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Mayawati’s comments have been linked to her setback ahead of the November 9 election on UP. After their brief alliance in Uttar Pradesh failed in last year’s national elections, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav have once again been fierce rivals. Mayawati has said that she is even ready to vote for …

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati suspended seven rebellious party lawmakers on Thursday, who had opposed the nomination of their official candidate Ramji Gautam for the Rajya Sabha elections. The seven MLAs include Chaudhary Aslam Ali, Hakim Lal Bind, Mohammad Mujtaba Siddiqui, Aslam Raini, Sushma Patel, Hargovind Bhargava, and Bandana …

The nomination of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Ramji Gautam for the Rajya Sabha elections remained valid on Wednesday, even when four party MLAs claimed their signatures were “forged”. But the documents submitted by the independent candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party (SP), Prakash Bajaj, were rejected after a scrutiny …

Lucknow: Rajya Sabha’s elections for 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh took an interesting turn on Tuesday after it was discovered that a mysterious 11th candidate had submitted the nomination as an independent candidate. However, on Wednesday, the whole affair took a new turn with five MLAs from the Bahujan Samaj …

Following a shakeup in the Rajya Sabha elections after five Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lawmakers withdrew their support on Wednesday, the rebel MLA once again met with Samajwadi (SP) Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, which fueled speculation that they will join the party soon. The MLAs had previously met with the …

An eleventh candidate who ran at the eleventh hour has spiced Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha polls to win 10 seats. Things took a curious turn when an independent candidate backed by the Samajwadi Party submitted his nomination papers on Tuesday, causing a problem in the Bahujan Samaj Party, which was …

Before the 2015 Bihar assembly elections, Yadav’s chiefs, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, had assembled a rickety grand alliance, which collapsed long before the elections were held. Its political tremors were felt in the northern belt of India. The two neighboring states, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, account for …

A day after outrage over the death and forced cremation of a Dalit gang rape victim from Hathras, the Uttar Pradesh government is facing backlash after another Dalit woman died after a gang rape in the Balrampur district of the state. Samajwadi Party Supreme and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav …

The officer, Manilal Patidar, has not yet been arrested. (Proceedings) Lucknow: A Uttar Pradesh businessman who had charged the currently suspended Indian Police Service officer Manilal Patidar with extortion was shot dead at a Kanpur hospital. He was found with a gunshot wound to the neck in his Audi car …

[ad_1] Opposition parties expressed their disappointment with the special Covid-19 stimulus package announced by the Center on Wednesday with Congress alleging that it has nothing for migrant workers returning to their home states. Congress sent former finance minister P Chidambaram to counter government announcements. “There is nothing in what the …