Don't be disheartened, work with 'double energy' towards victory: Priyanka to UP Cong workers
India | Jun 02, 2022, 02:00 AM ISTThe Congress was decimated in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, with the party winning only two of the 403 seats.
The Congress was decimated in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, with the party winning only two of the 403 seats.
In a tweet on Sunday he said, "If Narendra Modi wins people's mandare (mandate) and is also shown as world's most popular leader, there must be some qualities in him or good work he may have done which the opposition leaders are unable to find."
Subhash Yaduvansh has been fielded from Basti-Siddharthnagar local authority constituency whereas Avinash Singh Chauhan from Kanpur-Fatehpur among others.
Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Lucknow on March 23. He has been appointed as the BJP observer for the formation of a new government in Uttar Pradesh.
The SBSP, led by former state minister Om Prakash Rajbhar, had fought the 2017 election in alliance with the BJP.
Yogi Adityanath took part in a procession at the Pandey Hata and said people are playing Holi since March 10, the day elections results were announced.
The BJP retained power for the second consecutive term in Uttar Pradesh, winning 255 seats in the 403-member Legislative Assembly.
The BJP stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh for a second consecutive term under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath. The party alone won 255 seats, placing it in a comfortable position to form the next government in the 403-member Legislative Assembly.
Gehlot remarks came after Sibal triggered a row with his comments that the Gandhis should step aside and give other leaders a chance to lead the Congress.
Sources said that BJP chief JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party national General Secretary, Organisation, BL Santhosh were present in the meeting, chaired by Modi.
"The SP-alliance got 51.5 percent of the postal ballot votes, which means that the SP registered victory on 304 seats", Yadav stated.
In the latest round of assembly elections, the BJP won Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur, and on its own it touched the halfway mark in Goa. Punjab was won by the AAP.
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said that they all told Sonia Gandhi that she alone is not responsible for the defeat of the Congress party in 5 states but every state leader, MP is responsible, not Gandhi family alone.
The frontrunners for ministerial berths in the new Adityanath government are Aparna Yadav, Pankaj Singh, Shalabh Mani Tripathi, Aseem Arun, Rajeshwar Singh and Dayashankar Singh.
Shashi Tharoor said that Indian voter has the capacity to surprise, and one day, they will also surprise the BJP.
According to an analysis by PRS Legislative Research, the proportion of MLAs aged 55 years or below has decreased to 59.5 pc in 2022 from 64.7 pc in 2017.
The crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting after the poll debacle in 5 states is underway in Delhi. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ambika Soni, Salman Khurshid, Ajay Maken, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, P Chidambaram, Ashok Gehlot, other leaders present.
Yogi Adityanath will be the first Chief Minister in the last 37 years to return to power after completing a full term in the state.
Some supporters are also sporting 'Bulldozer Baba' tattoos. At tattoo shops near Varanasi Assi Ghat, many people were spotted getting the tattoos.
BJP saw a marginal increase in its support among the Muslim voters as compared to the 2017 Assembly elections.
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