Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017 News
2017 has been a good year for the BJP with resounding victories in several states. In the year gone by, BJP came to power in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
The UP polls saw a total of over Rs 5,500 crore spent on campaign by various parties, including about Rs 1,000 crore towards 'note for vote', with nearly one-third voters admitting to cash or liquor offer, a survey claimed on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his close aide and BJP chief Amit Shah recently displayed their 'wit and humour' and their knowledge of cricketing language when they received a congratulatory tweet from former cricketer and Team India director Ravi Shastri on UP poll victory.
Amid growing clamour for ''structural changes'' in the Congress after its electoral drubbing in the recently concluded assembly elections 2017, it is highly likely that its vice president Rahul Gandhi may be appointed as the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha as part of the new shake up.
Congress leader Priya Dutt on Wednesday said that her party suffered from autoimmune disease.
The BJP stormed back to power in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday securing landslide wins.
'Modi wave' hepled BJP storm to power in Uttar Pradesh after 14 years.
'Modi wave' helped BJP storm to power in Uttar Pradesh after 14 years.
Taking a jibe at Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati putting the onus on the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for her loss in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday titled Mayawati as a 'bad looser', saying that her party is faring miserably thanks to her 'negative' attitude.
Reacting to the landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh, the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday urged that all the parties who are against the former should join forces and respond to the divisive politics.
The BJP achieved a stunning victory on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh and returned to power in the state after a 14-year gap.
PM Narendra Modi on Sunday held roadshow for the second consecutive day in Varanasi.
Early voting trends in a state election in Uttar Pradesh favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to television networks, though it was premature to call the outcome in the race for control over India`s most populous state.
BJP swept Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
With exit polls predicting a hung Assembly, Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday did not completely rule out a post-poll tie-up with the BSP.
The exit polls on Thursday predicted a hung Assembly in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh where they said BJP would emerge as the largest single party.
Whatever the results may be on March 11, the UP elections will be remembered for a long time to be one of the most closely and bitterly contested elections in recent times.
Various exit polls have predicted the winner and performances of various political parties in the high-decibel electoral battle of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017.
Voting in Alapur constituency of Ambedkar Nagar is currently underway.
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