Posts Tagged ‘Uttar Pradesh’
2G: BJP politicising Supreme Court’s verdict
The Supreme Court’s verdict on spectrum allocation has given the BJP fresh ammo to take on the Congress, with party leaders claiming the graft stick would work in their favour in the electoral battle ground of Uttar Pradesh While the ruling BSP and the Samajwadi Party are battling for the heartland crown, the Congress and the BJP are widely [...]
Uttar Pradesh: Notification for sixth phase issued
Notification for the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections was on Thursday issued with which the nomination process also commenced1 crore voters are expected to cast their votes at 21,317 polling booths where 23,448 electronic voting machines would be used," Election Commission said To give a youthful look to the party, RLD chief Ajit [...]
Uttar Pradesh Election campaign: Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati in war of words
Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati hit the campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh of her ministers on election eve7 electricity in the state" On the proposal to divide the state, she said, "We have initiated the move to divide the state but the center has not done their Constitutional duty of looking into the matter UPA's wrong economic policies has resulted [...]
Congress releases poll manifesto for UP; promises quota for minorities
With an eye on the crucial minority vote bank, Congress on Tuesday released its election manifesto for Uttar Pradesh promising to develop the state’s neglected infrastructure, create more employment opportunities and provide reservation for the most backward sections of the societySTs and OBCsST family would be given Rs 10,000 at the time of [...]
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) to contest all 403 seats in UP: Ram Vilas Paswan
Releasing his party manifesto for Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Lok Janshakti Party 8,000 to every girl at the time of registration of birth8,000 will be deposited in the bank at the time of birth and will be given once the girl turns 18," he said0 per cent reservation would be given to economically weak people of upper caste in jobs and [...]
Uttar Pradesh Elections 2012: Shahi Imam Bukhari backs Samajwadi Party
Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari on Saturday rejected the Congress party's Muslim sub-quota of 48 percent Muslim vote base in UP The SP chief promised to grant Muslims reservation in education and employment He wrote that if his party came to power he would implement reservation for Muslims on the lines of Kerala and [...]
Jaitley slams Congress’s religion-based quota
The BJP on Saturday criticised the ‘Vision Document’ of Congress saying mention of religion-based quota made it look like a “division document” and asked the party to reconsider it in national interest “The Vision Document of Congress seems more like division document as it states about providing reservation on the basis of religion I [...]
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2012: Congress unveils grand UP vision
With an aim to foster growth and development in politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, the Congress on Friday released its "Vision Document 2020", laying special emphasis on sectors like education, employment and economy000 skill development centres to provide jobs to to 20 lakh unemployed youths and amendments in law to check the persecution [...]
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2012: BJP promises Ram mandir, opposes minority quota
BJP's election manifesto for Uttar Pradesh, with focus on education, health, employment, law and order and construction of Ram Temple was released on Friday8000 allowance for the unemployed youth of the state if the party manages to form its government in the state000 and laptops for class XII students for Rs 5000,” he added Hitting at the [...]
UP polls: Notification for fourth phase issued
Notification for the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections was issued on Wednesday, setting in motion the process of filing nominations2 former ministers, BJP national vice-president Kalraj Mishra and Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi98209 polling booths at 12821 polling stations where 19029 electronic voting machines would [...]
Uma an outsider in UP, won’t be CM: Kalraj Mishra
BJP Vice-President Kalraj Mishra, who is one of the front-runners for the chief ministership of Uttar Pradesh if some miraculous results give his party the mandate, has ruled out Uma Bharti occupying the post in the state seats in the 403-member Assembly in 2007 assembly poll980-90s Mishra had undertaken a yatra from Varanasi in November last [...]
NRHM scam accused Sunil Verma commits suicide in Lucknow
Sunil Verma, project manager in the Construction and Design Division of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, committed suicide at his residence in Vikas Nagar, Lucknow, on Monday morning He was under CBI scanner in connection with the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission NRHM scam Family members said that he was under depression since the last one [...]
UP polls: Revolt in BJP over promotion of Rajnath Singh’s son Pankaj Singh
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s State unit elevated Pankaj Singh, son of former party chief Rajnath Singh, to the post of State general secretary The move has its backlash as well as three State secretaries of the party has reportedly resigned from their posts opposing the elevation of Pankaj Singh who was also State secretarty till now The [...]
UP Elections 2012: Team Anna writes to all parties to clarify their stand on Lokpal Bill
To question the stand of political parties on the Lokpal Bill and to counter charge that their campaigning has anti-Congress focus,Team Anna on Sunday sent a series of letter starting from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam [...]
UP Elections 2012: Reservations to Muslims, Free laptops in SP poll manifesto
Releasing its manifesto, Samajwadi party 8 per cent of the State’s population7 backward castes in Scheduled caste category [subscribe2]
Digvijay Singh rubbishes reports of quitting as UP poll in-charge
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday said there is absolutely no truth in media reports saying that he had made up his mind to resign as party in-charge of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh "I just do not know from where and how the media manages to get such totally baseless and false stories about me," Singh said He said it would be [...]
If India can accept Sonia from Italy, I can make it in UP: Uma Bharti tells Rahul
Criticising Bharatiya Janata Party's star campaigner Uma Bharti during his poll campaign in Bundelkhand's Charkhari constituency, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister had never done anything to develop the backward regions in Uttar Pradesh Rahul Gandhi said: "A BJP leader has [...]
Team Anna to start campaign from Haridwar
Team Anna will start its campaign in five election-bound states from Uttarakhand from January 21 in Haridwar They will also visit Dehradun, Rudrapur, Almora and Haldwani in the wake of the forthcoming Assembly polls in the state The team will also visit Srinagar on January 24 and a few other parts of the state on January 27 and 28 Former IRS [...]
NRHM scam: CBI searches at 40 locations
The CBI on Thursday carried out searches at 40 locations in Uttar Pradesh and in the national capital after registering three new cases in the NRHM scam0,000 crore were allocated to UP for the period 2005-06 till date by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry [subscribe2]
Think before criticising EC, CEC Quraishi warns Mayawati
Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi today said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati should think before criticising the EC order to cover her statues and BSP's poll symbols in government parks "She is a senior leader What can I say She should think before making such comments," Quraishi told reporters here when asked about Mayawati's [...]
