Lalmani Verma

Introduction

Lalmani is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, and is based in New Delhi. He covers politics of the Hindi Heartland, tracking BJP, Samajwadi Party, BSP, RLD and other parties based in UP, Bihar and Uttarakhand. Covered the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, 2019 and 2024; Assembly polls of 2012, 2017 and 2022 in UP along with government affairs in UP and Uttarakhand.

Articles by Lalmani Verma

For ‘shrinking’ BSP, one of its most pressing problems: Chandrashekhar Azad is slowly catching upSubscriber Only

Nov 30, 2024 10:00 IST

Though neither party managed to win a seat in the recent Assembly elections and bypolls, the Aazad...

Sat, Nov 30, 2024

Sambhal row: BJP takes cover behind an old rivalry between two Samajwadi Party familiesSubscriber Only

Nov 28, 2024 15:08 IST

BJP is playing up the fact that SP MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood’s families have...

Thu, Nov 28, 2024

The Centre had referred the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, tabled on August 8, to the Committee to scrutinise the Bill following the Opposition’s objections. The panel’s tenure was set to conclude on November 29.

Tenure of Joint Committee on Waqf Bill extended till end of Budget SessionSubscriber Only

Nov 28, 2024 14:29 IST

Opposition members of the Waqf Bill Committee recently stormed out of a meeting alleging that...

Fri, Nov 29, 2024

Members in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of the Parliament, in New Delhi

Oppn-Govt Faceoff: No Waqf Bill this Session, panel set to get an extension to continue talksSubscriber Only

Nov 27, 2024 21:19 IST

A Raja says chairperson Jagdambika Pal to move resolution in House Thursday, Pal says BJP MPs among...

Thu, Nov 28, 2024

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, OTT

Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw calls for stricter laws to regulate social media, OTT platformsSubscriber Only

Nov 27, 2024 18:03 IST

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the parliamentary standing committee...

Thu, Nov 28, 2024

Rahul Gandhi vows caste census in Cong-ruled states

Rahul Gandhi vows caste census in Congress-ruled statesSubscriber Only

Nov 27, 2024 02:13 IST

Holding up a copy of the Constitution as he spoke, Gandhi said the statute speaks of social...

Wed, Nov 27, 2024

After MVA rout in Maharashtra polls, Kharge calls for ballot paper, Sharad Pawar throws weight behind itSubscriber Only

Nov 26, 2024 21:03 IST

NCP (SP) forms legal team; some INDIA allies more...

Wed, Nov 27, 2024

Security personnel patrol the violence-hit area a day after clashes and stone pelting incidents over the survey of the Jama mosque, in Sambhal

On edge after violence, Sambhal an SP bastion — from Mulayam to BarqSubscriber Only

Nov 26, 2024 12:54 IST

BJP has been able to win Sambhal Assembly and Lok Sabha seats, dominated by Muslims, only once each...

Wed, Nov 27, 2024

SP MP Javed Ali Khan: ‘INDIA bloc should rethink its strategy … If allies are not given respect, due share, what is the point?’Subscriber Only

Nov 26, 2024 07:44 IST

“We will explore if any judicial remedy is possible (on the Sambhal issue). We are in...

Tue, Nov 26, 2024

Opposition members meet Speaker, seek ‘reasonable’ extension to Waqf panelSubscriber Only

Nov 25, 2024 15:09 IST

In a letter to the Speaker, the Opposition members wrote that the committee, which held its first...

Tue, Nov 26, 2024

No takers for BJP’s ‘infiltration’ narrative in Jharkhand’s Santhal Pargana, party reduced to 1 seatSubscriber Only

Nov 25, 2024 08:54 IST

The BJP saw its vote share dip in six of the 17 seats it contested in Santhal Pargana, where it...

Mon, Nov 25, 2024

‘Orchestrated violence, nurturing hate’: Opposition slams Yogi over Sambhal clashes in UPSubscriber Only

Nov 25, 2024 03:15 IST

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav urged the Supreme Court to immediately “take cognisance...

Mon, Nov 25, 2024

On Saturday, hours after the MVA's rout in Maharashtra, top leaders, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, said the verdict was "unexpected” and they would “analyse them in detail.” (ANI Photo)

Inexplicable…manipulation: Its Lok Sabha gains gone, Congress alleges plot in Maharashtra routSubscriber Only

Nov 24, 2024 04:00 IST

After the defeat in Haryana last month, the Congress had, in an unprecedented move, declared that...

Sun, Nov 24, 2024

Rashtriya Janata Party, RJD, Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024, Jharkhand assembly polls, Naresh Prasad Singh, Hemant Soren, Indian express news, current affairs

Jharkhand result signals RJD revival as party bags 4 of 6 seats it contestedSubscriber Only

Nov 24, 2024 01:47 IST

RJD’s Naresh Prasad Singh won the Bishrampur seat by defeating BJP's sitting MLA Ramchandra...

Sun, Nov 24, 2024

As BJP fails the Jharkhand test, calls for a new tribal leadership: ‘Still presenting old faces like Babulal Marandi, Arjun Munda’Subscriber Only

Nov 23, 2024 15:05 IST

BJP campaign built around the “ghuspaithiye” narrative fails as JMM and Congress sweep...

Sat, Nov 23, 2024

In Jharkhand’s tribal, non-tribal politics, the search for an OBC faceSubscriber Only

Nov 21, 2024 11:37 IST

For many, therein lies the importance of the young, rising leader Jairam Mahato, as OBC outfit AJSU...

Thu, Nov 21, 2024

Ghulam Ahmad Mir Jharkhand Assembly Elections

‘Ghuspaithiya’ row: This Jharkhand elections, as BJP claims appeasement politics, Congress’s allies in a fixSubscriber Only

Nov 17, 2024 09:29 IST

The Jharkhand BJP on Thursday gave a memorandum to the Election Commission demanding exclusion of...

Sun, Nov 17, 2024

Too many seats for Congress in Jharkhand seat-sharing? ‘Weak campaign’ makes allies worrySubscriber Only

Nov 15, 2024 18:14 IST

With limited rallies by top leaders, organisation in a state of flux, Congress is focusing only on...

Mon, Nov 18, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren.

As Jharkhand battle shapes up, it is Modi vs Soren through the fraySubscriber Only

Nov 14, 2024 19:35 IST

The Congress, which has strived to be a dominant ally owing to its national status, also seems to...

Fri, Nov 15, 2024

AJSUP goes in hoping for Dy CM post, worries senior partner BJP not giving enough supportSubscriber Only

Nov 13, 2024 13:55 IST

As part of the coalition, AJSUP is contesting 10 seats, where the combined votes of the two parties...

Thu, Nov 14, 2024

Jharkhand assembly elections, Champai Soren, indian express

Few takers for BJP ‘love’, ‘land’ jihad among tribals in Jharkhand areas which vote firstSubscriber Only

Nov 11, 2024 20:49 IST

Comprising East Singhbhum, Seraikela Kharsawan and West Singhbhum districts, the Kolhan region,...

Tue, Nov 12, 2024

In ‘aspirational’ Jharkhand district, ‘freedom from Naxalism’ fuels BJP in tight contestSubscriber Only

Nov 11, 2024 19:05 IST

The district’s two Assembly seats, Chatra and Simaria, both reserved for the Scheduled Castes...

Tue, Nov 12, 2024

In a show of strength for Tej Pratap’s nomination on October 21, members of the SP’s “first family” — Akhilesh, SP principal general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Ramgopal Yadav, Dharmendra, Dimple, and Shivpal — were in attendance

9 bypolls in UP but why one is most important for Samajwadi PartySubscriber Only

Nov 10, 2024 11:36 IST

The SP has fielded Tej Pratap Yadav in Karhal, which his uncle and party chief Akhilesh Yadav...

Sun, Nov 10, 2024

Why Mayawati has pitched BSP faces in all nine bypoll seatsSubscriber Only

Nov 09, 2024 06:38 IST

In the 2022 UP Assembly elections, out of these nine seats, the SP won four as against the BJP's...

Sat, Nov 09, 2024

Decode Politics: PM Modi says JMM ally RJD once opposed Jharkhand. Did it?Subscriber Only

Nov 07, 2024 12:19 IST

PM was trying to put JMM in a spot, but here is what parliamentary records...

Thu, Nov 07, 2024

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