Addressing a public rally at Kothi Meena Bazar ground here, “I hold the master key to power,” thundered Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said on Tuesday. she blasted Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief called upon Agra’s Dalits to vote for her if they wanted a Dalit to remain at the helm of affairs.
Calling Rahul Gandhi a “Yuvraj”, she said, “If you vote for the Congress, all the poor and unemployed would have to go to other states to earn their livelihood.” A victory of the Samajwadi Party in the ongoing assembly elections would only…
Addressing an election rally at the Exhibition Grounds hitting out at the UPA government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today accused on the Congress led UPA government at the Centre of “starving the state of much needed central funds” for different development projects. Mayawati said had the centre conceded to the state government’s repeated pleas for funds, the state of UP would have been marching ahead in different fields.
Taking a dig at the Bhartiya Janata Party, Mayawati said, “When we removed certain corrupt elements from our party, other parties who championed the cause of honesty accepted them with open arms”.…
Congress Senior minister Kapil Sibal said that the Congress has decided to go to court against an FIR filed against Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh. “We had got the permission,” Mr Sibal said, “even then it was known that it would be Shivratri.”
Yesterday, local officials in Kanpur objected to Mr Gandhi’s roadshow for allegedly violating the terms of permission – the Congress leader’s journey lasted six hours instead of two, according to officials. They also say that Mr Gandhi travelled through areas which were off-limits because of huge celebrations for Shivratri.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh alleged: “The action was taken on the direction of Mayawati as they are scared of the successful campaign by Rahul Gandhi. We will go to the high court for quashing the FIR registered against him for violating restrictions under Section 144.” He also denied any violation of the election model code of conduct during Gandhi’s road show in Kanpur Monday.
According to the Kanpur district administration, Gandhi was granted permission to undertake his roadshow along a 20-km route against the party’s application for covering a 37-km route. Gandhi faced the charge after choosing to undertake a longer…
Agra goes to polls Feb 28 in the penultimate round of the polls. All parties are now totally concentrating on western Uttar Pradesh, which could decide who will rule the state. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is set to hold a mega rally in Agra today, one of the biggest during the seven-phased assembly elections.
More than what she says, it will be the turnout that will be demonstrative of her hold on the voters of the party, said activist Naresh Paras about Mayawati, who is also the chief of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party that champions the cause of Dalits.…
Uttar pradesh elections, former chief minister and samajwadi party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday ridiculed Chief Minister Mayawati for promising a fearless society, alleging that 1,900 incidents of rape had taken place in the state during BSP tenure. “BSP claims it has given ‘bhay-mukt samaj’ but the truth is different. There were 1,900 rapes during the Mayawati regime,” Yadav said at a poll meeting in Auraiya.
At the same time, the SP chief admitted that around 1,300 rape cases were reported during his tenure, but the difference is that strict action was taken by his government against the accused, unlike…