Assembly elections
- India
Mayawati hits out at BJP for its ‘refusal’ to acknowledge issue of unemployment
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati hit out at the ruling BJP on Sunday, saying its refusal to acknowledge the issue of unemployment in the country stems from its “arrogant thinking”.…
- Technology
Meta activates Elections Operations Centre in India amid Assembly polls
New Delhi: With India entering the crucial Assembly polls season, Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday said it has activated its Elections Operations Centre so that it can watch out for potential abuses…
- India
UP polls phase I: Nearly 50,000 paramilitary security personnel deployed
Mathura: Nearly 50,000 paramilitary personnel from 412 companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed at different locations to maintain poll-bound state’s law and order as the election campaign for the first…
- India
Casteism, communal appeal at core of political parties’ strategy in UP polls
By Sanjay Sinha Lucknow: The BJP has developed its poll narratives around Hindutva and development in the battle for Uttar Pradesh and the Samajwadi Party on welfare schemes based on socialism, but…
- Elections
AAP looks set to win Punjab
New Delhi: Despite the hype created around the party in the 2017 Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party had fallen way behind the Congress when results were announced. It looks all set…
- India
UP polls: BSP releases list of 54 candidates, fields Khwaja Samsuddin against Adityanath
Lucknow: The BSP on Saturday released a list of 54 candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, fielding Khwaja Samsuddin against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban constituency. In its…
- Telangana
Telangana: KCR may dissolve assembly ahead of 2023 polls
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti supremo and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao may dissolve the assembly ahead of the 2023 elections. This move would be a repeat of the 2018 elections when 105…
- India
SKM has appealed to farmers in UP to punish BJP in upcoming polls for betraying them: Yogendra Yadav
New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has issued an appeal to farmers in Uttar Pradesh to “punish” the BJP in the upcoming assembly elections for betraying the farmers by not fulfilling…
- Elections
Election Commission extends ban on roadshows, padyatras till Feb 11
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday extended the ban on roadshows, ‘padyatras’, vehicle rallies and processions till February 11, but enhanced the number of people allowed in door-to-door campaigning from the…
- Elections
BJP weaves cobwebs in Jat minds in hope of stalling SP spread in western UP
Kulsum Mustafa It is another of those queer political ironies that arrest one’s attention. The ‘just one seat’ winner of the 2017 assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh -Rashtriya Lok Dal, is being…
- India
Import-export keeps happening: Anupriya Patel on exit of OBC leaders from BJP
Lucknow: Apna Dal (S) president Anupriya Patel on Sunday said “import-export” of leaders happens before elections and the recent exit of OBC legislators from the BJP will have no impact on the…
- India
UP polls: SP’s red caps painted in blood of karsevaks’, says Adityanath
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party’s red caps are painted in the blood of victims of Muzaffarnagar riots and ‘karsewaks’ shot dead in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said. Attacking the…
- India
Hindu Yuva Vahini gets active again to campaign for its founder Yogi
The HYV describes itself as “a fierce cultural and social organisation dedicated to Hindutva and nationalism”. Alongside cow protection, its stated objectives are complete abolishment of the differentiation between touchable-untouchable and high-low,…
- India
BJP using Hindus as puppets for political gains: TMC leader Pavan Varma
Panaji: Trinamool Congress (TMC) vice president Pavan Varma on Thursday said his party stands for “real Hinduism”, while the BJP uses Hindus as “puppets to get short-term political gains”. Talking to reporters…
- India
Congress-yukt BJP: Tharoor’s dig at BJP after RPN Singh switch sides
New Delhi: A day after RPN Singh joined the BJP, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday took a dig at the saffron party with rhyming sentences in Hindi and the phrase…
