UP polls: Amit Shah’s big OBC pitch at rally with Nishad

Home minister Amit Shah urged UP’s fishermen community to vote for his party at a joint rally with the Nirbal Indian Shoshit Humara Aam Dal (Nishad) in Lucknow on Friday. He said that BJP would try to fulfill all demands of the community and highlighted the Centre’s schemes for Backward castes. Nishad partyrepresents interests of…Continue Reading

2022 Assembly polls: Punjab Congress to hold meeting with district presidents

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly election, Punjab Congress will convene a meeting of newly-appointed District Presidents at Congress Bhawan here on Wednesday to hold a discussion on the polls. The meeting will be chaired by Harish Chaudhary, who is the party in charge in Punjab. State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu tweeted, “Meeting of all…Continue Reading

UP polls: Congress campaign focuses on women voters

Unlike other political parties in Uttar Pradesh eyeing on different caste groups in the run-up to the upcoming Assembly polls, the Congress’s campaign being spearheaded by party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is focusing on women voters. Launching a special manifesto for women Wednesday in Lucknow, Priyanka asserted that the Congress was trying to make…Continue Reading

Ahead of polls, new idea on the table: bad bank for farm loans

Agriculture being a state subject, the recovery laws — wherever agricultural land is offered as collateral – varies from state to state.(Representational Photo) TO IMPROVE recovery of bad loans in the agriculture sector, leading banks have made a pitch for setting up an Asset Reconstruction Company specifically to deal with collections and recovery of farm…Continue Reading

Ahead of polls, politics of statues begins in UP

As the countdown to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections begins, the politics of statues get going in right earnest. Various political parties are using statues to attract and consolidate various caste vote banks in their favour. Lord Parshuram, the icon of Brahmins, has emerged as a top favourite with political parties who see the Parshuram…Continue Reading

Panchayat Polls: SEC Asks Collectors To Wrap Up Ward Delimitation, Seat Reservation By Oct 26   

State Election Commissioner (SEC) Aditya Prasad Padhi on Thursday directed all District Collectors to complete the ward delimitation and seat reservation process for the upcoming three-tier Panchayati raj elections in Odisha and submit the final list to Commission by October 26. Padhi today reviewed the preparedness for the upcoming panchayat elections with the District Collectors through…Continue Reading