While the SP-BSP-RLD alliance may disrupt the caste math in many pockets, the Congress is relegated to the role of a vote-splitter.

The move comes days after Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati described Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar Azad as a "BJP agent" and accused...

BSP and SP are trying hard to send out a message that their alliance is the sole contender for the Muslim votes in the region

BJP has managed to revive its fortunes by mixing caste arithmetic with hardline Hindutva.

BJP has not only done well in western UP, where it was traditionally weak, but also Bundelkhand in the south, making inroads into BSP stron...

Kairana MP Hukum Singh’s daughter Mriganka, who is contesting on a BJP ticket, appears to be on a weak wicket with Singh’s nephew and RLD c...

In fertile west UP, where sugarcane is grown on 70% of cultivable land, farmers dominate the electorate, up to 75% in pockets of Baghpat an...

Maurya said that 95% of upset partymen have been made to understand the compulsions of ticket distribution and were campaigning.

Suresh Rana was also booked in another case for allegedly violating the model code of conduct after he held a public gathering.

The state BJP unit had proposed a Modi rally in the communally-sensitive Muzaffarnagar but the PM has opted for Meerut.

A case was registered against Rana under IPC Section 505 and Section 125 (Promoting enmity between classes in connection with election)

"If I emerge as the winner (in UP polls), curfew will be imposed in Kairana, Deoband and Moradabad," he said.

Muslim voters in the riot-hit west UP could shift their allegiance from the Rashtriya Lok Dal and stamp their disenchantment with the rulin...