Новости за 28.05.2019

A comparison of vote share between 2019 Lok Sabha and 2017 UP assembly elections shows that while BJP’s vote share shot up by 8% this year, it dipped significantly for SP, BSP, and RLD which had struck a pre-poll alliance.

UP police claimed on Monday that they had identified the trigger man in the murder of Surendra Singh, a key aide of Amethi MP Smriti Irani. Three of the accused, Nasim, Dharmnath Gupta and Ramchandra, have been arrested while police are seeking Wasim and Golu. Police suspect the murder to be the fallout of a dispute related to the election for the post of pradhan.

Alpesh Thakor, who quit all Congress posts before the general election, met deputy chief minister Nitin Patel and education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama on Monday to discuss "the issues of water supply and schools in his constituency". Though he avoided giving a direct answer, but sources in BJP say that Thakor is likely to join the party in a month and could be rewarded with a ministerial portfolio.