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Addressing an election meeting at a government college ground, Accusing the SP and BSP of betraying the people after coming to power in Uttar Pradesh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday said there are some parties which rake up issues to spread ill-will among different sections.
Gandhi said for past 22 years, all ruling parties adopted the policy of “divide and rule” and ignored all developmental works, but now, the limit has been crossed. Counting the policies of UPA government, she said the Centre has released more that one lakh crore rupees against different schemes to the state but it was…
Congress senior leader who is in-charge of party affairs in the state Digvijay Singh said that, “We would not extend support to any other party and prefer sitting in the opposition (in case party fell short of numbers)”, Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. He also raised questions over the possibility of Congress ally RLD heading the government in case the combine gets majority.
Asked to comment on party leader Pervez Hashmi reportedly backing the claim of RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary as chief ministerial candidate, Singh wondered as to how the leader of a party contesting only 46 seats can stake claim to the…
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav attacked on the Chief Minister Mayawati for wasting public’s money in building parks and statues across the state to eulogize herself instead of development. He also promised that if his party came to power, farmers’ interest would be addressed on priority and their loans of up to Rs 50,000 would be waived off.
The present BSP government in the state is involved in land-grabbing. It is snatching away farmers’ lands for builders, Yadav alleged addressing an election rally at Kheragarh, about 25 km from here.
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has promised to change the face of Uttar Pradesh through development work, if elected to power in the state. “A lot of time has gone by since 22 years, give us five years and, I assure you a change, you will not be able to recognise your state in the next ten years,” Gandhi said.
Taking a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, Gandhi said the cruelty of the government rose to such levels that while throughout the day the poor worked for earning their bread and during the night they feared that ”elephants” would…
The BJP complained against Jaiswal’s remarks to Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Umesh Sinha, who has forwarded the complaint to the Election Commission in Delhi. Sinha said, “A complaint from the BJP had been received here and the same has been forwarded to Election Commission in Delhi for further necessary action.”
EC’s deputy election commissioner Vinod Zutshi, who takes care of elections in Uttar Pradesh, said, “The CEO in UP has received a complaint from the BJP against Jaiswal and the CEO has been asked to send the same to the EC.”
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.