the ongoing farmers’ agitation and to protest against the state for not increasing the procurement price of sugarcane. MLAs and senior leaders of SP and Congress staged … Read more