UP Assembly polls 2017 News

Over 60 per cent of the 1.41 crore voters today exercised their franchise in the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 40 seats, bringing down the curtain on a gruelling two-month-long process.

Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani has attacked Priyanka Gandhi saying the Congress leader is not campaigning in Amethi as she cannot face people's questions.

The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance has ensured a fierce multi-cornered contest in Uttar Pradesh.

Age is just a number, when it comes to serving the society and bringing in change.This has been clearly proved by 95-year-old wheelchair ridden Jal Devi, who has filed nominations for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is at odds with Samajwadi Party national president and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, is most likely to join hands with BSP chief Mayawati for contesting assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

Sounding the poll bugle in Uttar Pradesh‘s Sultanpur yesterday, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will address a rally in Lakhimpur on Wednesday. 

With the power tussle within the Samajwadi Party degenerating into a full-scale conflict, party veteran Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday tried to broker peace within the warring factions  - his son Akhilesh and brother Shivpal Yadav – while ruling out any feud within the party and Uttar Pradesh's first family.

Taking the battle to PM Narendra Modi's turf, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday launched her party's campaign for the 2017 UP Assembly elections in the constituency.

Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has appealed to the central leadership of the party to take a decision quickly about her future role, following speculation that she may be the chief ministerial face of Congress in Uttar Pradesh.