Four police officials were suspended with immediate effects following the suspicious death of a jail inmate lodged in Meerut District Jail, said a police statement on Sunday.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and veteran actor Arun Govil said on Sunday that he is receiving a very good response from the people during the campaigning for Lok Sabha elections.
Days after launching his campaign for the Lok Sabha polls in the state from Meerut, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold an election meeting at Saharanpur on Saturday followed by a roadshow in Ghaziabad, party sources informed.
By replacing Atul Pradhan with Sunita Verma as its candidate from the Meerut Lok Sabha seat, the Samajwadi Party (SP) made a statement of intent as it is all set now to pose a tough challenge to the BJP's star candidate Arun Govil of 'Ramayana' fame.
Samajwadi Party is likely to change its previously announced candidate for the Lok Sabha elections from the Meerut seat once again, replacing Atul Pradhan with Sunita Verma, the wife of former MLA Yogesh Verma.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Meerut and veteran actor Arun Govil filed his nomination in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister, Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in the country, the Samajwadi Party (SP) has announced its candidates from Agra and Meerut.
SP has fielded Atul Pradhan from Meerut and Suresh Chandra Kadam has been made the candidate from Agra.
Arun Govil, who was among the 111 people named in the BJP's fifth list of candidates, replaced three-time MP Rajendra Agarwal, who has been holding the Meerut seat since 2004.
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his style of governance, the people in Meerut called him the "best" PM ever, adding that "the country is safe" under the leadership of PM Modi and the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the grand old party, on Sunday, claiming that the country is 'still paying for the misdoings' of the previous Congress government.