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  • ‘Do you spot some other face?’ Priyanka nearly initiatives herself as Congress’ CM candidate in UP polls

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday nearly pitched herself because the birthday party’s face within the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections however didn’t verify whether or not she would contest the polls or no longer.

    “Do you spot some other face from the Congress birthday party,” she mentioned when requested who will be the birthday party’s leader ministerial face in UP polls.

    “You’re seeing my face in every single place,” the Congress chief added whilst addressing a press convention to liberate the birthday party’s ‘formative years manifesto’ together with her brother and previous president Rahul Gandhi.

    Requested whether or not she would herself contest the meeting polls, Priyanka Gandhi mentioned, “We now have no longer but made up our minds.”

    She mentioned it could be identified as soon as this is made up our minds.

    Priyanka Gandhi, who’s the overall secretary in-charge for Congress in Uttar Pradesh, mentioned the birthday party would undoubtedly glance into supporting different events if the location had been to get up after the elections.

    She, then again, mentioned that the Congress would have imposing its imaginative and prescient for formative years, particularly girls, in Uttar Pradesh as a concern whilst extending this type of fortify for presidency formation.

    The Congress on Friday launched a manifesto for the formative years forward of the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections with Rahul Gandhi saying that the birthday party needs to construct a “new UP” pushed through the energy of the formative years.

    Within the manifesto, the birthday party resolved to fill the “large backlog” of jobs within the public sector and promised 20 lakh jobs of which 8 lakh can be for ladies.

    Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who together with Rahul Gandhi launched the ‘Bharti Vidhan’ on the birthday party headquarters right here, mentioned the birthday party needs the point of interest to be on construction because the propaganda this is most commonly going round is destructive or according to caste or communalism.

    Requested whether or not her birthday party can be keen to align with different Opposition events if the desire arises publish elections so as to enforce the imaginative and prescient unveiled through the birthday party, Priyanka Gandhi informed newshounds, “If such cases get up and within the tournament that they do, we might be open to bearing in mind that. I’d say that if this type of state of affairs arises then we might undoubtedly need our time table for the formative years and girls to be fulfilled if we had been going to be a part of this type of dispensation.”

    To any other query at the leader ministerial face of the birthday party and what will be the birthday party’s technique on it going into polls, the birthday party common secretary mentioned, “Do you spot some other face in UP from the Congress’ facet? Then?” When pressed, she mentioned, “Can not you spot my face visual in every single place?” In his remarks on the press convention to release the ‘formative years manifesto’, Rahul Gandhi mentioned the imaginative and prescient report is “no longer hole phrases” however drafted after consulting formative years whose perspectives are mirrored in it.

    “There are polls in UP and the formative years there want a new imaginative and prescient and simplest the Congress can provide that imaginative and prescient to the state,” the previous president mentioned.

    “We do not unfold hatred, we paintings to unite other people and we wish to construct a brand new Uttar Pradesh pushed through the energy and self belief of teenybopper.”

    Priyanka Gandhi added that largest drawback within the state is recruitment and the formative years are dissatisfied.

    The birthday party goes to the polls with the point of interest on formative years and girls and has introduced that it is going to reserve 40 according to cent of tickets for ladies in Uttar Pradesh.

    Polling for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Meeting is scheduled to be held in seven stages from February 10 to March 7 and the counting of votes shall be hung on March 10.

  • ‘Do you spot some other face?’ Priyanka tasks herself as Congress’ CM candidate in UP polls

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday nearly pitched herself because the birthday celebration’s face within the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections however didn’t ascertain whether or not she would contest the polls or now not.

    “Do you spot some other face from the Congress birthday celebration,” she stated when requested who will be the birthday celebration’s leader ministerial face in UP polls.

    “You’re seeing my face all over,” the Congress chief added whilst addressing a press convention to liberate the birthday celebration’s ‘early life manifesto’ together with her brother and previous president Rahul Gandhi.

    Requested whether or not she would herself contest the meeting polls, Priyanka Gandhi stated, “We have now now not but determined.”

    She stated it will be recognized as soon as this is determined.

    Priyanka Gandhi, who’s the overall secretary in-charge for Congress in Uttar Pradesh, stated the birthday celebration would for sure glance into supporting different events if the placement had been to rise up after the elections.

    She, on the other hand, stated that the Congress would have enforcing its imaginative and prescient for early life, particularly ladies, in Uttar Pradesh as a concern whilst extending this sort of beef up for presidency formation.

    The Congress on Friday launched a manifesto for the early life forward of the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections with Rahul Gandhi saying that the birthday celebration needs to construct a “new UP” pushed by means of the energy of the early life.

    Within the manifesto, the birthday celebration resolved to fill the “huge backlog” of jobs within the public sector and promised 20 lakh jobs of which 8 lakh can be for girls.

    Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who together with Rahul Gandhi launched the ‘Bharti Vidhan’ on the birthday celebration headquarters right here, stated the birthday celebration needs the point of interest to be on construction because the propaganda this is most commonly going round is unfavourable or according to caste or communalism.

    Requested whether or not her birthday celebration can be keen to align with different Opposition events if the desire arises put up elections with a view to put in force the imaginative and prescient unveiled by means of the birthday celebration, Priyanka Gandhi instructed newshounds, “If such cases rise up and within the tournament that they do, we’d be open to making an allowance for that. I might say that if this sort of scenario arises then we’d for sure need our time table for the early life and girls to be fulfilled if we had been going to be a part of this sort of dispensation.”

    To every other query at the leader ministerial face of the birthday celebration and what will be the birthday celebration’s technique on it going into polls, the birthday celebration common secretary stated, “Do you spot some other face in UP from the Congress’ aspect? Then?” When pressed, she stated, “Can not you spot my face visual all over?” In his remarks on the press convention to release the ‘early life manifesto’, Rahul Gandhi stated the imaginative and prescient record is “now not hole phrases” however drafted after consulting early life whose perspectives are mirrored in it.

    “There are polls in UP and the early life there want a new imaginative and prescient and best the Congress may give that imaginative and prescient to the state,” the previous president stated.

    “We do not unfold hatred, we paintings to unite other folks and we need to construct a brand new Uttar Pradesh pushed by means of the energy and self belief of juvenile.”

    Priyanka Gandhi added that largest drawback within the state is recruitment and the early life are dissatisfied.

    The birthday celebration goes to the polls with the point of interest on early life and girls and has introduced that it’s going to reserve 40 according to cent of tickets for girls in Uttar Pradesh.

    Polling for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Meeting is scheduled to be held in seven levels from February 10 to March 7 and the counting of votes can be hung on March 10.

  • Forward of Congress’ manifesto release, SP extends ‘improve’ to Imran Masood

    By way of PTI

    LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Birthday party on Thursday mentioned former Congress chief Imran Masood has prolonged improve to it, amid reviews of his resentment with the celebration after the ‘denial’ of price ticket from the Saharanpur’s Nakud seat.

    “Former senior chief Congress Imran Masood has given improve to the SP along with his supporters,” the celebration tweeted on Thursday.

    The SP additionally shared Masood’s with celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav.

    Masood has been tough that he be fielded from the Nakud seat however in line with celebration assets, former UP minister Dharam Buddy Saini, who just lately joined the SP after quitting the ruling BJP, may be fielded from there.

    A purported video of Masood had just lately surfaced on social media, during which he’s being observed announcing that he used to be “handled like a canine, made to the touch toes”.

    Masood is a identified Muslim face in western UP.

    Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will on Friday unlock the celebration’s adolescence manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections.

    Each leaders will cope with a distinct press convention on the celebration’s headquarters.

    This is among the uncommon events when each leaders of the Congress Birthday party will likely be collectively addressing the media.

    The celebration goes to the polls with adolescence and girls in focal point and has introduced that it’ll reserve 40 in keeping with cent of tickets for ladies in Uttar Pradesh.

  • 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.

  • 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: RLD adjustments candidate from Chhaprauli seat in Baghpat

    Through PTI

    NOIDA: The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), which is preventing the Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections in a tie-up with the Samajwadi Celebration (SP), on Wednesday modified its candidate for the Chhaprauli seat in Baghpat district.

    The RLD has introduced Ajay Kumar’s candidature from Chhaprauli and Saurabh, who is going via unmarried title, from Muzaffarnagar, the birthday party mentioned on Twitter.

    On January 17, the RLD had introduced Vijay Good friend Rathi as its candidate for the Chhaprauli seat.

    The cause of the alternate in candidature was once now not identified straight away.

    BJP’s Kapil Dev Agrawal is the sitting MLA from Muzaffarnagar, whilst Sahendra Singh Ramala represents Chhaprauli within the state meeting.

    Ramala lately surrender the RLD and joined the BJP. Each seats will pass to polls on February 10 and effects will likely be out on March 10.

    On Tuesday, the RLD had introduced Gulam Mohammed as candidate from Siwalkhas and Manisha Ahlawat from the Meerut seat. Ahlawat is the daughter of former MLA Chandraveer Singh.

  • 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.

  • May not tie-up with Samajwadi Celebration even for 100 seats now: Chandrashekhar Azad

    Through PTI

    NOIDA: The Aazad Samaj Celebration on Tuesday stated it’ll not manner the SP for a tie-up for the Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections despite the fact that Akhilesh Yadav gives it 100 seats.

    Aazad Samaj Celebration (ASP) leader Chandrashekhar Azad stated his birthday party is open to sewing an alliance with others and maintained that his battle has at all times been with the RSS and the BJP.

    The birthday party had stated final week that efforts have been being made to shape a 3rd entrance of a number of opposition events, it seems that after war of words over seat sharing with Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Celebration (SP).

    “I’ve made it transparent. The time used to be until nowadays (Tuesday) for the chief whom I had approached for an alliance to forestall the BJP. I announce this nowadays that we don’t seem to be going with them (SP). Now, despite the fact that they provide us 100 seats we will be able to no longer tie-up with them as a result of it is a subject of self-respect,” Azad instructed journalists.

    On Yadav announcing he would prolong toughen to the ASP, the flowery Dalit chief stated he’s a attorney via training and understands neatly the variation within the language of toughen and taunt, in a veiled assault at the SP president who had presented two seats to the ASP not too long ago.

    He stated employees and activists of the Bhim Military, a Dalit outfit he based, and the ASP are sturdy sufficient to compete within the polls and feature a achieve at village degree.

    “It’s true that we’re open to forming tie-ups with different events. Round 50 small outfits are sitting at our place of work now as we discuss however now we have come for the click convention right here because it used to be pre-scheduled,” Azad claimed.

    He added that ASP won’t box applicants in opposition to the RLD, which has a tie-up with the SP for the UP polls as a result of recognize for the Jayant Chaudhary-led birthday party,which had presented the ASP the 2 seats that Yadav used to be speaking about.

    Elections to the 403 seats of the UP Meeting will happen in seven levels, starting February 10.

    The effects can be introduced on March 10.

  • UP polls: Samajwadi Birthday celebration to start out ‘Naam Likhwao’ marketing campaign from Wednesday

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    LUCKNOW: Having promised 300 devices of loose electrical energy to each and every family in Uttar Pradesh if voted to energy, the Samajwadi Birthday celebration mentioned it’s going to begin a marketing campaign from Wednesday to sign in the names of the patrons to increase the ease someday.

    SP leader Akhilesh Yadav, whilst interacting with media individuals on Tuesday, exhorted all those that want to avail of the power to get their names registered, beneath the ‘Naam Likhwao’ marketing campaign. Akhilesh used to be accompanied by way of Abdullah Azam, son of Azam Khan, the jailed SP MP from Rampur, and BJP turncoat Swami Prasad Maurya at the instance.

    In a gesture to turn his intent to stay his promise, the SP leader mentioned, “The Samajwadi Birthday celebration goes to start out the ‘Naam Likhwao’ marketing campaign from the following day (Wednesday). Those that need 300 devices of loose electrical energy will have to sign in and fill the shape. It’s an attraction that those that these days have a home connection, will have to get the identify as written on their electrical energy invoice and get registered with us.”

    “Those that wouldn’t have a home electrical energy connection now and going to take it someday, they will have to get the identify written as on Aadhaar and ration card registered within the Naam Likhwao marketing campaign,” mentioned Yadav.

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    Underneath the marketing campaign, the SP staff will pass from door to door to touch folks and word their names. Akhilesh mentioned that he would means ECI to hunt permission for rolling out his Vijay Rath. The Naam Likhwao marketing campaign would pass on digital medium concurrently.

    The SP had previous introduced that every one folks with home electrical energy connections gets 300 devices of loose electrical energy, whilst the electrical energy for irrigation can be loose if his birthday party is voted to energy within the 2022 UP Meeting Polls.

    Talking at the allegation by way of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration (BJP) at the felony antecedents of sitting birthday party MLA from Kairana, Nahid Hasan, Akhilesh mentioned that the SP staff have been being framed in a variety of pretend instances. The BJP used to be in the back of the entire pretend instances on Samajwadi Birthday celebration leaders. “In terms of Abdullah Azam too, each BJP and Congress had conspired to implicate him in false instances.”

    It can be recalled that Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam used to be in prison since February 2020 on a number of fees together with dishonest and faking his age whilst contesting the 2017 meeting elections. Abdullah used to be additionally disqualified from the UP Meeting. He used to be launched from Sitapur prison after securing bail in all 43 instances lodged towards him on Saturday. Consistent with assets, Abdullah is more likely to contest the approaching Meeting election on an SP price tag from Rampur.