Uttar Pradesh Congress Chief Ajay Kumar Lallu

The sixth round of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls will see voting for 57 seats on Thursday sealing the fate of political heavyweights such as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu and Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was arrested here today while staging a protest against the state government over an incident of a 16-year-old Dalit girl being beaten up in the district.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu today alleged that there has been a rise in police brutality in the name of maintaining law and order in the state and said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "encounter policy" is having a wrong impact.

Predicting that the Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll results will spring a surprise, Congress' state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Sunday claimed that his party would secure a clear majority while the BJP would "not be able to cross 30 seats".

Accusing the ruling BJP of attempting to divert attention from the various problems plaguing Uttar Pradesh by going in for election for the post of deputy speaker, the Congress on Monday decided to boycott the poll.

Virtually ruling out an alliance with the SP and BSP for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress' state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Sunday said his party will forge alliances only with small parties.

Gearing up for the Assembly polls next year, the Congress on Wednesday constituted the election committee for Uttar Pradesh, which includes state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu and former Union ministers Salman Khurshid, Rajeev Shukla and RPN Singh.

UPCC chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Tuesday held a meeting of senior Congress leaders and former MLAs at the party headquarters in Lucknow to deliberate on the Congress' strategy for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, complaining about his repeated arrests by the state police, saying they deprive him of his rights as people's representative.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Sunday alleged the state government has deployed armed police outside his residence to stop him from going to Jhansi, a day after he was detained briefly for taking out a march allegedly without permission.

Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu and over 50 party workers were arrested here on Saturday after they tried to take out the "Gai Bachao, Kisan Bachao" march without permission, police said.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu has said that he has been placed under "house arrest" amid protests by his party over the alleged gang rape and murder of the 20-year-old woman from UP's Hathras, who died in Delhi on Tuesday. Attacking Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Congress leader today said: "In Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanat...

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Kumar Lallu has been put "under house arrest" in Lucknow ahead of the scheduled visit of senior leader Rahul Gandhi to Hathras today, the party said.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was detained by police in Barabanki district on Thursday while he was on his way to Ayodhya to meet farmers regarding a matter of alleged arbitrariness in the compensation paid to them by the state government for land.

The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu while questioning his party's offer to provide buses for migrant workers, the issue which triggered a row with the state government and also led to his arrest.

The sixth round of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls will see voting for 57 seats on Thursday sealing the fate of political heavyweights such as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu and Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was arrested here today while staging a protest against the state government over an incident of a 16-year-old Dalit girl being beaten up in the district.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu today alleged that there has been a rise in police brutality in the name of maintaining law and order in the state and said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "encounter policy" is having a wrong impact.

Predicting that the Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll results will spring a surprise, Congress' state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Sunday claimed that his party would secure a clear majority while the BJP would "not be able to cross 30 seats".

Accusing the ruling BJP of attempting to divert attention from the various problems plaguing Uttar Pradesh by going in for election for the post of deputy speaker, the Congress on Monday decided to boycott the poll.

Virtually ruling out an alliance with the SP and BSP for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress' state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Sunday said his party will forge alliances only with small parties.

Gearing up for the Assembly polls next year, the Congress on Wednesday constituted the election committee for Uttar Pradesh, which includes state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu and former Union ministers Salman Khurshid, Rajeev Shukla and RPN Singh.

UPCC chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Tuesday held a meeting of senior Congress leaders and former MLAs at the party headquarters in Lucknow to deliberate on the Congress' strategy for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, complaining about his repeated arrests by the state police, saying they deprive him of his rights as people's representative.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Sunday alleged the state government has deployed armed police outside his residence to stop him from going to Jhansi, a day after he was detained briefly for taking out a march allegedly without permission.

Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu and over 50 party workers were arrested here on Saturday after they tried to take out the "Gai Bachao, Kisan Bachao" march without permission, police said.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu has said that he has been placed under "house arrest" amid protests by his party over the alleged gang rape and murder of the 20-year-old woman from UP's Hathras, who died in Delhi on Tuesday. Attacking Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Congress leader today said: "In Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanat...

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Kumar Lallu has been put "under house arrest" in Lucknow ahead of the scheduled visit of senior leader Rahul Gandhi to Hathras today, the party said.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was detained by police in Barabanki district on Thursday while he was on his way to Ayodhya to meet farmers regarding a matter of alleged arbitrariness in the compensation paid to them by the state government for land.

The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu while questioning his party's offer to provide buses for migrant workers, the issue which triggered a row with the state government and also led to his arrest.