Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls

UP: Rahul advises party workers to shun groupism Amethi: Undeterred by the poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday advised party workers to shun groupism and strengthen the organisation.

"You all should shun groupism and work unitedly to strengthen the party. Some changes are in the offing to strengthen the organisation...I want to see the strong organisation at village level", Rahul told party workers while reviewing the party's performance in Amethi constituency.

Rahul was apprised by party workers about groupism, neglect of grass root workers and poor selection of candidates on which he asked them to prepare for future challenges.

On demands of development and employment, Rahul, according to party workers, announced opening of a national paper mill in the constituency providing job opportunities to over 8,000 persons....more    
02:36 AM, May 02, 2012

Vision 2014: UP Congress to be revamped? New Delhi: A day after Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi discussed the party's poll debacle with party leaders from Uttar Pradesh, the buzz now is how will he revamp the party organisation within the state. Party MLAs have blamed central leaders and their comments for the Congress' poll debacle. But will Rahul Gandhi now restructure the organisation to ensure a different result for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls? Two days...  
08:59 AM, Apr 07, 2012

Cong, RLD tie-up: Ajit Singh to meet Sonia today New Delhi: The Congress and Rashtriya Lok Dal have agreed to join hands for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. RLD chief Ajit Singh is scheduled to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Saturday evening to finalise the tie-up. Reports say that Singh may get a ministerial berth. The talk in political circles is that RLD led by Ajit Singh could be given 48 seats in his stronghold...  
09:11 AM, Dec 10, 2011

Priyanka must assist Rahul in UP polls: Sathe New Delhi: As the Congress takes stock of its prospects in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, veteran Congress Leader Vasant Sathe had some advice on how to win the polls. He feels the magic formula should involve Priyanka Gandhi in order to clinch victory. Speaking to CNN-IBN Editor-in-chief on India @ 9, Sathe said that Priyanka-Rahul combination is the magic formula to win Uttar Pradesh elections next year. Rajdeep...  
08:00 AM, Sep 16, 2011

UP polls: Mulayam banks on youth power Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday set a target before party's youth activists to ensure the victory of at least 250 SP candidates in coming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. The youth power had always been the strength of the party and the SP would form next government in the state with their help, he told office-bearers of party's youth wing in Lucknow. The SP leader exhorted them...  
08:24 PM, Jul 23, 2011

Breach in Rahul's security, man with pistol held New Delhi: In a security scare for Rahul Gandhi, a young man carrying a revolver was on Thursday detained while trying to move close to Congress leader during his padayatra to Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. The man with a .32 bore revolver was nabbed by the Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel in this village in Aligarh district when he was found nearing the second ring of the Congress leader's security...  
08:43 AM, Jul 07, 2011

Uttar Pradesh: Uma, Digvijaya to cross swords Lucknow: With firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharti given an important responsibility in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the state would now see two former chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh fighting it out for supremacy. Bharti and Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, both former chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh, had crossed swords in 2003 which saw the Congress citadel crumbling in that state. "Just like in Madhya Pradesh in 2003,...  
05:45 PM, Jun 09, 2011

Tacit understanding between Cong, BSP: Mulayam Agra: SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday alleged that there was a "tacit understanding" between the Congress and the BSP to make sure that his party does not come to power in the state elections due next year. "There is tacit understanding between the Congress and BSP and both the governments are working with each others blessings," Yadav said addressing party workers at the eighth national convention of SP...  
04:47 PM, Jun 08, 2011

'Fatwa minister' is SP's trump card Is Haji Yakub Qureshi securing a concrete vote bank for the Samajwadi party ahead of the assembly polls? ...  
10:55 PM, Apr 09, 2007

Meet this colourful UP candidate He is probably among the most colourful candidates in Western Uttar Pradesh going to the polls on Friday. ...  
10:29 PM, Apr 09, 2007

Peaceful UP polls amidst tight security With EC keeping a close watch, the first phase of the seven-phase UP elections was almost incident-free. ...  
09:29 PM, Apr 07, 2007

BJP 'uses' Big B in UP campaign
by UNI
BJP has rewritten hit B'wood numbers starring Bachchan, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai to spruce up their UP campaign. ...  
06:21 PM, Apr 04, 2007

12 UP villages to boycott polls Over two dozen villages in Muzaffarnagar decided to boycott the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. ...  
05:30 PM, Mar 02, 2007

Lawyer throws a party for Abu Salem Extradited gangster’s lawyer forms Rashtriya Samajwadi Party which will fight Mumbai and UP elections. ...  
11:15 PM, Dec 28, 2006