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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will start his campaign for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls from Kanpur, a city which has proven lucky for him in the General Elections of 2004 and 2009. Singh will start his campaign from the Motijheel Grounds. The Prime Minister hopes to be third-time lucky as he kicks off his campaign for the ten Congress candidates.
Barely an hour after the PM’s rally, BSP supremo Mayawati is scheduled to address a meeting in the city. BSP supremo Mayawati’s rally is scheduled at 3 PM just after the PM’s rally. The rallies of the Prime Minister and UP…
Akhilesh Yadav, who is the son of Mulayam Yadav and a party leader of Samajwadi Party, the young leader is confident that his party will do well, but remains non committal as far as an alliance with the Congress is concerned. He also ruled the possibility of his being the Chief Ministerial candidate. “The entire party wants Mulayam Singh to be the next Chief Minister.
He also said that the corruption within the BSP and corruption at the Centre will affect the results of the Assembly polls. “People of UP understand that the Congress has been corrupt at the Centre. But…
Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, BJP national president Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday took pot shots at the Gandhi family. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and daughter Priyanka campaigning for UP polls, Gadkari said they would meet the same fate which they met in Bihar elections.
Rahul and Sonia went to Bihar also but they failed miserably there, Gadkari said, adding the same will happen to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh, also hit out at the Congress government at the Centre on the issue of 4.5% sub-quota for Muslims in the 27% OBC reservation, saying caste-based…
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati Under attack from opposition parties over the corruption issue and to present a clean image before voters, the BSP has denied tickets to nearly half of its sitting MLAs for the coming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls,”Tickets have been given to 88 SC candidates, 113 OBC, 85 religious minorities, specially Muslims, 117 upper caste, of which 74 are Brahmins and 33 Chattriyas,” Mayawati had said yesterday.
The party has dropped around 100 sitting MLAs, including ministers, from its list of candidates released by party supremo Mayawati yesterday,” a senior party functionary said, an indication that several sitting…
Upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has started her three-day tour of Amethi and Rae Bareli, considered strongholds of the Congress in UP, As per the reports, Priyanka is expected to hold meeting with party workers. All seats will go to polls in the fourth and fifth phases. She is not scheduled to address any public rally.
Priyanka Gandhi next destination will be Rae Bareli where she will spend two days and hold the similar meetings. Priyanka will return to Delhi on January 18, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will launch the fifth phase of his contact programme on…