Nitish Kumar also suggested that BJP is going after the Rashtriya Janata Dal patriarch because their parties have joined forces against them Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar defends former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav after CBI filed a chargesheet in a job scam case. He said that he has seen... The post appeared first on .

Nitish Kumar also suggested that BJP is going after the Rashtriya Janata Dal patriarch because their parties have joined forces against them Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar defends former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav after CBI filed a chargesheet in a job scam case. He said that he has seen... The post appeared first on .

Lucknow Feb 23 PTI Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati on Wednesday appreciated Union minister Amit Shah for acknowledging that her party will get Dalit votes but added that Muslims and other communities are also voting for the BSP Shah had recently said in a television interview that Mayawati remained relevant in Uttar Pradesh where the fourth round of polling for the assembly took place on Wednesday The BSP has maintained its relevance I believe it will get votes I dont know how much of it will convert into seats but it will get votes he had said The senior BJP leaders remark triggered some speculation over the possibility of a post-election tie-up between the two parties In 1995 1997 and 2002 Mayawati was sworn in as CM with BJPs support Commenting on the ministers remark Mayawati said it was his greatness that he accepted the truth But she added that her BSP is getting votes of not only Dalits but Muslims Other Backward Classes and upper castes as well When the results are declared on March 10 the BSP will form its government like it did in 2007 with full majority Mayawati told reporters after casting her vote Asked about Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadavs claim that his party is getting the Muslim voters support she said the ground reality cannot be more different and can be known by visiting villages Members of religious minorities the Muslims have been unhappy with the Samajwadi Partys working style They believe that even when they were with it for the last five years they were sidelined to make space for others at the time of giving tickets the Dalit leader said She also dismissed Yadavs claim of making forays into her core Jatav vote bank calling the idea a distant dream and advised the SP leader to make sure that he gets the votes of his own caste first She termed the former chief minister nakli Ambedkarvadi fake Ambedkarite saying he had changed the names of districts and schemes she had named after Dalit icons during her government The Samajwadi Party is dreaming of forming the government and this dream will be shattered You all know whenever SP has been in power Dalits backwards the poor and Brahmins have been harassed the most she said People here have seen how the goonda and mafia elements called the shots and harassment was at its peak whenever the SP was in power she said Under the SP government the state also witnessed riots she said citing the Muzaffarnagar violence PTI SAB VN ASH

Lucknow Feb 23 PTI In-form India batter Suryakumar Yadav was on Wednesday ruled out of the three-match T20 International series against Sri Lanka owing to a hairline fracture on his hand The series starts here on Thursday and Yadavs injury was confirmed to PTI by a BCCI source Yadav who was adjudged Player of the Series in the preceding T20Is against the West Indies is the second Indian player to be forced out of the Sri Lanka series after pacer Deepak Chahar Chahar was ruled out of the games in Lucknow and Dharamsala after picking up a hamstring injury The 31-year-old Yadav was seen at Indias practice session here on Tuesday He may have suffered the injury while fielding during the third and final T20 International against the West Indies at the Eden Gardens last week The BCCI has not named any replacements for the two injured players as options are available with the team PTI KHS AH PM PM

Lucknow Feb 18 PTI BJP national spokesperson Prem Shukla on Friday claimed Mulayam Singh Yadav is not with the Samajwadi Party from his heart and his blessings are with his daughter-in-laws partyNotably Yadavs daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav had recently joined the BJPTalking to reporters at BJP headquarters Shukla said when Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had decided to contest from Karhal seat in Mainpuri district he had said that he would not go there to campaign But today their SP position is such that Akhilesh had to take Mulayam Singh Yadav there with him to campaign he saidThe BJP leader also alleged that Mualyam Singh Yadav who was not treated well by Akhilesh is not with him from his heart and his blessings are with his daughter-in-laws Aparna Yadav partyAparna Bisht Yadav wife of Mulayam Singh Yadavs younger son Prateek Yadav left the Samajwadi Party and joined the BJP recently In the last election she was the Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow Cantt assembly constituency but was defeated by BJPs Rita Bahuguna JoshiPTI SAB SRY

Lucknow Jan 31 PTI The BJP on Monday announced the names of three more candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls including Union Minister S P Singh Baghel who will challenge Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Karhal constituencyKarhal assembly segment is part of Mainpuri which is represented by Akhilesh Yadavs father and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav in ParliamentKarhal goes to polls in the third phase on February 20The BJP has fielded Vivek Shakya from Jaswant Nagar in Etawah district The constituency is currently represented in the legislative assembly by Akhilesh Yadavs uncle and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia chief Shivpal Singh YadavShivpal Singh Yadav is once again contesting from Jaswant Nagar as a candidate of the SP-Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia allianceThe BJP also named Manoj Prajapati as its candidate from HamirpurBoth Hamirpur and Etawah will also vote on February 20 PTI NAV DIV DIV

New Delhi Jan 20 PTI In the first sentencing in a case related to the northeast Delhi riots a court here on Thursday awarded a five-year jail term to a man for putting a house belonging to an old woman on fire saying that offence committed by him was a very serious one Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat sentenced the 25-year-old Dinesh Yadav to five years in jail and directed him to pay Rs 12000 to the victim as compensation Dinesh Yadav was convicted on December 6 2021 for being an active member of the riotous mob and participating in vandalizing and putting on fire the house of a 73-year-old woman named Manori Devi on February 25 2020 This order holds importance as Yadav is the first person to be convicted and sent to jail in the northeast Delhi riots case Communal clashes had broken out in the capital in February 2020 leaving at least 53 people dead and over 700 injured As per the court order Devi had earlier received some compensation from the Delhi government for the loss She had admittedly suffered a loss of about Rs 5 lakh due to the riotous incident The judge observed that it would be totally unjustified to direct Yadav to pay any further compensation to the victim or compensate Rs 83000 expenditure incurred by the prosecution as he is unemployed has no property or the paying capacity Sentencing the convict the judge said It can not be gainsaid that the offence committed by the convict was a very serious one However no evidence had been led by the prosecution to prove that the unlawful assembly of which the convict was a member had been formed in pursuance to some conspiracy The court also considered his young age clean past antecedents and the fact that he was a first-time offender while deciding on the quantum of the punishment Admittedly the convict is a first time offender and has clean past antecedents There was no evidence that he had directly committed the incident of violence The young age of the convict also deserves to be kept in consideration while deciding the quantum of sentence to be imposed upon him ASJ Bhat noted Yadav was convicted for being a member of an unlawful assembly rioting arson house trespassing and robbery offences which entail a jail term of up to ten years Special Public Prosecutor R C S Bhadoria had urged the court to impose maximum possible punishment upon the convict saying that he was found guilty for being part of an unlawful assembly which created large scale disturbances to defame India Yadavs lawyer however requested the judge for a lenient sentence since he had reformed himself and learnt his lesson by spending more than a year in jail Yadav was arrested on June 8 2020 The court framed charges against him on August 3 2021 to which he pleaded not guilty and claimed trialPTI AAK SA

Lucknow Jan 20 PTI Former Samajwadi Party MLA Pramod Gupta relative of the party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav joined the BJP here on Thursday This comes a day after Yadavs daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joined the Bharatiya Janata Party Gupta who was the SP MLA from Auraiyas Bidhuna constituency in 2012 joined the BJP at the party office here Congress poster girl Dr Priyanka Maurya and Ayodhyas folk singer Vandana Mishra also took membership of the BJP Maurya was the face of Congress Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon poster in Uttar Pradesh Former state president and head of the BJP joining committee Dr Laxmikant Bajpai gave party membership to all Pramod Gupta is said to be the relative of Sadhna Gupta the second wife of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav PTI SAB RCJ RCJ

Lucknow Dec 23 PTI With his family members testing positive for COVID-19 Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said he will keep away from public programmes for three days as a precautionary measure Taking to twitter he wished the joint rally of alliance partners SP-Rashtriya Lok Dal in Iglas immense success Due to family members testing positive for coronavirus I will not attend public programmes for three days as a precaution Best wishes for the immense success of todays Iglas joint rally and appeal to all the workers to participate with full enthusiasm and energy Yadav tweeted in Hindi He also attached his negative RT-PCR test certificate The former chief ministers wife and former SP MP Dimple Yadav had tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday I am fully vaccinated and not showing any symptoms yet I have isolated myself I request all those who met me recently to get themselves tested she had said in a tweet According to a government release Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath telephoned Yadav and inquired about the health of his wife and daughter besides wishing them a speedy recovery The SP however has not officially confirmed whether Yadavs daughter has tested positive for the virus PTI SAB CJ CJ

Lucknow Dec 22 PTI Former Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav on Wednesday said she has tested positive for COVID-19 I am full vaccinated and not showing any symptoms yet I have isolated myself I request all those who met me recently to get themselves tested she tweeted Dimple Yadavs husband and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is currently on a two-day campaign yatra from Mainpuri to Etah Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh are due early next year According to an official release issued here Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called Akhilesh on the phone and enquired about the health of his wife and daughter wishing them a speedy recovery The official release said that the Chief Minister called after reports that Akhileshs wife and daughter were reported positive for coronavirus However Samajwadi Party did not officially confirm whether Akhileshs daughter has also tested positive PTI ABN HDA