Politics

Lucknow: With just two days to go for the first phase of crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday released the party’s manifesto titled ‘Samajwadi Vachan Patra’ with a tag line ‘satya vachan, atoot vaada’ (word of honour, unbroken promise). Addressing a press conference here, Akhilesh Yadav, who […]

LUCKNOW: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee once again came forward in support of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav and targeted the BJP by describing it as a “danger” to the country. Addressing a joint press conference here with Akhilesh, Banerjee did not mince […]

CHAMKAUR SAHIB(PUNJAB): Poll promises are getting intense across party lines as the election fever peaks in Punjab. Making it clear that youth is its focus, Congress CM candidate and present Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi, said that if Congress is voted to power in the state again, his first task on the first day […]

New Delhi: Free sops offered by political parties in this election season is not going down well with many in the trading class in Uttar Pradesh. Common traders are breaking down the maths of freebies offered by the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and calling it out.   The Samajwadi Party (SP), one of the […]

New Delhi: The Congress and the ruling BJP on Monday released the list of 28 and 45 candidates respectively for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. In an interesting development, the BJP has denied tickets to two sitting women MLAs and fielded their husbands instead. The BJP has fielded Sanjay Singh from Amethi after dropping his first […]