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  • Uttar Pradesh: Voting for 27 Legislative Council seats underway

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Voting for 27 seats coming underneath native authorities’ constituencies within the biennial polls for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council commenced on Saturday.

    According to the workplace of the Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer, there are 95 candidates within the fray.

    Polling will happen at 739 centres, and as many as 1,20,657 voters anticipated to train their franchise.

    Voting shall be held for the next native authorities’ constituencies — Moradabad-Bijnor, Rampur-Bareilly, Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur, Sitapur, Lucknow-Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh, Sultanpur, Barabanki, Bahraich, Gonda, Faizabad, Basti-Siddharthnagar, Gorakhpur-Maharajganj, Deoria, Azamgarh-Mau, Ballia, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Jhansi-Jalaun-Lalitpur, Kanpur-Fatehpur, Etawah-Farrukhabad, Agra-Firozabad, Meerut-Ghaziabad and Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur.

    These seats are unfold over 58 districts within the state.

    Voting started at 8 am and can proceed until 4 pm.

    Counting will happen on April 12.

    Nine MLCs from eight native authorities’ constituencies have been elected unopposed.

    The constituencies are Budaun, Hardoi, Kheri, Mirzapur-Sonbhadra, Banda-Hamirpur, Aligarh, Bulandshahr and Mathura-Etah-Mainpuri.

    Two MLCs have been elected unopposed from the Mathura-Etah-Mainpuri native authorities’ constituency, whereas from the remainder of the constituencies, one MLC every was elected unopposed.

    Following a powerful victory within the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP has set its eye on turning into the single-largest get together within the state Legislative Council as properly by profitable a majority of the 36 Upper House seats.

    It is a chance for the saffron get together to get pleasure from a majority in each the Houses of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature.

    In the 100-member Legislative Council, the BJP presently has 34 MLCs, the Samajwadi Party 17 and the Bahujan Samaj Party 4.

    The Congress, Apna Dal (Sonelal) and NISHAD get together have one member every within the House.

    The Teachers’ group has 2 MLCs, whereas the impartial group (‘Nirdal Samooh’) and Independents have 1 MLC every.

    As many as 38 seats are vacant at current.

    Addressing BJP employees every week in the past, Chief Minister Adityanath mentioned it was vital for the get together to win the 36 seats to advance his authorities’s development agenda with none hurdle.

    “Of these 36 seats, the BJP has won nine unopposed. If the party wins all the 36 seats, you can assume that it will have a two-third majority in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and have no problem in taking forward the development schemes expeditiously,” he mentioned.

    The voters on this biennial election are village pradhans, members and chairman of block improvement councils, members and chairman of zila panchayat, and corporators in city areas.

    MLAs and MPs are additionally voters on this ballot.

    The Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party haven’t fielded any candidate within the legislative council polls, making it a straight struggle between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party, the principal opposition within the state Assembly.

    Of the 36 BJP candidates, 5 are former Samajwadi Party leaders, who joined the saffron camp on the eve of the February-March state polls.

    They are Shailendra Pratap Singh from Sultanpur native authority constituency, C P Chand from the Gorakhpur-Maharajganj native authorities, Ravishankar Singh ‘Pappu’, the grandson of former prime minister Chandrasekhar, from Ballia native authorities, Rama Niranjan from Jhansi-Jalaun-Lalitpur native authorities and Narendra Bhati from Bulandshahr native authorities.

    The Samajwadi Party has declared its candidates for 34 seats, leaving the Meerut-Ghaziabad and Bulandshahr seats for its ally the Rashtriya Lok Dal.

    Prominent amongst those that have been fielded are Dr Kafeel Khan from Deoria, Mashkoor Ahmad from Rampur-Bareilly, sitting MLCs Sunil Kumar Sajan, Rajesh Kumar and Udayveer Singh from Lucknow-Unnao, Barabanki, and Mathura-Etah-Mainpuri seats respectively.

    Adityanath has lately give up the Legislative Council seat after getting elected as an MLA from Gorakhpur Urban seat.

    With the demise of Leader of the Opposition within the Council Ahmad Hasan on February 19 after a protracted sickness, the Samajwadi Party has named Sanjay Lathar to the submit.

    In the recently-concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP has gained 255 seats, whereas its allies Apna Dal (Sonelal) and NISHAD get together have gained 12 and 6 seats respectively.

    The Samajwadi Party has gained 111 seats, whereas its ally the Rashtriya Lok Dal has gained eight.

    The SBSP, one other ally of the Samajwadi Party, has gained six seats.

    The Congress has gained two seats, whereas the BSP has gained one seat.

  • PM Modi, prime BJP leaders, industrialists to attend Adityanath’s oath ceremony

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, prime BJP leaders, main industrialists and seers will take part within the mega ceremony wherein Yogi Adityanath will take oath as Uttar Pradesh chief minister for the second consecutive time period.

    The ceremony on Friday might be attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and CMs of BJP-ruled states. Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and 60 different enterprise tycoons have been invited.

    Roads resulting in Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, the venue for the occasion, have been adorned with lights.

    Cut-outs of PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Adityanath have been put up alongside the street. The BJP-led alliance had gained 273 of 403 seats within the just-concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. The alliance led by the principle opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 125 seats.

    UP BJP normal secretary J P S Rathore informed PTI, “Invitations to dignitaries are being sent both by the party and the state government. Chief ministers of all BJP-ruled states have been invited. Invites have also been sent to opposition leaders in the state.”

    Adityanath has personally despatched invites to over 50 seers, together with these from Ayodhya, Mathura and Varanasi.

    Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s state-level functionary Dinesh Shankar stated, “Prominent seers, along with senior members of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust, have been invited for the ceremony.”

    Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and his ally RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary stated they will not attend the swearing-in ceremony.

    Akhilesh had attended Adityanath’s oath ceremony in 2017 alongside together with his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. The different distinguished personalities who will flip up for the occasion are yoga guru Baba Ramdev, “The Kashmir Files” director Vivek Agnihotri and actor Anupam Kher.

    BJP get together employees from completely different states have additionally been invited to the mega occasion. The venue has the capability to accommodate 50,000 individuals. The stage for the VIPs has been ready within the northern finish of the stadium. A small space proper earlier than the principle stage has been allotted to the media.

    While 4 pitches of the cricket stadium have been barricaded, seating preparations have been made on the whole floor. The underpasses of Shaheed Path are additionally being painted. The ceremony is anticipated to start from 4 pm onwards.

    Adityanath had kickstarted his election marketing campaign from the stadium in December when he distributed tablets and cell phones amongst college students in a grand occasion. The swearing-in ceremony is anticipated to be the grandest when it comes to numbers since 2007.

    In 2017, the oath-taking ceremony was held at Kanshiram Smriti Upvan. The Uttar Pradesh Police has made tight safety preparations.

    Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar stated, “Close to 8000 personnel of the Uttar Pradesh Police, Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) along with specialised units like the Special Task Force (STF) and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) have been deployed.”

    “The access to the venue will be strictly regulated with ATS commandos manning all sensitive spots. Each visitor will be screened before being allowed to enter the venue. Door frame metal detectors and hand held metal detectors are being set up at every entry point,” he stated.

    Police have additionally put in CCTV cameras in and across the venue. The feed from the CCTV cameras might be monitored dwell on the management room beneath the supervision of senior officers. Drones may even be stored on standby, stated Kumar.

    According to officers, a three-layer safety might be put in place on the venue. The Lucknow police commissionerate has additionally issued an in depth site visitors diversion plan for the whole day. It has additionally launched a helpline for individuals caught within the site visitors.

  • Lesson from state polls 2022: Caste to class, BJP reaps good thing about welfare schemes

    The Uttar Pradesh Assembly election is over, with an incredible victory for BJP. Yogi Adityanath is once more going to kind the federal government, with extra warning and a balancing perspective.

    The UP election and even the election in Uttarakhand despatched out messages we have to learn. The first message from UP is, a category has began rising within the caste-based society, particularly among the many marginalised and poor communities.

    The course of is sluggish, however it has began. This course of began not due to any Left ideology, however because of the socio-economic empowerment of the poor communities. The Narendra Modi-led BJP authorities since 2014 began varied social welfare schemes equivalent to Ujjwala Yojana, free ration, PM Awas Yojana, direct money switch and pension plans. 

    Every social gathering in energy makes its personal beneficiaries, however BJP by fixed join with the beneficiaries, reworked them right into a group with consciousness. The social gathering reworked them from a mere bodily physique to acutely aware beings who vote for the social gathering.

    Badri Narayan

    This beneficiary group is past caste and faith and it emerged as a group that broke its caste id boundaries. Modi appealed to the social gathering’s cadres to go to the homes of the PM Awas Yojana beneficiaries on the day of Diwali, mild candles with them and distribute sweets.

    The BJP invented varied methods to attach with these beneficiaries. But this beneficiary consciousness is transitory and the social gathering must consistently give you new plans for his or her empowerment, for progressively responding to those rising aspirational consciousness of the poor and marginalised.

    It could be very attention-grabbing to watch that the social gathering began its election marketing campaign in UP with developmental claims and describing its success in delivering varied social welfare schemes among the many poor and marginalised. Dharmendra Pradhan, minister of training and in-charge of UP election 2022, facilitated cadres to work together with these beneficiaries and encourage them to go to the polling cubicles. This mobilising technique labored.

    We have been observing the trajectories of UP elections carefully. What we noticed when PM Narendra Nodi took the lead of of the marketing campaign, it introduced a qualitative change in the complete electioneering course of. His charisma, methods of connecting with individuals labored properly and lots of BJP candidates who might have misplaced, in the end received. For us on the sector who have been observing this, it was like magic, what individuals name Modi magic.

    Thirdly, BJP as a really efficient election machine labored properly and harnessed this victory. Its star campaigners equivalent to Modi, Yogi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh have been making an impression by their rallies and conferences. On the opposite hand, hardworking organisers equivalent to Pradhan, labored tirelessly on the bottom.

    Last however not the least, the Sangh cadres labored voluntarily throughout this election and organised native conflict rooms. They additionally  interacted with the beneficiaries, aside from working on the sales space degree. All this put collectively produced such a outcome, not solely in UP but additionally in Uttarakhanad. This beneficiary consciousness and Modi magic produced this victory, which could have come as a shock to many.

    Badri Narayan
    Director, GB Pant Social Science Institute, Prayagraj

  • Day after ‘EVM manipulation’ costs, Akhilesh asks EC to webcast counting course of

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: Just just a few hours earlier than the counting of votes in UP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has shot off a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) looking for webcasting of the counting course of which has to happen on Thursday.

    The SP chief wrote the letter to the ECI a day after he leveled some severe allegations of the manipulation of voting machines in Varanasi. “The Samajwadi Party demands that for all constituencies, webcasting of the counting process be done and the link should be shared with the Election Commission, Chief Election Commissioner, polling officials, and political parties … so that the political parties can watch the counting process live, and the process can be conducted in a transparent and independent manner,” stated the letter written in Hindi.

    Akhilesh Yadav, the president of the primary opposition celebration locked in a troublesome battle with the BJP, had accused the ruling celebration on Tuesday of attempting to “steal the votes” by manipulating EVMs (digital voting machines). The SP chief had claimed that since his celebration candidate was successful the Ayodhya seat, the BJP obtained scared and requested the DM involved to decelerate the counting course of. “Even Election Commission officers are tampering with the EVMs,” Akhilesh Yadav had claimed.

    However, the BJP registered a robust objection to the allegations and a celebration delegation visited the ECI on Wednesday to register their protest towards the claims of SP chief.

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    In its letter, the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday referred to the webcasting for voting in some components of the state. Earlier within the day, the celebration had shared a video claiming that the Varanasi divisional commissioner had seen “admitted lapse in the protocol” within the transport of EVMS. “There was a lapse in the protocol in the movement of electronic voting machines. But I can assure you that taking away voting machines is impossible. There is three-level security,” Varanasi commissioner Deepak Agarwal is heard saying within the video.

    On Tuesday, each the SP and ally SBSP had demanded the elimination of the Varanasi district Justice of the Peace and SSP earlier than the graduation of the counting course of. They had even threatened to not let the counting start until their demand was met. Akhilesh Yadav had additionally known as upon his cadre to be ready for the ‘Kranti’ (revolution) because it was the final likelihood to save lots of the democracy within the nation. He had even requested them to stay across the robust rooms throughout the state and be vigilant.

    Hitting again on the claims, UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya had stated: “An individual who personifies the dynastic rule, speaking a couple of revolution to save lots of democracy is laughable. Only BJP helps save democracy.”

    Rejecting Akhilesh Yadav’s allegations, the state election fee had issued a press release clarifying: “Some political parties have brought to our attention that a few EVMs were being transported in a vehicle in Varanasi district. On investigation, it was found that these EVMs were meant for training purposes. These EVMs were being taken to training locations at a college on March 9, 2022, and were kept at a food grain warehouse.”

    The counting of votes for 403 constituencies within the state might be accomplished on Thursday. Some exit polls have predicted a win for the BJP however exit polls usually get it mistaken.

  • EVM Controversy: Bank staff have been doing ATM repairs on the counting web site, the SPs created a ruckus by calling them EVM hackers

    Sumit Sharma, Kanpur: After the completion of the UP meeting elections (Uttar Pradesh Election 2022), the candidates are ready for the counting. In such a state of affairs, the Samajwadi Party has began worrying in regards to the EVM being hacked (EVM Fraud Allegation). At the Naubasta Galla Mandi counting web site, the SP created a ruckus alleging that the EVMs have been hacked. Administrative officers together with DCP reached the spot on the allegations of SP. When the allegations have been probed, it was discovered that the financial institution workers had reached to restore the ATM put in on the counting place. The ATM restore workers have been referred to as EVM hackers.

    A powerful room and counting web site have been arrange at Naveen Galla Mandi in Naubasta. Bank of Baroda ATM is put in in Galla Mandi. On Tuesday, the technical workforce of the financial institution was engaged on repairing the ATM. SP leaders accused him of hacking EVMs. After this, by calling the candidates and employees, they began creating ruckus. Seeing the ruckus growing, the ATM restore workers left from there.

    UP Election 2022: Alleged EVM alternative earlier than counting, SP employees demonstrated in Varanasi

    SP chief had instructed the candidates to be lively
    Administrative officers together with DCP South Raveena Tyagi reached the spot and pacified the leaders. When the officers investigated the allegations, it was discovered that the restore work of the ATM was happening. Even after this, Sapai caught to his allegations. In truth, SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav had accused of holding EVMs and poll papers in Varanasi, Sonbhadra, Bareilly by holding a press convention. He requested all of the district candidates to regulate them.

    financial institution supervisor got here to make clear
    Police investigation revealed that 16 thousand rupees have been trapped within the ATM. Bank of Baroda officers had despatched the technical workforce for ATM repairing. As the commotion escalated, the police referred to as the financial institution supervisor to the spot. The financial institution supervisor gave in writing that the ATM restore workforce was despatched to the financial institution. After this the SP leaders began saying that if there have been financial institution staff, then why did they begin operating away. On this, the police mentioned that the variety of rioters was extra, so that they needed to omit of worry.

    Viral Video: Exit Polls elevated uneasiness! See SP candidate monitoring EVM with binoculars in Hastinapur

    EVM saved in robust room utterly secure
    District Election Officer Neha Sharma says that the EVMs saved within the robust room are utterly secure. Bank staff have been working within the ATM, which was misunderstood. Spreading such rumours is unsuitable, motion shall be taken towards those that accomplish that.

  • 2,145 FIRs lodged for ballot code violations throughout UP elections

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: A complete of two,145 FIRs have been lodged for alleged violation of the mannequin code of conduct in the course of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer stated.

    He stated Rs 103.56 crore money, 17,640 kg medication price Rs 48.47 crore and over 22.94 litres of liquor price Rs 62.13 crore have been seized because the ballot code got here into impact on January 8.

    “Preventive action was taken against 32.99 lakh people across the state under provisions of the CrPC, while 2,145 FIRs were registered under various sections for violation of the model code of conduct, of which 49 were lodged under different sections on March 7,” Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla stated after the seventh and last part of the polls on Monday.

    The mannequin code is a set of pointers issued by the Election Commission for the political events, candidates, authorities and the occasion in energy in the course of the polls regarding speeches, bulletins, election manifestos and common conduct.

    “In compliance with the model code of conduct, a total of 1.38 crore publicity materials have been removed from public and private places so far,” the chief electoral officer stated in a press release. These embody wall writings, banners and pamphlets, he stated.

    “So far, 8.96 lakh licensed arms have been deposited, 2,080 licences cancelled, while 631 licences have been confiscated,” Shukla added.

    Apart from this, 10,233 arms, 10,582 cartridges, 232 explosives and 336 bombs have been seized, whereas 186 factories manufacturing unlawful weapons have been busted by the police until March 7, the officer stated.

    In addition to that, 429 kg of treasured metals price about Rs 40.71 crore was additionally seized by the police and the Income Tax division.

    Elections to the 403 meeting seats of Uttar Pradesh have been held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7.

    Votes shall be counted on March 10.

  • 54.18 per cent voting recorded until 5 pm in Uttar Pradesh polls

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Over 54 per cent voter turnout was recorded until 5 pm within the seventh and final section of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 seats on Monday.

    Voting began at 7 am.

    It ended at 4 pm in Chakia (Chandauli), Robertsganj and the Duddhi (Sonbhadra) seats, whereas in the remainder of the segments, it continued until 6 pm.

    The districts the place polls are underway on this section are Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra.

    The voting share until 5 pm was 54.18 per cent, in keeping with the Election Commission’s ‘Voter Turnout’ utility.

    While Azamgarh witnessed 52.34 per cent voting, Bhadohi noticed 54.26 per cent, Chandauli 59.59 per cent, Ghazipur 53.67 per cent, Jaunpur 53.55 per cent, Mau 55.04 per cent, Mirzapur 54.93 per cent, Sonbhadra 56.95 per cent and Varanasi 52.79 per cent, it confirmed.

    A complete of 613 candidates are within the fray for the 54 seats, together with these falling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary phase Varanasi.

    The destiny of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar and a number of other state ministers will probably be determined on this spherical, by which 2.06 crore individuals are eligible to vote.

    Besides state Tourism Minister Neelkanth Tiwari, who’s contesting for the Varanasi South seat, different ministers within the fray within the final leg of the elections are Anil Rajbhar (Shivpur-Varanasi), Ravindra Jaiswal (Varanasi North), Girish Yadav (Jaunpur) and Ramashankar Singh Patel (Marihan-Mirzapur).

    Dara Singh Chauhan, who had resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet and joined the Samajwadi Party (SP), is contesting from the Ghosi seat in Mau.

    Om Prakash Rajbhar (Zahoorabad), Dhananjay Singh (Malhani-Jaunpur) because the JD(U) candidate, and Abbas Ansari, the son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, from Mau Sadar seat, are contesting on this section.

    Campaigning on this section reached its crescendo with Modi main the BJP’s ballot blitzkrieg in Varanasi and its adjoining districts.

    The state has 403 Assembly seats and the outcomes of the elections will probably be declared on March 10.
     

  • UP polls seventh section: Over 46 per cent turnout recorded until 3 pm

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Over 46 per cent voter turnout was recorded until 3 pm within the seventh and final section of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 seats on Monday.

    Voting began at 7 am.

    It ended at 4 pm within the Chakia (Chandauli), Robertsganj and the Duddhi (Sonbhadra) seats, whereas in the remainder of the segments, it’ll proceed until 6 pm.

    The districts the place polls are underway on this section are Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra.

    The voting proportion until 3 pm was 46.40 per cent, in line with the ECI’s Voter Turnout app.

    While Azamgarh witnessed 45.28 per cent voting, Bhadohi noticed 47.49 per cent, Chandauli 50.79 per cent, Ghazipur 46.28 per cent, Jaunpur 47.14 per cent, Mau 46.88 per cent, Mirzapur 46.64 per cent, Sonbhadra 49.84 per cent and Varanasi 43.76 per cent, it confirmed.

    A complete of 613 candidates are within the fray for the 54 seats, together with these falling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary phase Varanasi.

    The destiny of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar and a number of other state ministers will probably be determined on this spherical, wherein 2.06 crore persons are eligible to vote.

    Besides state Tourism Minister Neelkanth Tiwari, who’s contesting for the Varanasi South seat, different ministers within the fray within the final leg of the elections are Anil Rajbhar (Shivpur-Varanasi), Ravindra Jaiswal (Varanasi North), Girish Yadav (Jaunpur) and Ramashankar Singh Patel (Marihan-Mirzapur).

    Dara Singh Chauhan, who had resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet and had joined the SP, is contesting from the Ghosi seat in Mau.

    Om Prakash Rajbhar (Zahoorabad), Dhananjay Singh (Malhani-Jaunpur) because the JD(U) candidate, and Abbas Ansari, the son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, from Mau Sadar seat, are contesting on this section.

    Campaigning on this section reached its crescendo with Prime Minister Modi main the BJP’s ballot blitzkrieg in Varanasi and its adjoining districts.

    The state has 403 Assembly seats and the outcomes of the elections will probably be declared on March 10.

  • Voting begins for final section of UP polls; 613 candidates in fray on 54 seats

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Voting for the seventh and the final section of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections started on Monday morning, with 613 candidates within the fray on 54 seats, together with these falling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary section Varanasi.

    The destiny of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar and several other state ministers will likely be determined on this spherical, wherein 2.06 crore persons are eligible to vote.

    Voting will likely be held from 7 am to 4 pm on the Chakia (Chandauli), Robertsganj and Duddhi (Sonbhadra) seats whereas in the remainder of the segments, it is going to proceed until 6 pm.

    The districts going to the polls on this section are Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra.

    Once thought of a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, the area noticed the BJP making inroads in 2017 by successful 29 seats.

    The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) bought six seats and the SP 11.

    For the SP, its patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav made a uncommon look in Jaunpur to drum up assist for Lucky Yadav, the son of his long-time affiliate the late Parasnath Yadav.

    Lucky Yadav is within the fray from the Malhani seat.

    Mulayam had earlier campaigned for his son Akhilesh Yadav within the Karhal Assembly section of Mainpuri.

    Besides state Tourism Minister Neelkanth Tiwari (Varanasi South), different ministers within the fray within the final leg of the elections are Anil Rajbhar (Shivpur-Varanasi), Ravindra Jaiswal (Varanasi North), Girish Yadav (Jaunpur) and Ramashankar Singh Patel (Marihan-Mirzapur).

    Dara Singh Chauhan, who had resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet and had joined the SP, is contesting from Ghosi in Mau.

    Om Prakash Rajbhar (Zahoorabad), Dhananjay Singh (Malhani-Jaunpur) because the JD(U) candidate, and Abbas Ansari, the son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, from Mau Sadar seat, are contesting on this section.

    Campaigning on this section reached its crescendo with Prime Minister Narendra Modi main the BJP’s ballot blitzkrieg in Varanasi and its adjoining districts.

    Besides addressing election rallies, he additionally held a roadshow for 3 Assembly constituencies in his Lok Sabha section.

    This section additionally noticed West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee descending on the pilgrim metropolis to carry a joint rally with Akhilesh Yadav and his RLD ally Jayant Chaudhary.

    Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had been tenting in Varanasi for about 4 days.

    She, alongside along with her brother Rahul Gandhi, addressed election conferences, whereas BSP supremo Mayawati campaigned within the district and neighbouring areas.

    Seeking to override anti-incumbency, the ruling occasion raised points like compelled migration and legislation and order issues through the earlier SP authorities, whereas Akhilesh Yadav focused the BJP authorities on the problems of inflation, unemployment, stray cattle, and the farmers’ agitation towards the Centre’s agriculture legal guidelines.

    The mowing down of 4 farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri was additionally highlighted by all opposition events as Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is an accused within the case.

    The state has 403 Assembly seats and the outcomes of the elections will likely be declared on March 10.

  • Those defaming ‘pink cap’ compelled to put on a cap: Akhilesh Yadav’s swipe at PM Modi

    By PTI

    JAUNPUR: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying those that had been “defaming” the SP’s pink cap have been “forced by people” to put on a cap, though of a distinct color.

    Yadav made the remark at an election rally right here apparently referring to Prime Minister Modi donning a saffron cap throughout his roadshow in Varanasi on Friday.

    This can be being seen as a response to Modi’s assault on the Samajwadi Party final December when he had stated in Gorakhpur that folks with pink caps — the SP’s ballot image — are “red alert” for Uttar Pradesh.

    Yadav stated on Saturday, “Those who have been defaming our caps have been forced by the people of Uttar Pradesh to wear a cap. It is another thing that they have changed the colour of their cap.”

    Yadav was addressing the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls’ final election assembly in Malhani constituency in favour of the Samajwadi Party’s Lucky Yadav.

    The two-month-long campaigning in Uttar Pradesh ended this night.

    The seventh and last section of voting within the state can be held on March 7.

    Counting of votes can be held on March 10.

    Attacking the BJP and PM Modi over the saffron color cap, Yadav stated they maintain altering their color.

    Appealing to folks to vote for Lucky Yadav, the previous chief minister stated, “I feel that people of Malhani are going to vote for the Samajwadi Party in a big way, and demolish the rivals.”