Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday filed nomination from the Gorakhpur Urban assembly seat in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Claimants, who have been denied tickets, have filed their nominations as independent candidates and pose a threat to official SP candidates
The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7 in seven phases
Claiming success in controlling crime in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday accused his predecessors of failing to undertake police reforms and modification
The government had issued directives regarding closure of all schools in Uttar Pradesh for offline classes from January 16 to 23. Later, the closure was extended till February 6
She called for a untied fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by all regional parties in the 2024 elections
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will file his nomination papers for the Gorakhpur Urban seat on Friday. He will reach the city on Thursday. Union Home minister Amit Shah, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and party state president Swatantra Dev Singh will be present during the filing of the nomination, BJP media cell in-charge Bachcha Pandey said on Wednesday. Before filing the nomination, Yogi will address a meeting at Maharana Pratap Inter College ground under COVID protocols, Pandey said. On Thursday he will hold a meeting with party office bearers and booth presidents. On Friday afternoon, he will address voter awareness convention at Gorakhpur club and also Prabudhdh Varg Sammelan at Nipal lodge. On Saturday, he will address Sikh community at Mohaddipur Gurudwara, Pandey added.
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday refuted Home Minister Amit Shah's statements on the SP's stand on the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya
The cycle and the hand pump are poll symbols of the Samajwadi Party and the RLD respectively
The notice has been served by the sub-district election officer after 15-16 children were found to be campaigning for the BJP candidate
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Law Minister Brajesh Pathak, who had won from Lucknow Central in 2017, has been shifted to Lucknow Cantonment, denying ticket to the sitting BJP MLA Suresh Tiwari.
The farmers are yet to come to terms with the October 3 incident in which four farmers were allegedly mowed down by an SUV belonging to Union Minister Ajay Misra Teni's son Ashish Misra
The Congress candidates in Karhal in Mainpuri and Jaswantnagar in Etawah have bowed out of the contest
Mainpuri goes to the polls in the third phase on February 20 and the last date of filing nomination is Tuesday
He slammed the BJP-led government for bringing three new farm laws which were later repealed
Uttar Pradesh reported 7,907 fresh Covid-19 infections on Friday, taking active cases tally to 65,263, and 14 more more fatalities raised the toll to 23,139
UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday hit out at Samajwadi Party and its leader Akhilesh Yadav, calling them supporters of Pakistan and "worshippers of (Muhammad Ali) Jinnah".
Azam Khan, who was a cabinet minister in the previous Akhilesh Yadav-led government, had on Thursday filed his nomination papers
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday asked farmers to be wary of the BJP, saying the ruling party's government had withdrawn its controversial farm laws only for the sake of votes.