The dozen-odd Muslim legislators in the BSP, who have been dumped and denied tickets for the Assembly polls, are now working overtime in their respective constituencies to ensure the defeat of the official BSP candidate.

The news is bound to bring cheer in the Congress camp, particularly in Uttar Pradesh.
Ms Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has finally indicated that she is open to the idea of campaigning for the Congress but only if her brother Rahul Gandhi wants her to do so.

UP chief minister Mayawati on Sunday put up a brave front and said that by covering statues of the elephant and herself, the BSP had got a major advantage because dalits were now filled with anger at the decision and her cadres were “doubly determined” to vote the BSP back to power.

UP chief minister Mayawati hit out at the Election Commission Sunday for draping her statues and called the commission’s order “one-sided” and “anti-dalit”.
Addressing the media on her 56th birthday, she admitted that in 2007 her party had given tickets to “wrong people” who tarnished the image of the party and government.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, in a rare gesture, has offered to bail out about 250 jail inmates in Uttar Pradesh who are languishing behind the bars because they cannot afford to pay the fine that the court has fixed for them.
Salman has offered to bail out the hapless prisoners through an NGO that recently approached the state officials with the offer.

The guns have fallen silent and the shadow of fear is gradually receding.
Dreaded dacoits have been eliminated and the fear of the bullet has evaporated, particularly in the Bundelkhand region.

They all denounce it but they all practise it too. After the big political parties, it is now the small political parties that have got caught in the web of dynastic politics in Uttar Pradesh.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has questioned the Election Commission (EC) for its intentions in conducting free and fir elections in UP.

With recent events overtaking the election scene in Uttar Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party are revamping their election campaign to derive maximum political advantage from the change in scenario.

Till yesterday, they were like peas in a pod. Together they wielded enviable clout in politics and no one could dare to drive a wedge between them.