The return of SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar to the NDA fold after quitting the BJP-led alliance in 2019 will not surprise many as the OBC leader had indicated for months that his options were open. SBSP fought the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in alliance with the BJP and won four seats. Rajbhar got a ministerial berth in the state cabinet, but his frequent outbursts
Voters in Uttar Pradesh would favour only those talking about the welfare of farmers and polarisation on religious lines would not benefit those indulging in it, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait has said. He claimed farmers were going through "troubled times" in Uttar Pradesh as they were getting less value for their produce and forced to pay "exorbitant" electricity bills.
Amit Shah’s rally with Nishad party chief Sanjay Nishad and another rally – Nishad Samaj Jan Sabha – planned by the BJP come at the back of a survey conducted by its new ally. Interestingly, the survey results were shared with BJP president JP Nadda who is likely to finalise a seat-sharing formula based on the Nishad party’s survey.
If it worked in Bengal, it might just work in Uttar Pradesh - at least that's what Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party seems to be thinking as it released a new election anthem on Friday to take on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the BJP for polls du