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UP Assembly elections: 21.55% polling recorded in first 4 hours of voting

Over 21 per cent of voters exercised their right in the first four hours of polling for the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 seats on Monday

Why even a UP win won't stem the current regime's slide

Given the magnitude of unemployment, it will be difficult to resolve regardless of whoever becomes chief minister of UP

Voting begins for last phase of UP Assembly polls; 613 candidates in fray

Voting for the seventh and the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on Monday morning, with 613 candidates in the fray on 54 seats

60,000 cops, 845 CAPF companies deployed for last phase of UP polls

Voting will be held at 12,205 polling stations and 23,535 polling booths in 177 police station areas, Uttar Pradesh Police said in a statement

Assembly polls: SP-led alliance to form govt in UP, says Akhilesh Yadav

In a statement issued here, he urged people to vote in large numbers in the seventh and final phase of the election on Monday to save democracy and the Constitution

Time to form 'iron government' of BSP in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati

BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday said it is essential to form a strong government that takes cares of all sections of the society. "Voting on 54 seats in nine districts of Uttar Pradesh will be held in the last phase of polling tomorrow. The neglected people facing poverty and unemployment can work to change their fate and that of the state with the power of their votes. It is necessary to form an 'iron government' of BSP to ensure the welfare and happiness of all," she said in a tweet in Hindi. "It is well known that all kinds of lucrative promises and assurances of opposition parties have not been met. Instead of taking care of the people of UP under their governments and bringing in 'good days' (achhe din) as promised, the condition (of people) is continuously deteriorating. Now, it will be wise not to fall for their words," she added. Mayawati added that the opposition tried hard to take the assembly polls in their favour by adopting all kinds of tactics, but people of the state

Rush of leaders at Vishwanath temple ahead of final phase of UP polls

As the fiercely contested Uttar Pradesh assembly elections enter the final round, the Kashi Vishwanath temple here is witnessing a rush of political leaders. They have been making a beeline at the famous shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva since the past few days in Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency and the focus of the seventh phase of the Assembly elections. Friday was a busy day for the temple as Modi, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Union minister Smriti Irani came to offer prayers. The Kashi Viswanath temple is one of the 12 'Jyotirlingas' (special shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva) in the country. The prime minister, who held a roadshow in the city on Friday to drum up support for BJP candidates, went to temple before the mega programme ended. He is understood to have performed the Shodashupchara Shiva Puja. Hours before Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi paid a visit to the temple. Irani had come earlier. Samajwad

Pollng for seventh and final phase of UP Assembly polls on Monday

Voting for the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections covering 54 seats, including PM Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi, will be held on Monday

UP's future safe in Akhilesh Yadav's hands: Mayank Joshi after joining SP

Mayank Joshi, son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi who joined Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday said that Uttar Pradesh's future will be safe in former CM Akhilesh Yadav's hands

BJP-led alliance to get 80% seats in Assembly polls: Yogi Adityanath

Attacking the Opposition, he said people have come to know that their sensitivity is only for professional mafia, criminals and terrorists

Elect candidates who have values of service in their DNA: Shah in UP

The home minister said over the last five years, the BJP worked to remove criminals from politics in Uttar Pradesh and ended the criminalisation of politics in the state

Cows, bulls, jobs, caste

Caste is back and joblessness is the new nationalism and religion. This UP election is a more 'normal' and fiercely contested one after three walkovers

BJP neither gave jobs to youth nor security to women: BSP's Mishra

Addressing an election meeting at Dhanuha village under the Madiyahon Assembly constituency, he said development is seen only in newspapers and on TV channel

UP elections: Modi holds mega roadshow in Varanasi as final phase nears

Modi stood in an open-roof vehicle as the convoy travelled over three kilometres through the holy city, part of the prime minister's Lok Sabha constituency

UP polls: PM seeks vote on basis of 'lies', says Rahul in Varanasi

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi of seeking votes on the basis of "lies" and said he now does not talk about his poll promises of doubling farmers' income and generating jobs.

Ahead of 7th phase of UP polls, PM Modi holds mega roadshow in Varanasi

Ahead of the seventh and the last phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a roadshow in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi.

UP polls: Adityanath urges people to vote against 'parivarwaad', anarchy

Launching an attack at the Opposition Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday urged people of the state to vote against dynastic politics, anarchy and mafias.

UP Assembly polls: Allies role crucial in poll battle in Varanasi

The task is cut out for allies of the BJP-led coalition and the one headed by the SP to mobilise voters in Varanasi, where the battle is being seen as a test of PM's popularity in his constituency

UP polls: Dharmendra Pradhan urges people to welcome PM Modi in Varanasi

Ahead of PM Narendra Modi's election campaign in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged people to greet and welcome him in large numbers on Friday

If Akhilesh's alliance wins UP, Modi govt can be toppled in 2024: Mamata

The Trinamool Congress supremo, who described herself as a 'fighter', also alleged she was attacked by BJP workers on Wednesday after she arrived for campaigning in Varanasi