Notably, the Congress ruled the state for 15 months between December 2018 and March 2020. The Kamal Nath-led Congress government collapsed in 2020 after the resignation of then-party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who joined the BJP along with 21 MLAs.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday accused the BJP and the Election Commission of targeting voters in Uttar Pradesh through the Special Summary Revision (SSR) process.
Ravi said, "Which party has a history of vote chori? This has also been discussed in Parliament. The Congress Working Committee had nominated Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for the post of Prime Minister, but Jawaharlal Nehru became Prime Minister through vote chori."
Azad questioned the validity of Thakur's claims and noted that Thakur had raised them during Zero Hour, the allotted time for all MPs to raise issues, and that the Speaker had reprimanded Thakur for wasting time.
Former BJP UP President Mahendra Nath Pandey made the announcement. According to the statement, nominations for the post of State president will be filed on December 13, 2025.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) MP stressed that Delhi residents "feel as if they are breathing poisonous air every day" and criticised the lack of debate on the issue despite the BJP being in power, noting that it was once a key point of attack against the Aam Aadmi Party.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee has submitted her Enumeration Form for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, claimed BJP leader Amit Malviya on Friday.
"She has already gone into campaign mode... She (Mamata Banerjee) only does vote-bank politics. For the entire 5 years, she has only done vote-bank politics; she has no other work besides that," Sharma said to ANI.
BJP MP Jagdambika Pal on Friday, while discussing the conduct of the ongoing SIR process, asserted that no outsider will decide the country's future through elections. He emphasised that if any foreigner in the country has illegally become a voter, their name will be deleted.