Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday, set the stage for another face-off between the Congress and the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party when he made an unscheduled visit to the office of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) here to inquire about the financial irregularities that were responsible for the murders of two chief medical officers posted in the department.

It is still a year to go for the next Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh but major political parties in the state have already slipped into the election mode.
The Bahujan Samaj Party has informally announced candidates for over 325 seats while the Samajwadi Party has officially announced candidates for 212 seats.

Enthused by a large turnout at their first “Parivartan rally” in Basti district on Sunday, the UP Congress gave a call for change and asked the people to overthrow the Mayawati government in the next

The Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party are now preparing for another face-off on the Bundelkhand issue. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will jointly address a rally in Banda district in Bundelkhand and will announce a developmental package for the region.

With elections fast approaching, UP chief minister Mayawati is now determined to refurbish the image of her government and for this she is ready to put even senior leaders in the party and officers in the government on the chopping block.

Former bandit queen and aspiring politician Seema Parihar will now follow in the footsteps of Anna Hazare.
Ms Parihar, who was recently appointed the head of the women’s wing of the National Corruption Eradication Council, plans to launch a public awareness campaign against corruption.

UP chief minister Mayawati’s elephant now has a new opponent in the electoral arena — a road roller that will be driven by Dalbara Singh, brother of late Kanshi Ram.
Mr Singh has floated a new party called Bahujan Sangharsh Party that has the same acronym, BSP, as Ms Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party.

The Pipraich byelections in Uttar Pradesh are fast turning into an “oust BSP” campaign and are also preparing the ground for a fresh realignment of political forces in the state.

Rumblings of dissent have started becoming louder in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) over the ouster of Babu Singh Kushwaha from the post of Cabinet minister, following large scale financial bungling in the health and family welfare department.

To popularise the parks and memorials built by UP chief minister and promote dalit tourism in Uttar Pradesh, the state government is planning to bring out a coffee table book on dalit memorials in Lucknow and Noida.