UP CM Yogi Adityanath

The election campaign hovers around mafia and the efforts undertaken by the Yogi Adityanath to wipe out mafia raj. Even as the Samajwadi Party (SP) blames the state government for unleashing a reign of terror and lawlessness, the BJP has come out with a new campaign song that says, "Gunde pukarte hai Akhilesh aaiye'/dangon mein phirse UP ko wapas jalaiye".

The Atal Residential School Scheme aims to provide quality and free education to children of poor labourers, according to a government press release. Now, children who have lost one or both their parents during Covid-19 pandemic will also be able to benefit. The Women Welfare Department will make available the list.

The uttar pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said: "Before 2017, the state was infamous for riots. More than 700 riots rocked the state between 2012 and 2017. But not a single riot broke out after 2017. Earlier, just the names of many districts scared people. Now there is no need to be scared.

The state has been put on high alert and senior officials, led by Principal Secretary, Home, Sanjay Prasad are rushing to Prayagraj to supervise the situation.Officials said that 17 police personnel assigned in the security of Atiq and his brother have been suspended.

Akhilesh said that the ruling party was trying to divert the attention of the people from the real issues plaguing the state. He said the BJP government did not believe in the judiciary and was taking the law into its own hands. He said it was not right for those in power to pass judgement on who was right or wrong and to decide who should live or die.

Neha's first 'Ka Ba' was released during the 2020 Assembly elections in Bihar, before she shot into fame with her track 'UP Me Ka Ba' that posed questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Reacting to Neha's song, actor and BJP MP from Gorakhpur Ravi Kishan had come up with a song supporting the BJP governments in UP and at the Centre.

Daya Shankar Singh, has obtained divorce from his wife Swati Singh, also a former Minister, ending their 22-year-old relationship. Swati Singh, a minister of state in the Yogi Adityanath government between 2017 and 2022, had moved an application seeking divorce from her husband Daya Shankar Singh, who was elected a BJP MLA from the Ballia Sadar Assembly seat in March 2022.

According to a state government spokesman, the Chief Minister said: "The income generated by making cow dung cakes available to crematoriums will be used for the maintenance of the concerning cow protection centre."

The Opposition in Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in the country, suddenly seems wary of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, mainly because the ruling alliance is armed with over confidence and people-friendly issues, while the Opposition lacks both.

The chief minister said there should be no delay in paying compensation to farmers and emphasized that guarding farmers' interests was the government's top priority. According to the government spokesman, the chief minister also instructed that timely information should be made available to the farmers about weather forecasts.