Even as the alliance comprising the BSP, SP and RLD is working on the caste calculus of YadavJatav-Muslim and Jat votes to stop the winning chariot of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. the saffron party has reworked its caste formula by changing candidates on... read more

Game-changer: In politically crucial UP and Bihar, PM’s popularity, EWS quota, SP-BSP alliance, IAF strikes among the key talking points. read more

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: The BSP also declared Haji Fazulrahman its nominee from Saharanpur, Malook Nagar from Bijnore and Girish Chandra from Nagina, a party release said here. read more

Lok Sabha election 2019: Ajit Jogi, who left the Congress in 2015 to float his own party, is synonymous with Chhattisgarh politics as no election in the state is said to be complete without him. And his decision will also make it the first ever election... read more

BSP chief Mayawati has said that Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s claim of the state being riot-free under his watch is a farce. read more

Mayawati noted that she had won Lok Sabha elections four times, twice been elected to the Uttar Pradesh assembly and had been chief minister for four terms. To get elected to the Lok Sabha, she would have to just file her nomination papers and her party... read more

Fugitive Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi was arrested in London on India’s extradition request. He will be produced in a London court later today. Yesterday, a court in the UK issued a warrant to arrest Modi, days after British home secretary Sajid Javid certified India’s request to extradite him to face charges of financial irregularities in the Rs 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.

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Mayawati said it was better for the party, people and the country that she does not contest the Lok Sabha elections at this stage. read more

Akhilesh Yadav’s SP and Mayawati’s BSP have announced poll pact in UP, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. read more

Of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party will contest 45 and Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party will fight on three. read more

The SP and the BSP have formed a coalition before to stop the BJP. read more

Surendra Narayan Singh’s comment came after BSP chief Mayawati took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he lived a royal life but marketed himself as ‘chaiwala’ and ‘chowkidar’. read more

Announcing the alliance, SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi claimed only the SP-BSP alliance was strong enough to stop the BJP from winning over 5-7 seats in Maharashtra. read more

The UP Congress has suggested that the proposal to divide the country’s politically and electorally important state into Purvanchal (east), Awadh Pradesh (central part), Paschim Pradesh (west) and Bundelkhand be incorporated in the party’s manifesto... read more

Seeking to have a deep impact on India’s political scene in her first electoral battle, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra kick-started the party’s election campaign in Uttar Pradesh with a ‘Ganga Yatra’ from Prayagraj to Varanasi. Before embarking on the boat ride, Priyanka offered prayers at the Bade Hanuman Mandir and performed ‘Ganga Abhishekam’ at the Sangam, amid loud cheers by the Congress cadre. Priyanka has been handed the responsibility of ensuring Congress’ success in eastern Uttar Pradesh. (Hindustan Times)read more