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Swatantra Dev quits as leader UP Council, Keshav Maurya new leader

Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh BJP state president and minister for Jal Shakti Swatantra Dev Singh has resigned as leader of Legislative Council. Sources said that he had resigned from the post, citing pre-occupation with his ministerial duties. The office of the principal secretary of the Legislative Council also confirmed it. Deputy chief minister Keshav Maurya will […]

UP BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh (File Photo/Facebook)

Priyanka funding violence in UP, says UP BJP Chief

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): In a shocking statement, UP BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh has accused Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of ‘funding’ violence in Uttar Pradesh. He alleged that she was ‘bringing goons” from other states to foment trouble in the state. “There was peace in UP for the last three years and I want […]

Uttar Pradesh Minister for Transport Swatantra Dev Singh (File Photo/Facebook)

Swatantra Dev Singh is new UP BJP chief

Lucknow:  Uttar Pradesh Minister for Transport Swatantra Dev Singh has been appointed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s state president, replacing Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey. Pandey, who was also earlier the deputy chief minister, was inducted in the Union Cabinet, necessitating a change of guard in the state. Singh, 54, has been the OBC face of […]