A woman, who unsuccessfully contested the recent Uttar Pradesh polls as a Congress candidate, recorded her statement before a magistrate inMuzaffarnagar in connection with a gang-rape case, police said on Wednesday.
Livid at his defeat in the recently held Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, former state minister Swami Prasad Maurya claimed "nag aur sanp ne milkar newale ko jitne nahi diya (cobra and snake joined hands to ensure that mongoose didn't win)" while hi
Uttar Pradesh didn't even have an opposition until now. Today, at least, there is a strong opposition, albeit one that the people have created on their own.
Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party is not ready to give in yet, despite numbers loaded in favour of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. The party has asked its workers to not be taken in by the trends and stay firm as it will form the government.
Dressed as Yogi Adityanath - sporting a baldpate, in ochre-robes and earrings, the BJP's lotus symbol pinned to the chest, and a toy bulldozer in hand - a boy of one and a half years is making heads turn at the Lucknow BJP Office.