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A Gandhi, a non-Gandhi and Ayodhya: How Uttar Pradesh became House of Cards for BJP?In the recent Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, high-profile leaders like Maneka Gandhi and Smriti Irani faced unexpected defeats, refl...
Lok Sabha 2024: Phase-wise recap of 2019 General Elections in Uttar PradeshIn the 2019 Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha elections, BJP emerged victorious with 62 seats, while Congress managed only one. The seven-phase elect...
Campaign for fifth phase in Uttar Pradesh concludes; polling tomorrowBackward castes (mainly Kurmis), Brahmins and Thakurs, followed by scheduled castes, especially Pasis, and Muslims form the complex caste a...
UP Polls 2022: Purvanchal battle to test strength of caste-based partiesBJP has partnered with the Apna Dal (S) and Nishad Party. SP has allied with several smaller parties like RLD, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Part...
A medley of flavours in UP’s Awadh belt makes it an absorbing battleIn 2017, BJP had won 67 of these, SP 8, BSP 5, Cong 2. Being the largest region of the state after Purvanchal, it has all the poll flavours...
Fielding Yogi from Gorakhpur will also help party maintain hold on other seats in region, BJP hopesParty insiders say Adityanath had campaigned vigorously in the 2017 polls in the region which had helped the saffron party win 44 of the 62...
Akhilesh Yadav to contest From Mainpuri's Karhal seatThe Lok Sabha constituency of Mainpuri has been held by the SP since 1996.
PM Modi sets tone for UP elections; SP, Cong exude confidence of winningDifferent parties have their own claims regarding the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. But this election is very important, Prime Minister...
Modi's new government takes care of regional balanceUP represented by 8 ministers apart from PM; Maharashtra, Haryana, J'khand get 11 ministerial berths.
Division of Uttar Pradesh back in focus as 2019 Lok Sabha polls approachThe party is of the view that for effective law and order system and conducive conditions for growth, formation of smaller states is necess...
Mission 2019: BJP, Congress presidents target Uttar PradeshIn 2014, it was Uttar Pradesh from where the party got the maximum 73 seats (including two of Apna Dal) out of the total 80 seats.
Issue of division of Uttar Pradesh back in focusGorakhpur is the hub of eastern UP or Purvanchal, the area which is considered to have lagged behind in development.
Booth jeeta, chunao jeeta, says BJP's National Vice-President Om Mathur"After all, we are a political party. That is why whenever we take a decision, it signals a political message."
Samajwadi Party's demand for special status poll gimmick, says Mayawati"Why is SP raising the issue now when it is in power for over a year? Were they sleeping during this period," Mayawati said.
UP to Assam and Kashmir to Vidarbha, statehood demands get shriller after Andhra splitA day after the triumph of the Telangana movement, Mayawati took the lead in reviving the demand for breaking up UP into four states.