Uttar Pradesh

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has launched a sharp political attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of deliberately insulting the PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) community through its recent organisational appointments in Uttar Pradesh. The controversy erupted after the BJP appointed Union Minister Pankaj Chaudhary, a seven-time Member of Parliament from Maharajganj (UP), as the new UP BJP President, while a day later naming Nitin Nabin, a five-time MLA from Patna’s Bankipur constituency (Bihar), as the party’s National Working President. Taking to social media platform X, Akhilesh Yadav posed a series of pointed questions:“Which is bigger—five or seven? An MLA or an MP? A state or the Centre? A state minister or a Union minister? Then how does ...

Lucknow: Politics in Uttar Pradesh has intensified over the alleged smuggling of codeine cough syrup. Following Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s accusations linking the Samajwadi Party (SP) to mafia networks involved in the case, SP chief and former CM Akhilesh Yadav has responded sharply—using poetry on the social media platform X. His post is widely seen as a pointed political counter to CM Yogi’s claims. Akhilesh Yadav’s Response Without directly naming the CM, Akhilesh Yadav posted a couplet:"When you yourself are trapped, you blame others; This is an old game, rulers, tell us something new." Through this poetic expression, Yadav signaled that accusing the opposition has become a routine political tactic, while the government avoids accountability. The post quickly went viral,...