Stressing that he had not intended to hurt the sentiments of certain castes through his lyrics, Mishra said, "I am a responsible writer and lyricist. I wrote the word mochi (cobbler) and it is not a derogatory word. In fact, chammar is a derogatory word and I have never used it." Mayawati has termed the lyrics of the title track Bazaar Mein Machi Hai Maar, Bole Mochi Bhi Khud Ko Sunar as casteist.
The new bench headed by Justice Ruma Pal will consider six departmental inquiry reports against three top officials of the state on May 7.
'Modi 3.0 will have more balanced policies like one saw in Modi's first term.'
R K Sharma was charged with approving construction work in the vicinity of the Taj Mahal in violation of ASI norms.
The BJP had registered a one-sided victory on all the 17 SC-reserved seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. But in 2019, out of these 17 seats, it lost Nagina and Lalganj seats to the Bahujan Samaj Party.
The chief minister is facing allegations of amassing assets beyond her known sources of income. She is reported to have made over Rs 100 crores in the Taj corridor scandal.
Global tenders will be floated to build the road, while the government will take care of the administrative part
Congress president Sonia Gandhi gave a couple of names to BSP supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for her consideration for the post of Vice President.
He said that he would be surprised if the Congress-led by Dr Manmohan Singh did not win. "Dr Manmohan Singh is a well known economist. He is a thorough gentleman. I would be surprised if Congress party led by him did not come back to power," Singh said. He ridiculed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's claim that she would be the future prime minister.
The chief minister also stated in unambiguous words that while dealing with the complaints the government would proceed in accordance with the law and irrespective of the caste, creed and political affiliations of the guilty.
According to sources, the SIT is set to probe all the high profile financial and other irregularities during the previous regime and it may involve several senior politicians and officials.
The government of Uttar Pradesh will not declare a new sugar policy unless farmers are paid the cane arrears amounting to Rs 2,700 crore (Rs 27 billion) that sugar mills owe them.
President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several central ministers and chief ministers and leaders cutting across party lines condoled the demise of former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday and hailed his immense contributions to the state as well as the country.
CBI sources, however, said that it had not yet obtained the sanction for prosecuting Mayawati and five others in the matter.
Judge Rekha Dikshit fixed the new date for hearing the case after one of the accused, a senior official, questioned the court's competence to direct the CBI to file the sanction for prosecution of public servants accused in the case.
'Ajit Pawar's speech leaves no room for reconciliation.'
The opposition parties on Sunday slammed the move to hire public servants through lateral entry, claiming it will snatch reservations from SCs, STs and OBCs, but the Bharatiya Janata Party hit back stating the National Democratic Alliance government was bringing transparency to this mode of recruitment started by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance.
A day after her criticism of Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Thursday changed tune to say that she had 'respect' and 'full faith' in the chair and expressed hope that he will find ways for passage of the bill for quota in promotion.
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday said that her party has given maximum number of tickets to Muslims and they should vote unitedly in favour of her party to save the country from the "fascist forces and dynasty rule".
In the same breath, the RPI-A leader said, "No one can challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- neither Congress president Rahul Gandhi, nor SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, nor BSP supremo Mayawati."
Leading London-based NRI industrialists have evinced "keen interest" in investing in new projects in Uttar Pradesh including a new airport near Delhi, a senior state official said on Tuesday.\n\n\n\n
The BJP has decided to set up a three-member team to interact with Chief Minister Mayawati every fortnight.
The PIL has charged the state government of turning a blind eye to the rampant corruption at various levels in the administration.
More than one-and-a-half years after the disproportionate assets case against Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati was quashed, the Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to her and the Central Bureau of Investigation on a plea for registration of a fresh FIR against her.
The hearing before the special CBI court was put off after one of the six accused sought more time to file some documents to a CBI plea in connection with the case.
In another jolt to the Bahujan Samaj Party, Mayawati's once trusted lieutenant and former minister R K Chaudhary on Thursday quit the party accusing her of "auctioning" tickets to contest assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Party to contest 160 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 125 in Rajasthan, 55 in Chhattisgarh and 40 in Delhi in coming Assembly polls
The petition also seeks quashing of the first information report against her by the CBI.
Speaker Manohar Joshi has decided to call an all-party meeting to discuss how to ensure smooth functioning of the House.
Former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Wednesday said he was not going back to the saffron camp and indicated joining Samajwadi Party on Friday.
The decision was taken to foil the attempts made by Chief Minister Mayawati to further split the party.
Women politicians bring to politics and policy a sensitivity that most of their male counterparts, at least until a generation back, lacked.
Noting that the Bahujan Samaj Party had held a dialogue with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the past, Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said no decision on the Mayawati-led party's inclusion in Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc can be taken until there is clarity on whose side she is on.
BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh, led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Monday held a protest against Kamal Nath, while the National Commission for Women sought an explanation from the Congress leader for his 'item' jibe against state minister Imarti Devi.
Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said the party will chalk out the strategy for 2004 general elections during this assembly polls.
Leaders from across parties condemned BJP vice president Dayashankar Singh for comparing the BSP chief to a sex worker.
