Priyanka Gandhi claimed the SP and the BSP have an understanding with the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and have not raised their voices against it in the last five years, fearing probes by central agencies
Making an appeal to the electorate to support his Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha, Owaisi asked Muslims how long will they remain a football for the SP and BSP leaders
People of Ballia know how many times the BJP has cheated them. They have cheated you so many times that this election is appearing to be of 'chhalia' versus Ballia," said SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
Asked about her party's likely support to any other party to form the government, she said it would be considered after the results are announced
With the high-octane Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls reaching the Purvanchal region of the state, caste factor appears to be gaining prominence
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has finally sent out a strong and clear message that crime control will be the top agenda for the Samajwadi Party if it forms the government after the Assembly elections.
Independent legislator, Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Raja Bhaiyya) has said that Akhilesh Yadav should clear his wrong notions as the Samajwadi Party is neither winning nor forming the government in UP.
Police said voting was largely peaceful, barring in Pratapgarh's Kunda seat where Samajwadi Party candidate Gulshan Yadav's convoy was allegedly attacked by some people
Addressing an election meeting here, Vadra also accused the three parties of only being interested in taking people's votes on the basis of caste and religion while caring little for them
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Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the people of Uttar Pradesh have decided to send 'Babaji' back to his 'math', apparently referring to CM Yogi Adityanath
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Uttar Pradesh elections are a fight between the dynasts and diehard nationalists, which the opposition parties do not understand. Addressing his second election rally of the day in Deoria, Modi attacked previous governments in Uttar Pradesh, saying they shut sugar mills and didn't clear dues of sugarcane farmers. Whereas the Yogi Adityanath government modernised sugar mills and facilitated ethanol blending, which fetched about Rs 12,000 crore for the state, the PM said. The Assembly constituencies in Deoria district will go to the polls in the sixth phase of the elections on March 3.
Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has asked Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to go on a pilgrimage ahead of UP Assembly elections 2022.
Voting for the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls began on Sunday morning, with state Keshav Prasad Maurya among 692 candidates, who are contesting on 61 seats spread across 12 districts
The BJP president said that 200 riots happened under SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's regime in Uttar Pradesh while not a single riot happened in the last five years of Yogi Adityanath
Attacking ruling party over law and order, Yadav said the maximum custodial deaths have taken place under their government
Saifai in the native place of Akhilesh Yadav, who heads the party
With BJP nominee Surendra Singh Kushwaha being a fellow caste man and since RPN Singh could rally Kurmi-Sainthwars with him, Maurya's bet rests on how Yadavs and Muslims vote
The SP and the BSP were the target of his attacks, signalling the BJP is not counting the grand old party much in the ongoing high-decibel electoral battle for Uttar Pradesh
Akhilesh said that Yogi has only cheated the public in the state and added that he would wipe out the BJP and save save the mixed culture of Uttar Pradesh