Lucknow: BSP national president Mayawati emphasised holding “small-level” meetings with Bahujan communities and motivate them to assume governance and become “ruling class like it is in UP”.Mayawati is reviewing the party’s organisational set-up in states preparing for Assembly elections early next year. Having reviewed UP unit on Sunday, she took up review of the Uttarakhand…
Chief minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah Mysuru: Following indications that chief minister Siddaramaiah could step down, the AHINDA bloc — an acronym representing minorities, backward classes and dalits — appears disappointed.Netas from these communities believe that if Siddaramaiah distances himself from active politics, it could open the door for the BJP-JD(S) alliance to make inroads into…
Lucknow: UP ministers Swatantra Dev Singh and Aseem Arun on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party and its chief Akhilesh Yadav, alleging that recruitment processes during the party’s tenure were marred by corruption, nepotism and caste-based favouritism.The ministers accused the previous SP govt of turning govt recruitments into a “system of collection…
UP BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary Lucknow: UP BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on SP president Akhilesh Yadav over his recently released “PDA audit” and the promise to conduct a caste census within 90 days if voted for in 2027.Chaudhary accused the SP of “family rule, caste politics and corruption” during…
Urdu writer and activist Nishat Jameela presents key note address for the poetry recital in May Sahitya Mela Hundreds of writers, thinkers, activists participated in an anti-SIR rally took out as part of 12th May Sahitya Mela in Hubballi Activist Mavalli Shankar addresses audience during a session of May Sahitya Mela Scholar KY Narayanaswamy delivers…
Mumbai: A day after the Election Commission (EC) announced the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra, Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh on Friday urged Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders to immediately constitute a state-level task force to monitor the process and prevent a repeat of the large-scale voter exclusion witnessed in West…
