UP Elections 2012,News, Update, Analysis, Results

Election Commission given clean chit to Jayant Chowdhury

Manjeet Singh — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:02:58 +0000

The Election commission in Uttar pradesh on Tuesday gave a clean chit to Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh’s son and Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chowdhury who was caught on camera accepting money from a local leader in Mathura and allegedly violating the model code of conduct. The RLD candidate would mention it in the expenditure register which would also be checked by the expenditure observer, she said adding the Returning Officer’s report in this regard is being sent to the Election Officer.

A notice was sent to Chowdhury by the EC earlier this week seeking his explanation after he was…

Vasudev Singh BSP MLA, joins Congress

Parul Verma — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:31:16 +0000

Bahujan Samaj Party sitting MLA from Shikarpur Assembly seat Vasudev Singh on Monday quit the party and joined Congress in Uttar Pradesh. Singh had won from Shikarpur constituency on BSP ticket. After delimitation, he had tried for nomination from Khurja seat, which was refused by the party.

Vasudev Singh after resigning from BSP joined Congress along with some leaders from Khurja district including Subhash Sharma, Dushyant Singh Chauhan and former MLA Vasik Rana.

SP will not join UPA government: Mulayam Singh

Parul Verma — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:59:19 +0000

Samajwadi party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav asserted on Monday that SP is not joining the UPA government at the Centre. Addressing a press conference here along with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam said that neither the Congress has approached him to join United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nor is he inclined to do so.

I have not requested nor will request. We are only supporting them (outside support to UPA) to keep communal forces away from power in Delhi. There is no other support, Mulayam singh said.

30 IAS officers with Noida chairman transferred in UP

Anil Sharma — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:38:16 +0000

30 IAS officers including chairman of Noida and Yamuna Expressway, have been transferred by the Uttar Pradesh government in the first major administrative reshuffle after chief minister Akhilesh Yadav took over. Chairman Noida and Yamuna Expressway Mohinder Singh has been put of “waiting list”, an official spokesperson said last night.

DM, Lucknow, Anil Kumar Sagar has been shifted as special secretary handicapped welfare. Additional commissioner, rural development, Anurag Yadav has been posted in his place, DM Gautam Buddha Nagar Hriydesh Kumar has been shifted to agricultural production commissioner branch as special secretary.

Akhilesh given department of ministers

Manjeet Singh — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:24:24 +0000

Akhilesh Yadav, who is new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday kept the bulk of ministries, including the key Home and Finance, with him. controversial independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya, who was jailed by previous chief minister Mayawati and against whom there are pending criminal cases of attempt to murder, kidnapping and abduction, has been given Prison department.

Another senior leader and Samajwadi Party’s Muslim face Azam Khan has been allocated Parliamentary Affairs, Muslim waqf, Urban Development, Minority Welfare and Haj, besides Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation. Ahmad Hasan has got Medical and Health, Family Welfare and…

Mayawati Security has scaled down

Arif Qureshi — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:05:26 +0000

The security of former Uttar pradesh chief minister and BSP president Mayawati has been scaled down. A government official on Saturday said the security deployed at her residence in Lucknow and Delhi has been reduced to her present status of former Chief Minister.

The strength of her security personnel at these places was earlier around 400, the official said. The number of vehicles in her convoy has also been cut down to ten from forty. Mayawati would, however, have Z-Plus category security, the official said.

Jaya Bachchan again join Samajwadi Party

admin — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:32:55 +0000

Actress-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan has decided to be Samajwadi Party MP again, The actress on Friday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha on a SP ticket. Ambani and Jaya Bachchan flew to Lucknow to attend the swearing-in ceremony of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday. With Mulayam back in power, it marks the revival of old ‘Mumbai group’ minus the bridge Amar Singh.

Mulayam’s keenness to revive the association with Big B was evident in SP reportedly redrawing its candidates’ list to replace Arvind Kumar Singh with Jaya Bachchan. Sources said industrialist Anil Ambani played a role in restoring the relations.

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Mayawati called a three-day meeting to take stock of poll defeat

Parul Verma — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:21:58 +0000

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo and former Uttar pradesh chief minister Mayawati is in introspection mode. The Mayawati has called a three-day meeting of her party leaders to take stock of the poll debacle. The BSP managed to win merely 80 seats this year, as against the 203 it won in last elections held in 2007. Today is the second day of the meeting. All state party units of the BSP, district office bearers and zonal coordinators have also been invited for the National Executive meet.

The meeting will be attended by the new elected members of the state assembly, member of…

Swearing-in ceremony, Samajwadi party invite Left leaders

Anil Sharma — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:19:37 +0000

SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh, who steered the party to an impressive win in Uttar Pradesh, drove to the CPI(M) headquarters to meet its general secretary Prakash Karat and invite him for the March 15 ceremony in Lucknow. Akhilesh has come along with Mulayam Singh Yadav. We congratulated them for the success in the elections. They invited us for the swearing-in ceremony and we have accepted the invitation, Karat told reporters after the 20-minute meeting at the AKG Bhavan .

Today’s meeting comes almost four years after the bitter parting of ways between the two parties over…

Third Front good for India: Akhilesh Yadav

Parul Verma — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:24:06 +0000

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, who is all set to become the Chief Minister on Monday backed the idea of Third Front and said it was a good step for India. “Third Front is a good step for the country, but for SP Uttar Pradesh is the priority, Akhilesh Yadav said.

Reports of a possible Third Front emerged after Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was invited by SAD and SP for the swearing-in ceremonies of the Punjab and Uttar Pradesh chief ministers.

Azam Khan, Shivpal Yadav likely to take oath with Akhilesh

Ravi Kumar — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:08:36 +0000

Samajwadi Party top leaders Shivpal Singh Yadav and Mohammad Azam Khan are among those likely to take oath along with Akhilesh Yadav when he is sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on March 15. Besides, Mulayam and Akhilesh senior party leaders Mohammad Azam Khan, Shivpal Singh Yadav, Ramgopal Yadav and Naresh Agarwal attended the meeting to finalise names of those to be sworn in along with Akhilesh, they said.

Besides, some young faces including Abhishek Mishra, who won from Lucknow and Tejnarain Pandey alias Pawan Pandey, who won from Ayodhya are also being considered for ministerial berths.

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Akhilesh Yadav UP’s youngest Chief Minister

Anil Sharma — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:37:21 +0000

38 years old Akhilesh Yadav, will be the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He will also be the youngest ever to hold that position. Mr Yadav’s name was proposed by senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan at a legislative party meeting today. Soon after being elected, Mr Yadav thanked UP, promised to fulfill all promises that he had made in his exhaustive election campaign and the party’s manifesto and made clear that his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav, a three-time Chief Minister himself, would play an important role. (Read: Why Mulayam Singh still matters much)

“Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) will remain…

Akhilesh Yadav will take oath as a CM on March 15

Sameer Khan — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:11:39 +0000

Akhilesh Yadav, SP leader met today Uttar Pradesh Governor BL Joshi and formally staked claim to form the government. Akhilesh 38 years of age has become the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, elected unanimously by 225 Samajwadi Party MLAs as the leader of the legislature party.

Azam in fact was asked to propose Akhilesh’s name as the new Chief Minister in the legislature party meeting, the proposal was backed by Shivpal. The two later accompanying the anointed Chief Minister to Raj Bhawan to stake claim. The biggest challenge for Akhilesh will be on the law and order front especially after…

Mulayam summons to DGP and Chief Secy over post-poll violence

Anil Sharma — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:42:47 +0000

Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday summoned Chief Secretary Anoop Mishra and DGP Atul, and asked them to control the violence and punish the guilty. Mulayam’s son Akhilesh smelled a conspiracy behind the violent incidents and said the BSP government’s “favourite officials” were trying to sully the SP’s image.

The DGP, after the meeting, said: “We have apprised them of the situation. Action will be taken against the guilty”. No one will be allowed to take law in his hand.

First aim will maintaining law and order: Akhilesh Yadav

Manjeet Singh — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:45:58 +0000

Chief Minister-designate Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said, that Law and order will be the priority of the new SP government in Uttar Pradesh, no discrimination will be made on the basis of caste and creed. 38-year-old Akhilesh Yadav stressed that no one involved in illegal activities would be spared.

The SP legislative party leader, who would be taking oath as Chief Minister on March 15, said all the promises made in the party manifesto would be fulfilled by the SP government. About the role of party supremo and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh said that he would remain active in…

Akhilesh Yadav name finalized for UP CM post

Parul Verma — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:00:55 +0000

Samajwadi party has finalized Akhilesh Yadav name for Chief minister post in UP, Akhilesh Yadav will be the new and youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, representing a generational shift in a state whose politics is dominated by caste and religion.

Ending all speculation, Mr. Yadav, 38, was elected unanimously at a meeting of the SP legislature party in which senior leader Azam Khan, who is said to have had some reservations, proposed his name. The election of Mr. Yadav, who holds a masters in environmental engineering from Australia, was followed by a thunderous clapping of the assembled gathering of newly-elected…

BSP MP, MLAs first meeting after UP defeat today

Manjeet Singh — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:19:59 +0000

BSP chief Mayawati has called a two-day meeting at her party office on Saturday. Mayawati will be meeting party MLAs and MPs on Saturday, and on Sunday, the leader will be meeting all office bearers and zonal coordinators. The agenda of the meet will be to discuss the reasons of the BSP’s poll debacle.

Mayawati is also likely to take some drastic measures which could include sacking of some party leaders and change in organisation. She is likely to decide on the leader of the opposition in the UP Assembly.

Akhilesh Yadav would be Uttar Pradesh CM

Ravi Kumar — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:25:59 +0000

Akhilesh Yadav 39 years old currently the MP from Kannauj, will be the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. A meeting of Samajwadi Party MLAs scheduled for 11 am tomorrow will elect Akhilesh their leader, following which he will formally stake claim to form the government, sources said. The family of Mulayam Singh Yadav has arrived at a consensus that the party chief will focus on national politics while Akhilesh runs UP.

Sources said two of the SP’s seniormost leaders — Shivpal Singh Yadav, Mulayam Singh’s brother and MLA from Jaswantnagar, and Azam Khan, MLA from Rampur — will propose Akhilesh’s name…

Rita Bahuguna Joshi offered to resignation after poll defeat

Manpreet Kaur — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:37:37 +0000

Congress chief in Uttar Pradesh Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Friday met UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi and offered to resign owning moral responsibility for the poll debacle. this is first meeting to Sonia Gandhi after the poll results, Joshi told reporters that she has owned the responsibility for the defeat and offered to step down.

Asked about the reasons for the party’s crushing defeat in the assembly polls, Joshi said that there were reasons for it and party leaders will sit down and take stock of.

No third person in race for UP CM post: Ramgopal Yadav

Parul Verma — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:40:11 +0000

Suspense continued on the issue of CM post in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader said that either Mulayam Singh Yadav or his son Akhilesh would head the government. “The party has decided to authorise ‘Netaji’ (Mulayam). If he wants, he can become the chief minister or if he wants then Akhilesh can become the CM. But there will be no third person,” Ramgopal Yadav told reporters here.

Earlier, SP chief Mulayam Singh asked his supporters to refrain from ‘goondaism’, warning them that such acts would not be tolerated “at any cost”.

Surya Pratap Shahi given resignation

Manpreet Kaur — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:51:34 +0000

Bharatiya Janata Party State president Surya Pratap Shahi on Thursday send his resignation to party national president Nitin Gadkari, owing moral responsibility for the electoral debacle in Uttar Pradesh elections. “I have written a personal letter to the national president and will not elaborate much on it,” Mr. Shahi told.

The BJP which won 51 seats in the 2007 polls was reduced to 47 this time. Even Mr. Shahi, who contested from Pathardeva seat in Kushinagar, lost in the elections.

Sonia to meet UP Congress chief Rita Bahuguna today

Parul Verma — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:46:10 +0000

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi will meet party president Sonia Gandhi today. Congress managed to win just 28 seats in the state despite a high-voltage campaign by general secretary Rahul Gandhi. Pointing out the reasons of the debacle in the polls, Joshi had on Thursday indicated that the party’s campaign was sabotaged.

The poll results in other states – Punjab, Uttarkhand, Goa – are also not encouraging for the party. It managed to clear win only in Manipur. Sonia Gandhi has said that the party needs to introspect on the poll outcome which has further weakened the UPA at…

Suspense over who will be next CM in UP?

Arif Qureshi — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:16:53 +0000

The focus in Lucknow is on who will be the next chief minister Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav or his son Akhilesh Yadav? The party is yet to decide on the chief minister in its forthcoming parliamentary board meeting after Holi. “Akhilesh has to be the CM, the mandate is in his favour,” SP MLA Tej Narayan Pandey said.

The old guard of SP led by two stalwarts Shivpal Yadav and Aazam Khan, is opposed to the mission ‘Akhilesh for CM.’ But there are several factors which may end up in Akhilesh’s favour. Akhilesh had a huge say in the…

Every dalit stood with me: Mayawati

Sameer Khan — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:11:17 +0000

After BSP’s defeat in UP elections, BSP chief Mayawati broke her silence to blame Congress and BJP for communalizing the elections which, in turn, made a majority of Muslim voters plump for Samajwadi Party. However, she claimed that “not a single” Dalit voter had deserted the BSP.

Mayawati also said that she got support from all caste and communities, which was reflected in the 25.91% vote share of the party, but at the end of the day it did not convert into seats. Escorted by her lieutenants, S C Mishra, Nasimuddin Siddiqui and Swami Prasad Maurya, Mayawati said that Congress announced…

UPA govt will complete its period: Jayanthi Natarajan

Arif Qureshi — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:54:17 +0000

Union minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Thursday said the Manmohan Singh-led government will complete its term and asked opposition parties not to nurture hopes of destabilising it. Asserting that Congress had “very good relationship” with its allies, the environment minister said party president Sonia Gandhi had said engagement should be continued with them.

With opposition parties being elected to power in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Goa, she said they should concentrate on good governance in their states.

Lalu congratulates Mulayam over UP victory

Manpreet Kaur — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:49:21 +0000

Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is the chief of RJD congratulated Mulayam Singh Yadav on Samajwadi Party’s impressive win in the UP Assembly elections, saying it is a victory of secular forces. Hailing it as “victory of secular forces”, Prasad said that it will be the secular parties which will win even in future. Sharad Yadav, president of Janata Dal (United), an ally of NDA, also hailed the “clear mandate” given by people in UP.

People have given a clear mandate, which has brought an end to all sorts of political games. I welcome it,” he said, adding the election result giving…

I accept election defeat: Sonia Gandhi

Parul Verma — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:10:51 +0000

Sonia Gandhi on wednesday said that every election was a lesson for the Congress party. “I humbly accept the results of the assembly elections. Sonia Gandhi was addressing the media in New Delhi after meeting with senior party leaders in the wake of the 5 assembly election results. Sonia Gandhi said that the results of the 5 assembly elections would have no bearing on the UPA government at the Centre.

There are a number of reasons for our party’s defeat. The bad selection of candidates is one of them, “The people of Uttar Pradesh were fed up with the Mayawati government…

Mayawati alleged on Congress, BJP for losing

Manjeet Singh — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:48:20 +0000

Mayawati who formally resigned today, has defended her government, which was decimated in the UP elections. Her Bahujan Samaj Party got 80 seats, as compared to 206 in the last assembly elections of 2007. She refused to acknowledge that her government had failed to provide any development for the state. She said her defeat must be blamed on the communalization of the elections by the Congress and BJP. The former chief minister said 70% of Muslims voted for Mulayam Singh Yadav and his Samajwadi Party as a result.

Sonia meet Congress leaders to assess damage

Sameer Khan — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:41:32 +0000

Congress president Sonia Gandhi meet parti leaders to access damage. the party is trying to figure out what went so horribly wrong for it in the elections in five states, including the politically-crucial Uttar Pradesh. Party president Sonia Gandhi is attending the meeting, her son, Rahul, who had turned the revival of his party in UP into his personal mission, did not attend the gathering of General Secretaries.

The Congress lost Punjab and Goa, has been re-elected in Manipur, and is trying to form the government in Uttarakhand.

I am responsibil for defeat in UP: Rahul Gandhi

Manjeet Singh — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:49:38 +0000

Rahul Gandhi, who was the face of Congress campaign in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, today owned responsibility for the party’s dismal performance which he termed as a “very good lesson” for him. Rahul mentioned lack of organisational structure as one of the main reasons for the party’s dismal performance. He said the fundamentals of the party in the state were not strong enough.

Congratulating Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh, Rahul said there was a mood in favour of SP in the state.