After burning fingers with Congress and BSP, SP banks on smaller partiesParties like Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), Mahan Dal and Janwadi Party - who have pockets of influence in ...
23 Oct, 2021, 06.41 AM IST
Akhilesh Yadav bets on caste census for supportYadav was presiding over a meeting of workers of Mahan Dal, a small party led by Keshav Dev Maurya, representing non-Yadav OBCs like Shakya...
09 Aug, 2021, 07.36 AM IST
Smaller parties in Samajwadi Party’s 2022 poll planThe primary objective of this move is to reach out to the crucial non-Yadav OBC category, as well as garnering the support of some tribal c...
03 Jul, 2021, 11.43 AM IST
Keshav Prasad Maurya, the deputy CM rewarded for BJP win in UPAssociated with the RSS and the VHP from an early age, Maurya's life bears an uncanny similarity to that of PM Modi. Both, as young men fro...
18 Mar, 2017, 09.02 PM IST
A test for BJP’s plan to woo MBCsBJP has made a fresh attempt to woo the MBC voters in this election by bringing the defectors from BSP in its camps.
11 Feb, 2017, 12.40 AM IST
BJP bets big on non-Yadav OBCs in UP Assembly pollsAmong OBCs, party’s favourite seems to be Koeri community, Kurmi, Lodh-Rajput, Nishad & Jats. Apart from these, BJP wooing Rajbhars, Baghel...
25 Jan, 2017, 07.22 AM IST
So, what's the right caste mix in Uttar Pradesh?Brahmins play a crucial role in 60 assembly seats in central and east UP and Thakurs are important in 85 seats mainly in central and east U...
24 Jan, 2017, 11.27 AM IST
Small is big in Uttar Pradesh where the die is 'caste'Come elections, these smaller political outfits make their presence felt in a big way as they can influence the outcome in the high stakes ...
19 Jan, 2017, 01.43 PM IST
Swamy Prasad Maurya, who recently quit BSP, joins BJPThe four-time MLA claimed that if he received ample support from the party's leadership, then it would come to power in UP with a strong ma...
08 Aug, 2016, 04.22 PM IST
Mayawati says Swami Prasad Maurya disloyal, selfish; triggers war of wordsThe BSP supremo ruled out the possibility of his re-entry into the party, saying history was replete with instances that those who left the...
25 Jun, 2016, 07.55 PM IST
Swami Prasad Maurya disloyal, selfish: MayawatiThe BSP supremo ruled out the possibility of his re-entry into the party, saying history was replete with instances that those who left the...
25 Jun, 2016, 03.49 PM IST
Amit Shah's choice of UP BJP chief to dampen Nitish Kumar's pitchNitish’s designs of making a robust foray into UP may have got its biggest social engineering jolt when Amit Shah appointed KP Maurya as th...
11 Apr, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
- Haryana government adds Kushwaha, Keori, Maurya castes to BC list
The Haryana government has added Kushwaha, Keori and Maurya castes to the list of Backward Classes.
05 Nov, 2013, 05.59 PM IST
UP polls: Make-or-break fifth phase for political partiesForty-nine assembly seats across 13 districts could make or mar hopes in the UP contest , as the OBC-MBC-Dalit stretch is at stakes
23 Feb, 2012, 11.47 AM IST
UP elections: NRHM scam tainted Babu Singh Kushwaha campaigns hard for BJPKushwaha, whose membership in BJP was put on hold following anger within BJP, has turned out to be the one of its most eager campaigners.
08 Feb, 2012, 01.59 AM IST
UP elections: Parties like BSP, BJP, Congress & SP attach special importance to BundelkhandUma Bharati's candidature from Charkhari has set the stage for an intense quadrangular contest in the region for the UP assembly polls.
20 Jan, 2012, 06.55 PM IST
- UP elections: Three-way race by Congress, BJP & BSP to woo MBCs
Parties are capitalising on the simmering resentment among MBCs on being denied a proper representation in the 27% quota earmarked for OBCs.
16 Jan, 2012, 03.26 AM IST