LUCKNOW: After leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a comfortable majority for the second time, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday asserted that the people voted for nationalism and good governance in this election, and called on the party workers to stay focused and accountable. The chief minister visited the party office […]
LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is all set to return to power for a second term, crushing Samajwadi Party’s dreams to make a comeback in Uttar Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance crossed the majority mark and was leading in over 265 assembly constituencies, trends showed. According to the trends, former chief minister Akhilesh […]
MAU (UTTAR PRADESH): An international level shooter, Abbas Ansari easily gets lost in people in his assembly constituency that was once represented by his father Mukhtar Ansari, who is sitting inside a prison. Abbas, carrying on the tough countenance of his father, calls people of Mau his family and asks them to vote for change. […]
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh recorded 53.31 percent voter turnout in the sixth phase of the state assembly elections till 5 pm today, the data provided by the State Election Commission shows. Ambedkar Nagar district recorded the highest polling at 58.66 percent, while Balrampur was at the bottom of the list with a voter turnout of 48.53 […]
GORAKHNATH TEMPLE (GORAKHPUR): Gullu is restless. Kalu is tirelessly playful. The two black labradors are the pets that CM Yogi Adityanath, an otherwise tough administrator known for his resolute handling of Uttar Pradesh’s criminals, has had for some time at Gorakhnath temple where he serves as the head of the influential Nath Hindu monastic movement and […]
GORAKHNATH TEMPLE (GORAKHPUR): Shortly before sunrise, Kailash Prajapati, a cook, is wide awake to prepare a strict vegetarian meal, with not a single stodgy item on the frugal menu that comprises only porridge and some cut fruits. Maharaj is busy reciting the ritual hyms of Durga aarti and ved shlokas before he sets out for a walk to feed […]
TAMKUHIRAJ (UTTAR PRADESH): For Uttar Pradesh Congress chief and two time sitting MLA from flood prone Tamkuhiraj assembly seat, Ajay Kumar Lallu, these elections are particularly important. In the earlier two elections, he rode against two different waves (Samajwadi Party in 2012 and Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017) and emerged victorious both the times. As […]
Trends emerging out of the fourth phase polling have more or less confirmed as to which party would form the government in Uttar Pradesh. Till now, the elections have been held for 231 seats out of 403 seats of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly. Uttar Pradesh is India’s politically most important state with 80 Lok […]
UP law minister Brajesh Pathak, who was once part of Bahujan Samaj Party as a Member Parliament from Unnao, before he was handpicked by then party president Amit Shah ahead of 2017 Utttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections. Pathak was in 2021, ahead of 2022 polls, was inducted into the prestigious national executive body of the […]
LUCKNOW: Even as polling for the fourth phase in Uttar Pradesh is underway, Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow central Ravidas Mehrotra claimed he will bag the prestigious seat. According to him, it was sensing their defeat that BJP decided to field Brajesh Pathak, law minister in the current government, from another seat. After casting his […]