BSP has already expelled former state president Rachpal Raju for speaking out against the move, while its OBC wing president Sukhbir Singh Shalimar has resigned over the decision.
Police said two policemen were allegedly attacked on 29 June when they intervened to solve a dispute. Locals claim cops later came and damaged houses, forcing villagers to flee.
Congress MP from Ludhiana Ranveet Bittu had questioned Akalis leaving ‘Panthic’ seats of Anandpur Sahib & Chamkaur Sahib to the BSP for 2022 Punjab polls.
The alliance's revival comes at a time when SAD is facing a backlash among Sikh farm workers in Punjab and the Mayawati-led BSP is fighting for survival in UP.
The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party will fight 20 of the 117 Assembly seats, while the rest will be contested by the Shiromani Akali Dal, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal said.
On Thursday, the BSP expelled MLAs Lalji Verma and Ram Achal Rajbhar, taking the total number of legislators removed by the party to 11, in just the last 18 months.
The Rajbhars could decide results in 49 seats of eastern UP. Bhim Rajbhar, who is from the community, is an old Mayawati loyalist who rose through BSP's ranks over 35 years.
The civil aviation ministry could have recognised the enormity of the Air India crash and prepared the AAIB and its investigating team for its sensitivities.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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