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UP: Cong exudes confidence of winning 100 seats, says miracles do happen

Senior Congress leader Pradeep Mathur on Saturday exuded confidence that the grand old party would win 100 seats in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, saying miracles do happen in politics.

Yogi government focusing on 5 major projects ahead of assembly polls

The Yogi Adityanath government's focus is on five major developmental projects related to roads and airways

Uttar Pradesh: AAP to take out Tiranga Yatras in Ayodhya, Lucknow, Noida

Ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the AAP will take out a Tiranga Yatras in Ayodhya, Lucknow and Noida to mark the 75th year of India's Independence, party leaders said. In Ayodhya, party sources said the yatra will make a brief halt at the Ram temple. The yatra is scheduled for mid-September. The AAP will also hold Tiranga Yatras in Agra on Sunday and Noida on September 1, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will participate in these yatras. Party leaders said as the country is marking the 75th year of Independence, the yatra aims to unite people against the politics of casteism and corruption. Assembly polls are scheduled to be held in Uttar Pradesh next year. The AAP has announced its plan to contest polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.

Yogi makes slew of pro-farmer announcements ahead of UP elections

Yogi has made several pro-farmers announcements including withdrawing cases against them for stubble burning and launching a one-time settlement scheme for interest waiver on their electricity dues

UP Congress launches 100-day trainig programme ahead of state elections

The Uttar Pradesh Congress has launched a 100-day campaign to train its office bearers under the 'Prashikshan Se Parakram' programme from Tuesday

Bureaucrats running UP govt, people's representatives ignored: BJP leader

BJP state executive member and former MLA Ram Iqbal Singh on Thursday attacked his own govt in UP, alleging that it is being run by bureaucrats and no heed is paid to people's representatives

As elections near, BJP returns to Uttar Pradesh for launch of Ujjwala 2.0

PM Modi to launch today the second phase of the Ujjwala scheme, under which 10 million more LPG connections will be provided.

Govt could withdraw new farm laws considering upcoming UP polls: BJP leader

A BJP leader has supported farmers' agitation against the three new farm laws and said that the BJP-led central government could withdraw them keeping in mind Uttar Pradesh assembly polls

'Mandalisation' of BJP or election engineering for UP?

Mayawati's wooing of Brahmins did not make the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) a 'Manuvadi' party. The 'Mandalisation' of the BJP is an electoral contingency

Pegasus focus might let BJP run away with UP polls

The Opposition needs to rethink its strategy. Just as the Rafale scandal did not sway voters earlier, Pegasus may not either.

Samajwadi Party workers to take out cycle yatras in Uttar Pradesh

After the BJP's proposed 'Ashirwad Yatras', it is now time for the Samajwadi Party's cycle yatras in Uttar Pradesh.

UP Polls: BJP asks MPs to work with ground workers, complete vaccination

With an eye on the upcoming Assembly elections, BJP leadership prepped the Uttar Pradesh MPs about their role in the poll-bound state

BJP chief J P Nadda to meet UP party MPs to discuss poll preparedness

BJP chief J.P. Nadda will meet party MPs from Uttar Pradesh to discuss preparedness for next year's assembly polls

Mukesh Sahani tones down after criticism by his own party MLA

The aggressive tone of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahani has come down after his own party MLA Raju Kumar Singh put a question mark over his leadership

Yogi Adityanath scared of his activities in Uttar Pradesh: Mukesh Sahani

Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahani has slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for not allowing him to enter Varanasi.

Govt is in consolidation mode, trying to make the old policies work

Making new policies work is 100 times harder in India than making new policies

Uttar Pradesh will witness democratic revolution in 2022: Akhilesh Yadav

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are scheduled in 2022.

Why BJP welcomes turncoats under the benign gaze of RSS

After its West Bengal debacle the BJP must once again demonstrate that it is a party attractive to power seekers. Defections from other parties help to showcase it as a potential winner.

Toeing Tikait line: 'Not sure' if BKU stays away from UP politics in 2022

The BKU had its first successful siege of Delhi in 1988 over low cane prices and upward revision of electricity and water rates

Churn in the Jat community: Farmers' stir may upset the BJP apple cart

With just a year to go for the UP elections, the wave of sympathy for the RLD could play spoiler for the BJP in western UP, which accounts for about a 4th of the Assembly constituencies in the state