UP Assembly Session

Addressing the UP Assembly before the House proceedings began, Speaker Satish Mahana emphasised the importance of maintaining cleanliness in the Assembly

This session is expected to witness discussions on various key issues affecting the state -- Sambhal violence, the anti-encroachment drive, preparation of Mahakumbh, and irregularities of Hospitals

After activist Manoj Jarange asked the Marathas to prepare for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, BJP leader and former Union Minister Raosaheb Danve challenged him to field 288 Maratha candidates in the polls if he was not satisfied with the reservation granted to his community. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday evening, he said the state government has already provided 10 per cent reservation to the Maratha community. "As per the law, we have given the reservation. But if Jarange is not satisfied, he should field his own candidates in all 288 assembly constituencies in the state," Danve said. Speaking at his native Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district on Tuesday, Jarange asked the Maratha community to get ready to contest the upcoming assembly polls, saying it has no option but to get political power if it wants reservation in government jobs and education. Expressing confidence that Marathas would come to power in the state after the elections due in ...

The Uttar Pradesh government is likely to table the supplementary budget on Tuesday, the second day of Uttar Pradesh's assembly session

Main opposition Samajwadi Party on Friday boycotted the assembly session and staged a protest alleging the government failed to discuss raging issues of inflation and unemployment in the House. Led by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, the party legislators staged a walkout soon after the House proceedings started on the last day of the five-day monsoon session and took out a march to the party headquarters. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) MLAs also walked out of the assembly following their ally, Samajwadi Party. At the party office, Yadav told reporters that the government is trying to run away from discussing basic issues in the House by keeping the session for a shorter period. Samajwadi party, during the march alleged that the government has failed to discuss raging issues of inflation, unemployment, corruption and poor law and order due to the short duration of the monsoon session. Jayant Chaudhary led RLD has eight MLAs in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly presently. This protest march

Uproarious scenes were witnessed in the UP Assembly on Wednesday when Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya had a hot exchange of words

When a handful of Muslim clerics and a SP parliamentarian welcomed Kabul's regime change, their statements served the BJP's purpose

With Assembly elections in the state less than a year away, the budget includes new schemes of Rs 27,598.40 crore

Many others are yet to undergo Covid tests; speaker orders for testing of all legislators attending the session starting this Friday

Dixit also said the final decision on the issue will be taken by the state government and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

The state government is likely to provide liberal doses of funds for key sectors like agriculture, infrastructure, roads, social, and energy

UP Health Minister shared the fact while replying to a question raised by opposition Samajwadi Party