2 SP, 1 BSP MLC resign in UP; Akhilesh calls it ‘political corruption’ of BJP
Politics | July 29, 2017 17:26 ISTThe Two SP MLCs who have submitted their resignations from the State Legislative Council are Bukkal Nawab and Yashwant Singh.
The Two SP MLCs who have submitted their resignations from the State Legislative Council are Bukkal Nawab and Yashwant Singh.
Mayawati’s decision to put in her resignation in Rajya Sabha is not something she has done in a fit of rage. In fact, it comes across as a calculated strategy towards reviving the fortune of her party
BSP supremo Mayawati today resigned from the Rajya Sabha, hours after she was asked by chair to restrict her impromptu speech on anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Azam Khan also said that given her seniority and stature, Mayawati should be given the chance to speak in the upper house of the Parliament.
The Opposition today unanimously decided to field Kumar, a dalit, as its joint candidate for the presidential election against Kovind, with 17 parties supporting the former Lok Sabha speaker's candidature.
The BSP chief, however, said it would have been better if all opposition parties were taken into confidence by the NDA at the Centre before announcing the name of its candidate.
There are also efforts to get Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav to attend the rally, Bihar RJD President said.
Chandrasekhar Azad's 'Bhim army' is based out of Saharanpur from where the founder of BSP, the late Kanshi Ram, began his political career.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati might come together for a joint rally in Uttar Pradesh.
Expelled BSP leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui today floated a new outfit, the Rashtriya Bahujan Morcha, with the aim of providing a political alternative.
Even before the BSP could have come to terms with being relegated to a poor third in UP elections, it is faced with a new challenge in the form of the Bheem Army.
Asserting that the people of the state did not get the real benefit from the change in government as the crime rate has not gone down, she said, "On the contrary, caste violence and political vendetta have become common."
Siddiqui recorded his statement on an FIR registered against him and other BSP leaders for allegedly raising derogatory slogans against Singh's minor daughter and wife Swati Singh during the protest.
In a big relief to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Election Commission (EC) today accepted its explanation on depositing Rs 104 crore in scrapped currency in a bank account post demonetisation.
BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday denied the charge levelled by sacked party leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui that she demanded Rs 50 crore from him.
Sacked BSP leader Naseemudin Siddiqui today hit back at party chief Mayawati and alleged that she had abused Muslims after facing a humiliating loss in the UP Assembly elections.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she feels ashamed of being born in India.
Siddiqui was a prominent Muslim face of the party and was recently removed from his duties as the chief of the party’s UP unit in a major organizational revamp
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