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Topic2022 UP assembly election

Topic: 2022 UP assembly election

BJP’s ‘double-engine’ pitch sells development but UP still lagging. See these indicators

Enabling infrastructure such as industrial corridor, export promotion industrial parks and trade exhibition centers remains woefully inadequate in the state.

Varanasi South seat has Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, but PM Modi is ‘missing’ BJP MLA’s only hope

BJP is pulling out all stops to ensure Varanasi South doesn’t become a spoiler in PM’s LS constituency. NDA had won all 8 segments here in 2017. But MLA issue is a larger problem.

Yogi govt has rid UP of ‘mafia & machhar, gang wars & Japanese encephalitis’, says Anurag Thakur

Union minister Thakur, who is also BJP’s co-incharge for UP polls, says his party has focused on law & order, development, claims SP chief Akhilesh Yadav ‘has changed seat’ fearing defeat.

Flags, posters, roadshows: Glimpses from Varanasi ahead of last phase of voting in UP

On Friday, PM Narendra Modi held a massive roadshow in his constituency amid cheering crowds showering rose petals. He is also scheduled to address a rally Saturday.

Mahants and maths: Adityanath’s religious lineage that will shape 2022 UP election

Securing the support of maths, especially in the last phase of UP elections, will be a make-or-break for parties. But BJP has a significant advantage.

In UP’s Mau, gangster Mukhtar Ansari’s sport-shooter son is using ‘clean’ image to gun for votes

Mau constituency, which goes to vote on 7 March, has been gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s stronghold since 1996. He has won the seat five consecutive times.

Mamata Banerjee, Jaya Bachchan take stage at SP’s power-packed rally on PM’s turf Varanasi

The eight assembly segments under Varanasi district are among the seats that will vote during the last and seventh phase on 7 March. The votes will be counted on 10 March.

MP Sanghamitra furious but won’t quit BJP, after workers ‘attacked’ dad SP Maurya’s convoy

Badaun MP Sanghamitra Maurya says after her dad's convoy was attacked, she was also gheraoed by BJP workers in Fazilnagar. Local BJP leader files complaint against Sanghamitra.

How BJP war room on Modi turf Varanasi is building buzz about party, reaching every voter

BJP's digital war room in Varanasi comprises 100-odd volunteers housed in a three-storey building at Gulab Bagh area. It connects party workers, officebearers and volunteers.

BJP, SP lead Rs 100 crore club this UP election, ex-journalist, ‘nawab’ among richest candidates

There are six candidates in the Rs 100 crore club this UP assembly election — two each from the BJP and SP, one from the Congress and one from the BSP.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

India’s financial reforms target a wave of foreign money

Up to 100% foreign ownership of insurance firms, and overhauled rules for banks, pension funds and capital markets aim to shift savings from idle assets toward equities, bonds and long-term investments.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.