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Topic2022 UP assembly election

Topic: 2022 UP assembly election

Om Prakash Rajbhar leads in UP’s Zahoorabad, fighting off challenge from BJP’s Kalicharan

SBSP chief and SP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar has a lead over his rivals with 34,667 votes, and a voteshare of over 44 per cent. Kalicharan Rajbhar has got 22,838 votes.

Abki baar, lower the bar: How BJP won UP again with just rashan, bhashan, prashasan & emotion

What worked is that the BJP under Modi, Amit Shah and Adityanath have spun the aspiration of the people into something they feel but not see.

Yogi Adityanath — ‘curious boy’ who became firebrand leader makes history with 2nd term as UP CM

In run-up to 2017 polls, Yogi had not even been declared a star campaigner by BJP in first 2 phases of election. But then his name was announced for post of CM.

Small comfort for SP as it heads for UP defeat, Akhilesh Yadav leads comfortably in Karhal

Till noon, the former CM has polled over 40,000 votes currently in SP bastion of Karhal in Mainpuri district. BJP’s S.P. Singh Baghel trails far behind, getting over 14,000 votes till now.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath wins in Gorakhpur (Urban) in his first assembly election

Yogi Adityanath, a 5-time MP, had become an MLC after being sworn in as CM in 2017. Bhim Army's Chandrashekhar Aazad 'Ravan' trails heavily.

BJP past majority mark in early trends, SP leads cross 100

If the BJP scores a victory, it will be the first time since 1985 that a party would come to power in two consecutive elections in Uttar Pradesh.

UP’s ‘rally’ race: PM Modi did more than 2017, CM Yogi crossed double century, Priyanka 2nd

PM Modi addressed 24 in-person rallies and 5 virtual ones, as early part of campaign was restricted due to Covid third wave. He had addressed 24 in the 2017 UP polls.

If BJP wins UP, it’s because party has effectively captured popular mindscape, not booths

Was the impression of a wave in favour of Akhilesh Yadav and his Samajwadi Party illusory? Not quite but exit polls for UP 2022 show we missed the real question.

Exit polls predict BJP to hold UP with reduced majority, to get second term in Manipur too

Pollsters split on Uttarakhand and Goa, indicating a keen contest and a possible hung assembly. Exit polls predict clear majority for AAP in Punjab.

Akhilesh Yadav’s challenge: No regional party has ever unseated BJP government in polls

BJP on its own has never dislodged any regional party in assembly polls, except the Samajwadi Party in 2017. The converse is also true but without any exception.

On Camera

India uses BRICS to push reforms—not to challenge the US

India has been pleading for long to bring reforms in institutions like the United Nations, IMF, and World Bank, which it believes are West-dominated and don’t reflect current global realities.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.