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Climate change, promise of clean air and water missing from UP poll agenda

The vital issue of clean air and water is missing from the Uttar Pradesh elections though several cities here often figure in the list of the world's 10 most polluted. Despite clean water and air being the mainstay of life, major political parties, except for the Samajwadi Party, Congress and the Rashtriya Lok Dal, have not included the issue of environmental protection prominently in their election manifestos. Even for the parties that mentioned it, the concern for environment remains on paper as everyone is busy talking about Jinnah, Pakistan, vote bank politics and 'pariwarvad' to sway voters to their sides. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has a degree in environmental engineering from Australia but his party manifesto just has a reference about climate issue sans any major announcement to deal with the problem. Even the Congress has touched on some aspects of climate change in its manifesto, but has not spoken of any concrete initiative. The issue hasn't got much ...

UP polls 5th phase: PM Modi pleaded voters to exercise their franchise

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to voters to exercise their franchise in the fifth phase Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022.

Akhilesh Yadav made terrorist friends for vote bank politics, says JP Nadda

The BJP president said that 200 riots happened under SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's regime in Uttar Pradesh while not a single riot happened in the last five years of Yogi Adityanath

This election is for saving democracy, constitution: Akhilesh on UP polls

Attacking ruling party over law and order, Yadav said the maximum custodial deaths have taken place under their government

UP polls: Fifth phase of voting on Sunday; 692 candidates in fray

Polling to decide the fate of 692 candidates in the fray for 61 assembly seats across 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh will take place in the fifth phase of the state assembly elections on Sunday. Campaigning for the fifth phase ended on Friday evening, and all necessary arrangements have been completed, state Chief Election Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla said here on Saturday. Polling will start at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm, he said. Around 2.24 crore voters will exercise their franchise in this phase in the districts of Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda. Amethi and Raebareli, once considered Congress bastions, and Ayodhya, the epicentre of the Ram temple movement, will too vote on Sunday. Prominent faces in the fray for the fifth phase include Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who is contesting from the Sirathu assembly seat in Kaushambi district. He is facing Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) candidate Pallavi ...

UP politicians rely on caste, religion to get votes: Priyanka Gandhi

Priyanka said the focus on caste and religion in UP politics has made politicians complacent, making them sideline the real issues.

UP Assembly polls: BJP will match scale of 2017 verdict, says Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that the victory of the BJP in the Assembly elections will match the scale of the 2017 verdict in UP.

Contribute towards strengthening democracy by voting, says PM Narendra Modi

As voting began for the fourth phase of the UP Assembly polls, PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday appealed to the people to contribute towards strengthening democracy by casting their ballots.

UP Assembly polls: Need tough leader for difficult times, says PM Modi

In Manipur, Modi said the BJP's "double-engine" government has laid strong a foundation for Manipur for the next 25 years

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls: City of bangle makers looks for change

As Firozabad goes to polls on Sunday, glass workers seek better conditions, higher wages and health care

LIVE: Bengal withdraws ban on incoming int'l flights effective from Tuesday

However, international passengers either have to be fully vaccinated or go through an RT-PCR test within 72 hours from flight departure

UP polls 2022 phase 2 LIVE: Early Holi on March 10 with BJP win, says Modi

UP polls 2022 LIVE updates, phase 2: Elections will be held in Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Badaun, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur. Catch updates on Uttar Pradesh polls phase 2

UP Assembly polls: BJP is keeping emotions alive on Kashi and Mathura

A Krishna janmabhoomi temple in Mathura was a recurrent theme for the ruling BJP in the run-up to the Assembly polls

UP Polls: BSP announces candidates on 47 seats for seventh phase

The BSP released a list of 47 candidates on Sunday for the seventh phase of the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. The list includes candidates for the constituencies of Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Bhadohi, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has attempted to strike a fine caste balance in its list of candidates. The Mayawati-led party has fielded its state president Bhim Rajbhar against mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is presently lodged in the Banda jail, from Mau. Five-time MLA Ansari won the 2017 Assembly election from Mau on a BSP ticket. The BSP had won four seats in Azamgarh district five years ago but this time, it has re-nominated only Azad Arimardan from the Lalganj reserved seat. Sukhdev Rajbhar, who won from the Didarganj constituency in Azamgarh in 2017, died last year, while Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali, who won from Mubarakpur, quit the party subsequently. Vandana Singh, who won the 2017 polls on

UP Polls: Yogi, Akhilesh two sides of same coin, says Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday dubbed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav as two sides of the same coin.

Battle for UP: Why Mayawati's trusted bureaucrats have moved away

BSP President Mayawati, as chief minister, has always been lucky to have a loyal and dedicated band of bureaucrats who have helped her steer through the turbulent waters of UP politics.

UP Assembly polls: Over 60% voter turnout recorded in the first phase

As many as 623 candidates, including 73 women, are in the fray in the first phase, state EC officials said

LIVE: UP records 60.17% voter turnout in first phase of Assembly elections

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

Your one vote can shape bright future of Uttar Pradesh, says Amit Shah

Shah urged the people to cast their votes in large numbers to help elect a govt which can provide security, well being and good governance along with development in the state.

UP Polls: Modi urges voters to participate in 'holy festival of democracy'

As the assembly elections in UP begin on Thursday, PM Modi urged all the voters in the state to participate in the "holy festival of democracy" by exercising their franchise.