Addressing a public meeting in favour of the party nominees on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti in Lucknow, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief paid glowing tributes to Sant Ravidas
Addressing a rally in Sitapur, PM Modi said the enthusiasm of people shows that the BJP will get their support in the remaining five phases of polling in UP as well
Speaking in Auraiya which will go to polls in the third phase of voting slated for February 20, he claimed that the SP and the BSP have been wiped out in the first two phases of polling
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UP polls 2022 LIVE updates, phase 2: Elections will be held in Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Badaun, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur. Catch updates on Uttar Pradesh polls phase 2
The BSP released a list of 47 candidates on Sunday for the seventh phase of the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. The list includes candidates for the constituencies of Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Bhadohi, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has attempted to strike a fine caste balance in its list of candidates. The Mayawati-led party has fielded its state president Bhim Rajbhar against mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is presently lodged in the Banda jail, from Mau. Five-time MLA Ansari won the 2017 Assembly election from Mau on a BSP ticket. The BSP had won four seats in Azamgarh district five years ago but this time, it has re-nominated only Azad Arimardan from the Lalganj reserved seat. Sukhdev Rajbhar, who won from the Didarganj constituency in Azamgarh in 2017, died last year, while Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali, who won from Mubarakpur, quit the party subsequently. Vandana Singh, who won the 2017 polls on
Over 2,000 illegal firearms and 165 kg of explosives have also been recovered while preventive action taken against 4.40 lakh people who are likely to disrupt peace during the polls, the Uttar Pradesh
As many as 586 candidates are in the fray in this phase with the seats spread across Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur
From singing songs to frying "puris" and making emotional appeals, the candidates fielded by various political parties in the Uttar Pradesh polls are making every effort to woo the voters
Voting is scheduled to take place on February 14 on 55 assembly seats of the state, spanning the nine districts of western UP
UP election 2022 LIVE updates, phase 1: Districts that go into polls today are Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Shamli, Hapur, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Agra and Mathura
People are suffering due to the wrong policies of the BJP government and are eager to teach a lesson to the anti-people government, said BSP Chief Mayawati
BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday lashed out at the successive Congress governments at the Centre and in Punjab for their alleged anti-Dalit stance and policies
Apart from the two candidates, the party also declared 51 other names for the third phase of the UP Assembly elections
The Punjab CM also said the party has no existence in the state
The Mayawati-led party has tied up with the Shiromani Akali Dal for the elections and contesting on 20 of 117 Assembly seats
The Mayawati-led party has tied up with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for the Punjab assembly elections
Voting in Uttar Pradesh will be held in 403 Assembly seats over seven phases from February 10 to March 7
BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday pooh-poohed the claim saying the party's past record shows its "anti-Dalit" approach.
Candidates will hold campaign meetings via Facebook, Twitter, and Whatsapp Messenger