Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday unveiled a statue of his father Mulayam Singh Yadav at a college named after Chaudhary Charan Singh in Etawah on the occasion of his birth anniversary. Samajwadi Party leaders say Charan Singh is Mulayam Singh’s ‘political mentor’ who himself unveiled a statue of the former prime minister in the same college to pay tribute to his mentor.
Vying for positions
With the Congress party disbanding all its units in Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s office has been inundated with requests for meetings. Senior party leaders and workers are trying to put forward their names for various posts to meet Priyanka and her staff in Delhi. Former state chief and former Rajya Sabha member Brijlal Khabri is among the prominent leaders who met Priyanka. There are reports that Khabar tried to convince the high command to give him important posts as he is a Dalit and the party’s latest campaign against the BJP is woven around Dr BR Ambedkar.
Poll Quiz
At the Election Commission’s recent meeting with Delhi’s election and police officials to review election preparations for the upcoming assembly polls, the participants had fun being put through a quiz to test their knowledge about the election process. However, some participants found the questions too early — at a “kindergarten” level.
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