Politics

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday released another list of 47 candidates, which includes seven Muslim candidates and former BJP Minister Dara Singh Chauhan. Earlier, it was announced that SP chief and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will contest from Mainpuri’s Karhal and his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav from Jaswantnagar assembly seat. The Samajwadi […]

NEW DELHI: On Wednesday, BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma organised a meeting of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with jat community leaders from Uttar Pradesh and asserted the party had wanted to welcome Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary to its “home” but he has chosen “the wrong path”. “We wanted to welcome […]

NEW DELHI: Former Congress minister and Jharkhand Congress in-charge Ratanjit Pratap Singh (RPN Singh), a Doon school alumnus whose career in the Grand Old Party spans across three decades, on Tuesday joined the BJP, with likely indications that he will be fielded from the saffron party in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming polls. This is […]

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Saturday once again extended the ban on holding road shows and election rallies till January 31 ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in five states. Earlier, the ban was imposed by the EC due to soaring COVID-19 cases in the country. However, the election body has allowed holding of […]

DEHRADUN: As the BJP and the Congress brace up for a face-off in the 2022 assembly polls in Uttarakhand, the locals feel that the debut of AAP will make little dent in their vote share. This is despite AAP announcing sops for the hill people. Among other burning issues emerging from the state, the migration […]