Assembly Election 2022 Updates: BJP started winning elections after losing again and again, says PM Modi

Farm laws were brought for the benefit of farmers but were withdrawn in the national interest, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday.

Speaking to ANI on the eve of UP assembly election 2022, PM Modi said, "I have come to win the hearts of farmers, & did so. I understand the pain of small farmers. I had said that farm laws were implemented for the benefit of farmers but were taken back in the national interest."

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the eve of the Uttar Pradesh assembly election 2022, launched a scathing attack at Congress, Samajwadi Party over dynastic politics saying it's the biggest enemy of democracy. Speaking to ANI a day before UP elections, PM Modi said dynastic politics compromises on the talent coming into a political party. READ MORE

State Govt gave its consent for whatever committee Supreme Court wanted to form, for whichever judge SC wanted for probe. State government is working transparently, said PM Modi on Lakhimpur Kheri incident, MoS Home Ajay Mishra Teni and Opposition alleging 'whitewash' of whoever comes to BJP. 

"Didn't speak against anyone's father/grandfather...I said what a former PM had said...It's the right of the nation (to know). They say we don't mention Nehru ji. If we do, then too there's difficulty. Don't understand this fear," PM Modi over speaking on Jawaharlal Nehru in Parliament speech.

We believe-for country's progress we've to address regional aspirations. I was a CM too, & understand states' aspirations. Earlier, leaders coming to India used to visit only Delhi, but I took them to different states, PM on opposition saying BJP doesn’t respect regional aspirations.

BJP began winning after losing again & again. When we win, we try to connect to grassroots & leave no stone unturned in winning hearts. We look for hope even in loss. For us, polls are like open universities with opportunities for new recruitments & to polish ourselves, PM's view on elections.

We believe in unity in diversity but some leaders followed ‘divide & rule’ policy…we identified over 100 aspirational districts in the country. Today, some of these districts have crossed the national average on many parameters.This is a way to address regional aspirations, PM Modi said. 

On Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary, PM Modi said, "We saw game of 'two boys' earlier too. They had such arrogance that they used the words 'Gujarat ke do gadhe'. UP taught them a lesson. Another time there were 'two boys' & a 'bua ji' with them. Still, it didn't work out for them..."

Wherever BJP has been given the opportunity to work with stability, there you will find an atmosphere of pro-incumbency and not anti-incumbency. BJP always emerges into elections with pro-incumbency, says PM Modi in an interview with ANI.

Speaking to ANI, PM Modi said, "BJP is always involved in serving people. When in power, we work with mantra of 'sabka saath, sabka vikas'. I can see a wave for BJP in all states. We'll win with an overwhelming majority & people in 5 states will give us an opportunity to serve them."

Asking people not to be swayed by tall promises of political parties, BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday claimed people of Uttar Pradesh will teach the ruling BJP a lesson in the assembly polls because of its “faulty policies”.

“Ahead of the UP assembly elections, drama and hypocrisy (of political parties) is going on to mislead people with tall promises. People are suffering due to the wrong policies of the BJP government and are eager to teach a lesson to the anti-people government," Mayawati said in a statement.

Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar on Wednesday taunted the ruling BJP for calling in Union Home Minister Amit Shah for campaigning in Sankhalim, from where chief minister Pramod Sawant is contesting, saying the CM knows he is going to lose from the assembly seat.

Hitting back at the opposition party, Goa BJP president Sadanand Shet Tanavade said the people of the state are aware that the Congress is going to be defeated in the February 14 polls to the 40-member assembly.

PM Narendra Modi's interview with ANI on several issues including Assembly elections 2022, to be played at 8 pm today.

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav has said the BJP is preparing a "unique" election manifesto for the upcoming Manipur polls and will "not make any promise that will not be translated into action". Yadav, the BJP's in charge of the polls in the northeastern state, said the saffron camp has held discussions with various stakeholders and set up a committee to draft the manifesto. "We will come out with a unique election manifesto soon. A committee has also been formed to draft it. The party will not make any promise that won’t be translated into action," Yadav said.

We will amend the law of 'Love Jihad' to make it stricter including a provision of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. We will provide 50,000 govt jobs to the youth... This 'Drishiti Patra' is a vision to make the state self-reliant & developed, said Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami.

Today we've launched our manifesto (Drishti Patra) for state polls. We'll provide 3 free LPG cylinders to the poor in a year. Pregnant women living in hilly areas will be given Rs 40,000. Senior citizens' pensions will be increased to Rs 3600, Dhami added.

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav has said the BJP is preparing a "unique" election manifesto for the upcoming Manipur polls and will "not make any promise that will not be translated into action". Yadav, the BJP's in charge of the polls in the northeastern state, said the saffron camp has held discussions with various stakeholders and set up a committee to draft the manifesto.

"We will come out with a unique election manifesto soon. A committee has also been formed to draft it. The party will not make any promise that won’t be translated into action," Yadav said.

Defence Minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh begins day-long campaigning by visiting Mahaalasa Narayani Temple in Mardol. 

Women don't need to worry about their safety. It is our duty. Our youths don't need to worry about employment. It is also our duty. We're going to provide 1 crore tablets & smartphones to our youths this year, UP CM Yogi Adityanath addressing a virtual rally in Moradabad's Bilari.

Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday released BJP's manifesto ahead of the assembly polls in Uttarakhand laying a roadmap for its development over the next five years as a model state. Named "Vision Document, 2022", the party's poll manifesto puts renewed emphasis on infrastructure development, tourism, stopping migration, employment generation, empowerment of women, farmers, horticulture and dairy development. 

The police in poll-bound Gautam Buddh Nagar of Uttar Pradesh have seized Rs 6.38 crore ôunaccounted cashö and over one lakh litres of illicit liquor since the model code of conduct was implemented, officials said on Wednesday. Voting in the three assembly constituencies of Noida, Dadri and Jewar in the district will take place on Thursday during the first phase of polls in the state. The three seats have a combined voter count of over 16 lakh. The model code of conduct for the polls was enforced on January 8 while campaigning stopped Tuesday evening, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flying down to the district for a poll programme in the nick of time.

For the development of Kedarnath, Rs 260 crore was given in the first phase, Rs 220 crore in the second phase. When the tragedy happened here, Congress had left everything in ruins. Modi Ji did the work of re-developing it: BJP President JP Nadda in Kedarnath

You must have seen that any BJP leader who contests elections talks about himself and his party's report card first, have you ever seen a Congress leader keeping the report card before the people?: BJP president JP Nadda in Kedarnath

Aid up to Rs 10 lakh will be given for any disease. Cow dung will be bought for Rs 2/kg, which will further be used in vermi-composting. Small & medium businesses were more affected, no support came from the government. We'll develop clusters & support them: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that school fees will be controlled, around 2 lakh vacant teaching seats will be filled. Teachers & 'Shiksha Mitra' will be regularized. Free education for students of tribal & backward classes from KG to PG. 

Polling parties are being dispatched to their designated polling stations, ahead of Phase 1 voting for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections tomorrow. In the first phase, polling will be held in 58 Assembly constituencies.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday accused the BJP of copy-pasting the pledges made by her party in their Uttar Pradesh poll manifesto which she termed as "dhokha patra". The BJP on Tuesday assured free electricity for irrigation, a job for every household and free travel for women over 60 in its Uttar Pradesh election manifesto, which also promised a minimum 10-year sentence in cases of what it describes as "love jihad". "The BJP should name its 'Ghoshna Patra' as 'Dhokha patra'. The BJP, which used the talk about past 70 years, could not fulfil even one-fourth of the promises made in its manifesto in past five years years," Priyanka said in a tweet in Hindi. "It (manifesto) neither has the account of the work of five years, nor has the vision of building the future. That is why, it (BJP) has copy-pasted the pledges of Congress," she added.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav's Rampur visit was postponed on Wednesday due to bad weather, the party said. Yadav was scheduled to visit Rampur to campaign for party candidates Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam ahead of the assembly polls in the state. "The programmes of national president Akhilesh Yadav in Rampur have been postponed due to bad weather. The fresh dates for the same will be announced soon," the party said in a tweet. Rampur will go to polls in the second phase on February 14.

Priyanka Vadra said that all suggestions have been taken from the UP public. Farmers' loans will be waived off within 10 days of coming to power. Electricity bills will be waived off, COVID-affected families will be given Rs 25,000. We'll provide 20 lakh govt jobs.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launches the Congress manifesto 'Unnati Vidhan Jan Ghoshna Patra-2022'

BJP to work on women safety for next 5yrs; funds for 'CM Kanya Sumangala Yojana' has been increased from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000, funds for 'CM Samuhik Vivah Yojana' is now at Rs 1 lakh from Rs 51,000. Will give SHG credit cards up to a limit of Rs 1 lakh: Union Min Anurag Thakur

Pitted against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Karhal seat, Union Minister SP Singh Baghel says no area can be termed as a "fortress" or "stronghold" as personalities like Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee have also tasted defeat in their bastions. He claimed the fight in the high-profile seat is not "one-sided" as a journey across the constituency would show that there is a BJP wave. Brought in politics by former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, the BJP leader advised his principal opponent to try his luck from some assembly segment of Azamgarh too. When asked whether he could demolish the fortress of the Yadav family, Baghel told PTI, "There is nothing like fortress or stronghold in democracy. We have seen demolition of such fortress.You have seen Rahul Gandhi got defeated in Amethi and Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal."    

A train carries 300 passengers on 70 seats & doesn't get challans... why's there a challan if 3 people ride a bike? When our govt comes to power, 3 riders will be able to ride a bike for free, otherwise, we'll put challan on jeeps/trains: SBSP founder & chief OP Rajbhar

An FIR has been registered against over a thousand people, including Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Surendra Singh, for allegedly violating the model code of conduct and Covid protocols, and hindering traffic, police said on Wednesday. Singh, who resigned from the BJP's primary membership after being denied a ticket, reached Bairia with his supporters on Tuesday and held a meeting there, they said. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ashok Mishra said six people, including Singh, were named in the FIR registered on Tuesday night, while the rest are unnamed. Singh was charged of violating the model code of conduct in place for the elections, Covid protocols and prohibitory orders, and restricting traffic, the officer said. A probe is on in the matter, DSP Mishra said. The BJP has fielded Anand Swarup Shukla from the Bairia seat. Elections in Ballia district will be held in the last phase on March 7.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will release its manifesto for the upcoming Uttarakhand Assembly polls today. The election document will be launched by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. 

Congress' Lok Sabha MP Jasbir Singh Gill’s brother Harpinder Singh alias Rajan Gill joined SAD in Amritsar. The latter had filed his nomination from the Khadoor Sahib seat but the Congress party denied him a ticket. 

TMC Goa has complained to the Chief Electoral Officer against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and many others for flouting the COVID-19 norms in their poll campaign. The letter by TMC Goa vice president Kishore Navrekar read, “While campaigning in Navelim constituency Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other participants in the campaign didn’t wear masks and also didn’t maintain social distance jeopardizing the safety of the people of Goa."

They are descendants of Godse. They are people with the mindset same as those who killed Gandhi. They are the same who want to disrespect the Constitution of Ambedkar. They don't trust rule of law but rule of gun. They don't trust ballots but bullets. CM says he has ended all crime, now everyone is scared to do it, criminals & mafia have run away. Then who were the ones who fired bullets at me? HM & PM says that now mafia goes to jail. Then who were the ones who shot bullets?: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Sambhal

Uttarakhand: Maya Koshyari, a relative of ex-Uttarakhand CM & Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari joins Congress in the presence of Harish Rawat. Koshyari, a two-time president of Bindukhatta BJP Mahila Morcha, left BJP & joined Congress along with six ex office-bearers.

Samajwadi Party national president and former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav will campaign in Rampur today. Rampur is considered to be a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party. 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will campaign in Rampur today. Rampur is considered to be a stronghold of Samajwadi Party. 

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has brought the 'hijab' row to Uttar Pradesh elections. "The BJP government is not allowing our daughters to wear a hijab and study but Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about empowering Muslim women with the triple talaq law. Is this his 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign pitch?" asked Owaisi while campaigning in Sambhal on Tuesday. Owaisi was referring to the controversy that began in January this year at a government college in Karnataka's Udupi when six girls wearing headscarves were asked to leave campus. On Tuesday, protests took a violent turn. The matter has spread to other parts of the state as well. Owaisi said: "The Prime Minister spoke twice in Parliament but never mentioned the situation in Karnataka. National data shows that many Muslim girls between three to 25 years of age have never been to school. This is what the Prime Minister is doing to those who are trying to get educated. Isn't it a joke?"

They are descendants of Godse. They are people with the mindset same as those who killed Gandhi. They are the same who want to disrespect the Constitution of Ambedkar. They don't trust rule of law but rule of gun. They don't trust ballots but bullets: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi

CM says he has ended all crime, now everyone is scared to do it, criminals & mafia have run away. Then who were the ones who fired bullets at me? HM & PM says that now mafia goes to jail. Then who were the ones who shot bullets? asks Owaisi

Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) star campaigners for Goa Assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, will visit the state on Wednesday, and hold a series of public rallies and door-to-door meetings across various constituencies in North and South Goa.

As per a press release issued by the BJP, Shah's day-long engagements start with the door-to-door campaign at Mayem Assembly Constituency at 3.30 pm followed by a door-to-door campaign at Bicholim Assembly Constituency at 4.25 pm. 

He will campaign for BJP candidates Premendra Shet and Rajesh Patnekar in their respective two constituencies.

Police received inputs that a poll campaign was underway (by BSP's Naved Ayaz) even after 8 pm. When police reached the spot, there was hassle, people started running leaving some injured. Matter being probed. Case being lodged in view of MCC violation: VK Rana (CO CITY), Amroha

The administration threatened me that if I insisted too much, they will encounter me. SP MLA and administration are involved in this incident. He (SP MLA) is also involved with BJP: Naved Ayaz, BSP candidate from Amroha

The election campaign for the first phase of assembly polls in western Uttar Pradesh ended on Tuesday evening. Uttar Pradesh will go into the polls in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. A total of 58 assembly seats spread over 11 districts will go to the polls in the first phase on February 10.

Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition parties have made concerted efforts to woo voters in the last few days. 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and party President JP Nadda have addressed rallies in the areas to go the polls in the first phase. Door-to-door campaigns were also held by BJP leaders.

Trinamool Congress' Goa unit has written a letter to Chief Electoral Officer demanding to prohibit Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from campaigning in the state, alleging that she flouted COVID-19 norms during the election campaign in Navelim Assembly constituency on February 7.

The party has claimed that supporters and leaders of Congress were not wearing face masks, not observing social distancing norms and had gathered in large numbers.

Citing the election commission's guidelines of 50 per cent capacity in indoor or outdoor rallies, the party said, "Such reckless and callous behaviour by the INC is condemnable."

"Conducting such door-to-door campaigns and flouting the Covid norms shall drastically endanger the health and safety of the people of Goa," TMC said.

BJP candidate and MLA Sahendra Ramala's convoy was allegedly attacked in Baghpat’s Chhaprauli on Tuesday. Cow dung was thrown on the convoy, which was also pelted with stones, BJP workers alleged. BJP leaders said a procession was being taken out in support of the BJP candidate when cow dung and cow dung cakes were thrown at the vehicles.

It was alleged that the convoy was pelted with stones and when it reached near the RLD office, party workers protested against them by waving flags, leading to an argument between the two sides.

The matter was brought under control by police who rushed to the spot.

SHO Vinod Kumar confirmed the incident but said he has not yet received a detailed report of it.

Attacking the previous government in Goa, Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that since the last 10 years there has been a stable government in Goa, adding that before the BJP came to power, there was a game of Kho-Kho going on in the state.

"For the last 10 years, there been a BJP government in Goa and this is a stable government, that's why development took place here. Before that, there was a game of Kho-Kho going on here and no one knew when someone would be called," said Gadkari while addressing a public rally in Goa's Pedne today.

The farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Mawana, famous for its sugar mills in the county, hailed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government for timely payments of their dues.

The majority of the voters in Mawana are associated with sugarcane farming. The area falls under the Hastinapur Assembly constituency in the Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh is the country's biggest sugarcane-producing state. In 2020-21, there were 27.40 lakh hectares under sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh.

Since Hastinapur constituency in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district came into existence, the assembly election results in the state have shown that whichever political party won this legislative assembly seat has always formed the government in the state.

Beginning from 1957, when the constituency came into existence and Congress won the seat and eventually formed the government till Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) came into power in 2017, all the parties which formed the government conquered this seat.

According to Hindu mythology, Hastinapur was the capital of the Pandavas who ruled from there after the Mahabharata war.

In 1957, Congress candidate Bishambhar Singh won the seat defeating the Communist Party of India's (CPI) Pritam Singh. Congress went on to form the state government with Sampuranand as its chief minister.

In 1962 and 1967 as well, Congress won the Hastinapur seat and formed the government.

Since 1967, Hastinapur has been the only reserved seat for scheduled caste candidates in the Meerut district.