Rajya Sabha elections: 11 candidates from Uttar Pradesh likely to be elected unopposed
India | Jun 01, 2022, 11:57 PM ISTBiennial elections for 57 Rajya Sabha seats will be held across 15 states on June 10.
Biennial elections for 57 Rajya Sabha seats will be held across 15 states on June 10.
The BJP has released the list of candidates for elections to the Rajya Sabha. Nirmala Sitharaman to contest from Karnataka, Piyush Goyal from Maharashtra.
Jayant Chaudhary had found himself on a sticky wicket after reports started doing the rounds that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav could get an Upper House berth.
Kapil Sibal has filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections as an independent candidate from Uttar Pradesh. He enjoys the support of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.
An argument erupted between CM Yogi Adityanath and Leader of Opposition Akhilesh Yadav in the UP legislative assembly over the law & order situation in the state.
Azam Khan, who held immense sway in the party during the SP rule, was released from the Sitapur jail on Friday after spending 27 months in judicial custody in dozens of cases.
Azam Khan, who was recently released from the Sitapur jail after the Supreme Court granted him bail in a cheating case, didn't attend the meeting due to health reasons, according to a party leader
The opposition parties, particularly those in Uttar Pradesh, are unable to take a stand on the issue. If they back the Hindu petitioners, they will lose out on Muslim support, and if they side with the Muslims, they will be dubbed as 'anti-Hindu'.
Besides Azam Khan, his son Abdullah Azam and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) chief, who is SP MLA from Jaswant Nagar (Etawah), also did not turn up for the meeting at SP headquarters.
Mayawati took a direct swipe at Akhilesh Yadav as she wondered how someone who could not fulfil his own dream of becoming the Chief Minister will manage to realise the aspirations of others.
Shivpal Yadav reacted to his nephew’s remark, terming it as "irresponsible" and a statement of 'nadani' (immaturity) and dared him to sack him as party legislator instead.
Vishnu Gupta, the chief of Hindu Sena, alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party, Samajwadi Party and Congress give "protection to Rohingyas and Bangladeshi, who are plotters behind the attacks".
"If Akhilesh thinks, I am in touch with the Bhartiya Janata Party, why doesn't he expel me," Shivpal Yadav said on Thursday.
According to police sources, the victim, Rohit (26), was attacked by Sachin and his associates and was badly beaten by iron sticks, sharp edged weapons and lathis.
Police said the car belonged to "a relative" of MLA Yogesh Verma, who was not travelling in the vehicle.
The Allahabad High Court had in September last year dismissed a petition against proceedings to take over the land of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur.
Azam Khan is lodged in jail in connection with a number of cases of theft, criminal intimidation, illegal encroachment among others.
A team of tehsil officials led by tehsildar Priyanka Jaiswal attached the Samarat rice mill of the MLA situated on the six bigha land valued around crores of rupees.
According to sources, Azam Khan has been upset over the fact that Akhilesh did not visit him in Sitapur jail-except once-- where he is lodged since February 2020.
The MP made the statement on Saturday when he voted for the UP Legislative Council elections.
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