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A day after being named as star campaigner, RPN Singh resigns from Cong

Sources said he was miffed over the party affairs in his home district of Padrauna as he was not taken into confidence on many issues related to the party's functioning on his turf

22 nominations rejected in five assembly constituencies of UP's Mathura

Nominations of 22 candidates from five assembly constituencies in Mathura were cancelled on Monday during scrutiny of the papers, election officials said

UP: SP announces candidates for 159 seats; Akhilesh to contest from Karhal

Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan has been named as a candidate from Rampur

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

Congress leaders Praveen Singh, Supriya Aron join Samajwadi Party

Former Congress MP from Bareilly Praveen Singh and Congress leader and former Bareilly Mayor Supriya Aron joined Samajwadi Party

UP assembly polls: Shivpal Singh Yadav to contest from Jaswant Nagar

Shivpal Singh Yadav will contest the assembly election from Jaswant Nagar in Uttar Pradesh as a candidate of the Samajwadi Party-Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) alliance. Jaswant Nagar in Etawah district will vote in the third phase on February 20. Yadav, who heads the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia), currently represents the constituency in the assembly. In a tweet in Hindi, the Samajwadi Party said, "Shivpal Singh Yadav ji will be the candidate of SP and PSP alliance from Jaswant Nagar assembly seat of Etawah." Shivpal Singh Yadav had got into a tussle with his nephew and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and formed the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) before the last assembly polls in 2017. In december last, they announced an alliance for the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh to be held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7. The results will be announced on March 10.

UP elections 2022: Owaisi now promises two CMs, if his new front gets power

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday launched a new pre-poll front, 'Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha', promising two chief ministers for Uttar Pradesh, if the new front is voted to power

'Do you see any other face': Priyanka on Cong's CM candidate in UP polls

'You can see my face everywhere,' says Priyanka on being asked about the chief ministerial face of Congress in the upcoming UP Assembly elections

UP polls: Bhim Army chief to contest against Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur

BJP has fielded UP CM from his stronghold Gorakhpur, which elected him to Lok Sabha for five straight terms till 2017

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

UP Assembly polls: Congress releases second list of 41 candidates

The Congress on Thursday released its second list of 41 candidates, including 16 women, for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections starting February 10

UP Assembly polls: AIMIM announces third list of seven candidates

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Wednesday released the third list of candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections

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 ..

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

UP polls: Modi, Nadda lead BJP's star campaigners; Varun, Maneka excluded

Others on that list include Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and state president Swatantra Dev Singh

Akhilesh Yadav will contest Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections: Report

Former UP CM and Samajwadi Party president chief will contest Assembly elections, party sources said

UP Assembly polls: PM Modi to interact with BJP workers in Varanasi today

PM Modi will virtually interact with BJP workers in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.

UP Polls: BJP's core committee discusses possible seat-sharing with allies

A meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) core committee on the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls was held on Monday where discussions took place on possible seat-sharing with alliance partners

UP polls: Akhilesh announces SOPs for farmers, takes pledge to defeat BJP

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, on Monday, said that when his party comes to power, he would ensure minimum support price for all crops for farmers

Plea in SC to deregister parties not divulging criminal cases of candidates

The plea argued that the consequences of permitting criminals to contest, become legislators are extremely serious for democracy and secularism