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Topic2022 UP assembly election

Topic: 2022 UP assembly election

Will fight election from wherever the party says: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Adityanath made the statement when asked whether he will contest from Ayodhya, Mathura, or from his home district Gorakhpur for the upcoming assembly polls.

BJP has a challenger in UP 2022. Akhilesh Yadav’s campaign a shift away from Mulayam’s

Akhilesh Yadav is promising to hold a caste census in UP. It’s an issue that BJP and Congress have remained silent on out of fear they will lose dominant caste votes.

Who will this village in UP vote for in 2022 election? The one Duijji Amma picks

Duijji Amma belongs to the Kol community. The form of leadership she has developed is somewhat like Khap or caste Choudhury leaders but different in its impact.

Noida Authority shut for days. A new farmers’ siege over 10-year-old anger

Noida Authority office has been partially inaccessible to residents because of the protest. Flex boards with slogans like ‘Samadhan ya Samadhi’ are up at the protest site.

Gayak-ji – The unsung stars of UP elections who perform before star campaigners show up

Uttar Pradesh has always seen local folk singers warm up the stage during election campaigns. They have sung for all parties -- Akhilesh, Modi and even Nehru.

‘Har Har Modi’ in Kashi – TV channels gave Modi a mythical status & aura none can challenge

PM Narendra Modi has achieved virtual canonisation – on TV news – in his lifetime, a feat unparalleled for the political leader of a democracy.

In two events, Modi added military into election engineering for UP. It’s a bad sign

IAF airshow at Purvanchal Expressway and military equipment ‘Samarpan’ at Jhansi shows military hierarchy has become unwittingly party to BJP electioneering.

Mayawati accuses SP, BJP of taking credit for work conceptualised by previous BSP govts

The former Uttar Pradesh CM said the Bahujan Samaj Party ​does not release election manifestos like other parties as it believes more in 'doing work than making tall claims'.

Nitish govt needs to learn from hooch tragedies. Prohibition, punishing officials are no solution

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Mayawati rules out alliance with any party for 2022 UP polls, says BSP will get majority

Describing Samajwadi Party and BJP as' two sides of the same coin', the BSP supremo said the two parties want to make the upcoming Assembly polls a 'Hindu-Muslim matter'.

On Camera

Give Trump a Nobel already. He has united Modi, Xi and Putin

Both India and the US should realise that whether it is trade or security, strategy or diplomacy, relationships cannot be one-sided.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.