SP will bring back ‘gunda raj’ in UP: Mayawati

Addressing a rally at the CL College ground in Firozabad,  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati said  that ‘gunda and mafia raj’ would return to the state if the Mulayam Singh Yadav led Samajwadi Party came to power in the Assembly polls.

Elections in Uttar Pradesh’s 403 constituencies are being held in seven phases. In the fourth phase Sunday, an estimated 57 per cent voting was recorded in 56 constituencies. The last phase of the polls is scheduled for March 3 and the results would be out March 6.

UP Elections : Congress will defeat BSP in 2012: Rahul

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi declared that the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh would taste defeat at the hands of his party in the 2012 Assembly elections.

Mr. Gandhi scotched rumours of a tie-up between the Congress and the BSP in the light of the latter’s support to the UPA government on the cut motion in Parliament.

Days after the BSP extended support to the UPA against opposition-sponsored cut motions in Parliament, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi clarified that there is no pact between the Congress and the BSP. In fact, he said, there would be no pact with the…