Before the campaigning comes to an end for 5th phase uttar pradesh elections, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi put his best foot forward on Monday to garner support for the Congress candidates by holding a five hour non stop roadshow. Young girls and women waving tricoloured Congress flags, groups of children waiting by the roadside, vying with each other to shake hands and garland the Congress star campaigner were all there on Monday.
What was uppermost in everyone’s mind was whether the Gandhi scion’s efforts and charisma bear results. However, Rahul Gandhi’s 38-km-long roadshow evoked a mixed response as it passed…
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati alleged on Gandhi family, she said that UP elections have always been a big picnic. Brother, sister, mother and now even brother-in-law come for outings, sometimes with foreign friends,” Mayawati said. Mayawati also made light of Rahul Gandhi’s challenge by saying he was working only for the 2014 national elections.
Mayawati also hit out at the Samajwadi Party, alleging that there was a plot to destabilize UP, and asserted that those predicting her defeat would be proven wrong. The state which has had a history of instability is being sought to be destabilized again for political…
The Kanpur district administration registered a case agninst congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi for flouting restrictions on his six-hour road show in the city on Sunday.Police slapped cases on Rahul and the Kanpur district Congress chief for disobedience to order by public servant’, causing ‘danger or obstruction in public way’ and creating ‘public nuisance’. The case was registered on a complaint by area police chowkiin-charge Satyendra Singh.
Rahul’s roadshow started in Maharajpur and ended at Tatmill roundabout, took six hours, covered almost 35 km and at least seven constituencies. In several areas, curbs were in place ahead of Shivratri celebrations. Permission…
Union Steel Minister and Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma on Monday said that the quota remark was part of the party manifesto, thay said on his reply to Election Commission’s showcause notice over the minorities’ sub-quota remark. Verma also said that he didn’t mean to violate the model code of conduct and expressed his regret that such an impression is created. The Congress leader also said that he respects the Election Commission.
Meanwhile, defending the Union minister on the minorities’ sub-quota issue, the Congress on Monday said the party leader holds the poll authority in the highest esteem.
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Attacking on Congress Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati on Monday said why the Congress party was not uttering a single word on graft and price rise. If you all made a mistake while exercising franchise, you all have to face life of insult and hooliganism”, she said while addressing an election meeting here.
Mayawati alleged 62 scams of Rs 20 lakh crore took place in the Congress-led government at the Centre.Promising to provide 24-hour electricity, Mayawati said that contrary to oppositions’ claim, BSP would get absolute majority in the state.
Addressing a public rally in Kanpur samajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav has slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati over the rampant crime and corruption rate in the state. Yadav also said the Bahujan Samaj Party’s exit would be beneficial for the people of Uttar Pradesh.
The Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party shouldn’t come to power in the state. As far as the Bahujan Samaj Party is concerned, they have indulged in high-level corruption in the state and do not deserve to govern it any longer. Every person in the state wants the same. This government has facilitated corruption and crime in…