Lucknow : Close to 25 per cent polling was registered in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana parliamentary and Noorpur assembly seats on Monday, a poll official said. In the first five hours the voter turnout has been 23 per cent in the crucial Kairana seat, while that in Noorpur was 24.6 per cent since polling began at […]
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Gorakhpur, Phulpur results may set opposition template for 2019 polls
New Delhi : The shocking defeat of the BJP in Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary bypolls has raised the morale of the opposition parties, set a successful template for them for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and sent out a message that the BJP will not find the going easy in crucial Assembly polls in four […]
Buoyed by BJP’s rout in by-polls, opposition leaders pitch for grand alliance
Patna : Opposition leaders on Wednesday advocated, with renewed vigour, for a grand alliance to defeat the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after it was crushed in the by-polls to three Lok Sabha seats, especially in Uttar Pradesh where an alliance of arch rivals SP and BSP sealed the BJPs fate. The Bharatiya […]
BJP’s tally in Lok Sabha down to 274 from 282 in 2014
New Delhi : The BJP, which had won an absolute majority in the 2014 General Elections with 282 seats, a first by a political party after 30 years, has lost seven seats in by-elections held so far in the last four years. With the loss of the prestigious Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats in the by-elections […]
UP bypoll results ring alarm for BJP, hold out lifeline for SP-BSP
Lucknow: In a little over a year, Uttar Pradesh’s political landscape has seen a dramatic change. On March 11 last year, the BJP state headquarters rang with celebrations as the party returned to power after a 14-year gap. But on March 14 this year, silence reigned there with all the festivity shifting to the office […]
Mamata hails Akhilesh, Mayawati, Lalu
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday congratulated Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, BSP chief Mayawati and RJD leader Lalu Prasad as the opposition took big leads over the BJP in Lok Sabha by-elections. “Great victory. Congratulations to Mayawatiji and Akhileshji… The beginning of the end has started,” the Trinamool Congress leader […]
SP heads to victory in Gorakhpur, Phulpur Lok Sabha by-election
Lucknow : In a dramatic turn of events since the 2014 general election, the Samajwadi Party was on Wednesday set to wrest from the BJP the two Lok Sabha seats of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh that had been vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya. As the vote […]
Voting underway for Phulpur, Gorakhpur by polls in UP
Lucknow : After a poor start, polling in Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh picked up as voters started queuing up outside polling booths, an election official said. Till 1 p.m., 30.20 per cent voting had been registered in Gorakhpur, where by polls were necessitated after incumbent MP Yogi Adityanath quit as he […]
UP bypolls: Congress blames SP for ruining joint front against BJP
Allahabad : State Congress chief Raj Babbar on Friday accused Sawajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for bungling a joint opposition front against the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha bypolls in Phulpur and Gorakhpur. The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) chief, speaking to the media here on the sidelines of his whirlwind […]