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Political Parties Spent Rs 5,500 Crore On Uttar Pradesh Poll Campaign: Study
The Uttar Pradesh elections saw a total of over Rs 5,500 crore spent on campaign by various parties, including about Rs 1,000 crore towards 'note for vote', with nearly one-third voters admitting to cash or liquor offer, a survey claimed. According to the CMS pre-post poll study, more than Rs 5,500 crore were spent by major political parties in the...
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Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: Campaign For Phase 5 To End Tomorrow
Campaigning for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls for 51 seats spread over 11 districts, including Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency Amethi will end tomorrow.
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What Facts? 'Public Opinion Counts,' Says BJP's Yogi Adityanath
Yogi Adityanath, BJP lawmaker and star campaigner in Uttar Pradesh, today offered his own, fact-free interpretation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments on Sunday alleging religious discrimination by the state's Samajwadi Party government.
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UP Elections 2017: Battleground Saharanpur Is Big Test For Congress, BSP
As Saharanpur goes to polls on Wednesday, the stakes are the highest for the Congress - its campaign spearheaded by its firebrand UP vice-president Imran Masood. The party is contesting five of the seven assembly seats in the region, where Mayawati's attempts to forge a Muslim-Dalit combination will also be put to test.
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UP Elections 2017: Mulayam Singh Yadav's First Election Rally is Today. For Brother Shivpal Yadav
When Samajwadi Party mentor Mulayam Singh Yadav gets up to speak at a rally in Takha, his brother Shivpal Yadav's assembly constituency Jaswantnagar this afternoon, it will be the first, and probably one of the two election rallies he will address over the next few days. The other rally, is slated for his younger daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav, in th...
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Uttar Pradesh Election 2017: Voting Begins In 73 Constituencies
The first of seven phases in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, which is considered to set the tone for the 2019 Union elections, will take place today with over two crore people eligible to vote across 73 constituencies.
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UP Elections 2017: Newborn Symbol Of Samajwadi Party's Notes Ban Politics
Khazanchi can't speak, can barely smile, and is learning how to hold his head steady. He is the star of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's campaign. In rallies across the state ahead of elections from Saturday, Akhilesh Yadav makes it a point to talk about Khazanchi, who was born two months ago, in a bank queue after Prime Minister Naren...
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BJP Releases Manifesto For Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: Highlights
BJP President Amit Shah today released the party's manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections , which will be held in seven phases from February 11.
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After Delhi And Bihar, BJP To Get Third 'Talaq' In UP: Sitaram Yechury
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Sunday claimed that the BJP will taste another electoral defeat in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.Mocking at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said the voters of Delhi and Bihar had already given "talaq" to the saffron party and it was going to get the same "message" for the third time from the vot...
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Mulayam Singh Yadav Has New Role And New Nameplate In Samajwadi Party
At about 7 pm on Saturday, a new nameplate was affixed at the Lucknow office of the ruling Samajwadi Party. It reads - Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sanrakshak (Guardian). The new nameplate has been put up exactly in the place of another that had for many years read - Mulayam Singh Yadav, National President.
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Assembly Elections in Five States Announced, Results on March 11
The Election Commission has announced election dates for five states, the results of which will be announced on March 11.
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Amid Tussle With Akhilesh Yadav Over Samajwadi Tickets, Shivpal Yadav Hints Who's Boss
On Sunday afternoon, Samajwadi Party's Uttar Pradesh chief Shivpal Yadav, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's uncle, sent out a series of tweets - seemingly without provocation - suggesting that he was the boss when it came to distributing tickets for the assembly elections due early next year.
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Decision On UP Coalition Not Easy: UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
Amid talks among leaders of 'Janata Parivar' parties about a tie-up for the Uttar Pradesh polls, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said achieving a coalition was not easy. The ruling Samajwadi Party could win the elections on its own, though an alliance could win 300 seats.
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BJP Not To Name Chief Minister Face For Uttar Pradesh Elections
The Bharatiya Janata Party state unit on Monday said the party will contest the 2017 assembly elections without announcing its chief ministerial candidate.
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Eye On Uttar Pradesh Polls, BJP Government Creating War Hysteria: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today disapproved of the evacuation of people from the border areas of the state, alleging the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre is creating "unnecessary war hysteria and tension" with an eye on Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
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Political Parties Spent Rs 5,500 Crore On Uttar Pradesh Poll Campaign: Study
The Uttar Pradesh elections saw a total of over Rs 5,500 crore spent on campaign by various parties, including about Rs 1,000 crore towards 'note for vote', with nearly one-third voters admitting to cash or liquor offer, a survey claimed. According to the CMS pre-post poll study, more than Rs 5,500 crore were spent by major political parties in the...
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Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: Campaign For Phase 5 To End Tomorrow
Campaigning for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls for 51 seats spread over 11 districts, including Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency Amethi will end tomorrow.
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What Facts? 'Public Opinion Counts,' Says BJP's Yogi Adityanath
Yogi Adityanath, BJP lawmaker and star campaigner in Uttar Pradesh, today offered his own, fact-free interpretation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments on Sunday alleging religious discrimination by the state's Samajwadi Party government.
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UP Elections 2017: Battleground Saharanpur Is Big Test For Congress, BSP
As Saharanpur goes to polls on Wednesday, the stakes are the highest for the Congress - its campaign spearheaded by its firebrand UP vice-president Imran Masood. The party is contesting five of the seven assembly seats in the region, where Mayawati's attempts to forge a Muslim-Dalit combination will also be put to test.
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UP Elections 2017: Mulayam Singh Yadav's First Election Rally is Today. For Brother Shivpal Yadav
When Samajwadi Party mentor Mulayam Singh Yadav gets up to speak at a rally in Takha, his brother Shivpal Yadav's assembly constituency Jaswantnagar this afternoon, it will be the first, and probably one of the two election rallies he will address over the next few days. The other rally, is slated for his younger daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav, in th...
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Uttar Pradesh Election 2017: Voting Begins In 73 Constituencies
The first of seven phases in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, which is considered to set the tone for the 2019 Union elections, will take place today with over two crore people eligible to vote across 73 constituencies.
-
UP Elections 2017: Newborn Symbol Of Samajwadi Party's Notes Ban Politics
Khazanchi can't speak, can barely smile, and is learning how to hold his head steady. He is the star of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's campaign. In rallies across the state ahead of elections from Saturday, Akhilesh Yadav makes it a point to talk about Khazanchi, who was born two months ago, in a bank queue after Prime Minister Naren...
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BJP Releases Manifesto For Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: Highlights
BJP President Amit Shah today released the party's manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections , which will be held in seven phases from February 11.
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After Delhi And Bihar, BJP To Get Third 'Talaq' In UP: Sitaram Yechury
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Sunday claimed that the BJP will taste another electoral defeat in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.Mocking at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said the voters of Delhi and Bihar had already given "talaq" to the saffron party and it was going to get the same "message" for the third time from the vot...
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Mulayam Singh Yadav Has New Role And New Nameplate In Samajwadi Party
At about 7 pm on Saturday, a new nameplate was affixed at the Lucknow office of the ruling Samajwadi Party. It reads - Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sanrakshak (Guardian). The new nameplate has been put up exactly in the place of another that had for many years read - Mulayam Singh Yadav, National President.
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Assembly Elections in Five States Announced, Results on March 11
The Election Commission has announced election dates for five states, the results of which will be announced on March 11.
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Amid Tussle With Akhilesh Yadav Over Samajwadi Tickets, Shivpal Yadav Hints Who's Boss
On Sunday afternoon, Samajwadi Party's Uttar Pradesh chief Shivpal Yadav, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's uncle, sent out a series of tweets - seemingly without provocation - suggesting that he was the boss when it came to distributing tickets for the assembly elections due early next year.
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Decision On UP Coalition Not Easy: UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
Amid talks among leaders of 'Janata Parivar' parties about a tie-up for the Uttar Pradesh polls, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said achieving a coalition was not easy. The ruling Samajwadi Party could win the elections on its own, though an alliance could win 300 seats.
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BJP Not To Name Chief Minister Face For Uttar Pradesh Elections
The Bharatiya Janata Party state unit on Monday said the party will contest the 2017 assembly elections without announcing its chief ministerial candidate.
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Eye On Uttar Pradesh Polls, BJP Government Creating War Hysteria: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today disapproved of the evacuation of people from the border areas of the state, alleging the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre is creating "unnecessary war hysteria and tension" with an eye on Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
