Lucknow Mar 24 PTI Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday attacked the BJP on the stray cattle issue in Uttar Pradesh tweeting a news clipping that claimed two people died this month in the state after being attacked by bullsDuring campaigning for the state assembly elections Yadav frequently had raised the problem of stray animalsThe news clipping shared by him on Twitter also claimed that over 11 lakh animals are roaming freely in Uttar Pradesh and two people were killed in March in bull attack It also had a picture of two bulls fighting on a roadYadav tweeted without naming any party or personTaking note of this problem Prime Minister Narendra Modi had during an election rally stated that the problem being faced by farmers of the state due to stray animals is being taken seriouslyHe had promised that this problem will be resolved after the model code of conduct ends on March 10 and the new government is formedThe BJP retained power in the state PTI SAB ANB ANB

Lucknow Mar 19 PTI The Samajwadi Party has convened a meeting on March 26 and it is expected to review its performance in the recently-concluded Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and plan for the upcoming legislative council electionsIts newly elected MLAs and members of the legislative council will be part of the meeting to be held at the partys headquarters here The meet will be presided by Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav the partys chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said on SaturdayIn the recently-held polls the BJP retained power in the state by winning 255 of the 403 assembly seats while the SP won 111 seatsEarlier this meeting was to be held on March 21 but it has been rescheduled to March 26 because of the nominations for the legislative council elections Chaudhary saidBesides reviewing the SPs performance in the assembly elections the strategy for the upcoming legislative council elections will also be discussed in the meeting sources in the party saidThe presence of all MLAs and members of the legislative council will be mandatory they said adding that the SP will review the shortcomings which led to its below expectation performance in the assembly polls PTI SAB ANB ANB

Lucknow Jan 25 PTI BSP president Mayawati on Tuesday attacked her rivals saying they have pushed Uttar Pradesh into jungle raj by criminalising politics politicising crime and protecting the mafiaIn a tweet in Hindi the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP chief said that governments of all parties except that of the BSP are guilty of troubling the publicMayawati also accused her political rivals of keeping the state backward but continuing with their jumlas tall claimsGovernments of all parties except BSP are guilty of troubling the public by criminalising politics and politicising crime playing with the law and protecting their partys goons and mafia and pushing Uttar Pradesh into jungle raj by keeping it poor and backward But their jumlas continue she said PTI SAB ANB ANB

Lucknow Jan 22 PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday flagged off BJPs campaign vans for next months assembly polls and said the double engine government of the party has fulfilled all its promisesThe BJP government has ensured development of the people while following the mantra of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas he said during the programme at the partys headquarters hereThe 25-crore people of the state have seen that before 2017 businessmen and citizens had to migrate due to which the progress of the state was blocked Now the trend has reversed and criminals are migrating after 2017 Adityanath saidToday the state is moving towards becoming the leading economy of the country by setting a new paradigm of progress he saidOn the purpose of the vans which are equipped with LED monitors the chief minister said the BJP has launched these to take forward its election campaign in all 403 constituencies of the stateThe benefits of a double engine government BJP at the Centre and the state -- are visible to all he said We are working with the commitment towards development of villages upliftment of poor prosperity of farmers employment of youth and protection of mothers and daughters while adopting Prime Minister Narendra Modis motto of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas Adityanath saidMaking clear that there was no place for appeasement of anyone he said the BJPs double engine government had brought about development for all without any discrimination PTI SAB ANB ANB

Lucknow Jan 22 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday extended the closure of schools in the state till January 30 in view of rising coronavirus cases in the stateThe closure of schools has been extended till January 30 and online classes will continue according to an order issued by Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Kumar AwasthiThe government had earlier ordered closure of the educational institutions till January 23 in view of a rise in Covid cases PTI SAB ANB ANB

Lucknow Aug 30 PTI The BJP on Monday attacked Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav over don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansaris brother Sibghatulla Ansari joining his party and said he appears to be doing everything to come back to power in Uttar PradeshSibghatullah Ansari a former Bahujan Samaj Party BSP MLA joined the Samajwadi Party SP along with his supporters on SaturdayAkhilesh is following the line satta ke liye kuch bhi karega will do everything to come to power What socialism are you talking about by getting the family of don Mukhtar Ansari to join the SP People are watching everything the BJPs Uttar Pradesh unit tweeted on its official handle with the hashtag ShameonAkhileshThe BJP also attached a video on Mukhtar AnsariSoon after the joining of Sibghatullah Ansari in former chief minister Yadavs party the BJP had tweeted This is the real face of the SP In its desire to grab power in the state Samajwadi Party is ready to even shake hands with the family of mafia Mukhtar Ansari but they should not forget who is the chief minister of UP Sibghatuullah Ansari had won the 2007 assembly election from Mohammadabad constituency on a SP ticket and again contested and won from the seat in 2012 on a ticket of his brothers party Quami Ekta Dal In 2017 he joined the BSP and unsuccessfully contested the election PTI SAB ANB ANB