The voting turnout for by-elections in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur has been recorded lowest among the six assembly seats of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh where the polling is currently underway.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a veiled attack on Samajwadi Party leaders, referred to them as "opportunists" and said that Rampur would no longer be a toy in the hands of those who sought to ruin the heritage of the place.
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav will turn old but will never get the power, Tourism and Culture Minister of Uttar Pradesh Jaiveer Singh said on Friday reacting to the former's alleged jibe at the Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak.
The Uttar Pradesh police on Friday booked Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan for stirring another controversy by giving a loose remark while campaigning for the bypoll election for the Rampur seat in Uttar Pradesh.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday took a jibe at the Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and said that they were looking for an opportunity to become CM, but have "failed".
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday hit out at Samajwadi Party leader and former MP from Rampur by saying that Azam Khan was counted among the riot-inducing ministers in the SP government.
As per the police statement, the disposed off body parts of the deceased have been recovered from Gulariha under the police station Rampur Kalan area of Sitapur. The deceased is the wife of one of the accused, Pankaj Maurya.
Rampur and Khatauli are the constituencies going to witness Assembly bypolls, while the Lok Sabha bypolls will be held in the parliamentary constituency of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh.
The Samajwadi Party did not field Azam Khan's wife Tanzeen Fatima or his daughter-in-law and gave ticket to his loyalist Asim Raza. Azam Khan or a member of his family have fought from the seat continuously since 1977.
Yogi Adityanath, who made a record of becoming the Chief Minister for the second consecutive time after a resounding victory in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, had told the top officials of the government in the review meeting on the completion of 100 days of Yogi-2 that the Rampur and