Lucknow, Feb 15 (PTI) An eighth BJP candidate on Thursday filed nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, setting the stage for a contest with the Samajwadi Party.
Singh was a Jat farm leader of UP, whose grandson Jayant Chaudhary heads RLD. The grandfather gained fame in 1958 for opposing the forced co-relativisation of farms. UP politics was dominated by upper castes in the 1950s. The ambitious Singh sought to change that by fair means or foul. He spearheaded the Aya Ram, Gaya Ram phase of politics when defectors kept bringing down governments for personal gain. Defections helped make him UP CM for brief periods in 1967-68 and 1970.
The Allahabad High Court recently directed the Congress Party to pay over ₹2.66 crore to the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) within three months for using its buses and taxis between 1981 and 1989
Pratapgarh (UP), Oct 5 (PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav here on Thursday said that killing of six persons in Deoria has exposed the unjust working of the system and held the BJP-led state government responsible for it.