The much-publicized alliance between the Rashtriya Lok Dal and Peace Party in Uttar Pradesh is over even before the leaders could start negotiations for the Assembly polls.

UP chief minister Mayawati, on Sunday, announced 484 projects worth `6,035 crores on the fifth death anniversary of BSP founder Kanshi Ram.

Rumblings of discontent are growing louder in the UP Congress over the names 135 candidates that have been announced for the state Assembly elections.
Party cadres are upset over the fact that the party leadership has ignored the

UP chief minister Mayawati has created a record of sorts by dropping the maximum number of ministers in her four-and-a half-year tenure.

The Samajwadi Party is already halfway through its first phase of campaigning. The BJP will be plunging into the campaign next week. The BSP has also launched its campaign on a low key. The Congress, however, will launch its campaign in the first week of November with yatras led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati dropped two more ministers who are facing an inquiry by the Lokayukta on Wednesday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is now trying to make a conscious effort to woo dalits and OBCs in Uttar Pradesh but the party does not have an acceptable dalit and backward face to project and promote in the coming Assembly elections.

Continuing with her letter-writing spree, UP chief minister Mayawati has now written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to increase the quota for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and giving reservation to them in the

The Congress in Uttar Pradesh is biding time till the storm in Delhi blows over and more favourable winds begin to blow.

The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) wants the BJP to continue its efforts to win back former chief minister Kalyan Singh and also keep the Bahujan Samaj Party in good humour.