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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicBJP Uttar Pradesh

Topic: BJP Uttar Pradesh

Curious case of Yogi’s close aides missing from his mango party & Shinde’s sprint against run of play

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

In eastern UP, tug of war between BJP & SP over Raja Suheldev’s legacy. The prize—Rajbhar votes

Hours after Yogi Adityanath unveiled a bronze statue of King Suheldev, the Samajwadi Party announced a gold statue after it comes to power in the future.

UP BJP leader sacked over obscene video, says clip fake, was served ‘intoxicant-laced’ cold drink

The video purportedly shows the 70-year-old inappropriately touching and kissing a female dancer sitting on his lap.

BJP gets a shot at redemption in Ayodhya as Milkipur bypoll date out. Why party’s oozing confidence

SP & BJP have been gearing up for the crucial contest since well before bypoll was announced. SP has named Awadhesh Prasad’s son Ajit Prasad as candidate, BJP yet to announce its pick.

Yogi ascendant with BJP-RSS blessings ahead of UP bypolls. How he silenced rumblings after LS setback

After Lok Sabha shocker, CM Adityanath is said to have put his house in order and become more pliant. CMO functionary says ‘how can anyone think of replacing such a firebrand leader?’

Ayodhya gangrape case gets murkier with ‘betrayal’ angle, ‘juvenile’ status of BJP leader’s accused son

Ayodhya police have booked local BJP leader’s son as juvenile on basis of Class 5 mark sheet, it is learnt. Family allege cops refused to file FIR at first and main accused is an adult.

Why BJP MLAs in UP are admonishing ‘erring’ govt officials, even threatening to ‘break their limbs’

BJP blames the apathy of govt officials towards party MLAs & workers for Lok Sabha setback. Party MLAs in UP seem to have taken it upon themselves to discipline ‘corrupt’ govt officials.

‘Nothing of the sort’ — UP BJP chief on speculations about change of CM amid Yogi-Maurya rift

BJP is a democratic party, and everyone is entitled to put forth a point of view, says UP BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary amid Yogi-Maurya rift.

Yogi, Maurya rift out in open — veiled barbs, quota missives & back-to-back meetings

Maurya’s letter on quota came to light days after Anupriya Patel’s letter to UP CM. Yogi loyalists see bid to weaken CM, Maurya’s aide says Yogi must answer for drubbing in LS polls.

Sarkar vs Sangathan in UP BJP, deputy Maurya takes dig at CM Yogi — ‘party bigger than govt’

UP CM in response reminded gathering that ‘if govt faced setback in 2027 state polls, then everybody will be affected from top to bottom’ & that ‘prestige is there till there is power’.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.