UP Assembly Elections 2022: A case has been registered against Independent candidate and former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, and 17 others on the charges of assaulting a polling agent of the Samajwadi Party, a police officer said on Monday. The case was registered at Kunda police station under various sections … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday took a swipe at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, saying he does not have “shame” while talking “lies” about the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh where the BJP government has chased away criminals and mafias who flourished during the earlier regime. He also scoffed at Yadav … Read more
As several leaders from the BJP shifted allegiance to the Samajwadi Party (SP) saying it worked for the Dalits and backward classes, BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday pooh-poohed the claim saying the party’s past record shows its “anti-Dalit” approach. Mayawati also clarified that she would not contest the Assembly elections, but take the legislative council … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday declared that it will once again field its three sitting MLAs from Noida, Dadri and Jewar in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The party has fielded Pankaj Singh from Noida, Tejpal Singh Nagar from Dadri and Dhirendra Singh from Jewar. The announcement was made in Delhi during a … 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
Farmers from West UP have strongly participated in the agitation at Delhi border and a section of farmers (read Jats) were seemingly angry with BJP when ET had last visited the region almost a month ago. The situation has not changed much after the central government had repealed the three farm laws. Farmers in Dabathwa, … Read more
The Centre has requested the Rohini Commission, constituted for sub-categorisation of OBCs and review of central list, to share its interim report or suggestions so that it can notify a central OBC list expeditiously to comply with a Supreme Court order. The commission may have shared some inputs with the Centre but a final decision … Read more
Removal of a power subsidy for looms, rising costs and falling demand are talking points among weavers of Varanasi, an electorally important group in eastern UP, especially for the Samajwadi Party, ahead of assembly elections. The Ansari Muslim community involved in the craft fears suspension of guaranteed power and a flat electricity rate for running … Read more
Ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP has appointed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as ‘panna pramukh’ of a booth in Gorakhpur Urban constituency. Several other BJP leaders have also been given the responsibility for different booths in Gorakhpur Urban and Rural constituencies to strengthen the party. A ‘panna pramukh’ or person in-charge … Read more