In a surprise move, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday appointed the party’s veteran Brahmin face and seven-time MLA Mata Prasad Pandey, 81, as the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Also, Akhilesh appointed Kanth MLA and minority community leader Kamal Akhtar as the party’s chief whip and RK Verma, a Kurmi face from Pratapgarh district, as the party’s deputy whip in the Assembly. The development came a day before the start of the monsoon session of the state Assembly. The LoP’s post had fallen vacant since…
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Ayodhya’s land sold to outsiders: Akhilesh | Lucknow News
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday demanded an investigation into the land deals in Ayodhya in the past seven years. Reacting to an investigative report published in The Indian Express, Akhilesh said that it is now emerging that people from elsewhere bought and sold land in Ayodhya on a large scale to make profits. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also posted on X: “Common people would know the price of flour and pulses. Ministers and officials were busy finding out the price of land in Ayodhya.” Akhilesh posted an…
Akhilesh Yadav: Reminds me of emergency on June 25: Akhilesh Yadav
[ad_1] Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Said on Saturday that 47 years have passed since the Emergency was imposed in the country, but even today the memories of the events that unfolded on June 25, 1975 send chills down the spine. Even during ‘Amrit Kaal’ – 25 Years Lead-up to Centenary Year of Independence in 2047 Unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi – “Democracy is being murdered,” Yadav claimed in a statement issued here. “Forty-seven years have passed since the Emergency, but the memory of June 25, 1977 sends chills…