New Delhi: Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary has raised concerns over what he claimed is the blurring of lines between the state and party, which he said can’t be the same, alluding to the BJP’s rule in Uttar Pradesh. “There is massive misuse being done by the government....
Read MoreMuzaffarnagar, UP: With his Jat ally by his side, Akhilesh Yadav launched an all-out attack against the BJP in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar this evening shortly after alleging the ruling party delayed his arrival from Delhi by halting his chopper. In a savage swipe, Mr Yadav denied the buzz about...
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In another setback to the Congress ahead of the assembly elections, former chief of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee Kishore Upadhyay may join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday, said sources The Congress on Wednesday had dismissed Kishore Upadhyay from its primary membership for six years, accusing him of...
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New Delhi, Lucknow: RPN Singh, one of the Congress’s most prominent leaders in Uttar Pradesh, quit the party today and crossed over to the BJP ahead of next month’s election in the state. He is likely to contest the UP polls from his stronghold Padrauna, from where he has...
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One word that’s being commonly used in the context of the Uttar Pradesh elections is “bipolar”. It is being argued that the state is witnessing the most bipolar contest in years, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party as the top two players and the Bahujan...
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Lucknow: Akhilesh Yadav today said surveys favouring the BJP in Uttar Pradesh ahead of elections next month were “opium polls, not opinion polls”. He also called UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath the “biggest liar”. “These are not opinion polls. These are opium polls. We don’t know in what drugged...
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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati took a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said that he should tell the people of the state that the monastery where he lives most of the time in Gorakhpur, his constituency where he is set to...
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Ahead of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party has roped in a candidate with some “tall” claims. Standing at 8.1 feet, Dharmendra Pratap Singh claims to be India’s tallest man. The resident of Pratapgarh is just 11 inches short of being the “world’s tallest”. The Samajwadi Party...
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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader and former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will contest next month’s Assembly election – his first – from the Karhal seat in Mainpuri district, which is in his family’s home turf. Party sources gave out this information a few days ago, but it was confirmed today by Mr...
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New Delhi: With less 20 days for the first phase of polls, the BJP moved into high gear Saturday with Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and party chief JP Nadda on the campaign trail in politically key western Uttar Pradesh, which votes on February 10. Amit...
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