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TopicUP elections 2022

Topic: UP elections 2022

BJP finalises list of 172 candidates for UP elections; party likely to field CM, Deputy CMs

Yogi Adityanath & Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, who are currently members of the Legislative Council, are likely to be fielded from Ayodhya & Sirathu constituencies respectively.

Day after quitting Yogi cabinet and BJP, SP Maurya says no intention of going back

Maurya, who had crossed over to the BJP from BSP ahead of the 2017 state elections, claimed that his resignation has triggered an 'earthquake' in the BJP.

Seven debates India is looking forward to in 2022

From elections to a new President, Covid to principles-based debates, the year ahead will be tentative, even frustrating.

In West Bengal, misuse of funds in the name of sports clubs must stop. Order probe

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Who’ll be ‘man of the match’ in UP? West-to-east polls has clear answer

The UP election that was once centred on Yogi Adityanath is fast becoming an election for Modi and an opportunity for Amit Shah.

Akhilesh promises free power supply for irrigation, households if voted to power in UP

In a tweet Saturday, the Samajwadi Party chief promised 300 units of free electricity to households. The Aam Aadmi Party had previously made a similar pledge in September 2021.

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.

All parties want UP polls on time while ensuring Covid protocol, says CEC Sushil Chandra

The CEC said number of polling booths will be increased and voting time enhanced by an hour. Polling officials will be vaccinated and those eligible will be given a booster dose.

UP Brahmins ‘have grievances’, so BJP forms 4-member panel to woo them ahead of 2022 UP polls

The decision to constitute the committee was taken at a meeting of the party's Brahmin state leaders with the BJP’s Uttar Pradesh poll in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan Sunday.

AAP-SP rule out alliance for 2022 UP polls — seat-sharing, agenda prove sticking points

While the SP currently has 56 seats in the 403-seat assembly in Uttar Pradesh, the AAP is set to make its assembly election debut in UP in next year's polls.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

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.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.