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Prepping For "Next Step", Says Akhilesh Yadav After Meeting Mayawati

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday May 20, 2019

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, after meeting with alliance partner Mayawati on Monday, spoke about prepping for "the next step", ahead of results on May 23 Thursday.

Akhilesh Yadav, Maneka Gandhi Among Top Contenders For Phase 6 UP Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2019

Hectic electioneering ended on Friday evening for 14 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, including those for which Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Union minister Maneka Gandhi are contesting.

Challenges For BJP, Alliance In UP's Last 2 Phases: Prannoy Roy Analyses

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday May 10, 2019

UP elections will be held on 27 seats in the coming phases - all in eastern Uttar Pradesh, that includes Varanasi, the seat of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gorakhpur, the stronghold of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

"Told My Sister And Jyotir...": Rahul Gandhi Reveals His UP Poll Strategy

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday May 3, 2019

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday defended his decision to field candidates in Uttar Pradesh against those of Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, reinforcing the comments that have landed his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in a controversy. "It is pretty clear that in UP, a secular formation is winning, whether it is the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party or Congre...

Snake Inside Voting Machine Holds Up Polling In Kerala's Kannur Seat

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 23, 2019

An unusual "visitor" in a polling booth in Kerala's Kannur Lok Sabha constituency held up voting for a brief while today. A small snake was found inside a VVPAT machine in a booth at Mayyil Kandakkai in the Kannur constituency.

BJP Workers Thrash UP Polling Officer For Asking Voters To Press "Cycle"

India News | Reported By Alok Pandey, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Tuesday April 23, 2019

Apolling officer was beaten up this morning at a voting booth in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad by BJP workers who alleged that he forced some women to vote for the Samajwadi Party, said police.

Officials Travel 4 Days, 483 Km To Set Up Polling Booth, For One Voter

India News | Niha Masih, The Washington Post | Thursday April 18, 2019

In the fading afternoon light, Gammar Bam glanced down nervously at a fast-flowing river in a corner of northeastern India. His team had already driven eight hours on one-lane mountainous roads and shaky bridges. Now they were trekking on a slippery path hugging a cliff. For Mr Bam and his team of polling officers, that meant a four-day journey of ...

"Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Could've Made A Big Impact In UP Polls": Prashant Kishor

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday January 23, 2019

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra could have made a major difference in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections if she had decided to take the plunge into politics over three years ago, Janata Dal-United vice-president Prashant Kishor said on Wednesday.

Mayawati Or Mamata Banerjee For PM, Akhilesh Yadav Was Asked. His Reply

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 23, 2019

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said that despite his "immense respect" for Congress president Rahul Gandhi, the grand old party was kept out of the Samajwadi Party-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections to correct the "poll arithmetic" in order to defeat the BJP.

Watch: PM Modi Wraps Up Poll Campaign With Drum Beats, "Sound Of Victory"

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday December 6, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up his election campaign in Rajasthan on a high note on Wednesday, putting his drumming skills on full display.

"Thankful" There's No Alliance With Congress, Says Akhilesh Yadav

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday November 21, 2018

A week before the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said he was "thankful" to the Congress for not tying up with him and Mayawati as it left him free to criticize them. The Samajwadi leader -- who recently announced his first list of candidates, declaring the Congress had made them "wait too long" - taunted that...

Congress, BJP Are "Saanpnath-Naagnath": Mayawati On Tie-Ups After Polls

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday November 16, 2018

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati today stressed that she would prefer to sit in the opposition rather than form any alliance with either the Congress or the BJP in Chhattisgarh, describing them as "Saanpnath" and "Naagnath" (both snakes).

Highlights: PM Modi Attacks Opposition In Mirzapur, Says "Crocodile Tears" For Poor

India News | Edited by S Shobana | Sunday July 15, 2018

On second day of his two-day eastern Uttar Pradesh visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Mirzapur today. Among other infrastructure projects, he will dedicate the Bansagar Canal Project to the nation.

Election Commission Clears 1 Held Up Poll Result In Karnataka

Karnataka News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 16, 2018

The Election Commission late on Tuesday cleared the result for Hubballi-Dharwad (central) assembly segment, which was held up over the issue of mock slips not being cleared from the Electronic Voting Machine or EVM's control unit.

Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha Election Results 2018 LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav Thanks Raja Bhaiya For Supporting Samajwadi

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday March 23, 2018

The Rajya Sabha elections underway in Uttar Pradesh got tighter after a legislator from Mayawati'sBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) claimed that he voted for the BJP. This morning, Anil Kumar Singh, a BSP leader, came out after casting his vote and told reporters that he has cross-voted for the BJP-backed candidate. The leader from Mayawati's party came ou...