Uttar Pradesh Assembly Lawmakers

BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri - who last week hurled Islamophobic abuses at BSP lawmaker Kunwar Danish Ali - has been tasked with leading the party's poll campaign in Rajasthan's Tonk, an appointment denounced by the opposition.

The high-profile exits of three ministers and seven MLAs from the Yogi Adityanath government in UP over the past three days -weeks before polls - were followed bythree lawmakers - two from the Samajwadi Party and one from the Congress

A bed-ridden Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA - among five lawmakers who quit the ruling party yesterday ahead of elections next month - has been forced to issue a statement after his daughter alleged he had been 'kidnapped' by his brother.

A BSP legislator got some film-style advice from the Speaker as he defied an opposition boycott of the special session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly to mark Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.

Samajwadi Party lawmaker Nahid Hasan has sparked off a controversy by asking the people of his assembly constituency, Kairana, to boycott "pro-BJP" shopkeepers and instead procure their everyday necessities from Panipat in neighbouring Haryana.

A total of 11 lawmakers have been elected to the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh this time and by-elections will be held in their constituencies.

A BJP lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh, not chosen as a candidate for next month's national election, handed over his resignation to the guard, or chowkidar, of the BJP office in Lucknow. The gesture is loaded, at the height of the BJP's "Main Bhi Chowkidar" campaign.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly witnessed an unusual situation today as a Samajwadi Party legislator broke into tears, saying his Rs 10 lakh was stolen and if it was not recovered, he would "commit suicide".

The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly was off to a stormy start today, as legislators of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) hurled paper balls, raised slogans and climbed on chairs as Governor Ram Naik addressed the joint session.

Hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said he would have to "run away" if the BJP came to power in Telangana, Hyderabad lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi delivered his retort. "India is my father's country. Nobody can force me to leave it," the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader said at a rally on Sunday.

Unidentified assailants opened fire and threw a hand grenade on BJP lawmaker Sangeet Som's residence in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, in the early hours of Thursday, police said. The Member of Legislative Assembly or MLA is accused of inciting violence and riots in 2013's Muzaffarnagar riots case.

BJP MLA Ashok Singh Chandel today created a flutter in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly when he alleged threat to his life and said he was not getting adequate security despite raising the issue with authorities in Lucknow.

By-elections to four Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly constituencies across 10 states are being held today. The Lok Sabha seats that will vote include Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and the lone seat in Nagaland. While the BJP held three of these seats, its former ally Naga People's Front (NPF) had won the Naga...

A month-long assembly session is coming to an end in Bihar and not once did Chief Minister Nitish Kumar call a joint meeting of lawmakers with his coalition partner, the BJP. There couldn't have been a clearer sign that apart from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar is another state where BJP's friendships have hit a rough patch.

Gorakhpur, the Uttar Pradesh parliament seat that Yogi Adityanath represented as a BJP lawmaker for two decades before vacating it last year to take over as Chief Minister, has chosen the Samajwadi Party this time. The Samajwadi Party, backed in a rare arrangement by Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party, has also won the by-election in Phulpur, the seat ...

BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri - who last week hurled Islamophobic abuses at BSP lawmaker Kunwar Danish Ali - has been tasked with leading the party's poll campaign in Rajasthan's Tonk, an appointment denounced by the opposition.

The high-profile exits of three ministers and seven MLAs from the Yogi Adityanath government in UP over the past three days -weeks before polls - were followed bythree lawmakers - two from the Samajwadi Party and one from the Congress

A bed-ridden Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA - among five lawmakers who quit the ruling party yesterday ahead of elections next month - has been forced to issue a statement after his daughter alleged he had been 'kidnapped' by his brother.

A BSP legislator got some film-style advice from the Speaker as he defied an opposition boycott of the special session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly to mark Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.

Samajwadi Party lawmaker Nahid Hasan has sparked off a controversy by asking the people of his assembly constituency, Kairana, to boycott "pro-BJP" shopkeepers and instead procure their everyday necessities from Panipat in neighbouring Haryana.

A total of 11 lawmakers have been elected to the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh this time and by-elections will be held in their constituencies.

A BJP lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh, not chosen as a candidate for next month's national election, handed over his resignation to the guard, or chowkidar, of the BJP office in Lucknow. The gesture is loaded, at the height of the BJP's "Main Bhi Chowkidar" campaign.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly witnessed an unusual situation today as a Samajwadi Party legislator broke into tears, saying his Rs 10 lakh was stolen and if it was not recovered, he would "commit suicide".

The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly was off to a stormy start today, as legislators of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) hurled paper balls, raised slogans and climbed on chairs as Governor Ram Naik addressed the joint session.

Hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said he would have to "run away" if the BJP came to power in Telangana, Hyderabad lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi delivered his retort. "India is my father's country. Nobody can force me to leave it," the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader said at a rally on Sunday.

Unidentified assailants opened fire and threw a hand grenade on BJP lawmaker Sangeet Som's residence in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, in the early hours of Thursday, police said. The Member of Legislative Assembly or MLA is accused of inciting violence and riots in 2013's Muzaffarnagar riots case.

BJP MLA Ashok Singh Chandel today created a flutter in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly when he alleged threat to his life and said he was not getting adequate security despite raising the issue with authorities in Lucknow.

By-elections to four Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly constituencies across 10 states are being held today. The Lok Sabha seats that will vote include Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and the lone seat in Nagaland. While the BJP held three of these seats, its former ally Naga People's Front (NPF) had won the Naga...

A month-long assembly session is coming to an end in Bihar and not once did Chief Minister Nitish Kumar call a joint meeting of lawmakers with his coalition partner, the BJP. There couldn't have been a clearer sign that apart from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar is another state where BJP's friendships have hit a rough patch.

Gorakhpur, the Uttar Pradesh parliament seat that Yogi Adityanath represented as a BJP lawmaker for two decades before vacating it last year to take over as Chief Minister, has chosen the Samajwadi Party this time. The Samajwadi Party, backed in a rare arrangement by Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party, has also won the by-election in Phulpur, the seat ...