Up Election 2017

Lucky Draw Settles BJP-Congress Tie In Civic Body In Mathura, UP

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday December 1, 2017

The BJP's Meera Agarwal won a lucky draw to be declared elected from a civic ward in Mathura, as votes were counted today for urban body polls in Uttar Pradesh. She had reason to thank her stars.

When Mulayam Singh Yadav's Chhoti Bahu Aparna Yadav, Son Prateek Met Yogi Adityanath

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday March 24, 2017

Yogi Adityanath has received many visitors since he became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh but one guest this morning merited a double-take. Aparna Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law, called on the Chief Minister along with her husband Prateek Yadav, the Samajwadi patriarch's younger son. What was described as a "courtesy call" has drawn ...

PM Narendra Modi's Breakfast Meet Had Strict Dos And Don'ts - And UP Delicacies

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Friday March 24, 2017

Over breakfast at his home this morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tabled a few health warnings for his party's MPs from Uttar Pradesh: that they should not seek favours from newly-installed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and that while the BJP's record win in the state is an impressive feat, there's no time to sit back and relax.

On Day 1, Yogi Adityanath Sets Tough Targets For Officials, Cops

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday March 21, 2017

Yogi Adityanath, taking charge as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh after a spectacular mandate for the BJP, began work today on some of the party's major election promises including farm loan waiver and a ban on slaughterhouses. In his first meeting with top officials of the state, the priest-politician distributed copies of the BJP manifesto for re...

Yogi Adityanath Says 'Will Work For All Sections Without Discrimination': 10 Points

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Arun Nair | Sunday March 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath, 44, was sworn in as Uttar Pradesh's new Chief Minister on Sunday afternoon along with two deputy chief ministers and 44 other ministers. Soon after, he detailed his priorities at a conference - law and order, he said, was the top priority - calling the BJP's massive win in the UP assembly elections a "big mandate for vikas (develop...

Unnamed Congress Stalwarts Blamed By Party, But Rahul Gandhi Exempt

India News | Reported by Nidhi Razdan, Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Wednesday March 15, 2017

After the unmitigated collapse in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leaders appear to have agreed upon two matters: that the party is in unprecedented crisis and that Rahul Gandhi's run as boss should not be truncated.

UP Election Results 2017: Sweet Success For BJP In Rahul Gandhi's Amethi, Missing Minister Loses

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Arun Nair | Sunday March 12, 2017

In its mammoth Uttar Pradesh victory, the BJP is particularly savouring its success in Amethi and Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituencies of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and his mother and boss, Sonia Gandhi.

UP Election Results 2017: Long Live Democracy, PM Narendra Modi Tweets Rahul Gandhi In Response

India News | Written by Suparna Singh | Sunday March 12, 2017

With another landmark debacle to account for, Congress boss Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said "Our fight continues and will not end till we win the hearts and minds of people." He also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who not just brought his party back to power in Uttar Pradesh after 14 years, but did so with the biggest result the state ha...

UP Election Results 2017: PM Narendra Modi On Huge Election Wins Says 'Very Humbling And Overwhelming'

India News | Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Saturday March 11, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he was overjoyed with the "unprecedented mandate" in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP today won a staggering victory. "This is very humbling and overwhelming," PM Modi said in a series of tweets.

UP Election Results 2017 - 'Not Just Rahul Gandhi But Priyanka Failed Too, Be Fair': Smriti Irani On BJP's UP Win

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Saturday March 11, 2017

The BJP's victory in Uttar Pradesh is proof that tough decisions can be taken in politics without fear of a backlash in elections, Union Minister Smriti Irani said today, asserting that the results were a stamp of approval for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and policies, including the notes ban.

UP Election Results 2017: Mayawati, No 3, Alleges Rigging. BJP Says 'Take A Chill Pill'

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Saturday March 11, 2017

As the BJP won a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh, former Chief Minister Mayawati blamed it on largescale rigging and threatened to complain to the Election Commission and go to court and hold an agitation till the matter was remedied. The BJP hit back, with its lawmaker Babul Supriyo alleging that the former Chief Minister has become "inconseque...

Blog: The Reasons For Modi Being Stronger Than Ever

Blog | IP Bajpai | Saturday March 11, 2017

On this day, Narendra Modi coloured the Ganga from source to Varanasi in saffron in an astonishing victory that recalls the sweep of the 2014 general election and clearly allows the BJP to set the political agenda until the next general election in 2019 without much opposition.

UP Election Results 2017 - Akhilesh Yadav's Unforced Errors Will Impact His Clout vs Father Mulayam

India News | Written by Suparna Singh | Saturday March 11, 2017

It turns out that Akhilesh Yadav's big decisions in his attempt to stretch his political legs and stride away from his father have backfired spectacularly.

UP Election Results 2017: 'If You Were Rahul Gandhi, Would You Quit?' Sandeep Dikshit Responded....

India News | Written by Suparna Singh | Sunday March 12, 2017

Sandeep Dikshit's willingness to call it like it is has made him an outlier within the Congress, which picked his mother, 74-year-old Sheila Dikshit, as its candidate for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, before it allied with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

UP Election Results 2017: In Meerut, BJP's Laxmikant Bajpai Leads Race

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Saturday March 11, 2017

Meerut's sitting legislator, BJP's Dr Laxmikant Bajpai is leading the race in the key seat in Western Uttar Pradesh, the current trends have suggested. The 66-year-old former practitioner of Ayurveda has been a four-time legislator from Meerut. He had also been the state president of the party till he was replaced ahead of the assembly elections b...