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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

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts training Jammu & Kashmir cops 

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.