News update on up election

He also said his government has introduced transparency in all government exams, thereby marking a paradigm shift in the recruitment process from the previous regime. Yesterday, the Prime Minister was in Punjab where the Congress party is in power.

His security was compromised and even after that the Congress is criticising the PM. I ask the people in this rally: should we forgive Congress for compromising PM's security? Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday inaugurated the development projects at Gomti Nagar railway station in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow and said that the government's vision is to transform Indian Railways by enhancing services for the passengers.

As political parties in the state capital try to woo young first-time voters, data shared by the Election Commission of India shows that parties will also have to think of a strategy to interest 58, elderly voters, who outnumber the age group in Lucknow district. The district election office has recorded 38 lakh voters out of the Cyber crime police, on Wednesday, arrested one Sanjay Rao of Chandauli district for fanning hatred through his social media account by posting objectionable messages against Hindu religion, Brahmin and police.

The pre-poll churning in Uttar Pradesh has seen the BJP getting a jolt with six MLAs resigning from the party and three ministers quitting amid signals that they will join Samajwadi Party. Read more here. Yogi Adityanath shared lunch with Dalit family in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh on Friday during his visit ahead of the assembly elections. The date of the video is not verified. The Rashtriya Lok Dal RLD has chosen educated candidates hailing from the constituency and with no criminal background, while partner the Samajwadi Party picked them on their 'winnability' factor as the alliance announced the first list of nominees for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

The alliance of Akhilesh Yadav's and Jayant Chaudhary's parties, which was stitched last year, on Thursday announced candidates on 29 seats — 10 from the SP and 19 from the RLD - in western Uttar Pradesh which will go to polls on February These seats across districts like Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Aligarh, Agra, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Hapur, Ghaziabad were largely won by the BJP candidates in the elections but have now seen a considerable influence of the recent farmers' agitation and changing caste equations.

Resignations are not a big deal in Uttar Pradesh. BJP is getting support from everywhere in the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP , which currently rules Goa, has decided to contest 38 out of the total 40 Assembly seats in the state, where elections will be held next month, a senior party functionary said on Friday. In two constituencies - Benaulim and Nuvem - the party will not field any candidate on its symbol. These two are Christian-dominated seats.

Maurya held a meeting Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav yesterday and introduced his associates to him. We will make BJP shrink to 45 seats like it was before ," he told reporters on Thursday. The filing of nominations for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 58 seats in 11 districts will begin on Friday under strict Covid guidelines, said Ajay Kumar Shukla, UP chief electoral officer. At the time of filing of papers, only two persons will be permitted to accompany the candidate to the returning officer's room.

Candidates can submit their nominations online through the Suvidha App and submit the copy of the application regarding online submission to the returning officer. The Congress on Thursday released the party's first list of candidates, including 50 women. Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Thursday said it has written to the Election Commission and the district magistrate, seeking a ban on the proposed 'dharma sansad' in Aligarh. The Jamiat, in its letter, said that the 'dharam sansad' to be organized in Aligarh on January 22 and 23 or on any other dates at other places when the election process is on, be prohibited.

Two more legislators, belonging to the Apna Dal, an ally of the BJP, have resigned just ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections scheduled to take place next month. Budget ET NOW. Web Stories. Morning Brief Podcast. Economy Agriculture. Foreign Trade. Company Corporate Trends. One seat has been announced and talks are on for other seats. Not a single day passes when a BJP leader does not leave the party.

The Income Tax department has made elaborate arrangements to curb the use of black money in the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, a top official said on Thursday. A control room with toll-free number , which will remain operational round the clock, has been set up in Lucknow. The Congress has decided to field Pankhuri Pathak from Noida, Manoj Chaudhary from Dadri and Deepak Bhati 'Chotiwala' from Jewar, according to the list of candidates shared by the party on social media.

He also met farmer leader Rakesh Tikait during his visit. I am with him," Shakya writes in his resignation letter to the party.