Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Friday admitted that her party’s rout in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election was a “lesson”. The former chief minister pointed out that it has become clear that the BSP was not “BJP’s B Team” and that negative campaigns succeeded in misleading the people of the state. The […]
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SP chief Akhilesh Yadav takes massive lead in Karhal Assembly seat in UP polls
The Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is leading from the Karhal Assembly seat in the Azamgarh district followed by Bharatiya Janata Party and Bahujan Samaj Party on second and third place respectively, according to the early trends of the counting of votes for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Thursday. The […]
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UP polls: NDA will win all 5 Mirzapur seats, says Apna Dal chief Anupriya Patel
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and Apna Dal (Sonelal) National President Anupriya Patel on Monday said that the NDA candidates will win all five seats in Mirzapur. Speaking to media persons after casting her vote at a booth in Mirzapur, Patel said, “I am assured that all five seats in the constituency will […]
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UP polls: ITBP personnel help differently-abled, elderly cast votes
Amid the polling for the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Monday, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel on security duty assisted the differently-abled and elderly voters to cast their votes. The personnel could be seen helping the elderly at different polling booths in Varanasi, Jaunpur, Sonbhadra, Gazipur […]
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UP polls: Ravindra Jaiswal alleges EVM glitch, delay in voting by 40 minutes at one booth in Varanasi
Amid the polling for the seventh and final phase of the Assembly elections on Monday, Uttar Pradesh Minister Ravindra Jaiswal alleged that the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was purposely kept switched off at a booth in Maldahiya, Varanasi, delaying voting by 40 minutes. Jaiswal is the BJP nominee from Varanasi […]
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UP polls: Polling underway in SP stronghold Azamgarh, BJP won 1 seat in 2017
Polling for the last phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in Azamgarh, which is the Samajwadi Party’s stronghold, began on Monday morning. The SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had won the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat in the 2019 general elections. The SP stronghold had also bagged five out of 10 Assembly […]
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UP polls: BJP leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s son joins SP
Ahead of the last phase of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Mayank Joshi, son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Saturday joined the Samajwadi Party. “Mayank Joshi, son of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi today joined Samajwadi Party,” said SP chief Akhilesh Yadav while addressing […]
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UP polls: BJP govt created 5 lakh jobs, 2 crore self-employment in last 5 years, says Yogi Adityanath
Ahead of the last phase of polling in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that his government has provided five lakh government jobs while his policies created two crore self-employment opportunities in the last five years in the state. “In the last five years, […]
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SP, BSP wiped out in six phases of UP polls, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said it has been clear after the first six phases that the BJP is winning the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls while the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have been completely wiped out from the state. Addressing an election rally in Jangipur, Ghazipur, Shah said, […]
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UP polls: FIR registered against Abbas Ansari for his ‘hisab kitab’ statement against Govt officials
An FIR has been registered on Friday against Abbas Ansari, son of jailed don turned politician Mukhtar Ansari, for his controversial statement against government officials at a public rally, said the Superintendent of Police (SP), Sushil Bhole. Bhole, while speaking to ANI said, “A case has been registered against Abbas […]
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UP polls: Probe ordered against Abbas Ansari for his controversial remarks against government officials
Additional Director General, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar, has ordered a probe against Abbas Ansari, son of jailed don turned politician Mukhtar Ansari for his controversial statement at a public rally in Mau. Ansari said that if Samajwadi Party (SP) and its alliance government is formed in Uttar Pradesh, he […]
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UP polls: Mamata shown black flags, sits on stair to watch Ganga Aarti in protest
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was shown black flags amid chants of “Jai Sri Ram” in Varanasi on Wednesday when she was on the way to take part in Ganga Aarti. Banerjee sat on the stairs of the Dashashwamedh Ghat to watch ‘Ganga Aarti’ in an apparent protest against the showing of […]
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6th phase UP polls: BJP-Yogi wave in state, says Anand Swarup after casting vote from Ballia
BJP leader and Uttar Pardesh Minister Anand Swarup Shukla, contesting from the Ballia constituency, casts his vote in the sixth phase of assembly polls on Thursday. Speaking with ANI after casting his vote, the Minister said, “I appeal to the public to cast their vote. There is a BJP and Yogi Adityanath wave in the state. We are confident […]
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6th phase UP polls: BJP will win over 80 pc seats, says Yogi Adityanath after casting vote in Gorakhpur
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday cast his vote in Gorakhpur in the sixth phase polling for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will win over 80 percent of seats in the state. Adityanath is contesting the polls from the Gorakhpur Urban […]
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UP polls: Yogi Adityanath to retain dominance in Gorakhpur but tough fight for BJP on other seats
A day ahead of the sixth phase of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, BJP’s biggest trump card and state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s dominance is likely to be continued in the party’s stronghold Gorakhpur but the saffron brigade may face strong fight with Samajwadi Party on half of the nine seats. The majority of […]