The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat on Friday conveyed the disqualification of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan from the House, a day after a court sentenced him to three years in jail in a hate speech case.
Harshal Pradhan, a close aide of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, said that Matondkar will join the party in the chief minister's presence.
A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde allowed the petitioner, a United Arab Emirates-based non-resident Indian, to withdraw her plea with the liberty to approach the high court.
Prashant Kishor is also credited for formulating the election strategy for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 elections.
World leaders congratulated Prime Minister Modi on his landslide victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
25 candidates from West Bengal named; Sanjay Nirupam to contest from Mumbai North-West, Karnataka minister Krishna Byre Gowda from Bangalore North
Haji Haroon Rasheed, whose father Haji Sultan Khan had signed as the proposer on the nomination forms of former PM Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi when they contested from Amethi, will fight as an Independent candidate.
SP President Akhilesh Yadav has handed over the responsibility of the election on Meerut-Hapur Seat to Shahid Manzoor, who was the party candidate from here in 2014 and was once again preparing to contest from the same seat.
“We are leaving 7 seats vacant for SP, BSP and RLD. These include Mainpuri, Kannauj, Firozabad and whatever seats Mayawati ji and RLD's Jayant ji and Ajit Singh contest from. We will also give two seats to Apna Dal - Gonda and Pilibhit, said Babbar while briefing the media.
Sakshi Maharaj has also, in a subtle tone, warned the UP BJP chief of “adverse consequences” if the party goes ahead with the purported decision.
