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Maya responsible for plight of women in UP: Rahul

Jaunpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday blamed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for the sorry plight of women in the state. "Even though this state is ruled by a woman chief minister, there is no one to hear the voice of women," Gandhi said, addressing a pubic rally in this Uttar Pradesh district where polling is due Feb 15 in the third phase of the seven-phase assembly election. "With...

BSP, SP's poll promises misleading: Rahul Gandhi

Jaunpur: Training his guns on the BSP and the Samajwadi Party, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said corruption and scams were rampant during their regimes. For the past five years, neither BSP supremo Mayawati nor SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav had visited any village but now during the election time, they were making tall promises, Rahul said. "When they were in power only corruption and scams were witnessed. The...

'SP, BSP supported UPA to save leaders from probe'

Sultanpur: Attacking both SP and BSP for supporting Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday charged both parties with supporting it for "saving" their leaders from CBI probe. "The SP and BSP have supported Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to save their leaders from the probe by CBI, which is under direct control of the Centre," Singh said while addressing an election meeting....

TWTW: Cyrus's take on UP Assembly polls

Cyrus Broacha also talks about BJP ministers caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly, Lalit Modi, Cricket and much more. ...

Battle for the states: tracking the revolution

On this episode we show you the Dalit factor in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. ...

UP: Voting generally peaceful, turnout 56 pc

Lucknow: Nearly 56 per cent of 1.92 crore voters on Saturday exercised their franchise for 59 seats spread over nine districts in the by-and-large peaceful second phase of the fiercely-fought Uttar Pradesh assembly election. The fate of 1,098 candidates, including two state party chiefs, 31 MLAs and 24 former ministers was sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines in Saturday's exercise. Polling for the second round, in which 59 assembly seats...

BSP MP, over 15 other block heads join SP

Lucknow: BSP Rajya Sabha MP Jai Prakash Rawat along with over 15 other supporters on Saturday joined Samajwadi Party in Hardoi. Rawat, his wife Jyoti, a district panchayat chairman, and over 15 block heads joined SP in presence of party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at a public meeting in Harpalpur. SP general secretary Naresh Agarwal said Rawat would strengthen the party in the region. ...

UP Polls: BSP president involved in tiff

Kushinagar: Uttar Pradesh BSP president Swami Prasad Maurya was on Saturday involved in a tiff with security personnel after they allegedly prevented him from entering a polling centre, officials said. The incident occurred when Maurya tried to enter the polling centre at Tulsi school in Kushinagar to oversee the election process and was stopped by the security personnel, they said. Irritated at being prevented from entering the centre, Maurya had...

UP: 7.4 pc voting registered in morning polling

Lucknow: Polling for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections started on a slow note with only 7.4 per cent of the total 1.92 crore electorate exercising their franchise in the first two hours. "Polling started at 7 am and in the first two hours 7.4 per cent polling was registered in 59 seats spread over 9 districts amid tight security arrangements," Election Commission sources said in Lucknow. Maximum...

UP: Dull start to phase 2 polling

The phase two of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on a dull note on Saturday, primarily owing to the chilly weather. ...

Uttar Pradesh to vote in second phase today

Lucknow: The second round of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, whose outcome is bound to affect national politics, will take place on Saturday, involving 1.97 crore voters in 59 constituencies. With campaigning for the second of seven rounds ending on Thursday evening, the Election Commission gave finishing touches to the arrangements for the 10-hour balloting. The voters will decide the fate of 1,098 candidates in the second round. The staggered...

Cong enacting drama on Batla House encounter: Maya

Jaunpur/Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today alleged that Congress was enacting a "drama" on the Batla House encounter and said the Muslim community should exercise vigilance against such "designs". "Congress is enacting a drama on the Batla House encounter case... had it been really serious it would have ordered a judicial probe so that the reality could come before people," Mayawati told an election rally. Instead of a probe,...

UP: Mayawati blames Centre for lack of funds

Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati at a rally in Varanasi on Friday attacked the Congress government for not releasing the funds asked for development projects in the state. Mayawati said the State Government is not being given funds by the Central Government. "We have started many schemes for development with the help of private sector. We ask for funds for development projects but the Central Government...

Mayawati our leader and will always be, say Dalits

Agra: Allegations of corruption against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati find no takers in large parts of this Dalit land where people from socially marginalised communities braved the cold to vote in large numbers. A day after the first phase of assembly elections concluded in 55 constituencies, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) loyalists see nothing wrong in Mayawati's penchant for tales of opulence or statue building. Of the Taj city's almost...

Dalit dilemma: Mayawati faces a tough battle

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati faces a tough battle in the assembly elections. Though her rallies so far have been massive leading to the belief that her own Dalit votebank is intact, but some members of the community face a dilemma about Mayawati. She's still a symbol of Dalit empowerment, but have her policies benefited them all? The crowds have been mammoth at the rallies addressed by the Uttar...