Lucknow, Mar. 9 : Critics and former lieutenants of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati have joined hands with the objective of derailing her poll aspirations in 2009.

They have formed an alliance called the Adhikar Manch, which would contest all 80 seats in the state.

Lucknow, Mar 6 : Chief Election Commissioner of India N Gopalaswami has asserted that Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officers would act as observers during the ensuing general elections.

Addressing a press conference here on Thursday at the end of a brief tour of Uttar Pradesh by the members of Election Commission, Gopalaswami clarified the stance taken by the Election Commission on the reported scarcity of IAS officers for observer duty.

Parsvnath Developers Limited (PDL), a New Delhi-based real estate developer, has notified that it has finally launched Parsvnath Royale Floors, an affordable residential project as part of its integrated township plans in Lucknow.

Under the latest project, the company offers 2, 3 and 4 bedroom units in a price range of Rs 13.95 lakh to Rs 27.50 lakh.

Lucknow, Mar. 4 : Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, some sitting MLAs and MLCs of Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Lok Dal and BJP have resigned from the state assembly and council to join the Bahujan Samaj Party.

SP MLAs Gauri Shanker from Malihabad and Dhani Ram Verma from Auraiya, RLD MLA Kadir Rana from Morana and BJP MLA Rajiv Trehan alias Rajiv Channa from Moradabad (west) resigned from the house and their parties.

On Wednesday, the MLAs submitted their resignation to Assembly Speaker Sukhdeo Rajbhar, which was accepted.

Lucknow, Mar. 2 : With the announcement of election dates, all the political parties are now in the election mode.

In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati met BSP Members of Parliament and the Members of the Legislative Assembly to discuss political strategy for the election.

Senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon received a rousing welcome from BJP workers in Lucknow, the seat that he will be contesting.

Munna Bhai aka the Bollywood actor and Samajwadi nominee from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, Sanjay Dutt on Wednesday started his poll campaign by visiting the members of a family that had given shelter to his father Sunil Dutt, 60 years back.

Accompanied by wife Manyata and SP leader Amar Singh, Sanjay Dutt said, “Being here and with this family is bit nostalgic for me. I am feeling happy.”