Assembly Polls 2022 Highlights: Hung house predicted in Manipur, Goa with edge to BJP, according to ABP-CVoter poll

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday attacked the BJP government, saying the "eyes and ears of the government will open in the first phase itself", as farmers and youngsters have "made up their mind" to defeat the BJP. Shortly after the Congress announced Charanjit Singh Channi's name as its chief ministerial candidate for the February 20 Punjab Assembly election on Sunday, the BJP said it will make no difference to the grand old party's poll prospects. Track latest updates of the Assembly elections here!

'Dev D' fame Mahie Gill and Punjabi movie actor Hobby Dhaliwal join BJP ahead of Punjab polls

Why cut votes when you can’t win in UP?: Mamata to Congress

A joint-fight by the Congress and the Samajwadi Party against the BJP would have been a better option, however, if people vote for Akhilesh then there are chances of him winning (a majority), Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkatabefore leaving for Lucknow.

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PLC mocks Sidhu after Channi declared Congress CM face for Punjab

The Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress has taken a jibe at Congress's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu after Charanjit Singh Channi was declared the chief ministerial candidate for the assembly polls.

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Punjab polls: AAP greenhorn versus Congress heavyweight in Sangrur

Narinder Kaur Bharaj, a young law graduate and AAP candidate from Sangrur is all set to lock horns with political heavyweight and sitting Congress MLA Vijay Inder Singla in the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls.

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Vote share changes making all the difference in 2022 Assembly polls

Dramatic and often drastic changes in vote shares seem to be having a significant impact on the latest round of Assembly elections that commence on February 10.

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From 1980 to 2000, Congress was in full majority. Till 2012, Congress had its government in Goa. People have never voted for BJP, they have only come to power once, from the year 2012 to 2017: Former Goa Chief Minister and Congress MP Francisco Sardinha

Hung house predicted in Manipur elections with edge to BJP

Manipur (60 seats)
BJP -- 21-25 (34%)
Congress -- 17-26 (28%)
NPF -- 6-10 (10%)
Others -- 8-12 (28%)

ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll: Hung house predicted in Goa elections with edge to BJP

Goa (40 seats)
BJP -- 14-18 (40%)
Congress -- 10-14 (24%)
AAP -- 4-8 (24%)
TMC+ -- 3-7 (8%)
Others -- 0-2 (14%)

ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll

Uttarakhand (70 seats)
BJP -- 31-37 (43%)
Congress -- 30-36 (41%)
AAP -- 2-4 (13%)
Others -- 0-1 (3%)

Punjab (117 votes)
Cong -- 24-30 (30%)
AAP -- 55-63 (40%)
Akali Dal -- 20-26 (20%)
BJP+ -- 3-11 (8%)
Others 0-2 (2%)

Akhilesh Yadav, Jayant Chaudhary take potshots at PM Modi

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav and his alliance partner Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary on Monday took potshots at prime minister Narendra Modi after the cancellation of the latter's visit to Bijnor to address an election rally reportedly owing to 'bad weather'.

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TMC, AAP are parties of defectors, cutting into non-BJP votes in Goa: Cong leader P Chidambaram

During the first wave of Covid-19, you (Congress) gave free train tickets to migrant workers to leave Mumbai. At the same time, Delhi govt told migrant workers to leave the city and provided them buses. As a result, Covid spread rapidly in Punjab, UP & Uttarakhand: PM Modi

I'm free bird: Owaisi on Amit Shah's request to accept Z category security

Today in the parliament, HM Amit Shah asked me to accept Z category security. I want to say to him that the value of my life is not more than 22 people who died during the CAA protest. I don't like people with arms around me, I'm a free bird, want to live freely: AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi

Akhilesh urges EC to take action against official who allegedly changed specially-abled person's vote

Ahead of the first phase of the UP Assembly elections, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday urged the Election Commission (EC) to take action against a senior official, who allegedly changed the vote of a specially-abled person in Agra.

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'It's sunny in Bijnor but weather bad for BJP': RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary takes a dig at PM Modi

Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his physical rally in Uttar Pradesh being cancelled due to inclement weather, Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary said the "weather is bad" for the BJP.

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'Double-brake' Cong govts slowed down Uttarakhand's development, alleges PM Modi

Punjab CM's nephew accepts he got Rs 10 crore cash for sand mining, transfer in state: ED

Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, the arrested nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, has "accepted" that he received Rs 10 crore cash in lieu of facilitating sand mining operations and transfer or posting of officials in the border state, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed in a statement on Monday.

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'Fake samajwadi's' dynastic policies' stopped 'river of development' in UP before 2017, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the "river of development" had stopped in Uttar Pradesh before 2017 due to the dynastic approach of "fake samajwadis'.

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Want Samajwadi Party to win in UP polls: Mamata Banerjee

I want Samajwadi Party to win in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. If people support him, then there is a chance of Akhilesh Ji winning in this election: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata

The Modi government has worked to provide annual health coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh to the poor under the Ayushman Bharat scheme: Nadda

He also said that the Pushkar Dhami government of Uttarakhand has done another big job, by connecting every family of Uttarakhand with this health care scheme

For the poor, the deprived, the exploited, the oppressed, the downtrodden and the person standing at the last rung of the society, if there is any party that changes the picture and destiny of mothers, sisters and youth, it is the BJP, says JP Nadda

Rs 1,500 crore sanctioned in Haridwar for the Ring Road: PM

"The work on the Delhi-Dehradun Highway also started in the year 2000, when the state was formed. But the Congress government left him hanging. An excuse was made for not getting clearance from UP, when they had a government at the Centre and their partners in UP," says Modi.

I first bow to my former CDS General Bipin Rawat ji, who was the pride of the land of our Uttarakhand: Modi

"I bow to every hero who, inspired from the soil of Uttarakhand, made his supreme sacrifice for the country," he added.

The enthusiasm that the people of Haridwar have today, the confidence in the BJP, it is clear that the blessings of Uttarakhand are completely with the BJP. The double-engine government of absolute majority under the leadership of Pushkar Singh Dhmaiis once again fixed, says PM Modi

If the Samajwadi Party coalition govt is formed, amount for old pension will be released, clearance of sugarcane payments will be done in 15 days by making a corpus fund, MSP for every crop will be ensured & mandis will be organized, says SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.

Cong announces 28 candidates for UP, fields Ashish Shukla from Amethi

he Congress has released names of 28 candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assemblyelectionsout of which 10 are women. The party has fielded Ashish Shukla from Amethi against Sanjay Singh of the BJP.

Mamata in Lucknow to support Akhilesh

Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will arrive in Lucknow on Monday on a two-day visit to support Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
According to sources, the Chief Minister is expected to reach the party office in Lucknow at about 5 pm, where she will hold a press conference and appeal to the people of the state to support the SP and its leader in the polls.

Whether or not in UP and western UP, there was talk that our farmer and youth are beaten without electricity, there was a discussion in the house about how the future of the youth is being trampled upon in the absence of electricity, says Modi.

In the last five years, it has been the endeavour of Yogiji's government that development should not be limited to a few areas: Modi

The water in the river of development in UP was stagnant. It was stagnating among the fake Samajwadis& their close ones. These people never had anything to do with the thirst of the development of common man, the thirst of progress, the thirst of freedom from poverty, says PM Modi

I appeal to everyone that if 100 per cent of the people here are fully vaccinated, it's time to give a tight slap with your votes to those who spread rumours against the vaccine & called it a 'Modi'/'BJP' vaccine: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Modi govt has changed UP's destiny, says Yogi

Under Har Ghar Nal Se Jal, about 3.80 crore people will get pure drinking water at home, says Nadda

He added that under the budget that has come, 25 thousand km long highways will be built in a year, 20 thousand crore rupees will be spent on it.

Yogi Adityanath addresses rally in Bijnor

Mamata Banerjee to reach Lucknow today, campaign for SP

Battle for UP: Chandra Shekhar Aazad hopes to be the kingmaker

Azad Samaj Party President Chandra Shekhar Aazad is contesting against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from the Goarakhpur Assembly seat. Aazad is confident of his win and his party becoming the kingmaker.

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BJP's sun will start setting in western UP, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said that the BJP's sun will start setting with the polling in western Uttar Pradesh during the first phase of the elections.

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Akshay Kumar to work as brand ambassador of Uttarakhand

We had given him (Akshay Kumar) a proposal, he has accepted it. He will also work as a brand ambassador of Uttarakhand: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami

Actor Akshay Kumar met Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami at the CM residence in Dehradun this morning

Man arrested for putting up board banning BJP leaders

A man has been arrested for allegedly putting up a board, banning BJP leaders and workers from entering his village in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal.

The police rushed in after getting information that some people were not allowing some BJP workers to enter the Bichpuri Sailab village located in the Gunnaur area and arrested their leader Niranjan Singh.

Sunil Jakhar announces retirement from electoral politics

UP Polls | Defence Minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh will address public meetings in Katra (Shahjahanpur) and Sikandrabad (Bulandshahr) assembly constituencies today.

Brahmin not caste but superior way of living life: UP deputy CM Dinesh Sharma

Brahmin is not a caste but a superior way of living a life, senior BJP leader Dinesh Sharma said on Sunday, noting that his party works for all without any discrimination.

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In BJP candidate list, wives out, husbands in

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has denied tickets to wives of two party leaders but has nominated their husbands for the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

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SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal booked for violating EC guideline on rallies

Case registered against Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, SAD candidate from Faridkot, Parambans Singh Romana & others for violation of EC's guideline of maximum of 1,000 people at physical rallies. As per Returning Officer's report, over 6,000 people gathered at the rally.

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Virtual rally addressed by Rahul Gandhi from Ludhiana watched by over 11 lakh people through live viewing, other social media platforms: Congress

Declaring CM face won't make any difference to Cong's poll prospects in Punajb: BJP

Shortly after the Congress announced Charanjit Singh Channi's name as its chief ministerial candidate for the February 20 Punjab Assembly election on Sunday, the BJP said it will make no difference to the grand old party's poll prospects.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also took jibes at the ruling party in the state over the announcement.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi declared Channi as his party's chief ministerial face for the high-stakes Punjab polls.

Modi bats for Adityanath as UP's next CM, says will make up for time lost due to pandemic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday indicated that Yogi Adityanath is the BJP’s choice as the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, saying if his government is formed again he would make up for the time lost by the state due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The PM’s remarks at a virtual poll rally went beyond praise for Adityanath for the work done by the state’s BJP government during his term –- and appeared to settle the debate over the party’s CM face in these assembly elections.

The virtual rally, his third recently for UP, comes just days before the first phase of polling on February 10.

First-phase polling will be eye-opener for BJP, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday attacked the BJP government, saying the "eyes and ears of the government will open in the first phase itself", as farmers and youngsters have "made up their mind" to defeat the BJP. It was Akhilesh Yadav’s first meeting in Karhal after he filed his nomination papers from the assembly seat in the Mainpuri district.

The first round of the seven-phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly pollsis scheduled to be held on February 10. The counting of votes will be taken up on March 10.

Muzaffarnagar not stadium for Hindu-Muslim matches: Tikait

With Assembly polls less than a week away in western Uttar Pradesh, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait made a veiled attack on the ruling BJP on Sunday as he said Muzaffarnagar is "not a stadium for Hindu-Muslim matches".

The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which is a part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), said those talking on communal lines will not witness electoral gains in the region.

"Western Uttar Pradesh wants to talk about development. Those talking about Hindu, Muslim, Jinnah, religion will lose votes. Muzaffarnagar is not a stadium for Hindu-Muslim matches," Tikait said in a tweet in Hindi.

Eye on Dalit votes, Rahul picks Channi over Sidhu as Punjab CM face

Punjab Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi (48) was on Sunday officially named as the party’s chief ministerial candidate by Rahul Gandhi, laying to rest the lingering suspense over its CM face for the ensuing Punjab elections on February 20.

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Akhilesh invokes Atal Bihari Vajpayee, promises to make his native place district

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday had a dig at the BJP government for not taking any interest in developing Bateshwar, the native village of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and promised to establish a university in his name there and make it a district if his party formed the next government in the state after the forthcoming assembly polls.

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SP lodges complaint with EC against Lucknow's district panchayati raj officer

The Samajwadi Party (SP) has lodged a complaint with the chief electoral officer of Uttar Pradesh, alleging that the district panchayati raj officer of Lucknow is working to influence the upcoming biennial polls to the state legislative council, and urged the CEO to transfer him immediately.

In a letter to the CEO, state SP chief Naresh Uttam Patel said the poll schedule for the members of the legislative council from the local authorities has been announced and the election process is underway.

He alleged that the district panchayati raj officer of Lucknow, Shashwat Singh, is acting like a worker of the ruling BJP and building pressure on people to vote for the saffron party.

BJP names 45 more candidates for UP polls

The BJP named 45 more candidates on Sunday for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, fielding Sanjay Sinh from Amethi and Daya Shankar Singh from Ballia Nagar.

Daya Shankar Singh and his wife Swati Singh, currently a minister in the state government, were both seeking the party ticket to contest from Sarojini Nagar, a seat currently represented in the Assembly by the latter, but the ruling party fielded former Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer Rajeshwar Singh from there.

The party has dropped the incumbent MLA, Surendra Singh, and fielded state minister Anand Swaroop Shukla from Bairia.