Keshav Prasad Maurya

UP Ministers Tweet Guru Nanak Birthday Wishes Months In Advance

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Monday April 16, 2018

Several ministers in the Uttar Pradesh government, including the state's deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and BJP spokesperson Sidharth Nath Singh, offered Guru Nanak birthday wishes to people on Twitter on Saturday. However, they were quickly corrected that Guru Nanak birthday falls between October and November, and this year, the world ...

Opposition Parties Responsible For Violence During Dalit Stir: Keshav Prasad Maurya

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 6, 2018

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday held opposition parties responsible for the violence during protests against "dilution" of the provisions of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Monday, and claimed that some criminals were involved in the stir in the state.

"If Akhilesh Yadav Had Made A Sacrifice...": Mayawati's Top 10 Quotes

India News | Edited By Abhimanyu Bose | Saturday March 24, 2018

Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati, who was outfoxed by the BJP in the race for the Rajya Sabha in Uttar Pradesh, hit out at the BJP for "misusing government machinery" and perpetrating government terror, and asserted that the SP-BSP alliance will not be affected by the Rajya Sabha elections. The blow came only days after the BSP leader helped ...

By-Polls In Parliamentary Seats Since 2014: The BJP Report Card

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday March 15, 2018

Since the BJP came to power in 2014 general elections with a massive mandate - 282 of Lok Sabha's 543 seats -- the party has lost six seats in subsequent by-elections. The last of these defeats came yesterday, when the party lost the prestigious Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats of Uttar Pradesh - vacated in 2017 by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and hi...

UP Bypoll Results: Didn't Prepare For Samajwadi-BSP Ambush, Say BJP Leaders

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday March 14, 2018

Keshav Prasad Maurya, whose parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh went to the Samajwadi Party in a staggering upset for the ruling BJP on Wednesday, conceded that his party was ambushed by bitter rivals Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati joining forces in an unusual experiment ahead of the 2019 national election.

Yogi Adityanath's Gorakhpur Shocks BJP, Samajwadi Party Wins 2 Seats

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Debanish Achom | Wednesday March 14, 2018

The BJP received a massive setback as votes were counted in crucial by-elections on Wednesday, with the Samajwadi Party winning both Gorakhpur and Phulpur, parliament seats vacated last year by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya as they joined the state government after the BJP's landslide win in the assembly electio...

UP By-Election Results 2018 Highlights: In Big Upset For BJP, Samajwadi Party Wins Both Gorakhpur And Phulpur Lok Sabha Seats

India News | Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Wednesday March 14, 2018

The counting of votes for two Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh - Gorakhpur and Phulpur - have come to an end. Both Gorakhpur and Phulpur were won by Samajwadi Party in a staggering upset for the ruling BJP. Security had been heightened in both constituencies to ensure the counting of ballots happen smoothly. Gorakhpur was represented by Yo...

BJP Loses UP, Bihar Bypolls, Yogi Adityanath Blames 'Overconfidence': 10 Points

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday March 15, 2018

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday evening that the BJP - which has lost key by-elections in Gorakhpur and Phulpur, two parliament seats it held - "failed to understand the significance" of a partnership scripted by the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party. It was "overconfidence," the chief minister said, ...

On Gorakhpur, Phulpur By-Elections, Yogi Adityanath Says "Victory Margin Will Be As Big As In 2014"

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey; edited by Mala Das | Sunday March 11, 2018

A smiling Yogi Adityanath, flashing the ubiquitous victory sign after casting his vote this morning for the Lok Sabha by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, told NDTV that he was confident of "victory margins as big as in 2014".

UP And Bihar By-Election 2018 Updates: Gorakhpur Records 43% Polling, 37.39% In Phulpur

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Sunday March 11, 2018

Voting for by-elections to three Lok Sabha seats, two in Uttar Pradesh and one in Bihar, is being held. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath turned up at a polling booth in Gorakhpur at 7:15 am to cast his vote. Bypolls in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Phulpur, vacated by Mr Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, respectively, are ...

Spotlight On Yogi Adityanath's Gorakhpur, Deputy's Phulpur In UP Bypolls

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Saturday March 10, 2018

As Uttar Pradesh votes for Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, the ruling BJP, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress gear up for a triangular contest in the bypolls. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) put aside its decades-old enmity with Samajwadi Party to sup...

Once Associated With Nehru, Phulpur Finds Itself In Spotlight Again

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 6, 2018

Once known as the Lok Sabha constituency represented by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Phulpur again finds itself in the spotlight in view of Sunday's bypoll, which is expected to see a triangular contest among the BJP, Congress and the SP.

Akhilesh Yadav-Mayawati Tag Team For UP Bypolls, Announces Her Party

India News | Reported by Kamal Khan, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Sunday March 4, 2018

Two bitter rivals In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party and mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), are ready to join forces to confront the ruling BJP and its Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on his home turf Gorakhpur. Bypolls in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies vacated by Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya will be held...

Lotus Will Bloom Again, Says UP Deputy Chief Minister Ahead Of By-Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 26, 2018

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya today expressed confidence that the BJP would sweep the March 11 bypolls to the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats.

Why Next Month's Lok Sabha Bypolls In UP Are A Prestige Battle For BJP

India News | Edited by Subrat Nanda | Saturday February 10, 2018

By-elections will be held next month to two parliament seats in Uttar Pradesh that the BJP will mark as must-win. Not only because it just lost two parliament seats to the Congress in bye-elections held in Rajasthan, but also because these are seats vacated by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya when they moved to ...