UP Polls: TMC ropes in film stars to woo voters

Trinamool Congress is trying its luck in Uttar Pradesh by roping in Bollywood stars to woo the voters. Yesteryear Bollywood actor Padmini Kolhapuri and Poonam Dhillon on Thursday campaigned for the party candidates in Lucknow and Hardoi districts that are going to polls on February 19.

After addressing a gathering in support of the party candidate in Cantonment area in Lucknow, the celebrities headed towards Hardoi, where they campaigned for TC nominee Anoop Chowdhury.

UP Elections : Congress will defeat BSP in 2012: Rahul

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi declared that the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh would taste defeat at the hands of his party in the 2012 Assembly elections.

Mr. Gandhi scotched rumours of a tie-up between the Congress and the BSP in the light of the latter’s support to the UPA government on the cut motion in Parliament.

Days after the BSP extended support to the UPA against opposition-sponsored cut motions in Parliament, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi clarified that there is no pact between the Congress and the BSP. In fact, he said, there would be no pact with the…