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Samajwadi Party, alliance performing well in Lok Sabha polls: SP`s Dimple Yadav

Amid polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party candidate from Mainpuri constituency Dimple Yadav said that Samajwadi Party and the alliance are performing well and all regional parties across the country are winning against the BJP. Dimple Yadav is contesting from the Mainpuri seat, and earlier her daughter Aditi Yadav, campaigned for the party in Mainpuri and urged the people to vote for Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav. He said on Friday that the fight for the removal of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), currently used in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, is a `long` one. Yadav, who recently announced his candidature from the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency, also said that though everyone will accept the SC`s judgment on EVMs, the fight against the polling machine will not stop. “There is a long fight ahead on VVPAT, EVM, and ballot paper. Whatever decision the Supreme Court takes, everybody will accept that, but the fight won`t stop. The fight will go on,” the SP chief said while speaking to reporters in Uttar …

LS polls: Cong leader seeks support for SP’s Noida candidate to push INDIA bloc | Latest News India

Noida, Congress leader Ajay Chaudhary on Sunday sought support for Samajwadi Party’s Gautam Buddh Nagar Lok Sabha candidate Mahendra Singh Nagar, who is representing the INDIA bloc in the polls. HT Image Addressing an election programme in Greater Noida’s Khairpur village, Chaudhary cautioned the audience, comprising local residents besides supporters of Congress and SP, that it was time to rise above party-level politics. Unlock exclusive access to the story of India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! In western UP’s Gautam Buddh Nagar, Nagar is locking horns with BJP leader Mahesh Sharma, who won the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019 and has served as a union minister in the Narendra Modi-led government’s first term. “There are five assembly constituencies including around 2,700 villages and 700 colonies, in the parliamentary constituency of Gautam Buddh Nagar. I have only one request with folded hands to you all don’t wait for the alliance’s candidate Mahendra Singh Nagar to reach out to every home. Instead, you all reach out to every voter in every …

In, out, in, SP’s final Moradabad candidate says: ‘No one can force leadership to give ticket’ | Political Pulse News

There is no end to the troubles for the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Moradabad. Ever since the Lok Sabha ticket allocation for the seat on March 27, when the party controversially denied the nomination to its sitting MP S T Hasan and gave it to former party MLA Ruchi Veera at the last moment, the two leaders have squared off, putting the party’s campaign in jeopardy. Even after Veera’s nomination papers had been accepted, a letter purportedly written by SP president Akhilesh Yadav had surfaced saying Hasan was the party’s official candidate, adding to the confusion. Left in the end without a ticket, Hasan had told The Indian Express that he wouldn’t campaign for Veera — who is considered to be a confidant of senior jailed SP leader Azam Khan — even though Akhilesh had asked him to do so. Hasan also labelled Veera an “outsider” and claimed that she got the ticket after SP president Akhilesh Yadav caved in to pressure from Azam Khan. Veera says she is not affected by the controversy. “I …

DEOs and SPs responsible for conducting polls in a free and fair manner: CEO

Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena addressing a video-conference with the District Election Officers and Superintendents of Police from Secretariat on Saturday. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Kumar Meena has reiterated that the responsibility of conducting the general elections in a peaceful, free and fair manner rests on the District Election Officers (DEOs) and the Superintendents of Police (SPs) Addressing the officials through a video-conference from the Secretariat on April 6 (Saturday), Mr. Meena advised the DEOs and SPs to deal with the issues with proper knowledge and patience. He instructed that the election-related grievances, complaints and other issues must be addressed within the prescribed time-frame, and suggested that the officers should not cause any inconvenience to the common public. Referring to the seizure of money, liquor and other material, Mr. Meena said these measures were aimed at curbing the unethical practices in the election campaigns. He said that the seizures should not affect the common man and their daily routine. He further said that the cases pertaining to seizure of money should be addressed …

‘I accept decision, will talk to colleagues’: SP’s Atul Pradhan after party replaces him as Meerut candidate | Latest News India

After Samajwadi Party (SP) changed its candidate for Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut Lok Sabha constituency for a second time, party legislator Atul Pradhan, the replaced nominee, said that while he accepts the decision, he will ‘hold a discussion’ with colleagues soon. File photo of Atul Pradhan (left) with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav (twitter.com/atulpradhansp) “I humbly accept SP chief Akhilesh Yadav ji’s decision. I will soon sit and talk with my colleagues,” Pradhan posted on X (formerly Twitter). Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. Separately, speaking to news agency ANI, the SP’s Sardhana MLA remarked that the ‘final decision has been made.’ “There are a lot of twists and turns in politics and real life. I believe in accepting the party’s decision,” Pradhan said. In place of Pradhan, a first-time MLA, the Akhilesh Yadav-led party has now picked Sunita Verma, wife of former legislator Yogesh Verma. Pradhan himself had replaced SP’s original candidate for the Meerut seat, advocate Bhanu Pratap Singh. The announcement of Singh’s candidature, however, caused ‘unease’ among local …

Phone tapping case: Two additional SPs arrested in Telangana | Hyderabad News

Two more senior police officials have been arrested by Hyderabad Police in connection with the case of phone tapping and destroying certain computer systems and official data. During investigation, Additional DCP Thirupathanna and Additional Superintendent of Police N Bhujanga Rao, were arrested, an official release from Hyderabad police late on Saturday night said. The two police officials had earlier worked as Additional Superintendents of Police in the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) and Intelligence Department, respectively. They were accused of colluding with suspended DSP of the SIB, D Praneeth Rao, who was earlier arrested by Hyderabad police for allegedly erasing the intelligence information from various electronic gadgets as well as for alleged phone tapping during the previous BRS regime.“During the questioning, the two police officials have confessed about their involvement in the reported crimes including conspiracy to monitor private persons illegally by developing their profiles abusing their official positions; to cause disappearance of evidence by destroying the public property to conceal their involvement in collusion with the already arrested D Praneeth Kumar alias Praneeth Rao, DSP …

SP’s Manoj Kumar Pandey resigns as chief whip amid UP Rajya Sabha polls voting | Latest News India

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28 IPS officers, two non-cadre SPs transferred in Andhra Pradesh

The State government has issued orders shuffling about 28 IPS officers and two non-cadre SPs on Monday. Vigilance and Enforcement (V&E) Director General Kumar Viswajeet has been transferred and posted as Additional Director General (Railways). Atul Singh, Chairman, State Level Police Recruitment Board (SLPRB), has been transferred and posted as ADG, APSP. CID, Inspector General of Police, Ch. Srikanth, was transferred and posted as IG, OCTOPUS, vice S.V. Rajasekhara Babu, who is posted as SLPRB Chairman. IGP (Intelligence) Counter Intelligence Cell Kolli Raghuram Reddy is transferred and posted as IGP, Vigilance and Enforcement. Sarvashresth Tripathi, IGP (Administration) of DGP office, is transferred and posted as IG, CID. DIG, Visakhapatnam, S. Hari Krishna, has been transferred and posted as IGP (Personnel), of DGP office. Vijayawada Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Vishal Gunni, is transferred as DIG, Visakhapatnam Range. New District SPs Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) SP Adnan Nayeem Asmi is transferred and posted as Krishna SP, vice P. Joshua who is transferred and posted as Chittoor district SP. Vijayawada Rural DCP Ajita Vajendla is transferred and posted …

Nitish Kumar govt transfers over 100 bureaucrats amid Bihar uncertainty | Latest News India

The Bihar government on Friday transferred 22 IAS, 79 IPS and 45 Bihar Administrative Service (BAS) officers. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times) The transferred officers included five district magistrates (DMs) and 17 SPs. Stay tuned for all the latest updates on Ram Mandir! Click here According to a notification by the general administration department, Patna DM Chandrasekhar Singh, a 2010-batch IAS officer, has been made special secretary in the chief minister’s secretariat. Singh was recently in the news for his war of letters with the state education department over closure of schools in Patna in view of cold wave conditions. He has been replaced by 2011-batch IAS officer Shirsat Kapil Ashok, who is currently the IG (prisons). Naval Kishor Choudhary (2013-batch IAS officer), currently Gopalganj DM, will take over as the new Bhagalpur DM. Bhagalpur DM Subrat Kumar Sen (a 2013-batch IAS officer) has been appointed as Muzaffarpur DM. Arvind Kumar Choudhary (1995-batch IAS officer), presently posted as principal secretary (finance), has been given additional charge of principal secretary …

Akhilesh Yadav announces SP`s alliance with Jayant Chaudhary-led RLD

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday announced the Samajwadi Party`s (SP) alliance with Jayant Chaudhary`s Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The SP supremo tweeted on Friday, “Congratulations to everyone on the Rashtriya Lok Dal-SP alliance. Let us all unite for victory!” Akhilesh Yadav posted on X on Friday. According to the party sources, RLD will fight in alliance on 7 to 8 seats on most of the seats in Western UP. Earlier on Wednesday, the Congress held a seat-sharing meeting with Samajwadi Party leaders in Delhi. Congress leader Salman Khurshid said, “…We`ve shared details of each seat with each other…I hope that the alliance happens before the (Bharat Jodo Nyay) Yatra reaches Uttar Pradesh.” The Congress is holding seat-sharing talks with all its alliance partners before launching the campaign for the Lok Sabha polls. INDIA or `Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance` is a group of opposition parties, including the Congress. The parties have come together to take on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is led by …