Last Updated: June 06, 2024, 11:32 IST When the comments snowballed into a controversy and gave the INDIA bloc more ammo to attack the BJP with, Lallu Singh claimed the remark was a “slip of tongue”. (PTI/File) According to political observers, the alleged lack of compensation to property owners whose shops and homes were razed … Read more
As Uttar Pradesh (UP) gears up for the seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls to be held on June 1, the battle for the Gorakhpur seat, which is chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s home turf and the second most high-profile constituency in the state after Varanasi, has got fiercer. In a bid … Read more
Shrawasti is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh and comes under the general category. The seat covers the entire Shrawasti district and part of Balrampur district. It consists of five assembly segments: Bhinga and Shrawasti in Shrawasti district, and Tulsipur, Gainsari, and Balrampur (SC) in Balrampur district. Ram Shiromani Verma won … Read more
Fatehpur is known to swing consistently, with no party elected to power more than twice. (Getty) The candidates in the fray for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections are Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Naresh Uttam Patel (SP), and Dr Manish Singh Sachan (BSP) The Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency, one of the 80 parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, … Read more
Last Updated: May 14, 2024, 17:14 IST The PM said that because he practises yoga and ‘lives meditation’, he can focus on his work in the midst of all the pandemonium. (Image: News18) His detractors thought they could destroy him and his ideology with their abuses but instead they gave him prominence, the Prime Minister … Read more
The Srinagar and Baramulla Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir have not elected the BJP or Congress for more than 25-30 years, making them similar to Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri, which voted for the Congress last in the 1984 polls. (Representational image/Getty) The three seats will see Lok Sabha elections in different phases. Mainpuri will … Read more
Away from accusations of sexual harassment, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh organised a Dabdaba Pradarshan (Show of Strength) event in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaiserganj ahead of his son’s nomination for the Lok Sabha polls on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party. 500-700 SUVs were parked at a rally ground and more than 10,000 people took part in … Read more
Two of the Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh – Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar – went to polls on Friday, recording the worst turnout since 2014 – below 55%. The two seats, also falling in the national capital region, are considered important in India’s electoral politics since they came into existence in 2008. While … Read more
Last Updated: April 27, 2024, 08:15 IST Dimple said that it was her husband and SP national president Akhilesh Yadav’s decision to contest from Kannauj. Pic/News18 News18 travelled with the Samajwadi Party leader on her campaign trail in rural Mainpuri on Friday when she did eight public meetings. The incumbent MP told the crowds that … Read more
Saharanpur comprises five assembly segments: Behat (Samajwadi Party), Saharanpur Nagar (Bharatiya Janata Party), Saharanpur (SP), Deoband (BJP), and Rampur Maniharan (BJP). Representational image/PTI Haji Fazlur Rehman from the Bahujan Samaj Party is currently the MP from Saharanpur. The key candidates for the election this time are Raghav Lakhanpal from the BJP, Congress’s Imran Masood, and … Read more
