Lalmani Verma

BJP held induction of three SP MLAs in Amethi, where Smriti was in attendance along with several senior party leaders and ministers amid speculation that the party may field her from either Amethi or Rae Bareli in 2029.

Following his reinstatement as BSP national convener, Akash Anand is set to lead the party's poll campaign with public rallies across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttarakhand, where he will also announce Assembly candidates.

In a letter to Kharge, Rijiju emphasised that constructive cooperation is required from the Opposition parties, rather than repeating the same demand without due regard for the consultations already undertaken.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asks ‘how many more innocent lives must be lost before the Prime Minister and Home Minister act?'

Despite facing multiple cases and convictions, the incarcerated SP veteran is still considered UP's “most popular Muslim leader”, whose faction remains intact in Rampur

SP leader clarifies: Yadav's statement was for an individual, not the state

Caught in a bind over alliance partner Akhilesh Yadav's “biggest infiltrator from Uttarakhand” remark, senior Congress leader and former chief minister of the hill state, Harish Rawat, has called the Samajwadi Party chief's statement “highly unfortunate and absolutely unwanted”

Regional leaders and workers raise issues of ‘neglect by sections of leadership and state government’, party asks them to do more to defend against Opposition’s attacks.

Akhilesh Yadav's warning is significant as the BJP showcases law and order as its top plank in the poll campaign against the Samajwadi Party

BJP-JD(S) sweep four Karnataka MLC seats; in UP, BJP wins five against SP's three with counting underway in three seats, BJP wins from Lucknow, SP bags Varanasi seat.