As the high-octane UP polls enter the last leg, all eyes are on the electoral battle in and around Varanasi which will see PM Modi and prominent leaders from opposition parties leading their campaigns
Describing herself as a "fighter", West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that she was attacked by BJP workers after she arrived for campaigning in Uttar Pradesh in support of the Samajwadi Party.
Over 36 per cent voting was recorded till 1 pm in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Thursday
A voter turnout of 21.79 per cent was registered till 11 a.m. on Thursday in the ongoing sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday cast his vote in Gorakhpur in 6th phase polling for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and said that the BJP will win over 80% of seats in UP
Akhilesh also ridiculed the BJP by saying that those who claim to make missiles were not able to make even matchsticks.
Polling is being held for 57 Assembly constituencies spread across 10 districts
Mamata Banerjee is in Varanasi to take part in an election rally of the Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday.
On the day of polling for 6th phase of UP Assembly polls, Adityanath said elections have reached decisive stage and each vote to BJP is a step towards making the state India's number 1 economy.
Gorakhpur City, from where Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is in the fray, is among the nine sensitive assembly constituencies in the state going to polls in the sixth phase on Thursday.
It was following the sustained efforts of the BJP government after 2017 that this place is witnessing remarkable transformation, he added
Chodankar said there were no defection fears this time as the Congress had chosen candidates after proper scrutiny
BJP's Varanasi city president Vidyasagar Rai on Wednesday said on day one Modi will hold a roadshow in the city area and the next day he will address a public meeting in Khajuri village in Rajatalab
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said illegal weapons were made earlier in Uttar Pradesh to scare and kill people but now shells and missiles are being manufactured to protect the country
These two phases include the regions linked to Modi, Lok Sabha MP from Varanasi, and Adityanath, who is contesting the assembly poll from Gorakhpur
At an election meeting in Jaunpur, he promised to relax the age limit for government jobs and announce vacancies in the police force if the alliance led by his party comes to power in Uttar Pradesh
PM Narendra Modi said that the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh worked for the overall well-being of women, freeing them from kitchen smoke with Ujjwala scheme while toilets ensured dignity.
Highlighting his government's public welfare initiatives, he said even during the worst pandemic in 100 years, the government did not let anybody sleep empty stomach by providing them free ration
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The sixth round of UP Assembly polls will see voting for 57 seats sealing the fate of political heavyweights such as CM Yogi Adityanath, Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu and SP's Swami Prasad Maurya