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  Former Uttarakhand Congress chief Kishore Upadhyay joins BJP

  January 27, 2022 11:22 IST

  Kishore Upadhyay said that he has joined BJP with the spirit of taking Uttarakhand forward.   

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  Election 2022: 'Goonda raj' to return if Akhilesh forms govt in UP, says Amit Shah

  January 27, 2022 23:16 IST

  Assembly elections will be held in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab between February 10 and March 7. Results will be announced on March 10.

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  UP elections: Congress releases third list of 89 candidates, including 37 women

  January 26, 2022 23:39 IST

  The party has already declared 255 candidates in all for the state assembly elections. Its first list had 125 candidates and another 41 were declared in the second list.

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  U'khand polls: Congress reworks candidates list, Harish Rawat to contest from Lal Kuan, not Ramnagar

  January 26, 2022 23:42 IST

  Congress leaders said the party is also keeping an eye on the political moves of its rivals. The party has so far released the list of 64 out of 70 candidates for the upcoming poll in Uttarakhand.

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  SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, 94, to be in fray from stronghold Lambi

  January 26, 2022 21:19 IST

  Five-time Chief Minister Badal had won the 2017 Assembly elections from this seat by defeating Capt Amarinder Singh with 22,770 votes. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up Badal on phone to enquire about his health as he tested positive for the Covid-19.

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  In SP-RLD, not Jayant Chaudhary but Azam Khan will rule: Amit Shah to Jat leaders

  January 26, 2022 20:37 IST

  A Jat leader who attended the meeting said that they have demanded Bharat Ratna for (former PM) Chaudhary Charan Singh, reservation for Jats and proportionate representation in Centre and UP government. The HM has responded positively.

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  Punjab elections: Akali Dal fields Bikram Majithia against Navjot Sidhu from Amritsar East

  January 26, 2022 20:16 IST

  Booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act last month, Bikram Singh Majithia has been trying to secure an anticipatory bail from courts.

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  Hindu-Muslim narrative being kept alive till the elections, says Rakesh Tikait

  January 26, 2022 8:24 IST

  Rakesh Tikait's statement comes days after his brother and BKU Chief Naresh Tikait had appealed to his supporters and khaps of western Uttar Pradesh to ensure victory for the Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal alliance. However, he later retracted his statement.

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  Assembly Election 2022 LIVE Updates: Amit Shah meets Jat leaders from western UP in Delhi

  January 26, 2022 23:45 IST

  The Election Commission has already announced the dates and all the political parties have started flexing their muscles in the poll-bound states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab.

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  Ripple effect! Congress candidate, district president in UP leave party after RPN Singh joins BJP

  January 25, 2022 19:36 IST

  Hours after Singh, a former Union minister joined the BJP at the party headquarters in Delhi on Tuesday, Congress' Kushinagar district president resigned. Rajkumar Singh, in his resignation letter, stated that he was stepping down from the post with 'immediate effect'.

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  Why BJP? RPN Singh reveals reason for joining the saffron party

  January 25, 2022 19:21 IST

  In an exclusive interaction with India TV, RPN Singh said he was impressed by the work done by the 'double engine' government in Uttar Pradesh in the last five years.

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  'Polarisation suits BJP, SP, but people need politics void of caste, religion', says Priyanka

  January 25, 2022 17:13 IST

  Citing that farm laws and the Lakhimpur Kheri incident caused "immense pain" to farmers, Priyanka Gandhi said the government's "indifference'' and "hostile" approach towards the farmers will play an important part in determining the outcome of the assembly polls in UP's western belt.

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  UP polls: Ready to contest against Adityanath in Gorakhpur, says Kafeel Khan

  January 25, 2022 16:45 IST

  Dr. Kafeel Khan said that he was made a scapegoat in the August 2017 tragedy in BRD Medical college in which children of 80 families died. Khan alleged that despite the fact he was not in Gorakhpur, his 70-year-old mother was being harassed by the police, which reached at his home to enquire about him.

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  'Coward': Congress fumes after senior leader RPN Singh quits, joins BJP

  January 25, 2022 15:15 IST

  The battle which Congress party is fighting can be fought only with bravery, it requires courage, strength and Priyanka Gandhi Ji has said that coward people can't fight it, said Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on RPN Singh's resignation.

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  Flanked by BJP bigwigs, senior Congress leader RPN Singh joins party ahead of UP polls

  January 25, 2022 16:03 IST

  Notably, RPN Singh's name had figured in the Congress' list of 30-star campaigners for the first phase of the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly election.

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  'Freebie budget going beyond regular budget': SC raises concern, issues notice to Centre, ECI

  January 25, 2022 14:29 IST

  The plea, filed ahead of assembly polls in five states, said there should be a total ban on such populist measures to gain undue political favour from voters as they violate the Constitution and the EC should take suitable deterrent measures.

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  UP: RPN Singh quits Congress, to join BJP today; may contest against turncoat Swami Prasad

  January 25, 2022 14:12 IST

  UP Polls 2022: Senior Congress leader RPN Singh will join the BJP in Delhi today. He may contest Assembly polls against Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya from Padrauna seat in Kushinagar.

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  WATCH VIDEO | When 'Captain' Channi took up 'Mission Punjab'

  January 25, 2022 12:09 IST

  Punjab will go to the polls in a single phase on February 20 with the counting of the votes slated on March 10.

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  Yogi Adityanath castigates Akhilesh Yadav for Pakistan comments

  January 25, 2022 13:15 IST

  Earlier on Monday, BJP asked Akhilesh to tender an apology for the comments which show his 'love' for Pakistan.

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  Punjab Election 2022: 'Channi an amazing human being, should become CM again', says Sonu Sood

  January 25, 2022 10:52 IST

  On the question of why his Malvika Sood joined Congress, Sonu Sood said that "Moga has a large number of people associated with Congress. We grew up with people who were associated with Congress."

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  Assembly Election 2022 LIVE Updates: TMC announces third list of candidates for Goa Assembly polls

  January 26, 2022 6:27 IST

  The Election Commission has already announced the dates and all the political parties have started flexing their muscles in the poll-bound states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab.

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  U'khand polls: Cong fields expelled BJP leader Harak Singh Rawat's daughter-in-law from Lansdowne

  January 24, 2022 23:53 IST

  The BJP had recently expelled Harak Singh Rawat some time back for 'anti-party activities'. Reports later suggested that it was because Rawat wanted to field his daughter-in-law Anukriti from the Lansdowne seat.

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  U'khand: Cong releases 2nd list of candidates, Harish Rawat fielded from Ramnagar

  January 24, 2022 23:20 IST

  Harish Rawat, who is the party's campaign head in the state, had unsuccessfully contested the Haridwar-Rural and Kichcha assembly seats in the 2017 assembly polls.

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  Swami Prasad Maurya's son not included in Samajwadi Party's first list, may contest from THIS seat

  January 24, 2022 21:32 IST

  Samajwadi Party (SP) released the list of 159 candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly election 2022, however, the first list didn't mention Swami Prasad Maurya's son Utkrisht Maurya.

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  Cong nominee for Suar assembly seat leaves party, to fight as Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate

  January 24, 2022 20:18 IST

  Khan is the second Congress candidate to leave the party after being declared its candidate, the first one being the candidate from Bareilly Cantonment, Supriya Aron who joined the Samajwadi Party on Saturday. 

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  Bengali actor Bonny Sengupta quits BJP, says party failed to keep promises

  January 24, 2022 20:28 IST

  The West Bengal BJP unit made light of the development, asserting that it would hardly impact the party. “It is his decision, so what can we say? And regarding our promises, we did not come to power in West Bengal", BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said.

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  Akhilesh Yadav to contest from family bastion Karhal, uncle Shivpal from Jaswant Nagar

  January 24, 2022 19:41 IST

  Karhal, a Yadav-dominated seat, is represented by Sobaran Singh Yadav since 2007. The BJP had last won this seat in 2002 when its candidate Sovaran Singh had won the elections.

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  EXCLUSIVE | Apna Dal's Anupriya Patel questions Akhilesh, asks 'What is his vision for UP polls?'

  January 24, 2022 20:15 IST

  Elections to the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10. The polling will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, March 3 and 7.