Politics

LUCKNOW: Ahead of upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections, the BJP has begun to consolidate its support among the numerically significant non-Yadav OBCs as it will hold its first joint rally with Nishad Party in Lucknow on Saturday.  BJP and Nishad Party had come together in 2019 Lok Sabha polls when they jointly fielded Gorakhpur 2018 by-poll […]

DEHRADUN/NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday slammed the government for not mentioning the name of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi under whose leadership east Pakistan was liberated as Bangladesh 50 years ago. Addressing the Vijay Samman Rally in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun, Rahul Gandhi tore into the BJP and said, “Today […]

LUCKNOW: Desperate to wrest power from the BJP in 2022 elections after a poor outing in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday held a meeting with his uncle, the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (PSP) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav, to announce the SP – PSP alliance for the upcoming UP elections. […]

NEW DELHI: Once again former Congress President Rahul Gandhi took on the central government on Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishr Teni, indirectly referring to him as a “criminal” and demanded his removal from the government over his alleged involvement in October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri incident of mowing down four farmers. Speaking in […]

JALANDHAR: To make its presence felt in the Doaba region of Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday took out a  Tricolor march (Tiranga Yatra) in Jalandhar, a key region where AAP had missed out on getting big leads during its 2017 campaign despite a whirlwind of NRI support. The Tiranga Yatra was led […]