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Akhilesh Yadav will leave state on March 10, says UP BJP president

Akhilesh Yadav, who claims to win 400 seats, will leave Uttar Pradesh on March 10 for London and close down his party office, said State BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh

Ration meant for poor usurped by henchmen of SP, BSP in past, alleges UP CM

Yogi made the remarks in reference to the free ration and the vaccine provided by the Central government during the pandemic

Polls in UP 'pro-incumbency', says PM Modi in Varanasi

Varanasi will vote in the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on March 7

UP election: Modi holds roadshow in Varanasi as last phase of polling nears

The crowd chanted "Jai Shri Ram" and "Har Har Mahadev", and showered rose petals as the prime minister's convoy moved through the city to cover a distance of a little over three kilometres

UP polls: Akhilesh only cares for 'one community, one caste', says Shah

Addressing an election in Ghazipur, Shah said the elections in Uttar Pradesh is to secure the future of lakhs of people from the backward and dalit communities of the state

UP polls: Entire world passing through a delicate period, says PM Modi

PM said that thousands of students have been brought back from Ukraine safely under the ongoing Operation Ganga, and those who are still there are being evacuated

SP only party to raise issue of unemployment in polls: Mulayam Singh Yadav

Yadav, Lok Sabha MP from Mainpuri, said there is no special facility for the poor, the educated youth are jobless, while farmers who produce crop do not get adequate price for their produce

UP polls: SP, BSP wiped out in six phases, says Amit Shah in Ghazipur rally

Listing the works done by the incumbent BJP government, Shah said that they freed the state from the clutches of criminals and mafia

UP polls: Mafia will be set free if SP voted to power, says Amit Shah

The SP and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have been defeated in the first five rounds of polling and now the BJP needs votes to ensure that it gets more than 300 seats, the home minister said

PM silent on key issues like jobs, price rise, social unrest: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi used the hashtag "#KiskeAccheDin", and shared a video in which youth in Uttar Pradesh are expressing their anger and anguish over these issues on Twitter

PM Modi expected to campaign for BJP candidates in Varanasi on March 4, 5

BJP's Varanasi city president Vidyasagar Rai on Wednesday said on day one Modi will hold a roadshow in the city area and the next day he will address a public meeting in Khajuri village in Rajatalab

Instead of illegal weapons, UP now makes missiles, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said illegal weapons were made earlier in Uttar Pradesh to scare and kill people but now shells and missiles are being manufactured to protect the country

Allies of BJP, SP on test as Uttar Pradesh polls enter last two phases

These two phases include the regions linked to Modi, Lok Sabha MP from Varanasi, and Adityanath, who is contesting the assembly poll from Gorakhpur

UP polls: BJP is biggest liar party in world, says Akhilesh Yadav

At an election meeting in Jaunpur, he promised to relax the age limit for government jobs and announce vacancies in the police force if the alliance led by his party comes to power in Uttar Pradesh

Dynasts living in palaces can't understand problems of poor: PM Modi

Highlighting his government's public welfare initiatives, he said even during the worst pandemic in 100 years, the government did not let anybody sleep empty stomach by providing them free ration

Jayant to join Akhilesh, Mamata for joint poll rally in Varanasi on March 3

Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, goes to polls on March 7 during the seventh and last phase of assembly polls in UP

SP, BSP have done nothing against wrong policies of BJP govt: Priyanka

Priyanka Gandhi claimed the SP and the BSP have an understanding with the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and have not raised their voices against it in the last five years, fearing probes by central agencies

Akhilesh doesn't have strength to stop BJP from winning UP polls: Owaisi

Making an appeal to the electorate to support his Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha, Owaisi asked Muslims how long will they remain a football for the SP and BSP leaders

UP polls seem to be of 'chhalia' versus Ballia, says Akhilesh Yadav

People of Ballia know how many times the BJP has cheated them. They have cheated you so many times that this election is appearing to be of 'chhalia' versus Ballia," said SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

Poll percentage during five phase voting in UP same as in 2017 elections

Voters' turnout in almost two-thirds of the assembly seats during five rounds of polling in Uttar Pradesh is more or less the same as in the 2017 polls