Former Union minister RPN Singh resigns from Congress, set to join BJP
Former Union minister RPN Singh on Tuesday tendered his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi
Former Union minister RPN Singh on Tuesday tendered his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi
Punjab Lok Congress president and former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday announced the first list of 22 candidates of his party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
The list also includes incumbent MLA Hariom Yadav, a relative of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav. Hariom Yadav quit the opposition party recently and joined the BJP.
Patidar leader Mahesh Savani resigned from the party, saying he does not want to associate with any political party.
His exit comes merely 24 hours after he dismissed reports that he may quit the ruling party.
Uttar Pradesh lawmaker Mukesh Verma became the seventh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA to quit the party days ahead of the Assembly elections
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to contest the February-March assembly elections in the state from Ayodhya