Uttar Pradesh Elections

AAP To Contest Civic Body Polls In Uttar Pradesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 15, 2017

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the civic body polls in Uttar Pradesh, expected to be held next month, as it is gearing up to make its presence felt in the politically crucial state, a senior party leader said.

Rahul Gandhi Supported Ishrat Jahan', Says Yogi Adityanath In Gujarat

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Saturday October 14, 2017

Setting the tone for the election campaign in Gujarat that is expected to go to polls in December, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, describing its lead campaigner Rahul Gandhi a supporter of destruction, not development.

Rahul Gandhi More Interested In Visiting Italy Than Amethi: Yogi Adityanath

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday October 10, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today accused Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi of being more interested in Italy than in the people of his parliamentary constituency Amethi.

Stop Wasting Time And Create More Jobs: Rahul Gandhi to PM Modi

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 5, 2017

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over employment asking him to address the issue instead of "wasting time". Mr Gandhi began his three-day visit to his constituency Amethi for the first time after the party's defeat in the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections earlier this year.

PM Modi In Varanasi LIVE Updates: Infrastructural Projects Launched, Mahamana Express From Varanasi-Vadodra Flagged Off

India News | Friday September 22, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a visit Varanasi for the first time since the BJP's grand victory in the Uttar Pradesh elections earlier this year.

PM Narendra Modi In Varanasi After Big UP Win, To Launch Key Schemes: 10 Points

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Friday September 22, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Varanasi on a two-day visit, his first trip to his parliamentary constituency after the BJPs oversized victory in the Uttar Pradesh elections earlier this year. PM Modi, 67, had camped for three days in the holy city in March that helped give the BJP 312 of the 403 seats, the biggest majority for any party in Utt...

Aam Aadmi Party To Contest Civic Body Polls In Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday September 15, 2017

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced it will contest the forthcoming municipal elections in Uttar Pradesh.

AAP To Contest Uttar Pradesh Civic Elections

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday September 16, 2017

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced it will contest the upcoming municipal corporation elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Arvind Kejriwal's Hackathon Vs Election Commission's: What To Expect

India News | Edited by Indroneil B Biswas | Friday June 2, 2017

The Election Commission has organised more than 10 vote machines that were recently used in elections in Uttar Pradesh for tomorrow's hackathon, where political parties will try to prove in Delhi that the machines can be rigged.

UP Election Commission Says Law And Order Not Conducive To Hold Local Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 19, 2017

The law and order situation in most of the districts in Uttar Pradesh is not conducive to hold the forthcoming urban body elections, State Election Commissioner S K Agarwal said today.

Will Expose Mayawati, Says BSP No 2 Naseemuddin Siddiqui After Being Sacked By Party

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Thursday May 11, 2017

Flattened by the BJP in this year's Uttar Pradesh elections, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party is in the middle of its worst crisis since 2003, when a section of party legislators had split to help arch rival Mulayam Singh Yadav come to power in the state. On Wednesday, Ms Mayawati expelled one of her closest aides and the party's Muslim face Naseemud...

Stay Humble, Don't Get Complacent: Amit Shah To BJP Workers

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 3, 2017

Stay humble and do not get complacent, BJP national president Amit Shah told party workers on Tuesday, while attributing to them its overwhelming victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

BJP May Repeat MCD Poll Strategy For Civic Elections In UP

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 29, 2017

The BJP may repeat its strategy of denying tickets to sitting councillors, as it did in Delhi municipal corporation polls, in Uttar Pradesh for the civic body elections in the state.

MCD Elections 2017: Manoj Tiwari, Who Once Lost To Yogi Adityanath, Shocks Arvind Kejriwal

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday April 27, 2017

In 2009, popular Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari contested the national election from Uttar Pradesh as a Samajwadi Party candidate. He was fielded by the party from Gorakhpur, which has only sent the BJP's Yogi Adityanath to parliament since 1998. Mr Tiwari stood no chance.

MCD Elections 2017: JDU Alleges Voters Being Intimidated, Writes To Election Commission

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 21, 2017

Days ahead of the civic polls, the JD(U) today lodged a complaint with the State Election Commission (SEC) alleging that voters hailing from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were being intimidated by members of rival parties.

MCD Elections 2017: AAP Deserting Purvanchalis Voters, Says JD(U)

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 20, 2017

The Aam Aadmi Party has deserted the Purvanchalis - people of eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar -- who voted it to power in Delhi, the Janata Dal (United) today alleged, saying that the community had now "switched over" to the Nitish Kumar-led political outfit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Paytm Founder Only Indians On Time's '100 Most Influential People' List

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 20, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma were the only two Indians to make it to an annual list of '100 most influential people in the world' this year released by the Time magazine today.

Allow Political Parties To Examine Coding Software Of EVM: Digvijaya To Election Commission

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 16, 2017

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today urged the Election Commission to allow political parties to supervise the coding software of electronic voting machines (EVMs). His demand comes in the wake of the poll panel throwing an open challenge to hack its EVMs following a chorus by Opposition parties on alleged tampering of the machines in the r...

In Campaign Against EVMs, UP Election Commission Backs Paper Ballots (With A Caveat)

India News | Reported by Kamal Khan, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Friday April 14, 2017

Amid a huge push by opposition to allege Electronic Voting Machines are not safe, the Uttar Pradesh poll body that conducts civic body polls has told the Election Commission that the state preferred to use paper ballots if the central poll panel couldn't supply voting machines in "good working condition". SK Agarwal, State Election Commissioner, to...

Bahujan Samaj Party Stages Sit In In Ghaziabad, Allege Manipulation In Voting Machines

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 11, 2017

Scores of BSP workers today staged a sit in outside the district collectorate in Ghaziabad, alleging the BJP managed a stunning victory in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections by "tampering" electronic voting machines.

OK In Punjab, But Not In States Won By BJP? Congress' Odd Stand On EVMs

India News | Written by Sandeep Phukan | Tuesday April 11, 2017

The Congress, leading a group of 13 major parties, has formally petitioned the powerful Election Commission against using Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs in states which are due to vote soon like Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, while alleging that machines were rigged in recent elections including in Uttar Pradesh.

Now Congress Says No EVM In Gujarat Elections Please: 10 Facts

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Wednesday April 5, 2017

The Congress today joined the opposition chorus of "no EVMs," forcing a brief adjournment in parliament's Upper House Rajya Sabha along with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party. Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress said EVMs or electronic voting machines should not be used in the Gujarat assembly elections later this year as they are...

Will Start Campaign To Unite 'Samajwadis': Shivpal Singh Yadav

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 5, 2017

In a new twist to the feud within the Samajwadi Party, its leader Shivpal Singh Yadav today said he will soon launch a campaign to unite "samajwadis" (socialists) to bring them on one platform.

'No Murga Position': New Dos and Don'ts For UP's Anti-Romeo Squads

India News | Reported by Sunetra Choudhury, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday March 31, 2017

After allegations of harassment by "anti-Romeo squads" ordered in Uttar Pradesh by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the police chief has established some ground rules in a series of letters issued recently. There should be "no hair-shaving, blackening of the face or murga punishment," Director General of Police Javeed Ahmed has said in a letter to...

Yogi Adityanath Moves Into New Home, Hosts Dinner For 'Winning Team'

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Thursday March 30, 2017

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a thanksgiving feast for BJP leaders at his official residence in Lucknow on Wednesday after the party's massive victory in the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

For Delhi Civic Polls, It Will Be Campaigner Yogi Adityanath Versus Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Indroneil B Biswas | Tuesday March 28, 2017

Yogi Adityanath's stock is high as a star campaigner after the BJP's massive win in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The UP Chief Minister will also be seen in Delhi, where he headlines a power-packed star cast of campaigners for the municipal elections month.

BJP In Gujarat Is Clear On Star Campaigners: PM Modi And Yogi Adityanath

India News | NDTV News Desk | Tuesday March 28, 2017

Yogi Adityanath will be among the show-stoppers that the BJP will use in its campaign in Gujarat, where elections are due by December. The 44-year-old Yogi or monk was the surprise pick for Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh two weeks ago. "All Chief Ministers of our party across the country have been invited to campaign and Yogi ji will also be there...

Yogi Adityanath To Campaign For BJP In Gujarat Elections

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday March 27, 2017

The Gujarat state assembly elections will have one more star campaigner in newly-anointed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to canvass for the ruling BJP, which is seeking a sixth re-election to power in a row since 1995.

How To Watch PM Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat'

India News | Edited by Nonika Marwaha | Sunday March 26, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation through his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on March 26. The last edition of the programme came with amid assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, where elections were being held in seven phases. PM Modi spoke on a variety of issues ranging from the ISRO's historic record-breaking launch of 10...

Yogi Adityanath's First Speech As UP Chief Minister In Gorakhpur: Highlights

India News | Saturday March 25, 2017

Yogi Adityanth, who was sworn-in as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on March 19, addressed his first public meeting as the state's chief. He addressed a rally in Gorakhpur, his hometown, where he returned nearly a week after he was appointed the Chief Minister of India's most populous state. The BJP came to power in UP with a massive victory on March...