Pankaj Shah

India

Special Correspondent at The Times of India

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BJP to ‘expose’ fin anomalies of waqf mgmt boards

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

Lucknow: Alleged financial anomalies in maintenance of waqf properties by dedicated boards over a period of time will figure on top of the agenda of BJP's upcoming nationwide campaign to make minorities, essentially Muslims, aware about the various provisions of the newly enacted Waqf (amendment) Act, 2025.
A day after he quit over WaqfBill, RLD disowns its general secy

2 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

NewsCity Newslucknow NewsA day after he quit over WaqfBill, RLD disowns its general secyTrendingLucknow: In a dramatic turn of events, the Jayant Chaudhary-led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Saturday disowned its state general secretary Shahzeb Rizvi, a day after he resigned from the party in protest of its support for the Waqf amendment bill. "Who is Shahzeb Rizvi? Where does he come from?
RLD votes for bill, but wary of spelling out stand in public

2 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

RLD, an ally of BJP, supported the Waqf Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha but has refrained from making public statements to avoid alienating any voter base in western UP. Party leadership has communicated their support quietly, citing the sensitivity of the issue. LUCKNOW: BJP ally RLD voted in support of the Waqf Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, but has been muted in public about its stand on the issue.
BJP-RSS meet in Gzb focuses on Hindutva & social mobilisation

3 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

Lucknow: Safeguarding the interests of Hindus was the highlight of the BJP-RSS coordination meeting in Ghaziabad on Wednesday, in a development that brought the arc lights back on saffron pantheon's advocacy for strengthening Hindutva ideology.
Rural eco uptick dips reliance on MGNREGS?

4 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

Lucknow: The Centre's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employee Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) recorded the lowest ever engagement of around 75 lakh persons in UP in the 2024-25 financial year, which is set to end in a week, the latest data from the state rural development department shows. This is, in fact, 35% less than during the pandemic-hit 2020-21 fiscal when more than 1.16 crore people got employment in UP under the scheme.
RLD likely to seek ministerial berth for its Muslim MLA

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

Lucknow: Amid speculation that UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath might expand his cabinet soon, BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Dal is considering to pitch Ashraf Ali Khan, one of its two Muslim MLAs, for a ministerial berth. RLD has total nine MLAs and is currently represented by its MLA Anil Kumar, a Dalit, in the ministry. Sources in RLD said the party has settled on the name of Khan, who had defeated BJP's Suresh Rana by around 11,000 votes in the 2022 UP elections, for the second ministerial berth.
Amid Oppn’s PDA charge, BJP weighs options to appoint Dalit as UP president

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

NewsCity Newslucknow NewsAmid Oppn’s PDA charge, BJP weighs options to appoint Dalit as UP presidentTrendingLucknow: The BJP is weighing all possible options to appoint its first Dalit state president in UP. Highly placed sources said that the party senses an opportunity to consolidate the Dalit community as a strong counter to the opposition's Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak (PDA) poll narrative, which is believed to have pulled down the BJP's tally in UP during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Upper castes dominate BJP dist chiefs in Kashi and Gkp regions

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

Lucknow: The Kashi and Gorakhpur regions, the political backyards of PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath, respectively, received the maximum representation of upper-caste district presidents, an analysis of the recently appointed BJP district chiefs shows. The BJP announced the names of 70 district presidents, of which 39 (around 56%) are from the upper castes alone. In fact, out of 10 district presidents announced in the Gorakhpur region, eight, or 80%, are from the upper caste community.
45 new faces in UP BJP's list of 70 dist chiefs

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

Lucknow: UP BJP set the crucial organisational rejig in motion by appointing 70 district presidents, 45 of them new, in the state on Sunday. The development marked BJP's vital poll positioning in the run-up to the high-stakes 2027 assembly elections when CM Yogi Adityanath would seek the third consecutive term. The party has divided UP into 98 organisational districts straddling across six regions – West, Braj, Awadh, Kashi, Gorakhpur, and Kanpur-Bundelkhand.
UP BJP appoints 70 new dist presidents ahead of 2027 assembly elections

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

NewsCity Newslucknow NewsUP BJP appoints 70 new dist presidents ahead of 2027 assembly electionsTrendingLucknow: The UP BJP set the crucial organisational rejig in motion by appointing 70 new district presidents in the state on Sunday. The development marked BJP's vital poll positioning in the run-up to the high-stakes 2027 assembly elections when CM Yogi Adityanath would seek the third consecutive term.