SP, BSP RUSH TO KARNATAKA AMID UP POLL

May 6, 2023

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati have reached Karnataka to campaign in the state Assembly election there, leaving electioneering mid-way for the urban local bodies’ election in UP. Both parties are contesting independently, making the contest five-cornered in many constituencies. While Mayawati has stayed away...

BJP LOOKS TO END‘FACE’ CRISIS IN CHHATTISGARH

May 4, 2023

Challenges are emerging for the BJP in Chhattisgarh, one of the three states facing Assembly elections this year. Just as the party was giving shape to its campaign against the present government headed by CM Bhupesh Baghel, the defection of senior leader Nand Kumar Sai has come as a big...

BSP HIT BY ANSARI BROTHERS’ SENTENCE

May 2, 2023

The sentencing of Mukhtar Ansari and his brother Afzal to jail is certain to hit the equations in eastern UP for the upcoming urban local bodies’ election, since the duo had considerable influence in at least a dozen districts, including Ghazipur, Mau and Azamgarh. Afzal is a BSP MP from...

STRANGE TURNS IN LOCAL BODIES ELECTION IN UP

April 29, 2023

The unprecedented ups and downs even before the actual voting in the UP urban local bodies’ election may make the Samajwadi Party have a serious re-look at its strategy for the next Lok Sabha election. On the one hand the party is not finding candidates to fight on the party...

RIPPLES IN BSP AS TAJ CORRIDOR CASE REOPENS

April 27, 2023

A war of words is likely to erupt between BSP leader Mayawati and her erstwhile minister and confidant Naseemuddin Siddiqi, now in Congress, over the sanction given for the prosecution of an ex-official of the NPCC in the Taj corridor case. The alleged Rs 2175 crore scam dates back to...

SHAH PRAISE TWISTS WAY FOR AAP

April 25, 2023

The inclusion of the Aam Aadmi Party in a proposed anti-BJP front may face more roadblocks, despite AAP leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal cozying up to the Congress. AAP has found it difficult to react to Union Home Minister Amit Shah heaping praise on the Punjab government for the...

UP POLICE LIST OF GANGSTERS CAUSES TREMORS

April 22, 2023

A list purportedly prepared by the UP Police containing the names of criminals who might face action in the coming days as part of the crackdown on organised crime gangs is causing severe unease among politicians. The names are from different castes, communities, and regions and are said to be...

RUSH TO CONTEST LOCAL BODIES SELECTION IN UP

April 20, 2023

The BJP has had a tough time selecting candidates for 14684 seats in 17 Nagar Nigam, 199 Nagar Palika, and 544 Nagar Panchayats as hordes of leaders past and present came forward with the names of their family members for the party ticket. Office bearers in the state BJP office...

NO TAKERS FOR AAP CAMPAIGN ON DEGREES

April 18, 2023

As the AAP supremo is embroiled in CBI questioning, the party campaign for politicians to show their educational degrees is finding few takers. Launched after the Gujarat High Court fined Kejriwal for seeking directions for PM Narendra Modi to show his degree, it led to Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit...

BUREAUCRACy CRUNCH IN UP

April 11, 2023

Voluntary retirement of five IAS officers in the last year and other trust issues have created an unusual situation in UP when one senior officer has been handling charge of Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) and Infrastructure and Industrial Production Commissioner (IIDC). Both of these positions are considered among the top...