The season of marriage is weighing heavier that the politics of parties in Uttar Pradesh.
While leaders of almost all major political parties, particularly those in the Opposition, are pressing of an extension of the on-going Winter Session of the state Assembly, the legislators are yearning to return to their constituency to attend the weddings taking place there.

Former UP chief minister Mayawati had her statues and now Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav will have a temple for himself.

Protesting in the colours of their respective parties, almost the entire Opposition came together in both the Houses of the state legislature in Uttar Pradesh to disrupt the proceedings on the issue of deteriorating law and order situation and the delay in announcement of cane prices.

A war of accession seems to have started in the Samajwadi Party with a group of party workers saying SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav’s younger son Prateek Yadav should be fielded from the Azamgarh Lok

It was a Saturday but almost the entire Lucknow was dressed in its Sunday best.

The Rashtriya Lok Dal has said that people were getting disillusioned with the performance of the Akhilesh Yadav government and a strong sense of betrayal was also palpable.

One card, five weddings. One venue, five ‘mandaps’. One feast and guests from five different directions.

The gloves are off and the initial bonhomie has petered out.

In a move that is bound to undermine the Akhilesh Yadav government’s determination to fight corruption, the UP government has requested the Allahabad high court to review its recent judgment ordering

Is UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav losing grip over the bureaucracy?