Uttar Pradesh Congress News
Taal Thok Ke: In Uttar Pradesh, ahead of elections political parties indulge in wooing Muslim voters
With the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections approaching, All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday embarked on a three-day tour of Uttar Pradesh. "We will fight and win the elections. The Muslims of Uttar Pradesh will win," he said. Before the elections, all the parties are engaged in wooing the Muslim voters.
Jitin Prasad, a close aide of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, joined the BJP on Wednesday. Union Minister Piyush Goyal gave the membership of the party to Prasad. Actually, Jitin Prasad has been considered a more close leader of Priyanka Gandhi.
Jitin Prasad, another close aide of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, may join the BJP on Wednesday. Jitin Prasad considered to be a very close leader of Priyanka Gandhi and the party was going to give him a very crucial responsibility in the next campaign of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
BJP MP and National Spokesperson Anil Baluni posted a tweet on Wednesday which created panic in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. It was in the tweet that today a veteran personality will join BJP at 1 pm. Since then, there is suspense of Congress leader Jitin Prasad joining BJP.
The party leaders said that they had apprised Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the situation, but there was no response from the party so far. The newly appointed district Congress president Nirmala Paswan, however, said that the party will soon get its new office.
In an apparent effort to revive its cadre in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress after the results had dissolved all its district committees in the state after the Lok Sabha election results.
Babbar said the state Congress is "capable enough" to fight elections on its own and ruled out any alliance with any party in the UP polls next year.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi earlier on Tuesday led a massive roadshow in Varanasi, kicking off the party's campaign for the 2017 Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday suddenly took ill during a road show in the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The BJP on Tuesday claimed Congress is trying to "return the favour" to Samajwadi Party by working to cut into anti-incumbency votes in the state, hours after Congress chief Sonia Gandhi led a roadshow in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi.
This was Congress president Sonia Gandhi's first visit to Varanasi after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will offer prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple after leading a roadshow organised by the party here on Tuesday.
Amid speculations of a reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh Congress ahead of the assembly polls, UPCC president Nirmal Khatri has submitted his resignation to party president Sonia Gandhi.
BJP leader Dinesh Sharma told ANI that the Congress won`t get much in Uttar Pradesh and they have nothing to lose as well.
Opinion divided among congressmen as to how the minorities will react to this step
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