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  • UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya asks Akhilesh Yadav to just accept defeat earlier than vote counting

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday requested Akhilesh Yadav to just accept defeat and stated on March 10 the Samajwadi Party will grow to be “‘samaapt vaadi party’”.

    The remaining part of the Uttar Pradesh polls was held on Monday, marking the tip of the voting course of unfold over two months within the essential state.

    Counting of votes can be held on March 10.

    Several exit polls have forecast a transparent majority for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.

    In a sequence of tweets in Hindi, Maurya stated, “The claims of the Samajwadi Party and that of Akhilesh Yadav Ji have fallen flat. This means that on March 10 the people of Uttar Pradesh will make the Samajwadi Party a ‘Samaapt vaadi Party’ (a party, which has come to an end).”

    “Akhilesh Yadav Ji, accept defeat before the counting of votes. Come to the ground from sky-high arrogance. People know your mindset, they know the goons of your party very well. “They know that if the Samajwadi Party returns to energy there can be hooliganism, crime, riots, corruption and unlawful grabbing as soon as once more,” he stated.

    In one other tweet, Maurya additionally stated that the way forward for the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress will stay in darkish for the following 25 years.

  • Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath thanks voters, says every vote strengthens democracy, good governance

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath thanked the voters after voting for the ultimate part of the Assembly polls ended on Monday and mentioned every vote strengthens democracy and good governance.

    Over 57 per cent turnout was recorded on Monday in 54 meeting seats within the seventh and final part of Uttar Pradesh polls, marking the tip of the voting course of unfold over two months within the essential state.

    Counting of votes will probably be held on March 10.

    In a tweet in Hindi, Adityanath mentioned, “The final phase of the 2022 UP Legislative Assembly election has been held peacefully. Congratulations to every voter who discharged his responsibility in the festival of democracy. Your one vote will strengthen democracy and good governance. ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.”

    Later, in a video message, he thanked all of the officers, together with these from the Election Commission, for the peaceable conduct of the polls.

    He additionally thanked the media.

    Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh thanked his get together’s employees for his or her “tireless effort” within the Assembly elections.

    “The God-like party workers worked non-stop with full dedication. With their hard work, ‘lotus’ (poll symbol of the BJP) is going to bloom once again in the state,” Singh mentioned.

  • 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.

  • 60,000 cops, 845 CAPF firms deployed for final section of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Over 60,000 police personnel and 845 firms of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) can be deployed through the seventh and ultimate section of the Uttar Pradesh meeting polls on Monday, in line with officers.

    In the seventh section, voting is proposed in 54 constituencies throughout 9 districts — Chandauli, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Mau, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Bhadohi and Varanasi, the Uttar Pradesh Police stated in a press release.

    Voting can be held at 12,205 polling stations and 23,535 polling cubicles in 177 police station areas, it stated.

    “Of them, 28 assembly constituencies of Pindra, Rohaniya, Sewapuri, Shahganj, Malhani, Madiyahun, Kerakat, Machhlishahr, Badlapur, Mungarabadshahpur, Jaunpur Sadar, Jafrabad, Mohammadabad, Jamnian, Saidpur, Zahoorabad, Saidraja, Chakia, Azamgarh, Phulpur Powai, Didarganj, Mau Sadar, Gyanpur, Ajra, Shivpur, Varanasi North, Varanasi South, Varanasi Cantonment have been kept in the vulnerable category,” the police stated.

    “A total of 701 localities have been marked as vulnerable in the seventh phase, while 3,359 polling places have been considered as critical,” the police stated in a press release.

    In the seventh section, 78 Pink Booths (girls cubicles) have been organized to encourage girls to vote, and 12 girls inspectors or sub-inspectors and 216 girls constables or head constables have been deployed, it stated.

    As per the directions of the Election Commission, all 12,205 polling stations can be lined by the CAPF.

    For the seventh section, Uttar Pradesh has obtained 845 firms of CAPF, it stated.

    According to officers, a CAPF firm often has an operational energy of round 70-80 personnel.

    “Out of these, 778 companies have been engaged for booth duty and six companies have been engaged for EVM security duty. The others have been assigned law and order duties, and postings on international and inter-state barriers,” in line with the assertion.

    Similarly, it stated, duties of 6,662 inspectors or sub-inspectors and 53,424 head constables or constables of the Uttar Pradesh Police have been fastened, together with 19 firms of the Provincial Armed Constabulary.

    The Uttar Pradesh Police stated 65,987 licensed weapons had been deposited with it within the run-up to the meeting polls.

    Another 34 licensed weapons have been seized and license of 169 arms have been cancelled because the day the code of conduct got here into drive within the 9 poll-bound districts of the seventh section, it added.

    In view of the potential for breach of peace throughout elections, 41,227 preventive actions have been taken towards 4,20,389 individuals, it stated.

    Police stated additionally they seized 1,010 unlawful arms and 881 cartridges whereas busting three unlawful arms factories.

    “Till now, a total of Rs 2.25 crore cash, illicit liquor worth Rs 4 crore, narcotics worth Rs 3.17 crore have been seized ahead of elections in the region,” the police assertion stated.

    “So far, 71 cognizable offence and 68 non-cognizable offence cases have been registered for violating the code of conduct in these districts, while 17 cases have been registered regarding violation of the election-related guidelines,” it learn.

  • Assembly polls: Record seizure of money, medicine from Uttar Pradesh

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A report Rs 328 crore value of inducements to voters akin to money, liquor and narcotics have been seized in Uttar Pradesh for the reason that announcement of the meeting ballot schedule on January 8, Election Commission sources stated on Thursday.

    The cumulative seizure of such unlawful inducements within the 5 poll-going states — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab — stood at Rs 1,039.50 crore, the sources stated, including that it included medicine value Rs 571.34 crore.

    The seizure determine in Uttar Pradesh as much as Thursday was Rs 328.33 crore, 1.70 instances greater than the whole mixed seizure of Rs 193.29 crore in the whole meeting polls held in 2017 within the state.

    Like final time, this time too meeting polls within the state are being held in seven phases.

    While voting is over in Punjab, Goa and Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Manipur nonetheless have one part every to go.

    The fee, the sources stated, has been laying particular emphasis on inducement-free elections and curbing the malaise of undue cash energy, liquor and freebies.

    A complete of 128 expenditure observers have been deployed in Uttar Pradesh for efficient monitoring.

    Over 1,800 flying squads and a pair of,104 static surveillance groups have been operationalised to examine motion of money, liquor, medicine and freebies in Uttar Pradesh.

    Eight air intelligence items of the Income Tax Department have been fashioned in Uttar Pradesh.

    Voting for the sixth part of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls started on Thursday morning, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and a number of other distinguished faces among the many 676 candidates who’re contesting on 57 seats unfold throughout 10 districts.

    Around 2.15 crore individuals are eligible to vote on this part.

    Till now, voting for 292 of the 403 Assembly seats has been accomplished.

    The ultimate part of the elections within the remaining 54 seats shall be held on March 7.

  • Uttar Pradesh elections sixth part: Over 36 per cent polling until 1 pm

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Over 36 per cent voting was recorded until 1 pm within the sixth part of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Thursday.

    The distinguished faces among the many 676 candidates for 57 seats unfold throughout 10 districts on this part embrace Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban and state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu from Tamkuhi Raj.

    The voting began at 7 am and can proceed until 6 pm.

    Around 2.15 crore persons are eligible to vote on this part.

    So far, voting for 292 of the 403 Assembly seats has been accomplished.

    The ultimate part of the elections on the remaining 54 seats will probably be held on March 7.

    The districts the place polling is being held on Thursday are Ambedkarnagar, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria and Ballia.

    In the 2017 Assembly polls, the BJP had received 46 of the 57 seats.

    Till 1 pm there was over 36.33 per cent polling, in keeping with the Election Commission of India’s Turnout app.

    While Ambedkarnagar had 40.36 per cent voting, Ballia had 36.27 per cent, Balrampur 29.6 per cent, Basti 37.49 per cent, Deoria 35.02 per cent, Gorakhpur 36.57 per cent, Kushinagar 39.33 per cent, Mahrajganj 35.39 per cent, Sant Kabir Nagar 34.33 per cent and Siddharth Nagar 36.51 per cent.

    Those who forged their votes within the morning included Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Basic Education Minister Satish Dwivedi, Leader of Opposition Ram Govind Chowdhury, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, minister Upendra Tiwari and former minister Narad Rai.

    Interacting with reporters after casting his vote, the chief minister mentioned the BJP will get 80 per cent votes and the remainder 20 per cent will get divided among the many opposition.

    He additionally appealed to individuals to vote in giant numbers.

    The Samajwadi Party has pitted the spouse of the late Upendra Dutt Shukla, a former BJP chief, towards Adityanath.

    Azad Samaj Party founder Chandrashekhar Azad can be contesting towards the Uttar Pradesh chief minister from Gorakhpur Urban.

    Swami Prasad Maurya, who was a minister within the Adityanath authorities and had give up the BJP to hitch the Samajwadi Party, is contesting from Fazilnagar.

    The Leader of the Opposition within the state meeting and Samajwadi Party chief Ram Govind Chaudhary is contesting from Bansdih.

    Many incumbent ministers’ destiny will even be determined on this part.

    They embrace Surya Pratap Shahi from Pathardeva, Satish Chandra Dwivedi from Itwa, Jai Pratap Singh from Bansi, Shree Ram Chauhan from Khajani and Jai Prakash Nishad from Rudrapur.

    The campaigning for this part witnessed the political events going for an all-out assault towards one another.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the BJP’s rivals by tagging them as dynasts, who he claimed can by no means make India succesful or empower Uttar Pradesh.

    Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi rebutted by saying the BJP is simply towards her household, which didn’t bow down earlier than it.

    Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy of ending reservation and “selling” authorities entities to the personal sector.

  • Uttar Pradesh polls: BJP is largest liar occasion in world, says Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

    By PTI

    JAUNPUR: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday threw a broadside on the BJP terming it the “biggest liar party” and accused it of halving farmers’ earnings although they got here to energy with the promise of doubling it.

    At an election assembly in Jaunpur, he promised to chill out the age restrict for presidency jobs and announce vacancies within the police pressure if the alliance led by his occasion involves energy in Uttar Pradesh.

    Yadav sought to counter the BJP’s “ghor pariwarwadi (staunch dynast)” jibe directed at him, saying, “We settle for that we’re household folks. Whenever household folks like us step out of our homes, they typically carry one thing like sweets for kids.

    “Hence, my advice to ‘Baba Mukhyamantri’ (referring to Yogi Adityanath) is that on March 10 (the day of poll results), when he goes back home, he should at least take biscuits for Gullu.”

    “And you know who Gullu is,” the Samajwadi Party chief informed the assembly with out elaborating. Yadav stated the BJP got here to energy within the state in 2017 by promising that the earnings of the farmers might be doubled.

    “But due to its faulty policies, the income of the farmers has not doubled. In fact, it has halved,” he alleged.

    “The BJP calls itself the biggest party in the world. If its five years’ work and the dreams it had shown is analysed, it would be found that the BJP is the biggest liar party in the world,” Yadav stated.

    Targeting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Samajwadi Party president claimed that “the ‘Baba’ is not able to sleep these days”.

    He additionally accused the BJP of mismanagement in the course of the Covid pandemic.

    “The BJP imposed a lockdown during the pandemic and labourers working in other states were forced to walk back home in Uttar Pradesh. Many died midway. At that time, if anybody helped the people, it was the Samajwadi Party,” Yadav stated.

    “When the labourers wanted to go back home, the government turned a blind eye towards them. They (BJP) were unable to provide medicines and beds during Covid. Had they given medicine and oxygen on time, many lives could have been saved.”

    Akhilesh Yadav additionally promised to chill out the age restrict for presidency jobs.

    “Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, many youths crossed the age limit (for recruitment exam). We will relax the age limit in government jobs. Also, we will urge Delhi to give some relaxation in the age limit for recruitment in the Army,” he stated.

  • RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary to affix Akhilesh Yadav, Mamta Banerjee for joint ballot rally in Varanasi on March 3

    By PTI

    NOIDA: RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary might be becoming a member of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee for a joint ballot rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Thursday.

    The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), which is preventing the UP meeting elections in tie-up with Yadav’s SP and is its main ally for western area of the state, made the announcement on social media Wednesday.

    The joint rally might be held in Airhe village in Harhua block of Varanasi 12 pm onwards, the RLD mentioned.

    Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, goes to polls on March 7 through the seventh and final part of meeting polls in UP.

    Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo, had visited UP earlier on February 7-8 to carry a joint press convention with Yadav in Lucknow the place she predicted SP’s victory towards the BJP, like her celebration had carried out in West Bengal state polls final yr.

    Banerjee had tweaked her celebration’s ballot anthem of “khela hobe’ to ‘Khela Hoga’ (the game is on) and stressed “if Bengal can do it (defeat BJP), so can Uttar Pradesh”.

    Results of the seven-phase UP meeting polls might be declared on March 10.

  • People have determined to ship ‘babaji’ again to his ‘math’: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

    By PTI

    DEORIA: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday claimed that the individuals of Uttar Pradesh have determined to ship ‘Babaji’ again to his ‘math’, apparently referring to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

    Adityanath, who was a five-time MP from Gorakhpur, is the mahant of the Gorakhnath Math.

    Addressing a rally within the Chillupar constituency of Gorakhpur in favour of SP candidate Vinay Shankar Tiwari, Yadav mentioned, “Today voting in being held for the fifth phase and everyone has decided to send ‘Babaji’ back to his ‘math’.”

    At one other rally in Deoria, the SP chief mentioned, “Babaji did not give you laptop as he does not know how to operate it. He even does not know how to run a smart phone. How can a chief minister who does not know how to run a laptop and does not understand the importance of computers and smart phones run the state?” Yadav claimed that there have been no crowds at BJP’s conferences and chairs are being unfold out to offer the impression of a big gathering.

    Pointing on the crowd, he mentioned, “Seeing you all, I can say that SP is going to form the next government in the state.”

    Yadav referred to the power of farmers and mentioned they compelled the BJP authorities to withdraw the “black” farm legal guidelines.

    Mentioning sit-ups being completed by a BJP candidate in Sonbhadra, the SP chief mentioned, “Farmers will not forgive them (BJP) this time for their deeds.”