Ahead of PM Narendra Modi's election campaign in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged people to greet and welcome him in large numbers on Friday
The Trinamool Congress supremo, who described herself as a 'fighter', also alleged she was attacked by BJP workers on Wednesday after she arrived for campaigning in Varanasi
The final phase of polling in the remaining 54 seats will be held on March 7
She also slammed a section of the media and accused it of bringing out exit polls in favour of the BJP and other rival parties of the BSP
The SP and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have been defeated in the first five rounds of polling and now the BJP needs votes to ensure that it gets more than 300 seats, the home minister said
Over 53 per cent voting was recorded till 5 pm in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Thursday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday alleged the Opposition is trying to divide society for votes at a time when India needs to be strong to deal with "serious challenges" the world faces.
West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief, Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP workers in Uttar Pradesh of attacking her car with sticks while she was going to take part in a Ganga aarti in Varanasi.
About 47 per cent voting was recorded till 3 pm in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls
SP president Akhilesh Yadav claimed that no other political party in the world lies as much as the BJP and its leaders, and hit out at it for keeping the youth waiting for jobs in the last five years
As the high-octane UP polls enter the last leg, all eyes are on the electoral battle in and around Varanasi which will see PM Modi and prominent leaders from opposition parties leading their campaigns
Describing herself as a "fighter", West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that she was attacked by BJP workers after she arrived for campaigning in Uttar Pradesh in support of the Samajwadi Party.
Over 36 per cent voting was recorded till 1 pm in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Thursday
A voter turnout of 21.79 per cent was registered till 11 a.m. on Thursday in the ongoing sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday cast his vote in Gorakhpur in 6th phase polling for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and said that the BJP will win over 80% of seats in UP
Akhilesh also ridiculed the BJP by saying that those who claim to make missiles were not able to make even matchsticks.
Polling is being held for 57 Assembly constituencies spread across 10 districts
Mamata Banerjee is in Varanasi to take part in an election rally of the Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday.
On the day of polling for 6th phase of UP Assembly polls, Adityanath said elections have reached decisive stage and each vote to BJP is a step towards making the state India's number 1 economy.
Gorakhpur City, from where Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is in the fray, is among the nine sensitive assembly constituencies in the state going to polls in the sixth phase on Thursday.