-The Telegraph For the better-off upper castes, it has acquired the context of the safety of their sisters and daughters Bareilly, Rampur: Sitting outside a small medicine-cum-stationery shop at Khirka village in Bareilly district, Rakesh Gangwar, Ramdas Kashyap and Puranlal Gangwar unhesitatingly declare their support for the “phool” (lotus). Each lists the reasons almost in the same order, as though they had prepared beforehand for the question. The top reason for all three —...
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COVID writing on the wall ahead of UP polls -Biswajeet Banerjee
-The Pioneer The severe wave of the killer pandemic has virtually nullified all the good work undertaken by the Yogi Adityanath Government After a month of devastation Covid-19 has caused in Uttar Pradesh leaving behind a trail of deaths and stories of agony emanating from almost each mohulla across the State, the insiders in the BJP and in the RSS realise that whatever be their achievements like providing houses to poor or...
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-The Hindu Paper trail crucial, say petitioners; SC hearing today In a major show of pre-poll strength, 23 Opposition parties moved the Supreme Court on Thursday, demanding the random verification of at least 50% Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) using Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in every Assembly segment or constituency. They further sought to quash an Election Commission guideline that Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) should be conducted “only for VVPAT...
More »Muzaffarnagar DM Opposes Yogi Govt, Says Can't Withdraw Riot Cases Due to Administrative Reasons -Qazi Faraz Ahmad
-News18.com In March this year, the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh had initiated the process to withdraw 131 cases related to the riots in 2013. Lucknow (U.P.): The Muzaffarnagar district administration in its report to the government has advised that the withdrawal of 113 cases related to Muzzaffarnagar and Shamli riots would not be advisable on an administrative level. In March this year, the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh...
More »Most UP ex-CMs leave official bungalows after SC order
-PTI Lucknow: A day before expiry of the deadline to vacate their official bungalows, former chief ministers Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh have moved to the VVIP guest house here. BSP leader Mayawati vacated one bungalow and claimed the other was converted into a memorial for BSP founder Kanshi Ram. “Mulayam Singh Yadav shifted to the VVIP guest house here yesterday, while Akhilesh Yadav along with his MP wife Dimple...
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