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Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 59 % polling recorded at the end of the fifth phase elections, covering 49 seats spread over 13 districts, including Bundelkhand region. Polling started at 7 am amidst tight security arrangements. Fate of 829 candidates, including that of Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Shivpal Singh Yadav, BJP leader Uma Bharati and former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh would be decided by more than 1.56 crore electorate.
The polling was held at 17,267 polling stations at 11,745 centres. While 2,104 stations were identified as sensitive, 2,256 had been marked as hyper-sensitive.
Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 50 % polling recorded till 3 pm in the fifth phase, covering 49 seats spread over 13 districts, including Bundelkhand region. Polling started at 7 am amidst tight security arrangements. Fate of 829 candidates, including that of Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Shivpal Singh Yadav, BJP leader Uma Bharati and former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh would be decided by more than 1.56 crore electorate.
The polling is being held at 17,267 polling stations at 11,745 centres. While 2,104 stations have been identified as sensitive, 2,256 have been marked as hyper-sensitive.
BJP leader Uma Bharti accused on Rahul Gandhi of making mockery of the poor in Bundelkhand region and reminded him that she had defeated his “guru” Digvijay Singh in Madhya Pradesh. attacking Congress and BSP, the BJP leader accused the Centre of deliberately feeding money meant for various schemes to the “elephant”, a reference to the BSP’s poll symbol.
Rahul Gandhi should now stop making mockery of poverty, starvation and poor state of affairs of Bundelkhand region, said Bharti, who was visiting Bundelkhand for the first time after her candidature was announced by BJP from Charkhari assembly constituency.
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Firebrand Uma Bharti and Congress hope Rahul Gandhi got into a war of words on Thursday when the BJP leader retaliated to Rahul calling her “outsider” . Uma Bharti is contesting the UP polls from Charkari. the former Madhya Pradesh CM said she never approved of personal attacks to score political points. “This has never been my style. I have always believed in leaving personal lives of my opponents out of the poll arena.
Rahul was addressing a public meeting at Mahoba when he hit out at “outsider Uma” for feigning concern for impoverished Bundelkhand . The BJP leader, being showcased…
Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has played the Other Backward Classes card by fielding the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Uma Bharti, from the Charkhari constituency in Mahoba district.
The Lodh-dominated constituency is located in the Bundelkhand region. Ms. Bharti is from the community and was one of the BJP leaders who had expressed resentment when the former Minister and accused in the National Rural Health Mission scam, Babu Singh Kushwaha, also belonging to the OBC, was inducted into the party. Subsequently, his membership was put on hold.
In a seemingly hasty press conference on Wednesday, the BJP announced her candidature in the UP polls. Uma Bharti will be contesting from Charkhari in Mahoba district of Bundelkhand. the BJP is attempting to neutralize the Kalyan Singh factor. This region strategically borders Madhya Pradesh. BJP president Nitin Gadkari said she would be the party’s star campaigner in UP.
“There had been talks that Bharti should be fielded in the assembly elections. I met her today and decided to field her in the elections,” Gadkari said. Asked whether she will be the Chief Minister if BJP comes to power in UP,…