UP polls: 10 % polling in first two hours

Polling for the sixth phase of UP assembly elections covering 68 seats spread over 13 districts started on a dull note on Tuesday. “Polling started at 7 AM and 9.73 per cent votes were polled in the first two hours,” Chief Electoral Officer Umesh Sinha said. Polling in Noida, Dadri and Jewar assembly seats in Gautam Budhh Nagar was going on peacefully.

Maximum 14 per cent votes were polled in Hathras district. Among other districts, 11.7 per cent votes were polled in Saharanpur, 10 per cent in Meerut, 10.7 per cent in Agra, 11.71 per cent in Aligarh, 9.2 per cent…

BJP start Satta Parivartan Yatra today

The BJP’s  Satta Parivartan Yatra will be held in all the 403 Assembly constituencies of the state, BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak  said. BJP will launch an 11-day long campaign in Uttar Pradesh starting Friday for dislodging the Mayawati government.

The Padyatra programme will continue till January 30,” said Shrikant Sharma, BJP national media convener in Noida. He said the foot march will focus on promoting a change in governance and would be led by senior party leaders.

BJP woos voters with honesty issues

The Bharatiya Janata Party kick started its campaign for the UP assembly polls by releasing its manifesto opposing religion-based reservation and focusing on issues like crime and corruption. With its main poll plank for the assembly elections being provision of an “honest” and “transparent” government if voted to power, the party’s promises included employment for the youth and education for girls.

campaign will start from January 20 by launching a ten-day ‘Parivartan Padyatra’ in Noida, Dadri and Jewar assembly segments. “The Padyatra programme will continue till January 30,” said Shrikant Sharma, BJP national media convener in Noida. He said the foot…

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…