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Col Vijay Rawat, Bipin Rawat's younger brother, not to contest UP polls

Gen Bipin Rawat's younger brother Col (retd) Vijay Rawat, who recently joined the BJP, on Sunday said he is not contesting the upcoming assembly polls in Uttarakhand. Col Rawat said he was asked by party leaders to contest but he said no to them. Asked what if they insist on fielding him, he said 99 per cent chances are that he would politely refuse. "I am not contesting the polls. I am interested only in serving the people of Uttarakhand," Col Rawat said in an interview to PTI. Joining the BJP less than a month ahead of the state assembly polls had given rise to speculation in the media that he might be given a ticket by the party. "My purpose behind joining the BJP was serving people and not holding an office or a post. During my 34 years in the Army I was transferred to different places. I didn't get a chance to serve people of my own state. Now that I am retired I can do that," he said. "I don't want to be tied up to a post. I want to serve people freely," he said. Col Rawat

Day after Utpal resigns from BJP, party urges him to reconsider decision

Utpal resigned from the party, days after he was denied a ticket to contest from the Panaji seat, which was represented by his father Manohar Parrikar since 1994. Parrikar died in 2019.

Assembly polls: Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma fielded from Pathankot

Sharma is a former MLA from Pathankot.

Clear, focused cash dole-outs may just work even for debt-ridden Punjab

If some exclusions are made, the doles may empower the marginalised without hitting the exchequer much

BJP names 85 UP candidates; Aditi Singh from Rae Bareli, Arun from Kannauj

The list also includes incumbent MLA Hariom Yadav, a distant relative of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav

Uttarakhand polls: Expelled BJP leader Harak Singh Rawat joins Congress

Expelled BJP leader and former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat on Friday joined the Congress after days of uncertainty over his joining.

Privilege panel to take up Telangana BJP chief's arrest matter today

Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar moved a privilege motion before the Privilege Committee of Lok Sabha chaired by Jharkhand BJP MP Sunil Singh, alleging that he was forcefully arrested

BJP retains top spot in nagar panchayat polls as its tally reaches 419

It was followed by NCP which won 381 seats and Congress which won 344

Goa polls: BJP releases list of 34 candidates, Parrikar's son denied ticket

CM Pramod Sawant to contest from Sanquelim and Deputy CM Manohar Ajgaonkar from Margao

UP Assembly elections: Yadavs back with Akhilesh, after fling with BJP

If there is one vote bank that the Samajwadi Party can be completely sure of in the upcoming Assembly elections, it is the Yadavs.

Goa polls: Devendra Fadnavis assures good, stable govt; slams opposition

Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday slammed AAP, TMC and the Congress parties ahead of Goa assembly elections.

Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother-in-law Pramod Gupta set to join BJP today

A day after Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), his brother-in-law and former SP leader Pramod Gupta is set to join the BJP

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections: BJP fields Mukta Raja from Aligarh

With this, the BJP has so far announced 110 candidates for the state assembly polls, where the party is contesting elections in an alliance with the Apna Dal and the Nishad Party

Miffed over denial of ticket, BJP leaders quits party, joins BSP

Senior BJP leader S K Sharma resigned from the primary membership of the party

BJP uses central agencies against opponents during polls: Baghel

The Congress leader sought to know why raids are conducted by central agencies only in states where non-BJP parties are in power

BJP likely to win Uttar Pradesh but with smaller mandate, says Sudha Pai

Pai highlights the important issues in the upcoming polls

Nadda announces BJP's alliance with Apna Dal, Nishad Party in UP

Nadda said the three National Democratic Alliance partners in the state will fight the elections to 403-member assembly together

UP polls: Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joins BJP

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joined the BJP on Wednesday. She joined the party in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and and its state chief Swatantra Dev Singh. She is married to Prateek Yadav, son of Mulayam Singh Yadav's second wife while SP president Akhilesh Yadav is his son from the first marriage. Aparna Yadav said she has always been impressed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and added that the nation's interest has always been her priority. There had been much speculation about her joining the BJP, and the development highlights the rift in the SP's ruling family at a time when Akhilesh Yadav has been working to rally the party's base in the run up to the state assembly polls. The BJP may field her in the polls, sources said. Aparna Yadav had contested the 2017 assembly polls on the Samajwadi Party ticket from Lucknow Cantt but had lost to BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi, now a Lok Sabha ..

UP Polls: Bookies give 230 seats to BJP in early trends, 130 to SP

Bookies in Uttar Pradesh are betting high on ruling BJP to triumph in February-March Assembly elections, giving it around 230 of total 403 seats. The Samajwadi Party comes second with 130 seats.

Mulayam tried to convince Aparna Yadav not to join BJP: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav tried hard to dissuade his daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav from joining the BJP, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Wednesday