Many leaders of SP and ally Congress are keeping off Ruchi Veera’s campaign; SP's Muslim base may also get split as Veera is its first Hindu candidate for seat, while BSP has fielded Irfan Saifi
Leaders of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), indicted by the (retired) Justice M.P. Saxena Commission for their involvement in the Moradabad riots that erupted in 1980 and claimed numerous lives, have rejected their party's role in the .
In today's edition: Siddaramaiah set to be CM, DK to be Deputy; Justice M P Saxena Commission to table report on the months-long UP riots of 1980; and more