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  Goa Polls: TMC hits out at Congress, says 'formal, definitive' alliance offer was made 2 weeks ago'

  January 15, 2022 7:40 IST

  Moitra, who was responding to Chidambaram's statements about the lack of clarity about TMC's proposal said that if he is not aware of details he should speak to his party leadership rather than making such statements.

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  UP Polls: Election Commission suspends SHO after row over political gathering of Samajwadi Party

  January 15, 2022 8:42 IST

  Capital Lucknow and other parts of Uttar Pradesh have been also witnessing a spurt in coronavirus cases.

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  Assembly Election 2022 Updates: I will contest the election from Khatima, says Uttarakhand CM

  January 16, 2022 0:03 IST

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

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  Punjab Polls 2022: AAP receives over 8 lakh responses in a day to choose CM candidate

  January 14, 2022 22:32 IST

  AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal asked people on Thursday who should be the party's chief ministerial face in the Punjab assembly polls, even as he had stated that his own preference for the post is Bhagwant Mann.

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  FIR against over 2,000 SP workers for flouting Covid norms at 'virtual rally'

  January 14, 2022 20:55 IST

  Lucknow DM Abhishek Prakash has assured that due action will be taken in this regard. The FIR was registered at the Gautam Palli police station.

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  UP polls: BSP worker cries his heart out on camera for being denied poll ticket | Watch

  January 14, 2022 16:46 IST

  Rana claimed that he had even put up his hoardings for the upcoming polls.

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  UP Assembly Election 2022: Race for Muslim votes in 143 assembly seats in the state

  January 14, 2022 15:19 IST

  Despite being the second-largest religious bloc in Uttar Pradesh, only 23 MLAs were elected in 2017 while the highest number was in 2002 at 64.

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  UP Assembly Elections: Swami Prasad Maurya joins Samajwadi Party

  January 14, 2022 14:50 IST

  The resignation of state Labour Minister Swami Prasad Maurya has come as a jolt to the ruling BJP in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.

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  UP: BJP's Amit Malviya responds to '80 vs 20' row with video of Samajwadi MLA Nahid Hasan

  January 14, 2022 13:50 IST

   Amit Malviya has shared the video of Samajwadi Party MLA from Kairana, Nahid Hasan, wherein he urges people to boycott pro-BJP shopkeepers to make them 'fall in line'.

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  UP Elections: SP banks on Jat, Muslim candidates for first phase; will BJP's development plank work?

  January 14, 2022 14:04 IST

  The list of 29 candidates has nine Muslim and Jat candidates each, indicating a clear shift in strategy of the Opposition alliance to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  On Makar Sankranti, Yogi Adityanath takes lunch with Dalit family in Gorakhpur

  January 14, 2022 15:24 IST

  This move is being seen as a befitting reply to the Opposition who has accused the CM and the ruling state government of playing caste politics in the upcoming Assembly elections.

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  At least 10 ministers may resign from Uttar Pradesh govt in coming days, claims Sanjay Raut

  January 14, 2022 12:56 IST

  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.

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  Uttar Pradesh polls: Now 2 Apna Dal MLAs quit, blame Yogi govt

  January 14, 2022 10:06 IST

  Apna Dal MLAs Chaudhary Amar Singh and RK Verma have resigned just ahead of the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

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  Assembly Election 2022 Updates: Dara Singh Chauhan will join SP on Jan 16, says Swami Prasad

  January 14, 2022 23:53 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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  Punjab elections 2022: Congress finalises candidates; CM Channi may contest from 2 seats

  January 14, 2022 7:56 IST

  Sources said the meeting, held virtually, discussed all the party candidates but did not release the list on Thursday.

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  Muslim body writes to EC, seeks ban on 'dharam sansad' in Aligarh quoting 'communal invective'

  January 13, 2022 23:13 IST

  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.

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  No day passes without news of leaders quitting BJP: Sharad Pawar on desertions in UP ahead of polls

  January 13, 2022 19:44 IST

  The NCP supremo, who has extended support to the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party in UP, said be it Goa or wherever the polls are to be held, one can see the same picture.

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  UP Election 2022: Samajwadi Party, RLD release first list of candidates

  January 13, 2022 20:46 IST

  While Samajwadi Party candidate Nahid Ahmed will contest from Kairana, RLD's Prasann Chaudhary has been fielded from Shamli.

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  Punjab elections: Not running for any post, tweets Navjot Singh Sidhu

  January 13, 2022 18:42 IST

  A couple of days ago, Navjot Singh Sidhu in a presser while responding to a media query asked, "who said the Congress high command will decide the next CM? It will be the people of the state who will choose it."

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  Why BJP faces uphill task of repeating 2017 show in western UP in first phase voting

  January 13, 2022 20:25 IST

  All opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party, Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party, have given priority to the issues related to farmers, while the ruling BJP claims that the Yogi Adityanath-led government has done several important works for the development of the region.

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  Ye Public Hai Sab Jaanti Hai: Will BJP's lotus bloom in Deoband on March 10? Here's what locals say

  January 14, 2022 12:45 IST

  People spoke about the major issues in the constituency. On Jinnah, people in the district said he (Jinnah) chose to live separately, we like to be together.

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  Uttar Pradesh polls: BJP likely to release first list of candidates tomorrow

  January 13, 2022 16:53 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022: The BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC) today held a discussion on the names of candidates for 172 seats.

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  Another MLA quits BJP in Uttar Pradesh; 7th resignation in three days

  January 13, 2022 16:10 IST

  Mukesh Verma, BJP MLA from Shikohabad seat, said he will continue the 'fight for justice' under OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya.

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  UP Polls 2022: 300 candidates, including 90 Dalits, already finalised, says BSP leader

  January 13, 2022 16:30 IST

  Mayawati has already announced that the BSP was seeking to go with its 2007 winning formula encompassing Dalits and Brahmins in the February-March polls. The party also commands a substantial vote share among the Muslim community.

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  UP elections 2022: I-T dept says all arrangements made to check black money use in polls

  January 13, 2022 15:12 IST

  People are encouraged to call this number to furnish specific information relating to cash or other valuables suspected to be used for unduly influencing the election process, Director General of Income Tax (Investigation), Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Mohan Kumar Singhania said on Thursday.

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  Congress and BJP main contestants in Goa: Chidambaram

  January 13, 2022 14:59 IST

  Chidambaram said there is a strong and intense "anti-BJP, anti-incumbency wind" blowing in Goa, and the Congress would appeal to the electorate that Goa should be ruled by Goans.

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  Battle for UP: 'Tainted' candidates seek back door in polls

  January 13, 2022 14:19 IST

  Mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will be contesting his sixth election on the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), a ticket from Mau. SBSP President Om Prakash Rajbhar had met Mukhtar in jail and offered him a ticket.

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  Poll effect? No change in petrol, diesel prices for the last 69 days

  January 13, 2022 14:27 IST

  The latest decision to keep petrol and diesel prices unchanged is the longest duration of no-change in prices since the daily price revision was introduced in June 2017.