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UP Assembly polls fifth phase: 53.98% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm

A voter turnout of 53.98 per cent till 5 pm was recorded on Sunday as the polling across 61 constituencies is underway for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections

Fate of 5 Yogi ministers hangs in balance in 6th phase of UP polls

Five ministers of the Yogi Adityanath government will face acid test in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls to be held on March 3.

UP Assembly election is between 'Parivarwadis' and 'Rashtravadis': PM Modi

As the polling for the fifth phase of the Up polls is underway, PM Modi said that this time the state Assembly election is between "Parivarwadis (dynasts) and Rashtravadis (nationalists)"

UP polls 5th phase: Over 46% polling recorded in 61 assemblies till 3 pm

Over 46 per cent polling was recorded till 3 pm on Sunday in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls for 61 seats spread across 12 districts. Polling has been peaceful so far barring in Pratapgarh's Kunda assembly seat where SP candidate Gulshan Yadav's convoy was allegedly attacked by some people, police said. Party workers claimed that Yadav sustained minor injuries in the attack. SP state president Naresh Uttam and national spokesperson Rajendra Chowdhury have given a written complaint regarding the Kunda incident to the Election Commission. According to the Election Commission of India's voter turnout app, the polling percentage till 3 pm is 46.28. The voting started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Around 2.24 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase. While Amethi recorded 46.35 per cent voting, Ayodhya saw 50.60 per cent, Bahraich 48.66 per cent, Barabanki 45.55 per cent, Chitrakoot 51.67 per cent, Gonda 46.706 per cent, Kaushambi 48.70 per cent, Pratapga

21.39% voting registered till 11 am in 5th phase of UP Assembly elections

Around 21.39 per cent voter turnout was registered till 11 a.m. in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

Amethi has never been anyone's bastion, says BJP's Sanjay Sinh

Amethi has never been anyone's bastion, says BJP's Sanjay Sinh

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.

UP elections 2022: Yogi should go on pilgrimage, says SP's Jaya Bachchan

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has asked Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to go on a pilgrimage ahead of UP Assembly elections 2022.

BJP will sweep Prayagraj, win over 300 seats in UP: Rita Bahuguna Joshi

BJP MP Rita Bahuguna on Sunday cast her vote in the fifth phase of the ongoing polls in Uttar Pradesh and asserted that her party would win more than 300 seats in the 403-seat Assembly in the state.

UP elections: People will make 'son of Sirathu' win big, says Keshav Maurya

UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday offered prayers at his residence saying that the people will make 'son of Sirathu' win with a big margin of votes as voting for phase 5 assembly polls start

CM Adityanath visits Ram temple in Ayodhya amid UP assembly elections

Amid the ongoing Assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday visited the under-construction Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Battle for Uttar Pradesh: 1,137 cases of poll violence in 4 phases

Meerut tops the list among the districts with 51 cases of poll code violation followed by 45 in Jhansi

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Law Minister Kiren Rijiju accuses Akhilesh Yadav of insulting Lord Buddha

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday accused Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav of insulting Lord Buddha by allegedly not accepting his bust at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh.

Nawab Malik's arrest 'unfortunate', meant to influence UP polls: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday morning said that it is very unfortunate that whatever is happening in Maharashtra is aimed to influence the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Aaditya Thackeray to pitch Shiv Sena's ideology ahead of phase 5 UP polls

Ahead of the fifth phase of UP Assembly polls, Aaditya Thackrey, grandson Balasaheb Thackeray will convey his party's ideology to the people later on Thursday here in Siddharthnagar district.

57.83% voter turnout recorded in fourth phase of UP Assembly elections

The fourth phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday witnessed a voter turnout of 57.83 per cent, according to the data released by the Election Commission.

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Uttar Pradesh phase 4 polling: 57.45% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm

The initial data for voter turnout till 5 p.m. for the phase IV of the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh was 57.45 per cent, according to the Election Commission.