The Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded Dalit candidates against Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle -- Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav.
Amit Shah attacked SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, saying "goonda raj" will return to Uttar Pradesh if his party comes to power in the Assembly polls.
AAP released its manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections promising free bus service for women, 300 units of free electricity and round-the-clock power supply in the state.
Apart from the two candidates, the party also declared 51 other names for the third phase of the UP Assembly elections
The Congress on Wednesday released its third list of 89 candidates for Uttar Pradesh elections, reserving 40 per cent seats for women. The party has already declared 255 candidates in all for the state assembly elections. Its first list had 125 candidates and another 41 were declared in the second list. The third list of candidates includes 37 women. The Congress's first and second list had 50 and 16 women, respectively. Some of the women fielded by the Congress include those associated with the anti-CAA protests. The party is contesting UP assembly polls with women in focus and have reserved 40 per cent seats for them. It has also released a separate manifesto for youth, assuring them of employment opportunities and has laid down a roadmap of how to get those jobs, if the party elected to power. Uttar Pradesh elections are being held in seven phases starting February 10 to March 7 and the results will be out on March 10.
The SP had earlier written to the Election Commission demanding ban on opinion polls
Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan on Wednesday filed his nomination for Rampur Sadar seat from inside Sitapur jail. The Returning Officer from Rampur visited the jail to get his nomination papers after an order was issued by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rampur Court, Jailor RS Yadav told media. "As of now all paper formalities have been completed," he said. Rampur will go to polls on Feb 14 in the second phase of UP elections. Khan, MP from Rampur, is lodged in Sitapur jail since Feb 2020 in case of land grabbing and several others.
Quelling rumours on his exit from the party, Lallu said that every drop of his blood is indebted to the Congress party
With the Samajwadi Party nominating old hand Pawan Pandey on the Ayodhya seat, all eyes are on the BJP which is yet to name its candidate for the high-profile constituency
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused the Uttar Pradesh Police of assaulting students and vandalising their hostel in Prayagraj for allegedly protesting against unemployment
The Samajwadi Party declared Pawan Pandey as its candidate from the Ayodhya assembly constituency for the upcoming elections in the state.
An overwhelming 86 per cent people want voting to be made mandatory in the country, according to a survey released on Tuesday on the occasion of the 12th National Voters' Day.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said the ruling party may end up being the largest beneficiary of this divisive rhetoric and therefore people need to be given a choice of another kind of politics
Yogi Adityanath's entry into the UP poll scene from Gorakhpur Urban has created a big buzz among the constituency's electorate which now has a chance of sending a chief minister to the state assembly.
Microblogging platform Koo said it has released a multi-lingual guide on Voter Rights and Responsibilities ahead of the upcoming legislative assembly elections.
Nominations of 22 candidates from five assembly constituencies in Mathura were cancelled on Monday during scrutiny of the papers, election officials said
A saint cannot be a chief minister as after taking the oath of secularism as a constitutional dignitary, he cannot stay "religious", a prominent seer said here on Monday,
PM Modi on Monday said Uttar Pradesh has set a benchmark of development in every field in the last five years
Party general secretary Satish Misra, former MP Muquad Ali and former Uttar Pradesh Minister Nakul Dubey, are also part of the list of 18 star campaigners
Live news updates: India reported 333,533 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours-a marginal decline since Saturday.