Mayawati's decision to break alliance with SP is triggered by 'social contradictions', fear of losing Dalit votes
A Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) constable, vacationing in his home district of Etawah, created a flutter recently when he arrived at the collectorate wearing his uniform with a Samajwadi Party (SP) cap and demanded the dismissal of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh. Munish Yadav, posted in the 49th battalion of the PAC in Noida, wore a red SP cap along with his uniform on Friday and went to the district collectorate carrying a placard reading, "Yogi sarkar ko barkhast karo" (Dismiss the Yogi government). Interacting with reporters, the PAC constable claimed that law and order had collapsed in Uttar Pradesh and incidents of murder, loot and rape were on the rise. Under such circumstances, the governor should dismiss the BJP-led government immediately, he said. Yadav claimed that the country was more important to him than his job. He fled the scene when the police arrived to nab him. Later, Yadav's wife Ruby told reporters that her husband was instigated to go to
The incident took place late on Friday night when Brajpal Rathi, the party's district secretary was returning to his house in Eta sector
Reminding people of Lucknow of the work done in the past by his party, the SP chief appealed to them to vote for Sinha
The SP and the BSP had first forged an alliance to defeat the BJP in the 1993 Assembly elections
The SP stalwart returned the favour saying that the BSP chief supported him whenever he was in need.
Last month, BJP MP from Allahabad Shyama Charan Gupta had resigned from the party and joined the Samajwadi Party and is its Banda candidate
Mirzapur will got to polls in the last phase on May 19
Attacking the Congress, Yadav said, "What the Congress intends to do is known to none."
Replying to a question during a press conference at the SP headquarters here, Yadav said he was not in the race for the top post
Varanasi and Chandauli will go to polls on May 19. The counting of votes will take place on May 23
"Mahagathbandhan will bring 'maha-parivartan' (a massive change)," he said
The alliance, which also includes the Rashtriya Lok Dal, has left Amethi and Rae Bareli constituencies for the Congress to contest
"The executive is of the view that elections should be held through ballot papers and not through EVMs," he told reporters
Samajwadi Party is said to be exploring an alliance with other 'like-minded' regional parties to challenge NDA govt
Ram Gopal Yadav said that the results of the by-polls have given a new direction to the state and national politics
ABVP's Nirbhay Kumar was elected as the General Secretary beating NSUI Arpit Singh by 61 votes
The father-son chatted amid slogan shouting by party workers
Akhilesh Yadav and his supporters said Netaji had given his blessings via telephone
Akhilesh would be elected as party chief for 5 years, giving him the reins until the 2019 parliamentary and 2022 UP polls are done