Up Assembly Elections 2012
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'Objective is to revive party beyond Bihar': JDU to to fight Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls 2022
India | Jun 30, 2021, 02:28 PM IST"Our first choice will be to contest as part of the BJP-led NDA and we hope it works out. We have had old presence in UP since the days of the erstwhile Samata Party, though we did not contest in 2017," said JDU secretary KC Tyagi
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Mayawati Blames Cong, BJP, Media, Muslims For BSP Debacle In UP
India | Mar 07, 2012, 03:51 PM ISTLucknow, Mar 7: An unrelenting BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday lashed out at the Congress, BJP, Muslims and even the media for being instrumental behind her party's poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh. Accusing Congress and
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Mayawati Tenders Resignation
India | Mar 07, 2012, 12:19 PM ISTLucknow Mar 7: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today tendered her resignation to Governor B L Joshi after facing a rout in the assembly elections. The chief minister, apparently to avoid waiting news persons, chose
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Congress Says, It Will Play Crucial Role In UP
India | Mar 05, 2012, 05:28 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 5: Congress today claimed it will play a crucial role in formation of the next government in Uttar Pradesh and dismissed as personal views Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's suggestions for a
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Congress Exploiting Muslims For Political Gains, Says Gadkari
India | Feb 25, 2012, 09:20 AM ISTBulandshahr, Feb 25: Slamming Congress over providing reservation to minorities, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Friday said his party will never allow the “nefarious designs” of Congress in tampering with OBC quota.Opposing a sub-quota for
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Pranab Disapproves Of Khurshid, Says PM "Seized Of The Matter"
India | Feb 13, 2012, 06:21 PM ISTAllahabad, Feb 13: In obvious disapproval of Law Minister Salman Khurshid's spat with the Election Commission, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said Congress has made it clear that “people occupying posts of responsibility should speak
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Khurshid Promises Unemployment Allowance, Sub-Quota After Poll
India | Feb 12, 2012, 08:11 PM ISTJagdishpur (CSM Nagar), Feb 12: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid today promised unemployment allowance to those who could not get 100 days' job under MNREGS and said quota to backward Muslims, which has been put
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Priyanka Asks Voters To Change Negative Politics Of UP
India | Feb 11, 2012, 02:37 PM ISTRae Bareli, Feb 11: Exhorting voters to change the “negative politics” prevalent in UP for the past 22 years, Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi today said leaders should get the message that they will not
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UP Polls : Turnout 59 Per Cent, Voting Peaceful
India | Feb 11, 2012, 09:07 PM ISTLucknow, Feb 11: Nearly 59 per cent of 1.92 crore voters today exercised their franchise for 59 seats spread over nine districts in the by-and-large peaceful second phase of the fiercely-fought Uttar Pradesh assembly election.The
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Congress Will Form Govt In UP, Says Sriprakash Jaiswal
National | Feb 09, 2012, 07:01 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 9: A day after the impressive turnout of about 64 per cent electorate in the first phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Congress today exuded confidence of forming the next government
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62-64 Per Cent Turnout In UP First Phase Assembly Polls
India | Feb 08, 2012, 08:29 PM ISTLucknow, Feb 8: An impressive 62 to 64 per cent turnout was today registered in the first phase of Assembly elections in 55 seats in Uttar Pradesh where stakes are high for Mayawati's ruling BSP
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BJP Asks EC To Clarify Stand On Observer's Transfer
National | Feb 07, 2012, 06:36 PM ISTLucknow, Feb 7: BJP today asked the Election Commission to clarify its stand on the transfer of an observer who stopped the motorcycle rally of Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra in Salon area of Raebareli
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Would Prefer Drowning Rather Than Tie-ups With SP, BSP, Says Uma
National | Feb 06, 2012, 06:00 PM ISTGonda (UP), Feb 6: Firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharti today said if her party falls short of majority for forming the government in Uttar Pradesh after the Assembly polls, she would prefer “drowning” rather than
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Teach Your Leaders A Lesson, Priyanka Tells Voters
India | Feb 05, 2012, 03:39 PM ISTInhauna (Amethi), Feb 5: In an attack on UP Chief Minister Mayawati, Congress' star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi today said people should decide whether they want a government which works for them or one which spends
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Advani Non-Committal On Modi's Campaign In UP
India | Feb 01, 2012, 08:35 AM ISTAhmedabad, Feb 1: The BJP is still non-committal on whether Narendra Modi, who had refrained from campaigning in Uttarakhand and Punjab, will champion its cause in Uttar Pradesh.“There are no differences within the party with
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Pawar's Statement On Rahul Gandhi Objectionable, Says Digvijay Singh
National | Jan 29, 2012, 10:41 PM ISTIndore, Jan 29: Objecting to Union Minister Sharad Pawar's statement that Rahul Gandhi would be blamed if Congress fails in Uttar Pradesh, senior party leader Digvijay Singh said here today that the UP poll results
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Mulayam Promises Govt Jobs To Rape Victims
India | Jan 29, 2012, 09:01 PM ISTSiddharth Nagar (UP), Jan 29: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today announced that rape victims would be given government jobs if his party was voted to power in Uttar Pradesh.“The incidents of rape will
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Fielding Uma In UP Shows BJP Is Politically Bankrupt, Says Digvijay
India | Jan 21, 2012, 03:04 PM ISTLucknow, Jan 21: Congress leader DigvijaySingh today said BJP's decision to field Uma Bharti shows its “total bankruptcy” of leaders in the state.However, he dismissed allegations that he was communalising elections by raking up issues
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BJP Leaves 4 Seats To Janwadi Party, To Contest 399 Seats In UP
National | Jan 17, 2012, 04:12 PM ISTLucknow, Jan 17: The BJP has entered into an alliance with Janwadi Party and decided to contest on 399 seats out of a total of 403 Assembly seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls.“The party
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Akhilesh Says Mulayam Will Be CM If SP Is Voted To Power
India | Jan 16, 2012, 05:08 PM ISTAzamgarh (UP), Jan 16: Samajwadi Party state President Akhilesh Yadav today said if his party succeeded in forming the next government SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav would become the Chief Minister.“Mulayam Singh is the first