Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that Gorakhpur will no longer be identified with the mafias and as of date, the “mafiawaadis” are now in jail. Addressing a conference on voter awareness in Gorakhpur, Adityanath said, “Gorakhpur will no longer be identified with the mafias. The mafiawaadis […]
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Congress’ Ajay Rai says post UP polls, Modi -Yogi will be ‘buried in salt’
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress leader Ajay Rai from Varanasi stirred controversy saying that after the results, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi ”will be buried in salt”. Indicating that the BJP government is set to lose the elections, he said, “Post results, the leaders, including Modi and Yogi will be […]
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UP polls: Stopped by bad weather, Rajnath Singh addresses public meeting in Lakhimpur Kheri over phone
Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BJP leader and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday addressed a public meeting over the phone after bad weather prevented him from reaching the venue in Lakhimpur Kheri. As scheduled, Singh arrived at Bareilly at 11 am and travelled to Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit by […]
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UP polls: Congress fields gangster Vikas Dubey’s relative from Kalyanpur seat in Kanpur
Congress has fielded a relative of slain gangster Vikas Dubey in Kalyanpur constituency in Kanpur which will go to polls in the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Congress candidate Neha Tiwari on Tuesday filed a nomination from Kalyanpur. She has replaced her mother Gayatri Tiwari, whose name was announced earlier by […]
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UP polls: Rajnath Singh to campaign in Lakhimpur Kheri, Pilibhit constituencies today
Union Defence Minister and star campaigner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajnath Singh in Uttar Pradesh, will campaign door-to-door in Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit on Wednesday, ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Singh tweeted that he will be visiting constituencies in Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit and will interact with prominent voters. “Tomorrow, on February 2, I will interact with voters […]
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UP Polls: Priyanka Gandhi to begin door-to-door campaign from Noida today
Ahead of polls, Congress in charge of Uttar Pradesh elections Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be beginning a door-to-door campaign from the Noida assembly constituency on Monday. Congress has named Pankhuri Pathak as their candidate for Noida. Notably, it is the first physical visit of Gandhi during the poll campaign. However, she had been conducting live […]
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UP Polls: Rajnath Singh to campaign in Modinagar, Ghaziabad today
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is one of the BJP’s star campaigners for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, informed that he will be campaigning in Modinagar and Ghaziabad today. “Today, I will be in Modinagar, Ghaziabad for campaigning and voter interaction in view of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections,” Singh […]
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UP polls: BJP fields Mulayam Singh Yadav’s close relative Hariom Yadav from Sirsaganj seat
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s close relative Hariom Yadav, who recently switched sides from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will contest the upcoming assembly polls in the state from his current seat of Sirsaganj in UP’s Firozabad. The BJP had released its second list of 85 candidates for phase […]
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UP Polls: Congress will pay special attention to campaigning of women candidates
After allotting 40 per cent tickets to women candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Congress party will now pay special attention to campaigning for them. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday released the party’s first list of 125 candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls that […]
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UP polls: BJP releases first list of candidates; 60 pc seats given to backward classes, women
BJP on Saturday released its first list of 107 candidates for the first and second phase of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls that are scheduled to be held on February 10 and 14. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will contest from the Gorakhpur Assembly constituency. Deputy Chief Minister […]
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UP polls: Congress, RLD leaders join BSP
Days ahead of UP elections, two leaders from Congress and Rashtriya Lok Dal joined Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Wednesday. BSP chief Mayawati tweeted on Thursday, “Former UP home minister S Saiduzzaman’s son Salman Saeed joined BSP on January 12. He left the Congress party and joined the BSP. The […]
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Congress seeks candidate from Valmiki community for UP polls
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has sought a name from the Valmiki community who can be a candidate from the party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls after an alleged atrocity against the community. Speaking to the reporters here on Wednesday, Priyanka said, “After what happened with Arun […]
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UP polls: Amit Shah to hold ‘Sarkar Banao, Adhikar Pao’ rally in Lucknow
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a “Sarkar Banao, Adhikar Pao” (make government, get rights) rally in Lucknow on Friday. Being organized by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Nishad Party, the rally will be held at 1 pm at Ramabai Ambedkar Ground in Lucknow. Speaking about the rally, BJP Uttar Pradesh vice president […]
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UP Polls: Congress asks ticket aspirants to submit Rs 11000 with application
The Congress has asked those wanting to contest the upcoming assembly elections to deposit a fee of Rs. 11,000 along with their application, according to a memo from Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Kumar Lallu. The decision was taken in the meeting of the election committee of the party […]