Assembly Polls 2022 highlights: Cong leaders meet EC, seek free and fair election in Manipur

Addressing a rally in Ghazipur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the BJP government has worked to free Uttar Pradesh from the clutches of mafias. On Friday, while Modi continued taking digs at the Opposition, Congress's Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were seen offering prayers in Varanasi in an apparent 'Hindutva' push. The last phase of Uttar Pradesh and Manipur election will be conducted on Monday.

Alleging that militant outfits are intimidating voters and influencing the ongoing assembly polls in Manipur, the Congress on Friday urged theElectionCommission to maintain a level-playing field and ensure free and fair polling exercise. (PTI)

Manipur will vote to seal the electoral fate of 92 candidates in 22 constituencies across six districts in the second and last phase of assemblyelectionson Saturday.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said a criminal, who was protected during the previous Samajwadi Party government, is seen confined to the wheelchair "like a worm", in an apparent reference to don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. (PTI)

SBSP candidate from MauAssemblyseat Abbas Ansari has been booked for violating the model code of conduct after a video of him purportedly threatening government officials during anelectionmeeting went viral on social media, according to police. (PTI)

Uttar Pradesh needs a leadership consistently which is full of the spirit of patriotism: PM Modi at Varanasi

The Prime Minister further said that every page of the history of the Ghor familyists is painted with black ink. "They have a history of scams worth crores, of looting UP, of letting go of terrorists, of nurturing criminals," he added.

One in every 5 candidates contesting Assembly polls faces at least one serious criminal charge

One in every five candidates fighting the Assembly elections to five states have at least one serious criminal case against him/her, while two in every five are crorepatis. Three candidates are third gender, 755 are women and 10 are more than 80 years old.

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UP Polls: Allies role crucial in poll battle in Varanasi

The task is cut out for allies of both the BJP-led coalition and the one headed by the Samajwadi Party to mobilise core voters in Varanasi, where the poll battle is being seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity in his constituency.

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There are 11 lakh vacant posts in the UP government, we assure our youth that we will work to fill up all the vacant posts when the SP government is formed: Akhilesh

PM Modi's Varanasi roadshow witness huge turnout

The Prime Minister conducted a roadshow in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi, ahead of the seventh and the last phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Weavers to be given 24-hour electricity at flat rate if Samajwadi Party forms government: Akhilesh

The Central Government is running Operation Ganga to evacuate Indians from Ukraine. But Akhilesh runs 'Operation Danga', says Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Opposition has history of freeing terrorists, protecting mafia, sheltering criminals, says PM Modi.

Millions of our Indians were trapped all over the world in Corona. India helped one of its citizens to come back by running Operation Vande Bharat. Thousands of Indians are in distress in Afghanistan, so we have launched Operation Devi Shakti and evacuated many Indians safely from there, says PM Modi.

Operation Ganga would be successful since it is named after Mother Ganga, says Modi

The campaign with which the name of Mother Ganga is associated, I am confident that campaign will continue to be successful, says PM Modi.

India working day and night to bring back Indians from Ukraine: Modi

Under Operation Ganga, government has brought thousands of Indians from Ukraine, says PM Narendra Modi in Mirzapur.

PM Narendra Modi addresses BJP rally in Mirzapur

Yogi govt provided electricity in UP, says Shah

"Earlier, in Uttar Pradesh, there was no electricity in the houses of the poor. Yogiji's government has done the work of providing electricity in Uttar Pradesh for 18 to 24 hours. Electricity is reaching the houses of the poor today. This change has come under the BJP government," Shah said.

BJP govt worked to free UP from clutches of mafias: Amit Shah

Addressing a rally in Ghazipur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the BJP government has worked to free Uttar Pradesh from the clutches of mafias. Yogiji's government has done the work of freeing land worth Rs 2,000 crore from the possession of mafias and building houses for the poor in it. In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP government has done the job of reducing crime.

BJP holds meeting of Punjab candidates

The BJP held a meeting of its 73 party candidates who contested the Punjab Assembly polls, just days before the results of the election are to be declared.

The elections were held on February 20 and the results of it will be announced on March 10.

The BJP fought the polls in alliance with the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and the Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).

At the meeting, BJP leaders led by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat took feedback from the party candidates regarding the elections.

Uttar Pradesh sees record seizure of cash, drugs during Assembly polls

A record Rs 328 crore worth of inducements to voters such as cash, liquor and narcotics have been seized in Uttar Pradesh since the announcement of the assembly poll schedule on January 8, Election Commission sources said on Thursday.

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Manipur all set for final phase of polling on March 5

The over two-months-long hectic poll campaign for the second phase of the 60-member Manipur Assembly elections came to an end on Thursday afternoon ahead of voting on Saturday for the remaining 22 seats in six districts.

Election officials said that more than 300 companies of Central paramilitary forces have been deployed in the second phase in Thoubal, Jiribam, Chandel, Ukhrul, Senapati and Tamenglong districts for Saturday's polling.

Thoubal falls in the valley area while the other five districts are in the mountainous areas bordering Assam and Nagaland, as well as Myanmar, making security forces maintain high vigil along both the international and the inter-state borders.

Caste equations to decide UP poll outcome in last 2 phases

Voters in 57 seats in 10 eastern districts of Uttar Pradesh cast their votes on Thursday, whose outcome will largely hinge on parties’ deft handling of caste arithmetic in a region that lacks a “pan-state leader”.

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Repolling in 12 polling stations of Manipur to be held on March 5

The Election Commission has ordered repoll in 12 polling stations of five assembly constituencies in Manipur where polling was held on February 28.

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Over 55% voting recorded in sixth phase of UP Assembly polls

More than 55 per cent voting was recorded in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on Thursday.

The prominent faces among the 676 candidates for 57 seats spread across 10 districts in this phase included Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban and state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu from Tamkuhi Raj.

According to tentative figures updated at 7 pm, 55.79 per cent polling was recorded. In 2017 assembly polls, the turnout was 56.47 per cent in these 57 seats.

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