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Can INDIA bloc replicate LS victory in UP assembly bypolls?
Rediff.com23 Jun 2024The Samajwadi Party and Congress have announced that they will contest together under the INDIA bloc.
UP Dalits abandon BJP? Wins 8 of 17 SC seats, lowest in 3 polls
Rediff.com5 Jun 2024The BJP had registered a one-sided victory on all the 17 SC-reserved seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. But in 2019, out of these 17 seats, it lost Nagina and Lalganj seats to the Bahujan Samaj Party.
'Half a dozen of opposition parties will perish after June 4'
Rediff.com28 May 2024'The opposition wants the country to run on the basis of Shariat but this cannot happen'
BJP deploys 4 Union ministers to regain 14 Lok Sabha seats in UP
Rediff.com19 Feb 2023The seats held by the non-BJP parties in the state are Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad, Sambhal, Raebareli, Ghosi, Lalganj, Jaunpur, Ambedkarnagar, Ghazipur, Shravasti, Mainpuri, Saharanpur and Nagina. Of these, Raebareli is held by Sonia Gandhi of the Congress.
Small parties may ally with SP for 2024 LS polls after Mainpuri bypoll win
Rediff.com18 Dec 2022Parties like the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Mahaan Dal, and Janvadi Party-Socialist had distanced themselves from the SP after its defeat in the 2022 state assembly elections.
BJP envisages its own 'MY' equation in UP for 2024 polls
Rediff.com7 Aug 2022Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and former state BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya had also dropped a hint in a recent tweet, saying Yaduvanshi (Yadavs), Ravidasiyo (Jatavs) and Pasmanda Muslims will be brought closer to the BJP so that the lotus 'blossoms' in every booth in UP.
With Yogi in fray from Gorakhpur, Hindu Yuva Vahini gets active back in action
Rediff.com28 Jan 2022The HYV describes itself as "a fierce cultural and social organisation dedicated to Hindutva and nationalism". Alongside cow protection, its stated objectives are "complete abolishment of the differentiation between touchable-untouchable and high-low, promote the harmonious development of society".
Adityanath second UP CM to contest from Gorakhpur
Rediff.com17 Jan 2022Yogi Adityanath, who has been declared BJP candidate from Gorakhpur will be the second leader to contest from the district as a chief minister after Tribhuvan Narayan Singh, who lost in 1971.
Can BJP repeat its 2017 performance in western UP
Rediff.com13 Jan 2022The Bharatiya Janata Party faces an uphill task of repeating its performance of the last assembly election of winning 53 out of 58 constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh where polling will be held in the first phase on February 10.
Yogi effect? UP parties shy away from nominating criminals
Rediff.com27 Sep 2021With the Yogi Adityanath government taking credit for cracking down on criminals and making it an election issue, political parties are now having a rethink on aligning with those who have a criminal background but also enjoy influence in their areas.
'No alliance with BJP in UP under Yogi': Rajbhar
Rediff.com8 Aug 2021'If there is any possibility, then the BJP has to accept our conditions. There should be caste census in the country, the report of the social justice committee should be implemented, the CM should be from backward caste and also the poor must be provided a uniform, mandatory and free education as well as free medical treatment.'
Hathras, Balrampur to feature in campaign for Nov 3 bypolls
Rediff.com5 Oct 2020Ashok Chowdhury, a Dalit politics expert said, "BJP had impressed the Dalits in the 2014, 2017 and 2019 elections, but it's difficiult to retain them now".