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  • Lucknow Diary: Speculation rife over Rajbhar rejoining BJP 

    Express News Service

    ​Speculation rife over Rajbhar rejoining BJP 
    Having parted methods with the SP-led alliance which had taken form forward of 2022 UP Assembly elections, OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) is once more gravitating to the ruling BJP with which it had damaged its alliance in 2019 over seat allocation normally elections. The newest indication of accelerating proximity got here to the fore when SBSP chief OP Rajbhar was noticed sitting beside UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Foundation meet on Monday. Rajbhar has been going gaga over BJP authorities particularly Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for a while.

    VHP to launch drive towards ‘love jihad’
    The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is ready to launch an 11-day nationwide drive towards pressured non secular conversions (love jihad) from at the moment. The VHP insiders declare that the drive’s purpose is to execute ‘ghar wapsi’ (homecoming) of 1000’s of Hindus who have been ‘forced’ to embrace Islam or Christianity. Calling it an consciousness drive for many who need to come again to Sanatan dharma, the outfit is believed to have recognized 1,000 delicate districts throughout the nation which have recorded a excessive fee of spiritual conversions in not too long ago. The drive will conclude on December 31. 

    Action towards docs for skipping govt posting 
    The state authorities is able to crack whip on super-specialty docs, who skip two-year obligatory posting at a authorities medical institute as per the bond they signal on the time of becoming a member of their medical course. As per the bond, in the event that they fail to adjust to the clause, the docs can be liable to face authorized motion, together with FIR for restoration. Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial (LLRM) Medical College in Meerut has lodged a primary FIR on this connection stating that the candidates involved violated the bond. Among the 132 candidates from the 2018 super-speciality batch, three didn’t flip as much as serve the bond. One of them was supposed to hitch at Meerut, and the others (one every) at Prayagraj and Lucknow. 

    Namita bajpai
    Our correspondent in Uttar Pradesh
    namita.bajpai@ newindianexpress.com

    ​Speculation rife over Rajbhar rejoining BJP 
    Having parted methods with the SP-led alliance which had taken form forward of 2022 UP Assembly elections, OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) is once more gravitating to the ruling BJP with which it had damaged its alliance in 2019 over seat allocation normally elections. The newest indication of accelerating proximity got here to the fore when SBSP chief OP Rajbhar was noticed sitting beside UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Foundation meet on Monday. Rajbhar has been going gaga over BJP authorities particularly Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for a while.

    VHP to launch drive towards ‘love jihad’
    The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is ready to launch an 11-day nationwide drive towards pressured non secular conversions (love jihad) from at the moment. The VHP insiders declare that the drive’s purpose is to execute ‘ghar wapsi’ (homecoming) of 1000’s of Hindus who have been ‘forced’ to embrace Islam or Christianity. Calling it an consciousness drive for many who need to come again to Sanatan dharma, the outfit is believed to have recognized 1,000 delicate districts throughout the nation which have recorded a excessive fee of spiritual conversions in not too long ago. The drive will conclude on December 31. 

    Action towards docs for skipping govt posting 
    The state authorities is able to crack whip on super-specialty docs, who skip two-year obligatory posting at a authorities medical institute as per the bond they signal on the time of becoming a member of their medical course. As per the bond, in the event that they fail to adjust to the clause, the docs can be liable to face authorized motion, together with FIR for restoration. Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial (LLRM) Medical College in Meerut has lodged a primary FIR on this connection stating that the candidates involved violated the bond. Among the 132 candidates from the 2018 super-speciality batch, three didn’t flip as much as serve the bond. One of them was supposed to hitch at Meerut, and the others (one every) at Prayagraj and Lucknow. 

    Namita bajpai
    Our correspondent in Uttar Pradesh
    namita.bajpai@ newindianexpress.com

  • Uttar Pradesh: Mau MLA Abbas Ansari held by ED in cash laundering case, produced in MP/MLA courtroom

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, son of former MLA and mafia Mukhtar Ansari, was “arrested” by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Prayagraj late on Friday night time, stated police sources on Saturday. Abbas is an MLA from Mau (Sadar) meeting phase from Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) of OP Rajbhar.

    On Saturday afternoon, the ED officers produced the SBSP MLA in Prayagraj MP/MLA courtroom amid tight safety.

    Abbas Ansari has been on the ED scanner over cash laundering allegations.  He was summoned by the company for questioning on Friday afternoon associated to a case of cash laundering registered in opposition to his father in July 2021.

    Abbas appeared in ED’s Prayagraj workplace on Friday and after a day-long grilling, he was “arrested” and brought to Moti Lal Nehru Divisional (Colvin) Hospital for a medical examination round midnight, stated the sources. 

    Abbas’s driver Ravi Kumar Sharma of Ghazipur was additionally detained together with Abbas. However, ED didn’t verify Abbas Ansari’s detention or “arrest” until now formally.

    Significantly, ED had issued summons to over half a dozen relations and associates of Mukhtar Ansari, lodged in Banda jail, within the cash laundering case registered in opposition to him in March 2021.

    ED had issued a lookout discover on October 11 in opposition to Abbas Ansari and his mom, Mukhtar’s spouse, Afshan Ansari. Following this, ED summoned Abbas and his youthful brother Umar on May 20 for questioning.

    In response to the summons, Abbas alongside together with his lawyer arrived on the ED workplace on Friday afternoon. After nearly nine-hour of questioning, he was ‘arrested’.

    ED is at present investigating the movable and immovable property of Mukhtar, his kin and associates, which they allegedly earned by means of unlawful means. Around a dozen locations related to Mukhtar and his relations have to date been raided by ED in Ghazipur, Lucknow and Delhi.

    ED officers had then additionally issued notices to Mukhtar’s brother MP Afzal Ansari, brother-in-law Atif Raza, son Abbas Ansari and another individuals together with shut relations and associates, and referred to as them for recording their statements. However, Mukhtar’s spouse Afshan has been elusive and has failed to answer ED summons to date.

    Enforcement Directorate groups raided 5 spots in Ghazipur, 4 in Lucknow and three in Delhi and seized recordsdata associated to properties, and transactions together with laptops and several other cell phones not too long ago.

    Abbas Ansari has been absconding in a case lodged in opposition to him below Arms Act within the state. While the UP police failed to trace him, the Mau MLA moved to Supreme Court to remain on arrest and was given reduction by the apex courtroom following which he surfaced in Saifai in mid-October to pay his tributes to SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav who handed away on October 10.

    LUCKNOW: Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, son of former MLA and mafia Mukhtar Ansari, was “arrested” by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Prayagraj late on Friday night time, stated police sources on Saturday. Abbas is an MLA from Mau (Sadar) meeting phase from Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) of OP Rajbhar.

    On Saturday afternoon, the ED officers produced the SBSP MLA in Prayagraj MP/MLA courtroom amid tight safety.

    Abbas Ansari has been on the ED scanner over cash laundering allegations.  He was summoned by the company for questioning on Friday afternoon associated to a case of cash laundering registered in opposition to his father in July 2021.

    Abbas appeared in ED’s Prayagraj workplace on Friday and after a day-long grilling, he was “arrested” and brought to Moti Lal Nehru Divisional (Colvin) Hospital for a medical examination round midnight, stated the sources. 

    Abbas’s driver Ravi Kumar Sharma of Ghazipur was additionally detained together with Abbas. However, ED didn’t verify Abbas Ansari’s detention or “arrest” until now formally.

    Significantly, ED had issued summons to over half a dozen relations and associates of Mukhtar Ansari, lodged in Banda jail, within the cash laundering case registered in opposition to him in March 2021.

    ED had issued a lookout discover on October 11 in opposition to Abbas Ansari and his mom, Mukhtar’s spouse, Afshan Ansari. Following this, ED summoned Abbas and his youthful brother Umar on May 20 for questioning.

    In response to the summons, Abbas alongside together with his lawyer arrived on the ED workplace on Friday afternoon. After nearly nine-hour of questioning, he was ‘arrested’.

    ED is at present investigating the movable and immovable property of Mukhtar, his kin and associates, which they allegedly earned by means of unlawful means. Around a dozen locations related to Mukhtar and his relations have to date been raided by ED in Ghazipur, Lucknow and Delhi.

    ED officers had then additionally issued notices to Mukhtar’s brother MP Afzal Ansari, brother-in-law Atif Raza, son Abbas Ansari and another individuals together with shut relations and associates, and referred to as them for recording their statements. However, Mukhtar’s spouse Afshan has been elusive and has failed to answer ED summons to date.

    Enforcement Directorate groups raided 5 spots in Ghazipur, 4 in Lucknow and three in Delhi and seized recordsdata associated to properties, and transactions together with laptops and several other cell phones not too long ago.

    Abbas Ansari has been absconding in a case lodged in opposition to him below Arms Act within the state. While the UP police failed to trace him, the Mau MLA moved to Supreme Court to remain on arrest and was given reduction by the apex courtroom following which he surfaced in Saifai in mid-October to pay his tributes to SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav who handed away on October 10.

  • SBSP insurgent leaders float new celebration in UP, Mahendra Rajbhar turns into its first president

    By PTI

    MAU: Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) insurgent leaders on Tuesday floated a brand new celebration right here, with Mahendra Rajbhar changing into its first president.

    Mahendra Rajbhar introduced the formation of ‘Suheldev Swabhiman Party’ exterior the Collectorate workplace amid sloganeering towards SBSP president Om Prakash Rajbhar by Mahendra’s supporters after they had been allegedly denied permission to prepare a ‘mahapanchayat’ in a plaza positioned at Ghazipur trisection.

    The supporters of Mahendra Rajbhar reached the venue of the mahapanchayat within the morning solely to search out it locked.

    They then reached the Collectorate workplace from the place the police eliminated them and Mahendra Rajbhar introduced the formation of the brand new celebration on the street itself.

    Speaking on the event, Mahendra Rajbhar mentioned the Mau administration didn’t permit him to carry a mahapanchayat, and blamed O P Rajbhar for it.

    The district administration had made elaborate safety preparations deploying a lot of police and PAC personnel in view of the SBSP rebels’ programme.

    Several different insurgent leaders on Tuesday alleged that O P Rajbhar has deviated from the celebration’s core rules and he listens to solely his two sons, not the employees.

    Chandrashekhar Rajbhar, one of many insurgent leaders, accused O P Rajbhar of promoting celebration tickets and mentioned that “now we will strengthen ‘Suheldev Swabhiman Party’ under the leadership of Mahendra Rajbhar.”

    Mahendra Rajbhar, who’s founder member of SBSP, had resigned from the celebration, together with over two dozen members, earlier this month.

    “Om Prakash Rajbhar is only engaged in collecting money. We founded the party in 2002 with a mission to work for the poor and Dalits. But now he is using the party for money. It is because of this that over two dozen party leaders, including state general secretary Arjun Chauhan and state vice-president Awadhesh Rajbhar, have resigned along with me,” Mahendra Rajbhar had mentioned on the time of quitting the celebration.

    Mahendra Rajbhar had contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls from Mau because the BJP-SBSP alliance candidate towards don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and misplaced by a margin of 6,000 votes.

    Mahendra Rajbhar is taken into account influential among the many Rajbhar neighborhood in Mau, Azamgarh, Ballia, Deoria and Ghazipur districts.

    O P Rajbhar, who was energetic with Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram, based the SBSP in 2002 and fielded his candidates in subsequent elections however he bought success for the primary time in 2017.

    O P Rajbhar contested the 2017 meeting elections in alliance with the BJP and 4 of its candidates, together with Rajbhar, had gained, and he was made a minister within the Yogi Adityanath-led authorities.

    But inside two years, he left the ministerial put up after variations with the BJP.

    He is taken into account an efficient chief of the Rajbhar neighborhood, having affect primarily within the districts of Varanasi, Devipatan, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, and Ayodhya.

    In the 2022 meeting elections, O P Rajbhar contested in alliance with the Samajwadi Party and gained six seats.

    But in the course of the presidential election held in July this yr, he once more warmed up with the BJP after adopting a path completely different from the SP.

    Recently, O P Rajbhar and his son Arvind Rajbhar, who’s the celebration’s chief basic secretary, had met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

    MAU: Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) insurgent leaders on Tuesday floated a brand new celebration right here, with Mahendra Rajbhar changing into its first president.

    Mahendra Rajbhar introduced the formation of ‘Suheldev Swabhiman Party’ exterior the Collectorate workplace amid sloganeering towards SBSP president Om Prakash Rajbhar by Mahendra’s supporters after they had been allegedly denied permission to prepare a ‘mahapanchayat’ in a plaza positioned at Ghazipur trisection.

    The supporters of Mahendra Rajbhar reached the venue of the mahapanchayat within the morning solely to search out it locked.

    They then reached the Collectorate workplace from the place the police eliminated them and Mahendra Rajbhar introduced the formation of the brand new celebration on the street itself.

    Speaking on the event, Mahendra Rajbhar mentioned the Mau administration didn’t permit him to carry a mahapanchayat, and blamed O P Rajbhar for it.

    The district administration had made elaborate safety preparations deploying a lot of police and PAC personnel in view of the SBSP rebels’ programme.

    Several different insurgent leaders on Tuesday alleged that O P Rajbhar has deviated from the celebration’s core rules and he listens to solely his two sons, not the employees.

    Chandrashekhar Rajbhar, one of many insurgent leaders, accused O P Rajbhar of promoting celebration tickets and mentioned that “now we will strengthen ‘Suheldev Swabhiman Party’ under the leadership of Mahendra Rajbhar.”

    Mahendra Rajbhar, who’s founder member of SBSP, had resigned from the celebration, together with over two dozen members, earlier this month.

    “Om Prakash Rajbhar is only engaged in collecting money. We founded the party in 2002 with a mission to work for the poor and Dalits. But now he is using the party for money. It is because of this that over two dozen party leaders, including state general secretary Arjun Chauhan and state vice-president Awadhesh Rajbhar, have resigned along with me,” Mahendra Rajbhar had mentioned on the time of quitting the celebration.

    Mahendra Rajbhar had contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls from Mau because the BJP-SBSP alliance candidate towards don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and misplaced by a margin of 6,000 votes.

    Mahendra Rajbhar is taken into account influential among the many Rajbhar neighborhood in Mau, Azamgarh, Ballia, Deoria and Ghazipur districts.

    O P Rajbhar, who was energetic with Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram, based the SBSP in 2002 and fielded his candidates in subsequent elections however he bought success for the primary time in 2017.

    O P Rajbhar contested the 2017 meeting elections in alliance with the BJP and 4 of its candidates, together with Rajbhar, had gained, and he was made a minister within the Yogi Adityanath-led authorities.

    But inside two years, he left the ministerial put up after variations with the BJP.

    He is taken into account an efficient chief of the Rajbhar neighborhood, having affect primarily within the districts of Varanasi, Devipatan, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, and Ayodhya.

    In the 2022 meeting elections, O P Rajbhar contested in alliance with the Samajwadi Party and gained six seats.

    But in the course of the presidential election held in July this yr, he once more warmed up with the BJP after adopting a path completely different from the SP.

    Recently, O P Rajbhar and his son Arvind Rajbhar, who’s the celebration’s chief basic secretary, had met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

  • Rajbhar’s occasion but to take name on presidential election, retains Opposition camp guessing

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW/BALLIA: Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, which has stored ally Samajwadi Party guessing on whom it should vote for within the presidential election, will take a name on Saturday after assembly SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, a celebration chief stated.

    However, SP occasion chief Udaiveer Singh, whose title was taken by the SBSP chief for finalising the assembly, stated “no such meeting has been fixed”.

    As chinks seem within the opposition alliance in Uttar Pradesh, the SBSP has been sending combined indicators on whether or not its MLAs will vote for opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha or ruling NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu.

    On Tuesday, an SBSP spokesperson maintained that the occasion nonetheless remained a part of the SP-led alliance.

    SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar had earlier stated he’ll announce the occasion s determination on the presidential election on Tuesday after assembly Akhilesh Yadav on the problem and different issues associated to the alliance.

    But spokesperson Arun Rajbhar informed PTI {that a} press convention scheduled for the day has been cancelled.

    He stated the SBSP chief will quickly meet Yadav.

    He stated senior SP chief Udaiveer Singh had earlier informed the SBSP that Yadav will meet them in a few days.

    He advised that the deliberate assembly has bought delayed due to the demise of occasion founder Mulayam Singh Yadav’s spouse Sadhna Yadav.

    “After having a meeting with Akhilesh Yadav regarding the presidential election, a press conference will be held in Lucknow on July 16,” the SBSP spokesperson, who’s occasion chief’s son, stated.

    However, SP chief and former MLC Udaiveer Singh denied claims of the SBSP chief relating to assembly with Akhilesh Yadav.

    “Neither such a meeting is fixed, nor anyone from SBSP has talked to SP or me for seeking the time (from SP Chief),” Singh clarified in a tweet in Hindi.

    Arun Rajbhar earlier maintained that the occasion remained an ally of the SP.

    “The SBSP is with the SP and will remain with it in the future as well,” he stated.

    When requested a few occasion assembly Tuesday in Ballia s Rasra, he stated, “Discussions have been held on increasing the occasion organisation.

    The SBSP chief stated {that a} assembly will probably be held (with Akhilesh Yadav) by July 16, after which “we will make it clear whom we will vote for,” he stated.

    Om Prakash Rajbhar had created a flutter within the opposition camp by attending a dinner hosted by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow final Friday.

    It signalled cracks within the opposition alliance and triggered hypothesis that Rajbhar might stroll out of the coalition that fought the latest meeting election collectively.

    Shivpal Yadav, who heads the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia), formally an SP ally, additionally attended the dinner hosted for Murmu.

    Jansatta Dal Loktantrik chief Raghuraj Pratap Singh, also referred to as Raja Bhaiya, and the lone Bahujan Samaj Party MLA in Uttar Pradesh, Uma Shankar Singh, have been additionally current there.

  • ‘He grew to become CM due to father’s grace’: SP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar takes potshots at Akhilesh

    By PTI

    BALLIA: Samajwadi Party ally Om Prakash Rajbhar focused SP president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, saying he had grow to be the chief minister solely by the grace of his father and that his get together had not gained any election underneath his management since 2014.

    The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) president additionally took swipes at Yadav over the SP’s defeat within the latest Lok Sabha bypolls in Azamgarh and Rampur.

    On Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s declare that the BJP was going to win all of the 80 seats within the subsequent Lok Sabha polls, Rajbhar stated it may very well be doable if the opposition doesn’t stay united.

    “What kind of a contest can you expect from a party whose leader does not take part in the election campaign?” Rajbhar quipped, taking an obvious dig at Akhilesh, who didn’t marketing campaign both in Azamgarh, the seat he had vacated, or Rampur vacated by Azam Khan.

    When requested about his latest remarks that Akhilesh was doing politics from an air-conditioned room, Rajbhar instructed reporters, “He became the chief minister not on his own but by the grace of his father Mulayam Singh Yadav.”

    Known for making hard-hitting feedback, Rajbhar additional stated, “Akhilesh Yadav should tell what work he has done so far on the ground. In how many villages he has held the meeting so far. Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shiv Pal Singh Yadav were aware of the situation on the ground.”

    “The 2012 assembly elections were held under the leadership of Mulayam Singh Yadav. In all the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections held in the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav, be it in 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2022, he has lost,” Rajbhar added.

    The SP confronted a defeat within the Legislative Council polls too.

    “Akhilesh himself should clarify that so far he has not won a single election,” Rajbhar stated, including “Mulayam Singh Yadav is the leader of the masses. Akhilesh Yadav has got politics from his father in legacy.”

    After protracted household feud, Akhilesh took over the reins of the SP in 2016.

    An influential OBC chief, Rajbhar’s get together gained six seats within the latest state polls as a constituent of the SP-led opposition coalition.

    To a query over the SP’s efficiency within the latest Lok Sabha by-elections, the SBSP chief stated the Akhilesh Yadav-led get together itself invited hassle.

    “No one can win the election by declaring the candidate on the last day of nomination after the bugle of the election is sounded,” he stated.

    Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali, the BSP nominee in Azamgarh bypoll, bagged over 2.5 lakh votes and induced a dent within the SP vote share, paving manner for the victory of BJP’s Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’.

    Speaking concerning the 2024 subsequent common elections, with out naming the BJP, Rajbhar stated those that needed to kind the federal government have been working in the direction of it.

    On Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s declare of successful 80 seats within the state the 2024 polls, the SBSP chief stated if the angle of the leaders of opposition events doesn’t change, the BJP could win the anticipated variety of seats.

    If Mayawati and Akhilesh struggle individually, the BJP can win 80 seats, he added.

    All opposition events, together with Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, ought to be united in opposition to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh to guard the Constitution and reservation, and within the curiosity of the backward courses and Dalits, the SBSP chief pressured.

    In response to a query concerning the distribution of seats for the Parliamentary polls, Rajbhar stated the SP ought to contest from 60 seats and provides the remaining 20 to its allies.

    He expressed confidence that the SBSP shall be given 5 seats within the opposition grouping.

  • Voting begins for final section of UP polls; 613 candidates in fray on 54 seats

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Voting for the seventh and the final section of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections started on Monday morning, with 613 candidates within the fray on 54 seats, together with these falling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary section Varanasi.

    The destiny of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar and several other state ministers will likely be determined on this spherical, wherein 2.06 crore persons are eligible to vote.

    Voting will likely be held from 7 am to 4 pm on the Chakia (Chandauli), Robertsganj and Duddhi (Sonbhadra) seats whereas in the remainder of the segments, it is going to proceed until 6 pm.

    The districts going to the polls on this section are Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra.

    Once thought of a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, the area noticed the BJP making inroads in 2017 by successful 29 seats.

    The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) bought six seats and the SP 11.

    For the SP, its patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav made a uncommon look in Jaunpur to drum up assist for Lucky Yadav, the son of his long-time affiliate the late Parasnath Yadav.

    Lucky Yadav is within the fray from the Malhani seat.

    Mulayam had earlier campaigned for his son Akhilesh Yadav within the Karhal Assembly section of Mainpuri.

    Besides state Tourism Minister Neelkanth Tiwari (Varanasi South), different ministers within the fray within the final leg of the elections are Anil Rajbhar (Shivpur-Varanasi), Ravindra Jaiswal (Varanasi North), Girish Yadav (Jaunpur) and Ramashankar Singh Patel (Marihan-Mirzapur).

    Dara Singh Chauhan, who had resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet and had joined the SP, is contesting from Ghosi in Mau.

    Om Prakash Rajbhar (Zahoorabad), Dhananjay Singh (Malhani-Jaunpur) because the JD(U) candidate, and Abbas Ansari, the son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, from Mau Sadar seat, are contesting on this section.

    Campaigning on this section reached its crescendo with Prime Minister Narendra Modi main the BJP’s ballot blitzkrieg in Varanasi and its adjoining districts.

    Besides addressing election rallies, he additionally held a roadshow for 3 Assembly constituencies in his Lok Sabha section.

    This section additionally noticed West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee descending on the pilgrim metropolis to carry a joint rally with Akhilesh Yadav and his RLD ally Jayant Chaudhary.

    Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had been tenting in Varanasi for about 4 days.

    She, alongside along with her brother Rahul Gandhi, addressed election conferences, whereas BSP supremo Mayawati campaigned within the district and neighbouring areas.

    Seeking to override anti-incumbency, the ruling occasion raised points like compelled migration and legislation and order issues through the earlier SP authorities, whereas Akhilesh Yadav focused the BJP authorities on the problems of inflation, unemployment, stray cattle, and the farmers’ agitation towards the Centre’s agriculture legal guidelines.

    The mowing down of 4 farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri was additionally highlighted by all opposition events as Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is an accused within the case.

    The state has 403 Assembly seats and the outcomes of the elections will likely be declared on March 10.

  • UP Elections: EC bans Mukhtar Ansari’s son from ballot marketing campaign for twenty-four hours

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW:  The Election Commission of India, on Friday, put a ban on Abbas Ansari, 30, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) candidate from Mau Sadar seat and son of mafia don-turned –politician Mukhtar Ansari, from ballot marketing campaign for twenty-four hours  as he was caught on digital camera  issuing open threats to the federal government officers throughout a public assembly in Mau district.

    Mau will vote in Phase-7 on March 7. The EC took cognizance of the video clip going viral on social media exhibiting Abbas Ansari delivering a speech throughout which he stated that no authorities officers can be transferred for the primary six months after the formation of SP and alliance authorities in UP as their ‘hisab-kitab’ (settling of scores) can be executed first.

    “I have told Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav that no transfers or postings of any officer or employees will happen for six months as we will settle the accounts first with the UP administration and only then their transfer certificates will be stamped,” asserted Ansari.

    Meanwhile, the Mau police have registered an FIR towards Abbas Ansari at Kotwali police underneath Section 171F (Offence of undue affect or personation at an election) and Section 506 (felony intimidation) of IPC.

    Besides, registering an FIR towards Abbas Ansari, a report has additionally been despatched to Returning Officer of Mau Sadar Assembly seat for initiating acceptable motion,” stated Sushil Ghule, Mau SP.

    However, taking cognizance of the Mau police report, the election fee acted towards Ansari.

    Videos of Abbas Ansari’s controversial remarks have been extensively shared, prompting police to take cognizance and start investigations. 

    ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar verified the authenticity the video and ordered that an FIR be registered
    towards Ansari for violating the Model Code of Conduct.

    When the marketing campaign for the ultimate section of UP elections is at its peak, the video of Abbas Ansari threatening police officers has gone viral on social media.

    In this video, Abbas Ansari is seen threatening the officers overtly from the stage of the general public assembly.

    Significantly, Abbas Ansari’s father Mukhtar Ansari is incarecerated in Banda jail in reference to numerous felony instances of unlawful land-grabbing, extortion, homicide, and kidnapping.

    Mukhtar, who used to run fearlessly in the course of the earlier SP and BSP regimes, is now shifting on a wheelchair even in jail.

    Abbas might be dealing with off with BJP candidate Ashok Singh within the seat, the BSP’s state president Bhim Rajbhar, and Congress nominee Madhavendra Bahadur Singh.

  • UP Assembly Polls: Can again BJP if OBC chief is known as CM candidate, says Rajbhar

    Two years after parting methods with the ruling BJP, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar on Tuesday met UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh and vice-president Dayashankar Singh in Lucknow, hinting at the potential for an alliance between the 2 events forward of the Assembly elections in UP due early subsequent 12 months.
    Rajbhar, who for the previous one 12 months has been stitching collectively an alliance of smaller events, initially termed the assembly a “courtesy call” however later admitted he was open to the concept of realigning.
    “The BJP is keen to forge an alliance… If our demands, including the announcement of a backward caste person as CM candidate, a census to collate the backward caste population, 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha, common and compulsory free education, free electricity to households, ban on liquor and implementation of Samajik Nyaya Samiti report are met, then we can consider an alliance,” Rajbhar, who’s an OBC chief, mentioned.
    BJP state vice-president Dayashankar, who was current within the assembly, mentioned: “It was just a courtesy visit, which has opened up possibilities for the future.”
    “…While the meeting has opened possibilities, there are no conditions attached… During the recent Union Cabinet reshuffle, OBC leaders from UP were given prominence.”

  • Om Prakash Rajbhar in talks with AAP, TMC to kind entrance to counter BJP

    President of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Om Prakash Rajbhar, on Sunday mentioned that he’s attempting to deliver TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on a typical platform, and kind an efficient entrance to counter the BJP.
    The SBSP had contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in alliance with the BJP however later parted methods.
    Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh are slated for early subsequent yr.
    “Yesterday, I met Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, and his approach was positive. He has given in-principle approval to be a part of the Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha. The final decision about joining the morcha will be taken by Kejriwal. In this regard, there will be a meeting with Kejriwal in Delhi next week,” Rajbhar informed PTI.

    When requested whether or not Kejriwal is able to be a part of the morcha regardless of the presence of Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, the SBSP chief mentioned, “The need of the hour is to stop the BJP. If the BJP can join hands with Mehbooba Mufti, then Kejriwal and Owaisi too can come on the same platform to stop the BJP.”

    Rajbhar mentioned his “effort will be to bring TMC chief Banerjee, and Shiv Sena president Thackeray on a platform, and form an effective front to counter the BJP.”
    The SBSP chief mentioned he has already held talks with Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut and a normal secretary of the Trinamool Congress.
    “Raut is likely to visit Lucknow soon, and decisive talks in this regard will be held with him,” Rajbhar mentioned.

    In the 2017 Assembly elections, the SBSP contested eight seats and received 4.
    Rajbhar was made a Cabinet minister however he resigned later.

  • Bhim Army joins Rajbhar alliance for UP polls

    Image Source : PTI Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad
    The Bhim Army might be becoming a member of the Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha, a conglomeration of smaller events led by the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), chief Om Prakash Rajbhar. Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar met Om Prakash Rajbhar on Saturday and agreed to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh as a part of the alliance.
    SBSP General Secretary Arun Rajbhar stated their coalition will contest on all 403 seats within the state.
    “We are trying to form the government in the state on issues of education, health, electricity and employment. In the 2022 Assembly elections, we will form a government in the state and give free education and power,” Arun Rajbhar stated, including that “Whosoever wants to stop the BJP, are welcome in the Morcha.”

    In December, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi had introduced his get together’s intention to combat the subsequent state elections in Uttar Pradesh as a part of a entrance led by Om Prakash Rajbhar, a former BJP ally.
    “We are now part of Rajbhar’s morcha,” he had stated after assembly the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief right here.
    The SBSP is already in talks with different events, together with the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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