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  Digvijay Singh Rubbishes Exit Polls

  India | March 04, 2012 7:28 IST

  New Delhi, March 4 : Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday rubbished the exit polls  while the ruling BSP in UP described them to be a "waste of time".  "These polls are not correct.

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  Kejriwal Fails To Cast Vote As Name Missing From Voters' List

  India | February 28, 2012 21:44 IST

  Ghaziabad, Feb 28: Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal faced some protests today as he decided to leave for Goa for campaigning without casting his vote in the UP polls but in an anti-climax he could

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  Digvijay Says Congress Would Prefer To Sit In Opposition In UP

  India | February 16, 2012 13:43 IST

  Lucknow, Feb 16 :  In a bid to clear the air after Mulayam Singh Yadav's flip-flop over supporting Congress in post-poll Uttar Pradesh, Congress today said it would like to sit in the opposition rather

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  56 Pc Turnout In Third Phase Of UP Polls

  India | February 15, 2012 18:30 IST

  Lucknow, Feb 15: Around 56 per cent of the 1.75-strong electorate today exercised its franchise for 56 seats in the third phase of the UP assembly polls in which Mayawati's ruling BSP is facing a

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  UP Polls Semi-Finals For Jan Lokpal Bill Says Kiran Bedi

  Politics | February 10, 2012 12:09 IST

  Varanasi, Feb 10 : Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Thursday  said the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls are the “semi-final” for Jan Lokpal Bill, whose “final” will the general elections of 2014.India Against Corruption and

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  Robert Vadra's Bike Rally In UP Stopped, Poll Observer Shifted

  India | February 07, 2012 7:49 IST

  CSM Nagar (Amethi), Feb 7 : A controversy broke out on Monday  over the transfer of a poll observer, an IAS officer, who allegedly ordered the stopping of a motorcycle rally of Congress campaigner and

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  BJP Rules Out Tie-Ups After UP Polls

  India | February 05, 2012 22:36 IST

  Jaunpur(UP), Feb 5: BJP would prefer sitting in the opposition if it did not get the majority in Uttar Pradesh rather than forging alliance with any political party, its chief Nitin Gadkari today said.“BJP will

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  109 Candidates In Phase One UP Polls Have Criminal Background

  India | January 28, 2012 17:01 IST

  Lucknow, Jan 28: As many as 109 candidates contesting the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections have criminal cases pending against them, according to a monitoring group.Of the total 867 candidates in fray for

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  BJP, JD(U) To Compete On 'Bihar Model' In UP Polls

  Politics | January 22, 2012 12:49 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 22 : After failing to firm up a pre-poll arrangement for Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, NDA allies BJP and JD(U) are competing with each other to sell the ‘Bihar model' of

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  Chouhan To Campaign For Uma In UP Polls

  Politics | January 21, 2012 16:56 IST

  Bhopal, Jan 21: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will not only campaign in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, but also in Charkari next month in favour of his once bete noire, Uma Bharti.“Umaji is

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  Rahul Gandhi Says, Uma Bharti An Outsider, Will Disappear After UP Polls

  India | January 20, 2012 20:16 IST

  Banda (UP), Jan 20: Firing a fresh salvo at BJP leader Uma Bharti on the issue of being an “outsider”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said people should be cautious of her as she came

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  Won't Enter Into Post Poll Alliance With SP, BSP in UP: BJP

  Politics | January 13, 2012 9:29 IST

  Lucknow, Jan 13 : The BJP on Thursday  said that it will not enter into a post-poll alliance with SP and BSP in Uttar Pradesh and asked the Congress to announce the same.  Claiming that

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  Team Anna Campaign Will Not Have Much Impact In UP, Says Congress

  India | January 03, 2012 7:40 IST

  Allahabad, Jan 3 : Lashing out at Team Anna for its anti-Congress propaganda, UPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Monday  asserted that Anna Hazare's decision to campaign against the party in poll-bound states will not

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  UP Polls To Be Litmus Test For Young Scions

  Politics | January 01, 2012 17:10 IST

  Lucknow, Jan 1: The coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh would turn out to be a litmus test for many scions of political families, including Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and his cousin BJP's Varun

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  UP Polls : RJD To Field Candidates On 130 Seats

  Politics | December 30, 2011 16:53 IST

  Lucknow, Dec 30: Lalu Yadav's Rastriya Janata Dal (RJD) will contest 130 of the 403 Assembly seats in the coming Uttar Pradesh elections.“The party has decided to field candidates on 130 constituencies identified by it,”

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  UP Polls : Kalyan Releases First List Of Party Candidates

  Politics | December 22, 2011 23:37 IST

  Faizabad (UP), Dec 22:  Launching his party's poll campaign for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Jankranti Party chief Kalyan Singh today said it will contest on all the 403 seats in the state.Singh said

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  May Hold UP Polls In Short Span : EC

  India | December 22, 2011 9:33 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 22 : Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi on Wednesday  said the poll panel may try to “squeeze in” the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh if schools are not available during the

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  Rahul Says, Congress Fighting UP Polls In Real Sense After 20 Years

  Politics | December 10, 2011 21:57 IST

  Lucknow, Dec 10: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said it was for the first time after 1991 that the party was contesting polls in Uttar Pardesh in a “real sense” and appealed to party

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  Govt's Quot-In-Quota Move Is Keeping In Mind UP Polls : BJP

  Politics | December 01, 2011 22:29 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 1: BJP today alleged the government's move to provide quota within quota to Muslims under OBC category is aimed at creating misconceptions in the community ahead of assembly elections in some states

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  Congress Fears, FDI In Retail Can Mar Rahul's Prospects In UP Polls

  India | November 27, 2011 9:37 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 27: The Congress leadership appears to be divided over the issue of FDI push in retail sector aas a section of the leadership feels that the  decision may affect the party's prospects