SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, who also panned the Congress for the poor performance in the MP polls, said if his party is voted to power, it will shut down the BJP government's Agnipath scheme
Since taking over from his father Mulayam in 2017, the SP chief has lost a string of elections as he tried to expand his political estate beyond UP. Mayawati's party has fared slightly better.
Harshadhipati Valmiki, an engineer with the electricity department, was beaten up for ordering the disconnection of power supply to a village dominated by upper castes because of non-payment of dues. Valmiki accused the MLA of throwing a chair at him and instigating his goons to assault him
The family of power department official Harshadhipati expresses shock at BJP’s decision to take in Girraj Singh Malinga. “Several BJP leaders, including LoP Rajendra Rathore, visited the hospital to meet my son and condemned the assault …,” says his father.