Page 7 - Assembly Elections 2017

Modi's dig at Amartya Sen: Hard work more important than Harvard thinking

The prime minister was speaking at a rally in Uttar Pradesh

Not giving tickets to Muslims in UP a mistake, admit BJP leaders

Katiyar says there is no point in giving tickets to Muslims, while Rajnath Singh feels otherwise

How clean was SP's clean sweep in UP Assembly elections 2012?

The results showed an overwhelming support of Muslim voters in favour of the SP

150 seats in UP, AIADMK support crucial for Modi govt to win prez polls

Around 150-seats in UP would deliver BJP 31,200 votes in the presidential electoral college

Cong tweaks strategy as battle nears last leg

As the political battle for Uttar Pradesh enters its last leg, the SP-Congress alliance is moving heavy artillery to the crucial eastern parts of the state to counter the BJP.The final show of strength will be in PM Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi, where Rahul Gandhi and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav will hold a joint roadshow on March 4.While AICC in charge of UP affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad along with state unit chief Raj Babbar and a battery of senior leaders will be moving to Varanasi shortly, party veteran Ashok Gehlot is overseeing preparations for the alliance roadshow, which has been postponed twice.The Congress managers shifted the February 27 joint roadshow in Varanasi to Gorakhpur as Modi's constituency will go to polls in the last phase on March 8 while Gorakhpur will have polling in the seventh phase on March 4.The ruling SP too is mobilizing its resources, especially the youth wing, to ensure a huge turn out during the alliance road show. Both Rahul and Akhilesh ..

Modi on back foot, claims Akhilesh

'Modi did not come to Azamgarh as he knew SP was getting all 10 seats in district,' Akhilesh said

Ten years on, a bridge still struggles to make ends meet

Samne Ghat-Ramnagar link yet to be completed; locals left with a pontoon bridge

SP, Congress, BSP are like 'snakes': Keshav Prasad Maurya

He ask people to stop them by voting against them

Rahul's comment on PM 'cheap' and out of frustration: M Venkaiah Naidu

Says comments are coming from a person who himself does not attend Parliament

PM Modi should make contents of Naga Accord public: Rahul Gandhi

CM Ibobi Singh too demanded that the contents of the accord should be uploaded on the Internet

Uttar Pradesh won't fall into trap of 'Bharatiya Jumla Party': Mayawati

She said BJP does not perform and only makes fake statements, people agitated by demonetisation

UP polls 2017 : Youth pray for jobs, not religion

Faster and easier broadband connectivity, Wi-Fi hotspots, are on wish list of youth in Faizabad

UP Elections 2017: Hurry up on bullet train promise, Akhilesh tells Modi

'We have started Metro train (but) where is your bullet train?', Akhilesh told Modi

Rahul Gandhi to target BJP's divisive agenda in Manipur tomorrow

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who will campaign in troubled Manipur on Tuesday, is expected to target the BJP's divisive politics in the poll-bound north-eastern state.Sources said Rahul's campaign in capital Imphal on Tuesday has been planned amid security concerns and follows a rally by PM Modi on February 25, when the insurgents called for a state-wide bandh.Faced with a three-term anti-incumbency, the ruling Congress is banking on the development work done by Chief Minister Ikram Ibobi Singh over the past 15 years while the BJP has been levelling corruption charges against his government.Congress managers said people will see which party brought peace in the troubled state and worked for them. Congress strategists accused the BJP of being hand in glove with the insurgents who have a presence in around 20 assembly seats and cover around two thirds of the geographical area in the state.The BJP has blamed the state government for the recent blockade by the insurgents which ...

SP, BSP for hung House in UP to have bargaining power: PM Modi

He said, public knows how to differentiate milk from water

UP assembly polls: Target Mallya, not poor of UP, says Rahul to PM Modi

He said PM Modi is duping poor, honest and hard-working people to help 50 super-rich families

Mayawati brings issue of division of UP back in focus

4 state will be Harit Pradesh, Poorvanchal, Bundelkhand and Awadh

57.36% turnout in phase-V of UP polls

First 4 phases of UP polls this time saw voter turnouts of 64%, 65%, 61.16% and 61% respectively

UP assembly polls: Sensitive Nepal border districts witness polling

The sensitive districts bordering Nepal are witnessing polling today in the 5th phase of the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly election.A total of 51 assembly constituencies spread across 11 districts of the 'terai' (Himalayan foothills) and Eastern UP regions are covered in this phase, including Balrampur, Gonda, Faizabad, Ambedkarnagar, Bahraich, Shravasti, Siddharthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabirnagar, Amethi and Sultanpur.In his recent election rally in Gonda, Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mascot Narendra Modi had stressed the vulnerability of border districts for infiltration by anti-national elements even as he sought votes for the party to secure the country's territorial interest.Meanwhile, Amethi and Sultanpur, apart from Rae Bareli, have been the traditional pocket boroughs of the Gandhi family with the former being represented by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha.However, over the last few elections, the Gandhi's influence in these pockets is ...

UP assembly polls: Over 52% voter turnout till 4 pm in fifth phase

Exercise was slow in the first two hours but picked up the pace gradually