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  • BJP releases first listing of 34 applicants for Punjab polls

    Through ANI

    NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Celebration on Friday introduced its first listing of 34 applicants for Punjab meeting polls.

    Celebration common secretary Tarun Chugh mentioned at a joint press convention right here that 12 applicants within the listing are from farmer households, 8 tickets were given to individuals from the Dalit neighborhood, and 13 applicants are from the Sikh neighborhood.

    “Tickets were given to twelve applicants who belong to farmers’ households, 8 tickets to individuals of the SC neighborhood, 13 tickets to Sikhs. The listing has docs, legal professionals, sportspersons, farmers, adolescence, ladies, and previous IAS,” Chugh mentioned.

    BJP is combating the polls in alliance with Punjab Lok Congress led through Capt Amarinder Singh and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).

    The BJP has fielded Arvind Khanna from Sangrur, Manoranjan Kalia from Jalandhar Central and Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi from Ferozepur Town.

    Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Punjab BJP in-charge Dushyant Gautam had been additionally provide on the press convention. 

  • TMC welcomes Centre’s determination to erect Netaji’s statue, says it targets at placing to relaxation tableau controversy

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress on Friday welcomed Centre’s determination to put in a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate within the nationwide capital, however asserted nevertheless that it was once geared toward countering grievance after the rejection of West Bengal’s tableau themed at the nationalist chief for the Republic Day parade snowballed into a significant row.

    The actual tribute can be were paid had the Centre taken steps to unearth the thriller shrouding Netaji’s disappearance, TMC stated.

    “Because the rejection of West Bengal’s tableau on Netaji has created a significant controversy, the Centre is attempting to divert consideration. The verdict to put in the statue of Netaji is best aimed in that route. However we welcome the verdict. On the similar time, we really feel that the true tribute would were paid had the federal government taken steps to unearth the thriller shrouding his disappearance,” TMC state basic secretary Kunal Ghosh stated.

    Echoing him, birthday party MP Sougata Roy stated after the rejection of the tableau on Netaji BJP’s declare of respecting icons of the country stood uncovered.

    “We welcome the verdict. However we really feel there’s no hurt in permitting Netaji’s tableau via the West Bengal executive on the Republic Day parade. It was once rejected because of narrow-minded politics. Now, because the BJP and its theatrics at the icons of our nation has been uncovered, it determined to put in the statue,” Roy stated.

    Top Minister Narendra Modi Friday introduced {that a} grand statue of the liberty fighter can be put in at India Gate as a logo of the rustic’s “indebtedness” to him .

    Until the granite statue is done, a hologram statue can be submit on the similar position, Modi stated.

    The top minister stated that he’s going to himself unveil the hologram statue on January 23, the one hundred and twenty fifth beginning anniversary of the nationalist chief.

    Because the rejection of West Bengal’s tableau for the Republic Day parade snowballed into a significant row, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday wrote to Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee informing her that the CPWD’s waft for the instance would pay homage to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, however her TMC was once implacable announcing the state’s “dignity has been harm.”

    In a letter to Modi on Sunday, Banerjee had expressed “surprise” on the rejection of the state’s tableau which is themed on Bose and his Indian Nationwide Military.

    It additionally featured different Bengal icons like Rabindranath Tagore, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo.

    Anita Bose-Pfaff, the one kid of Bose, had stated on Monday that the mythical freedom fighter’s legacy has incessantly been “partially exploited” for political causes.

    She minced no phrases whilst acknowledging the fanfare that marked the beginning of Bose’s one hundred and twenty fifth beginning anniversary 12 months celebrations in 2021 in Kolkata had one thing to do with the elections in West Bengal.

    “The hole of the anniversary 12 months was once celebrated in a larger manner, of all puts in Kolkata, had one thing to do with election and election possibilities in Bengal. The truth that not anything took place this 12 months no doubt the problem isn’t as essential as final 12 months,” she had advised PTI in an interview.

    All India Ahead Bloc, the birthday party based via Netaji, too welcomed the Centre’s determination however criticised the exclusion of West Bengal’s tableau highlighting Bose’s contributions.

    “We welcome the verdict to put in the statue of Netaji at India Gate. However we really feel his legacy must now not be noticed throughout the prism of Centre-state politics. The Centre must have allowed West Bengal’s tableau,” Naren Chatterjee, the state secretary of the birthday party, stated.

    Bose had introduced the AIFB in 1939. Chief of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, stated the BJP is attempting to “hijack” the legacy of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

    “The high-level committee that was once shaped to devise a year-long programme to commemorate the one hundred and twenty fifth beginning anniversary of the nice chief by no means mentioned one of these factor. As there was an argument, the BJP took this shortcut to counter the grievance,” he stated.

  • BJP drops 10 MLAs from first checklist of applicants for Uttarakhand polls

    Through PTI

    DEHRADUN: The BJP introduced its first checklist of 59 applicants for the February 14 Uttarakhand Meeting polls on Thursday, shedding 10 MLAs together with rape accused Mahesh Negi and previous leader minister Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri’s daughter Ritu Khanduri, whilst reposing self assurance in new faces.

    The ruling celebration has now not introduced its applicants for the 11 last seats, maximum of which can be within the Congress’s kitty.

    A choice on a few of these seats may just now not be taken because of the modified political instances within the state, resources mentioned.

    Leader Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will contest from Khatima and state BJP leader Madan Kaushik from Haridwar, as within the ultimate Meeting polls, whilst many of the cupboard ministers and MLAs were fielded from the seats they cling.

    Then again, the BJP has dropped Dwarahat MLA Mahesh Negi from his seat as he had led to embarrassment to the celebration when a girl accused him of rape, the resources mentioned.

    He has been changed via Anil Shahi.

    Yamkeshwar MLA Ritu Khanduri has additionally been dropped and Renu Bisht fielded from the seat.

    Different MLAs who didn’t get a celebration price ticket are Munni Devi from Tharali, Surendra Singh Negi from Karnaprayag, Kunwar Pranav Singh “Champion” from Khanpur, Mukesh Singh Koli from Pauri, Meena Gangola from Gangolihat, Balwant Singh Bhauryal from Kapkot and Raghunath Singh Chauhan from Almora.

    Kashipur MLA Harbhajan Singh Cheema has additionally been changed along with his son Trilok Singh Cheema.

    Through shedding arguable legislators like Pranav Singh “Champion” and Mahesh Negi, the celebration has given a transparent message that indiscipline is probably not tolerated, the resources mentioned, including that under-performance may additionally were a reason why in the back of shedding a couple of others from the checklist.

    Then again, fielding many of the cupboard ministers and MLAs from their provide seats additionally displays the celebration’s self assurance within the paintings it has finished over the past 5 years, they mentioned.

    Unbiased MLAs Pritam Singh Panwar and Ram Singh Kaira, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP) ultimate yr, were fielded from Dhanolti and Bhimtal respectively.

    Sarita Arya, who defected from the Congress to the BJP simply a few days in the past, has additionally been fielded from Nainital.

    Purola MLA Rajkumar, who joined the saffron celebration ultimate yr, didn’t get a price ticket from the seat as he has been changed via Durgeshwar Lal, who joined the celebration on Thursday.

    The ruling celebration has fielded Savita Kapoor, the spouse of eight-time MLA from the Cantonment house overdue Harbans Kapoor, from the seat, whilst it has gambled on Suresh Chauhan in Gangotri.

    Gopal Singh Rawat, the MLA from Gangotri, died ultimate yr.

    Spouse of Kunwar Pranav Singh “Champion” Kunwarani Devyani has been fielded from her husband’s seat, Khanpur.

    Kailash Sharma has been fielded from Almora in position Raghunath Singh Chauhan, who represents the seat within the Meeting.

    The BJP’s first checklist of nominees comprises six ladies, which is 10 in keeping with cent of the overall choice of applicants.

    State BJP vice-president Devendra Bhasin mentioned the checklist could be very balanced and the celebration will simply succeed in its goal of successful greater than 60 seats because of the “winnability” issue of the applicants.

    The 70-member Uttarakhand Meeting will pass to polls on February 14 and the counting of votes shall be taken up on March 10.

  • Trinamool lashes out at Fadnavis over ‘suitcase’ jibe, says BJP mastered artwork of poaching

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: The TMC management on Thursday slammed BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis for his “suitcase politics” jibe on the celebration, and mentioned that it was once the saffron camp that had mastered the artwork of poaching politicians.

    The previous Maharashtra CM and BJP’s ballot in-charge for Goa, all the way through a press meet in Delhi, claimed that the TMC visited the western state with a “suitcase to place ahead its growth plans, however the leaders of Goa weren’t on the market”.

    His remarks drew a pointy response from the TMC, which accused the BJP of “in search of lame excuses whilst looking at an coming near near defeat” in Goa.

    “The BJP will have to now not speak about suitcase politics. All the country has observed what it (BJP) did all the way through West Bengal meeting polls. They introduced hordes of money in chartered flights. In Goa, too, the celebration shaped executive in 2017, having poached MLAs from different events. The BJP is looking at an coming near near defeat in Goa, and making baseless allegations to justify that,” TMC MP Sougata Roy mentioned.

    TMC’s in-charge for Goa, Mahua Moitra, mentioned it was once ridiculous that the “author of suitcase politics is accusing others of following go well with”.

    The TMC just lately introduced its first checklist of applicants for Goa Meeting polls, scheduled subsequent month.

    The Mamata Banerjee-led celebration is combating the elections to the 40-member Meeting in alliance with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Birthday celebration (MGP).

  • UP Election: Former governor is claiming this seat of Agra, BJP’s credibility at stake

    Sunil Saket, Agra: Political winds are sturdy within the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections. The BJP, which made a blank sweep within the ultimate meeting elections, goes via a tricky time this time. The particular factor is this time the alliance of SP and RLD has marginalized the politics of BJP. The BJP, which received 9 meeting seats in Agra within the 2017 meeting elections, is staggering in lots of seats. Those come with the agricultural meeting of Agra. BJP has fielded former Governor Babyrani Maurya from Agra Rural Meeting seat.
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    Kalicharan Suman of BSP has been MLA for 2 consecutive phrases on this Dalit-dominated seat. In 2017, he used to be defeated through BJP’s Hemlata Diwakar Kushwaha through a margin of 65,296 votes. In entrance of BJP are SP-Raloth alliance with BSP and Arun Katheria of Aam Aadmi Birthday party. Arun is the son of three-time BJP MP Prabhu Dayal Katheria. On this context, the election in this seat goes to be attention-grabbing.
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    The method of fixing applicants continues
    The 9 meeting seats of Agra are going to the polls within the first segment. The enrollment procedure is in development. The applicants of primary events have nearly filed their nomination papers. BSP and Samajwadi Birthday party have modified their applicants in two seats. Speculations are being made for adjustments in every other seats as neatly. Kiran Kesari of BSP, Upendra Singh from Congress, Mahesh Jatav from SP RLD alliance, Arun Kant Katheria of AAP and Babyrani Maurya of BJP have filed their nominations from Agra Rural seat.

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    Babyrani Maurya says that she sees a one sided victory. Dalit majority Jatav neighborhood has the biggest vote financial institution on this seat. 23 % of the inhabitants is of SC electorate. Which is thought of as because the core vote financial institution of BSP. The caste equations making a triangular battle are Barauli Ahir, Akola, Bichpuri, Dhanauli Azizpur and Nainana Jat six gram panchayats in Agra Rural seat.

    On this, there are about 70 to 75 thousand votes one by one from each Dalit (Jatav) and Jat society. With the exception of this, there’s a inhabitants of many backward castes together with Yadav, Lodhi, Kushwaha in Barauli, Ahir and Azizpur and many others. Ultimate time Hemlata Diwakar Kushwaha were given 61.97 % votes. Hemlata Diwakar defeated BSP’s Kalicharan, however this time RLD has damaged into the Jat vote financial institution because of the alliance of RLD and SP. It continues to be noticed how a lot BJP’s Babyrani Maurya can damage into the Dalit vote financial institution or how a ways Kiran Kesari will be capable to repeat the outdated historical past of BSP. At the moment, a triangular battle appears to be going down within the Agra rural seat.

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    Babyrani MauryaBabyrani Maurya has been the governor of Uttarakhand. She contested for BJP from Etmadpur meeting seat in 2007, however she misplaced. Babyrani Maurya says that she sees a one-way election within the rural seat. Together with Dalits, different castes may also vote for him. Like in 2017, BJP will as soon as once more win the entire seats in Agra.

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  • Successful Muslim electorate’ believe largest problem for BJP in 2d segment of UP polls

    Through PTI

    LUCKNOW: The ruling BJP may face a harder struggle at the 55 seats that can cross to polls in the second one segment of the Uttar Pradesh Meeting election in comparison to the primary spherical for the reason that area has a prime focus of Muslims, influenced via the non secular leaders of the Barelvi and Deoband sects.

    The polling in the second one segment of the Uttar Pradesh Meeting election might be hung on February 14 and a notification for a similar might be issued on January 21.

    Each the vital seats of the Barelvi and Deobandi sects — Bareilly and Saharanpur respectively — will cross to polls on this segment.

    The 55 Meeting segments of the western districts of the state — Saharanpur, Bijnor, Amroha, Sambhal, Moradabad, Rampur — and of the Rohilkhand area’s Bareilly, Budaun and Shahjahanpur districts will cross to polls in the second one segment.

    Of the 55 seats, the BJP had received 38 in 2017, whilst the primary opposition Samajwadi Birthday party (SP) bagged 15 and the Congress two.

    The SP and the Congress contested the ultimate Meeting election in an alliance.

    Of the 15 seats received via the SP, Muslim applicants emerged victorious in 10.

    Of the 58 seats that can cross to polls within the first segment, the BJP had received 53, the SP and the Bahujan Samaj Birthday party (BSP) were given two each and every and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) bagged one.

    Maulana Tauqir Raza Khan, the president of the Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) and the non secular guru of Barelvi Muslims, has introduced his reinforce to the Congress applicants within the 5 poll-bound states, together with Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

    Retaining in thoughts the huge Muslim inhabitants, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi has additionally fielded applicants in probably the most seats within the area.

    Uttar Pradesh BJP vp and MLC Vijay Bahadur Pathak advised PTI that his birthday party will win extra seats than ahead of in the second one segment too as a result of “ever for the reason that BJP executive used to be shaped on the Centre and within the state, all sections of the society have evolved and that is obviously felt via all”.

    “The aggrieved public won’t give a possibility to events just like the Congress that headed the federal government for lengthy, or the SP and the BSP, which were in energy within the state often for 15 years, right through which loot and corruption persevered unabated,” he mentioned.

    SP leader Akhilesh Yadav had shaped alliances with each the Congress and the BSP for various elections and folks have taught him a lesson, Pathak mentioned.

    The SP had shaped an alliance with the Congress within the 2017 Meeting polls and with the BSP and the RLD within the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

    In each the elections, the politics of the alliance labored as in comparison to that of the BJP’s on this area.

    However this time, with the SP, the BSP and the Congress going it on my own, critics declare that there might be a cut up of votes and the BJP can take pleasure in it.

    The BSP has fielded Muslim applicants within the space and a cut up of the Dalit and Muslim votes could also be anticipated.

    The Mayawati-led birthday party has grow to be lively and except for its MPs, its nationwide basic secretary Satish Chandra Mishra has additionally toured this area widely.

    Within the 2017 Meeting polls, the SP-Congress alliance had received 17 seats within the space and within the Lok Sabha election, of the 11 seats, seven had long gone to the SP-BSP alliance with the BSP getting Saharanpur, Nagina, Bijnor and Amroha and the SP successful Moradabad, Sambhal and Rampur.

    The method of an alliance of Muslim, Jat and Dalit electorate used to be a success on this area.

    This time, the SP has shaped an alliance with the RLD and the Mahan Dal, which has affect a number of the electorate of western Uttar Pradesh, and each events are believed to carry really extensive sway over the Jat, Shakya, Saini, Kushwaha, Maurya and Koiri fraternities within the area.

    Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav have their very own affect within the Yadav neighborhood.

    The SP could also be looking to capitalise at the factor of arrest of Rampur MP and previous minister Azam Khan, who has been within the Sitapur prison for almost two years now in land-grabbing and different felony instances.

    Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP of implicating Khan in pretend instances.

    SP’s nationwide secretary and leader spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary advised PTI that his birthday party’s alliance may be very robust within the spaces going to polls in the second one segment.

    “BJP’s flooring has slipped from beneath its ft and its lies and fraud were uncovered. This time, the folks of Uttar Pradesh will ship the BJP on an exile,” he mentioned.

    Some other SP chief identified that Swami Prasad Maurya and Dharam Singh Saini, who resigned as ministers lately and joined the SP, will upload power to the SP-RLD alliance and in conjunction with Keshav Dev Maurya of the Mahan Dal, they’re going to be sure that the BJP is “burnt up” from the area.

    Swami Prasad Maurya’s daughter Sanghamitra Maurya is a BJP MP from Badaun.

    The Congress has additionally got to work out equations to make stronger its flooring.

    On Monday, Maulana Tauqir Raza Khan, the non secular guru of Barelvi Muslims, introduced his reinforce to the Congress applicants within the within the 5 poll-bound states.

    He made the announcement at a joint press convention with state Congress leader Ajay Kumar Lallu.

    Expressing his gratitude to Khan, Lallu mentioned within the coming days, the birthday party will shape the federal government in Uttar Pradesh.

  • Trivendra Rawat provides to not contest Uttarakhand polls, writes to Nadda

    Via PTI

    DEHRADUN: Former Uttarakhand leader minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has introduced to not contest the impending meeting polls in Uttarakhand.

    In a letter to BJP president J P Nadda, the previous leader minister requested him to just accept his request for now not contesting the polls so he may just commit all his time in opposition to operating to make sure the celebration’s victory.

    Trivendra Singh Rawat, who represents the Doiwala constituency in Uttarakhand meeting, mentioned because of the modified political instances within the state, he must now not contest the polls.

    “There was a transformation of guard within the state. It’s got a tender chief in Pushkar Dhami. Within the modified political instances, I believe I must now not contest the 2022 meeting polls. I had apprised the celebration with my emotions previous,” he mentioned.

    Trivendra Singh Rawat was once changed as the manager minister by way of Tirath Singh Rawat in March final 12 months only a few days forward of finishing 4 years in place of business.

    Dhami succeeded Tirath Singh Rawat, who resigned after just about 4 months in place of business.

    Trivendra Singh Rawat expressed gratitude in opposition to High Minister Narendra Modi and the celebration management for giving him a possibility to serve Uttarakhand as its leader minister.

    He mentioned he were given unheard of toughen from the high minister throughout his tenure as leader minister.

    He additionally thanked the folk of Doiwala for giving their blessings to him and was hoping they are going to proceed to present their blessings to the BJP in long run.

  • Nadda proclaims BJP’s alliance with Apna Dal, Nishad Celebration in UP

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: BJP president J P Nadda on Wednesday introduced an alliance with Apna Dal and Nishad Celebration, which draw their improve basically from sections of backward castes, for the Uttar Pradesh meeting polls.

    Information about what number of seats each and every birthday party will contest shall be introduced later, their leaders mentioned.

    Addressing a press convention, Nadda mentioned the 3 Nationwide Democratic Alliance companions within the state will combat the elections to 403-member meeting in combination and lauded Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath-led govt for its efficiency on a bunch of problems, together with legislation and order, funding and growth in social signs.

    Apna Dal leader Anupriya Patel, a Union minister, and Nishad Celebration supremo Sanjay Nishad hailed High Minister Narendra Modi-led govt on the Centre for operating for the pursuits of Different Backward Categories (OBC) and hit out on the BJP’s competitors for “denying” a big phase of backward communities their rights.

    Nadda claimed that the mafia was once lively in Uttar Pradesh in nexus with the federal government sooner than the BJP got here to energy there, however the Yogi Adityanath dispensation has restored the guideline of legislation within the state and made it a vacation spot for funding.

    Previous, traders have been taking flight their funding, he alleged.

    Below the ‘double-engine’ govt, a connection with the BJP being energy on the Centre in addition to within the state, Uttar Pradesh has stepped forward on social signs, with connectivity and schooling, particularly scientific schooling, receiving a spice up, he mentioned.

    Patel mentioned the BJP govt has been a excellent “cocktail” of building and social justice.

    Each BJP allies mentioned the NDA will once more shape a central authority in Uttar Pradesh and praised the state govt too.

    Later speaking to journalists, Patel mentioned that seat-sharing talks are progressing in a good way and the wider goal of all 3 allies is that NDA must once more shape a central authority in Uttar Pradesh.

    Echoing an identical sentiments, Nishad mentioned the primary precedence is to win the election and seat sharing talks are in a sophisticated degree.

    Posting an image of NDA leaders, together with House Minister Amit Shah, Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath and the 2 allies but even so a number of others, Nadda tweeted that the alliance will once more move the tally of 300 within the state.

    Shah tweeted in regards to the assembly with the 2 events for alliance talks and asserted that the NDA will once more shape the federal government with an enormous majority.

    The blessings of the folks of Uttar Pradesh are with the alliance, he mentioned.

    Each Patel and Nishad hailed the Modi govt for granting constitutional standing to the OBC fee and giving the neighborhood reservation in schooling, together with within the Nationwide Eligibility cum Front Take a look at.

    Samajwadi Celebration patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav and overdue Leader of Defence Team of workers Common Bipin Rawat’s more youthful brother Vijay Rawat, additionally a retired military officer, joined the BJP on Wednesday because the birthday party moved to strengthen its power in poll-bound states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

    BJP president J P Nadda additionally officially introduced his birthday party’s alliance for UP polls with Union minister Anupriya Patel-led Apna Dal and Sanjay Nishad’s Nishad Celebration that draw their power basically from sections of backward castes, whilst the state meeting Deputy Speaker Nitin Agarwal hand over the Samajwadi Celebration, a formality sooner than he joins the ruling birthday party whose improve had ensured his election.

    The BJP has been inducting leaders from quite a lot of events in all 5 poll-bound states, together with Goa, Punjab and Manipur, because it seeks to retain energy in 4 states and submit an outstanding display in Congress-ruled Punjab.

    With Uttar Pradesh being the politically maximum a very powerful state, the BJP has been pulling out all of the stops to fortify its ranks after numerous its leaders, together with ministers within the state govt, not too long ago joined Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Celebration.

    The ruling birthday party has labored to get again on the rival by means of inducting a couple of of its leaders, together with MLAs, into its fold.

    Yadav, who’s married to SP president Akhilesh Yadav’s half-brother Prateek Yadav, had contested and misplaced the 2017 meeting polls from Lucknow Cantt on an SP price tag and her defection to the BJP offers the ruling birthday party a weapon to focus on Akhilesh Yadav and his birthday party over interior variations within the circle of relatives.

    Aparna Yadav (32) runs an NGO for cow welfare in Lucknow, and Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath’s consult with to the centre in 2017 had first sparked buzz about her rising proximity to the BJP.

    Inducting her into the birthday party, Deputy Leader Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and UP BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh famous her inclination against their birthday party, and Aparna Yadav additionally asserted that she was once at all times inspired with High Minister Narendra Modi and has put nationwide hobby first.

    Maurya was once fast to assault Akhilesh Yadav, announcing he has now not been a success in his circle of relatives and was once additionally “unsuccessful” as leader minister and MP.

    In Lucknow, Akhilesh Yadav mentioned his father attempted arduous to dissuade Aparna Yadav from becoming a member of the BJP and quipped that he was once “satisfied” the SP’s socialist ideology is increasing its achieve.

    The BJP could also be hopeful that Rawat (59) becoming a member of its fold will lend a hand it in Uttarakhand the place his overdue brother and India’s first CDS loved numerous in style goodwill.

    The Congress is operating arduous to defeat the ruling birthday party within the hill state, and Rawat’s induction would possibly lend a hand it in rallying electorate in Uttarakhand the place veterans reside in massive numbers, BJP leaders consider.

    Noting that his father, additionally a former military officer, was once related to the BJP, Rawat expressed happiness at operating for the birthday party and lavished reward on High Minister Narendra Modi, announcing he has a singular imaginative and prescient and mindset.

    He thinks out of the field and all his efforts are directed against the rustic’s betterment, Rawat mentioned.

    Welcoming him into the birthday party, Leader Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami mentioned the overdue CDS sought after to paintings for the state after retirement and his more youthful brother will advance his imaginative and prescient.

    With Different Backward Categories electorate making up the most important section of the inhabitants in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP’s announcement of an alliance with Apna Dal and Nishad Celebration is aimed toward consolidating its improve in a demography which could also be being aggressively wooed by means of former leader minister Akhilesh Yadav.

    Patel mentioned the BJP govt has been a excellent “cocktail” of building and social justice.

    Each BJP allies mentioned the NDA will once more shape a central authority in Uttar Pradesh and praised the state govt too.

    Posting an image of NDA leaders, together with House Minister Amit Shah, Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath and the 2 allies but even so a number of others, Nadda tweeted that the alliance will once more move the tally of 300 within the state.

    Shah tweeted in regards to the assembly with the 2 events for alliance talks and asserted that the NDA will once more shape the federal government with an enormous majority.

    The blessings of the folks of Uttar Pradesh are with the alliance, he mentioned.

    Each Patel and Nishad hailed the Modi govt for granting constitutional standing to the OBC fee and giving the neighborhood reservation in schooling, together with within the Nationwide Eligibility cum Front Take a look at.

  • Miffed over denial of price ticket, BJP leaders quits birthday party, joins BSP

    Via PTI

    MATHURA: Pained over the denial of price ticket for the approaching Meeting polls, senior BJP chief S Okay Sharma resigned from the principle club of the birthday party and joined the Bahujan Samaj Celebration (BSP) on Wednesday.

    His shut aide Niraj Rawat additionally adopted go well with.

    Sharma had contested the 2017 Meeting elections at the BJP price ticket from Mant constituency.

    “The BJP has deceived me two times and the birthday party has misplaced its previous personality,” Sharma informed newshounds.

    Sharma mentioned regardless that he sought after to contest from Mathura in 2017, the BJP management forced him to go into the fray from Mant and confident him a berth within the legislative council in case he misplaced.

    Regardless that he was once now not presented a seat within the Higher Area, Sharma mentioned, he was once recommended to paintings in Mant and the management confident him a price ticket from the similar constituency this time.

    Then again, that was once to not be the case.

    Sharma mentioned he didn’t search a “unmarried penny” from the BJP however discussed that he had given sufficient to the birthday party.

    “Now, I’ve resigned from all positions within the BJP and joined the BSP. Now not most effective this, I can additionally contest because the BSP candidate from Mathura,” Sharma, who is anticipated to report his nomination papers on Thursday, mentioned.

    In the meantime, alliance companions Samajwadi Celebration (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) appear to have locked horns over the Mant Meeting seat.

    In spite of the pact between the 2 events, SP’s nationwide spokesperson Sanjai Lathar claimed that the birthday party has given him a cross forward to contest from the constituency whilst RLD candidate Yogesh Nauhar has already filed his nomination papers claiming that he’s the reputable candidate of the alliance.

    The BJP on Wednesday launched the identify of another candidate for the Uttar Pradesh meeting polls, fielding Mukta Raja from Aligarh.

    With this, the BJP has to this point introduced 110 applicants for the state meeting polls, the place the birthday party is contesting elections in an alliance with the Apna Dal and the Nishad Celebration.

    The birthday party on Wednesday introduced that Mukta Raja will probably be its candidate from Aligarh meeting.

    Previous within the day, the highest brass of the BJP together with its president JP Nadda and Union House Minister Amit Shah held deliberations with Uttar Pradesh unit leaders together with Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath to finalise the rest applicants for the Uttar Pradesh meeting polls.

    The BJP leaders additionally held conferences with Apnal Dal chief Anupriya Patel and Nishad Celebration chief Sanjay Nishad to finalise the seat sharing settlement.

    The elections for the Uttar Pradesh meeting polls will probably be held in seven stages ranging from February 10.

  • UP polls: Political events locked in combat of songs as campaigning intensifies

    By way of PTI

    LUCKNOW: Within the combat for the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections, a musical warfare has damaged out between political events which might be resorting to catchy marketing campaign songs to advertise their insurance policies and ideologies.

    The Election Fee has imposed restrictions on ballot rallies until January 22 within the wake of emerging COVID-19 circumstances within the 5 poll-going states.

    After the BJP, Congress and Samajwadi Birthday party, the Aam Aadmi Birthday party too has launched its theme tune for the elections.

    Even though, the customized of resorting to songs all over elections is outdated, with the marketing campaign going digital because of the Covid pandemic, the contest amongst events to snatch the eye of citizens has handiest intensified.

    Whilst the ruling BJP refers back to the birthday party’s “Hindutva delight” and the “building” completed underneath the Yogi Adityanath executive, the opposition Samajwadi Birthday party echoes the socialist sentiments and the achievements of the former executive led via Akhilesh Yadav.

    BJP MPs and Bhojpuri actors Ravi Kishan and Manoj Tiwari have pop out with quite a lot of songs and a few extra are within the pipeline.

    Amongst those, ‘damru jab bajega to dekhna nazara kya hoga’ — it appears regarding the damru of lord Shiva, is moderately in style whilst identical songs like ‘jo Ram ko laye haye, hum unko layenge’ (those that have introduced lord Ram, we can convey them to energy) and ‘mandir banne laga hai, bhagwa rang chadhne laga hai’ (development of temple has begun, saffron color is on the upward push) are testomony to BJP leveraging at the upcoming Ram temple in Ayodhya.

    “The Election Fee has banned election rallies and conferences until January 22. In the sort of scenario, BJP needs to make a spot within the hearts and minds of citizens via songs. The birthday party will take those songs to each and every voter via its social media staff,” BJP’s state media in-charge Manish Dixit instructed PTI.

    In the meantime, the SP’s songs promise to finish all “woes” of the folks whether it is voted to energy whilst emphasising on how the socialist ideology guarantees welfare of all sections of the society.

    One of the vital songs like ‘hunkara’, ‘janata pukarti hai’ (persons are calling) and ‘jai-jai samajwadi’ (hail samajwadi) are all in regards to the paintings completed via the former SP executive and giving hope to the folks to resolve their issues if it involves energy once more.

    SP nationwide spokesperson Ashutosh Verma mentioned the songs ring a bell with the unemployed formative years, farmers, labourers, girls, exploited and downtrodden sections and the birthday party intends to “heal their wounds”.

    Those songs will resonate in each and every village and the city of the state and can remind the folks of ways essential the SP executive is for the improvement of all, he mentioned.

    The theme tune of Congress, which claims it’s combating the elections to convey girls into mainstream politics, additionally revolves round them.

    Congress’s media convener Lalan Kumar mentioned the birthday party’s election marketing campaign is being overseen via basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her ideas are obviously mirrored within the songs.

    The AAP, which is contesting on all 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh has launched its tune ‘rajniti ko badalne AAP ayaa hai, pehli baar jhadu chaap aaya hai’ (we’ve come to switch politics) written via the birthday party’s Bihar cultural mobile president Lokesh.

    AAP MP and UP in-charge Sanjay Singh mentioned the tune is in regards to the birthday party’s promise of unfastened electrical energy, training, unemployment allowance and Rs 1,000 per 30 days.

    He mentioned that the birthday party will quickly get a hold of every other tune — ‘subah subah ghar se nikal ke line lag jayega, jhanse mein nahi aayega’ (we can sign up for the queue for vote casting, might not be swayed via someone) A tune for the folks of Purvanchal may be coming quickly, he added.

    Singh mentioned, the AAP has shaped at least 20 groups in each and every meeting constituency and birthday party functionaries and staff will use social media platforms, together with WhatsApp, Fb, Twitter and Instagram, to put across the birthday party’s message via those songs.

    In keeping with political analyst Parvez Ahmed, whether or not it was once the liberty motion or any battle fought for trade, songs play a vital function in uniting folks.

    “Within the actions held every so often, songs had been regarded as as an excessively efficient medium of conveying the viewpoint of the folks collaborating in them,” he mentioned.

    Whether or not it was once the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan motion or every other marketing campaign, songs had been used successfully and aggressively on all events.

    It’s human nature to get attracted in opposition to songs and track and for this reason songs are the most important even all over elections.

    Extra ceaselessly than no longer, they do the task of having into the hearts and minds of the citizens, he mentioned.