Amita Verma
Maya: Lower bureacracy, PM, CBI must be in ambit
UP chief minister Mayawati on Tuesday said hat that her party wanted the Prime Minister, CBI and the lower bureaucracy to be brought under the ambit of the proposed Lokpal bill.
Varun’s absence irks UP BJP candidates
BJP MP Varun Gandhi’s prolonged absence form Uttar Pradesh politics has started irking party cadres and legislators who are seeking re-election are getting increasingly restive.
Rahul discusses Muslim issues
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday visited Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, a much respected Islamic seminary in Lucknow, and met its rector Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi, also the president of the All-India
Thakurs move away from BSP on poll eve
In its efforts to win back Brahmins, the Bahujan Samaj Party is now finding it difficult to keep the Thakurs in good humour.
Cong turns to young Muslims
The Congress in Uttar Pradesh is evolving a new strategy to expand its vote base among Muslims.
We will emerge stronger after Opp. attack: Maya
UP chief minister Mayawati on Tuesday said that whenever the BSP has been attacked, it has emerged stronger. The chief minister welcomed the opposition attacks on her government and said that these would work to her advantage in the Assembly elections due next year.
Kalyan to campaign against Uma
They claimed for years that they shared a father-daughter relationship but in the coming UP Assembly elections, they will campaign against each other.
Former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh and former MP chief minister Uma Bharti will now campaign against each other — Ms Bharti for BJP and Mr Singh against BJP.
UPCC gets nervous over Rahul’s visit
The UPCC is gearing up for a hard task this week. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Lucknow on December 7 and 8 on a special mission. He will neither undertake a road show and nor will he address any rally. Mr Gandhi will simply interact with the Assembly candidates on a one-to-one basis and take stock of poll preparations.
SP ticket changes fuel more UP factionalism
An intense game of not-so-musical chairs is currently being played within the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, causing a dark shadow on the upcoming Assembly elections.
Booted from BSP, Kushwaha emerges OBC leader
Expelled BSP leader and former minister Babu Singh Kushwaha is emerging from the wings and is all set to become the rallying point for OBCs, both within and outside the Bahujan Samaj Party.
