Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has started the process of collecting evidence regarding the alleged deletion of voters’ names in the recent Assembly elections. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked SP president Akhilesh Yadav to “submit documentary proof” to substantiate his allegation about the deletion of voter names in 2022 UP Assembly polls. […]
By Ratan Mani Lal Defections prior to any election are not uncommon in Uttar Pradesh. In the Assembly elections in 2012 and 2017 too several leaders had quit one party and joined another, with varying results. But the defections this year have been remarkable in the sense that the many defectors are not only high-profile, […]
"Today, I will be in Modinagar, Ghaziabad for campaigning and voter interaction in view of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections," Singh said in a tweet in Hindi.
Lucknow: In a major development, Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad will contest from Gorakhpur as Azad Samaj Party (ASP) candidate against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Chandra Shekhar had announced his decision to field candidates in around 33 seats in Uttar Pradesh after his alliance talks with Samajwadi Party failed. Though the battle […]
Lucknow: All political parties may have vowed to keep away from tainted candidates but as elections knock on the door, they seem more concerned about winnability than their image. An interesting development in the elections this time is that both the BJP and Samajwadi Party (SP) are unwilling to take these ‘tainted’ (read criminals) leaders […]
Varanasi: The newly-inaugurated Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi is being largely hailed as a symbol of resurrection of spiritual consciousness of India but a section of people here claim that the mega project is being showcased so that the ruling party gets a “political edge” in the upcoming state elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on […]
