ELECTION-WATCH
Maya sacks another minister on graft charge
Two weeks after Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta N K Mehrotra upheld charges of corruption against small scale industries minister Chandradev Ram Yadav, Chief Minister Mayawati removed him on Wednesday.
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Gadkari jitters for BJP seniors
Nitin Gadkari’s dominant presence in Uttar Pradesh in the election run-up has nettled some BJP seniors who feel he is “playing for bigger stakes”.
Gadkari’s assertiveness was manifest in the decision to make Sanjay Joshi the principal Uttar Pradesh election minder and in the induction of Mayawati discard Babu Singh Kushwaha