Cross-voting SP MLAs bring to the fore ‘upper caste’ challenge for party
The Samajwadi Party (SP) was left embarrassed Tuesday after seven of its MLAs cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls, leading to the loss of one of its candidates.
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BJP's performance in Rajya Sabha elections shows it will cross 400-mark in Lok Sabha 2024 polls: Sudhanshu Trivedi
Buoyed by the victory of all eight Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) candidates in the Rajya Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, BJP spokesperson, Sudhanshu Trivedi, on Tuesday, exuded confidence that the saffron party will win the upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2024 with over 400 seats in its kitty. He was also confident of winning all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in the elections due in April-May.
Rajya Sabha polls today: Disadvantage SP in UP, Congress keeps close watch in Karnataka, Himachal
Mock voting, dinners and back-channel dialogue, a complaint to the Election Commission (EC), and legislators sequestered in a hotel. The stage is set for a high-octane Rajya Sabha election battle in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday.
Riding on Beni Prasad Verma legacy in Gonda, SP debutant Shreya braces for BJP’s Ayodhya challenge
The Samajwadi Party (SP) has fielded 31-year-old Shreya Verma, the granddaughter of the party’s prominent Kurmi leader late Beni Prasad Verma, from the Gonda seat in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
On CBI radar now, Satya Pal Malik ran foul of Modi govt some time back, recasts himself as farmer leader
The CBI on Thursday knocked on the doors of Satya Pal Malik, the charge in the case of former Jammu and Kashmir Governor being alleged corruption in a Kashmir Valley-based hydel project. Interestingly, the case only got registered after Malik himself made the allegation in a media statement in 2021, when he was the Meghalaya Governor, causing embarrassment to the BJP government at the Centre, as he pointed to the involvement of an RSS leader.
West UP back on Rahul’s Yatra map, but will skirt RLD strongholds
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has yet again tweaked his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’s route and included five districts of west Uttar Pradesh, a region which he had decided to skip following the exit of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) – seen to be influential in the region – from the INDIA bloc.
Lok Sabha 2024: Congress-SP seat-sharing talks failed in UP? Here's what INDIA bloc allies say
Is INDIA bloc staring at another big jolt, this time in Uttar Pradesh? The seat-sharing talks between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress reportedly hit a "dead-end" after late night negotiations. However, Congress leader KC Venugopalm said on Tuesday the “seat-sharing will be finalised at any point of time".