Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has demanded that Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav apologise to the Jat community over his recent remarks directed at Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president and Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary. Mayawati said Yadav’s comments were not merely a political attack on the RLD or its leader but were also...
Lucknow: Tension prevailed outside the Samajwadi Party (SP) headquarters on Wednesday after a 48-year-old man from Aligarh, identified as Yogendra alias Bobby, set himself ablaze, alleging harassment and land-grabbing attempts by relatives of SP MLA Shamiem Ahmad. According to eyewitnesses, Yogendra arrived at the party office carrying a bottle of petrol in his pocket, poured...
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan and contractor Barqat Ali in the high-profile Dungarpur case from Rampur. Justice Sameer Jain approved their bail applications in connection with the criminal appeal currently pending before the court. The case dates back to 2016 when several houses in...
The Allahabad High Court has granted significant relief to Abbas Ansari, the disqualified MLA from Mau Sadar and son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, by overturning a lower court’s order in a hate speech case on Wednesday. Following the verdict, Abbas Ansari’s assembly membership will now be reinstated. Ansari was earlier convicted by the Mau...