Congress appoints Ajay Rai, who fought against PM Modi from Varanasi, as UP party president
Aug 17, 2023, 11:23 PM ISTCongress leader Ajay Rai had contested against PM Modi on the Varanasi seat in the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Congress leader Ajay Rai had contested against PM Modi on the Varanasi seat in the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
The report stated that neither any secret meetings were held by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or any other Hindu outfit nor Harijans (Dalits) were incited to take revenge on the Muslims. In fact, the RSS and the Bharatiya Janata Party had no hand whatsoever in this, it said.
The Apna Dal contested 17 seats in Uttar Pradesh, and as per the latest data issued by the Election Commission, it won 12 of them.
Gandhi accepted that Congress had weakened in the state over the past few decades but the party has worked hard now to rebuild it and reconnect with public.
Goyal said the Yogi Adityanath govt has done a remarkable job in all fields, including agriculture, industry, infrastructure, health and education, and asserted that UP will leave a mark as a "golden state".
The Congress is banking on the big-ticket promises being made by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the run-up to the 2022 Assembly elections in UP, with the party General Secretary focusing on the women voters in the poll-bound state.
After announcing the repeal of three farm laws, the Prime Minister had said that there had been some shortcoming in his 'tapasya' (penance). This tells us what a big actor our Prime Minister is, Asaduddin Owaisi said.
Yogi Adityanath said that Akhilesh Yadav's act of glorifying Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah is shameful and portrays the Samajwadi Party chief's Talibani mentality.
"Today, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country is powerful and no other country can dare to take a look at India," said UP CM Yogi Adityanath.
Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh to attend the various programmes, launch BJP's membership drive.
Akhilesh Yadav kickstarted the election campaign with a 'Vijay Rath' yatra from Kanpur on Tuesday. The party workers welcomed him with great enthusiasm.
CM Yogi Adityanath also issued necessary directives to the officials to complete all preparations in a time-bound manner.
As many as 200 conferences of small castes will be held in the entire state. These conferences will start from Navratri and run till Nov end," said sources.
Attacking the BJP for bagging votes in the name of Lord Ram, Mishra said that the Brahmins in the state are the targets despite the 'caste-based' votes. He further claimed that BSP will have most of the support from the Brahmin community and will not support BJP at any costs.
According to top sources in the Uttar Pradesh Congress, the party has scrutinised the probable candidates for 150 Assembly seats.
On her arrival, Priyanka told reporters at the airport that she has come to meet the party workers.
Sanjay Singh, AAP's Uttar Pradesh in-charge, has asked party workers to get involved in the preparations for the elections at the booth level in order to fight the imminent polls with full force.
The government had issued an order for Thakur's premature retirement on March 23 this year, saying he was "not found fit to be retained for the remaining tenure of his service".
"The party will contest all the 13 Assembly seats where by-elections are being held," said a senior BJP leader.
Rejecting the alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Indian National Congress for the forthcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav today said that he will not campaign for them as he believes
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