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Sonbhadra Massacre Accused an SP Member, Claims CM Yogi; Party Blames Him for Evading Responsibility
During his visit to the Umbha village on Sunday, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath claimed that the key accused in the case was an active member of the Samajwadi Party. Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday held the SP and BSP responsible for the killings in Sonbhadra in which 10 people lost their lives last week. During his visit to the Umbha village in the district, Adityanath claimed that the village chief, who is the main accused in the case, was an active member of the SamajwadiRead More
Why Uttar Pradesh matters so much to the Bhartiya Janta Party
India’s general elections are enormously complex. Analysis of the 2019 battle revolves around many variables: the issue of leadership; the state of alliances on both sides; the political fault-lines in each state; and the micro-caste dynamics and voting patterns in each constituency. But at another level, the outcome of 2019 will hinge on one basic question: how will the Bharatiya Janata Party perform in Uttar Pradesh ? The answer to that single question will determine if India will once again have a majority government of the BJP; a coalition governmentRead More
Bahujan Samaj Party
Bahujan Samaj Party, popularly known as the BSP, is a significant national political party in India. It was founded in 1984 by Kanshi Ram, a member of the Dalit community. The word ‘bahujan’ literally means ‘the majority of the people’ and ‘samaj’ means ‘society’. The BSP is symbolic to the ‘Majority of People’, representing mainly the oppressed sections of the society such as the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes as well as religious minorities. It has a socialist ideology, which is “Social Transformation and Economic Emancipation” ofRead More
UP Opposition Parties Slam Yogi Govt as Electricity Tariffs are Hiked Ahead of Festival Season
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the common people were ‘fed-up’ of the government, while Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati said that the government was causing more trouble for ‘hard working people’. Lucknow: Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh came down heavily on the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government over the increment of about 12 to 15 percent on power tariffs ahead of the festival season, while the state power minister Shrikant Sharma defended the move. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav tweeted, “At one hand the reduction in income and demandRead More
Akhilesh Yadav Comments on Chidambaram’s Arrest, Says ‘Battle of Papers’ Must be Fought to Take on Govt
The Samajwadi Party chief commented that the police, army and all other departments were under the government, and the Centre could only be fought if one had strong paperwork. Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav commented on the arrest of former finance minister P Chidambaram by the CBI in the INX media case, saying that to stand up to the current government, one needs to win the fight on “papers” first. “This is a battle of papers and it should be fought. IfRead More