'The MLAs of the ruling party are not being allowed to enter villages', said Yadav
Over 2,000 illegal firearms and 165 kg of explosives have also been recovered while preventive action taken against 4.40 lakh people who are likely to disrupt peace during the polls, the Uttar Pradesh
As many as 586 candidates are in the fray in this phase with the seats spread across Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur
From singing songs to frying "puris" and making emotional appeals, the candidates fielded by various political parties in the Uttar Pradesh polls are making every effort to woo the voters
Traditional rivals BJP and Congress are relying on "borrowed" players in the battle for Amethi, the bastion of the Gandhi family which the saffron party has demolished now.
UP CM Adityanath said that the state suffered massive negligence in terms of infrastructural development under the Samajwadi party government.
At an election meeting in Aonla of Bareilly district, Shah said that as BJP president in 2017 he had promised his party would end 'gundaa raj' in Uttar Pradesh
Voting is scheduled to take place on February 14 on 55 assembly seats of the state, spanning the nine districts of western UP
The SP chief raised concerns over the reports of EVMs not functioning properly at several booths during the first phase of polling.
UP election 2022 LIVE updates, phase 1: Districts that go into polls today are Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Shamli, Hapur, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Agra and Mathura
The first phase of polling, which started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm, is being held in 58 assembly seats spread across 11 districts in the western part of the state
Modi targeted the Samajwadi Party and its allies, termed them as "ghor- parivarvadi log"
The first phase will cover the 'Jat-dominant belt' of the western part of the state.
Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad expressed full support for the Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav, to whose family one of his daughters is married
After the release of manifestoes by the BJP and the Samajwadi Party (SP) the previous day, the Congress came up with its poll promises on Wednesday
People are suffering due to the wrong policies of the BJP government and are eager to teach a lesson to the anti-people government, said BSP Chief Mayawati
According to an analysis released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) which has analysed affidavits of 584 out of 586 candidates, nearly 147 have criminal cases
Yadav was scheduled to visit Rampur to campaign for party candidates Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam ahead of the assembly polls in the state
He said every vote to BJP will help in keeping away Uttar Pradesh from riots and mafias
The party released its manifesto -- Samajwadi Vachan Patra -- for the coming assembly elections, shortly after the BJP released its own