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  • Uttar Pradesh polls: Samajwadi Celebration, BSP staff create ruckus in Mathura alleging EVM tampering

    Through ANI

    MATHURA: The Samajwadi Celebration (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Celebration (BSP) staff on Tuesday created ruckus after an individual entered the Mandi Committee of Mathura with out an ID card the place Digital Vote casting Machines (EVMs) had been saved underneath the CCTV surveillance for the counting of votes day after today.

    The employees of the 2 events alleged that the individual used to be tampering with the EVMs and demanded an investigation into the incident.

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    Chatting with the media individuals, Sanjay Lather, the SP employee stated, “The Election Fee had already made up our minds that no person can be allowed right here with out ID playing cards. However we were given to understand that an individual went within claiming that he had to arrange a pc device there. No professional used to be provide with him. He didn’t raise an ID card. The district management will have to examine the topic as a result of he used to be there for 4 hours which is able to additionally result in tampering with EVMs.”

    On the other hand, the individual being accused of coming into the premises instructed the media individuals that he went within the Mandi Committee for putting in laptop methods that can be wanted with EVMs right through the counting of votes.

    “I got here right here for the set up of laptop methods. After I got here again, those other folks status out of doors stuck me, so I referred to as SDM to achieve the spot. I’ve my ID and permission of officers,” stated, Kanungo, the one that used to be stuck.

    The town police professional whilst chatting with the media refuted the allegations and claimed that the individual reached the Mandi Committee for the set up of laptop methods however he forgot to hold his ID card. The counting of votes will happen on March 10.

  • EVMs have been marked for coaching of officers for counting responsibility, clarifies EC on Akhilesh Yadav’s allegation

    By means of PTI

    LUCKNOW: Hours after the Samajwadi Birthday party leader Akhilesh Yadav claimed {that a} truck wearing EVMs was once “intercepted” in Varanasi, the Election Fee clarified that those EVMs have been “marked for coaching” of officers who will probably be on responsibility all over the counting of votes and weren’t utilized in elections.

    In a observation issued right here overdue on Tuesday evening, the place of business of the Leader Electoral Officer of UP stated {that a} “‘hearsay was once unfold by way of other people of a few political birthday celebration by way of preventing the car and alleging that those EVMs have been utilized in elections”.

    “Consistent with the file despatched by way of the District Election Officer (of Varanasi), it was once discovered all over the investigation that those EVMs have been marked for coaching.

    “To coach the officers interested in counting responsibility, coaching has been organised for March 9 (Wednesday),” it stated The observation stated the second one coaching of the workers engaged in counting responsibility is on Wednesday and “those machines are at all times utilized in coaching for hands-on coaching”.

    “Those EVMs have been being taken for coaching nowadays, and hearsay was once unfold by way of other people of a few political birthday celebration by way of preventing the car, and alleging that those EVMs have been utilized in elections,” the observation stated.

    The UP CEO place of business additionally stated that all of the EVMs used for vote casting are sealed within the strongroom and secured in a three-tier safety cordon of the central paramilitary forces.

    Those machines are totally remoted and safe and are often monitored by way of CCTVs during the day (24×7).

    The District Election Officer of Varanasi has knowledgeable the representatives of quite a lot of political events referring to this, the observation stated.

    Samajwadi Birthday party leader Akhilesh Yadav previous accused the ruling BJP of seeking to “thieve” votes, announcing {that a} truck wearing EVMs was once “intercepted” in Varanasi whilst two others were given away.

    Counting of votes will happen on March 10.

  • UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya asks Akhilesh Yadav to simply accept defeat earlier than vote counting

    Through PTI

    LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Leader Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday requested Akhilesh Yadav to simply accept defeat and mentioned on March 10 the Samajwadi Celebration will grow to be “‘samaapt vaadi birthday celebration’”.

    The overall segment of the Uttar Pradesh polls was once hung on Monday, marking the tip of the vote casting procedure unfold over two months within the an important state.

    Counting of votes shall be hung on March 10.

    A number of go out polls have forecast a transparent majority for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.

    In a sequence of tweets in Hindi, Maurya mentioned, “The claims of the Samajwadi Celebration and that of Akhilesh Yadav Ji have fallen flat. Which means on March 10 the folk of Uttar Pradesh will make the Samajwadi Celebration a ‘Samaapt vaadi Celebration’ (a birthday celebration, which has come to an finish).”

    “Akhilesh Yadav Ji, settle for defeat earlier than the counting of votes. Come to the bottom from sky-high vanity. Other folks know your mindset, they know the goons of your birthday celebration really well. “They know that if the Samajwadi Celebration returns to energy there shall be hooliganism, crime, riots, corruption and unlawful grabbing as soon as once more,” he mentioned.

    In any other tweet, Maurya additionally mentioned that the way forward for the Samajwadi Celebration, Bahujan Samaj Celebration and Congress will stay in darkish for the following 25 years.

  • Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath thank you citizens, says each and every vote strengthens democracy, just right governance

    Through PTI

    LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath thanked the voters after balloting for the general segment of the Meeting polls ended on Monday and stated each and every vote strengthens democracy and just right governance.

    Over 57 in step with cent turnout used to be recorded on Monday in 54 meeting seats within the 7th and final segment of Uttar Pradesh polls, marking the top of the balloting procedure unfold over two months within the the most important state.

    Counting of votes shall be hung on March 10.

    In a tweet in Hindi, Adityanath stated, “The general segment of the 2022 UP Legislative Meeting election has been held peacefully. Congratulations to each and every voter who discharged his accountability within the competition of democracy. Your one vote will toughen democracy and just right governance. ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.”

    Later, in a video message, he thanked all of the officers, together with the ones from the Election Fee, for the non violent habits of the polls.

    He additionally thanked the media.

    Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Swatantra Dev Singh thanked his birthday party’s employees for his or her “tireless effort” within the Meeting elections.

    “The God-like birthday party employees labored continuous with complete willpower. With their laborious paintings, ‘lotus’ (ballot image of the BJP) goes to bloom as soon as once more within the state,” Singh stated.

  • Meeting polls: Report seizure of money, medicine from Uttar Pradesh

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: A file Rs 328 crore price of inducements to electorate corresponding to money, liquor and narcotics were seized in Uttar Pradesh because the announcement of the meeting ballot time table on January 8, Election Fee assets mentioned on Thursday.

    The cumulative seizure of such unlawful inducements within the 5 poll-going states — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab — stood at Rs 1,039.50 crore, the assets mentioned, including that it integrated medicine price Rs 571.34 crore.

    The seizure determine in Uttar Pradesh as much as Thursday used to be Rs 328.33 crore, 1.70 instances greater than the full mixed seizure of Rs 193.29 crore in all the meeting polls held in 2017 within the state.

    Like closing time, this time too meeting polls within the state are being held in seven stages.

    Whilst balloting is over in Punjab, Goa and Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Manipur nonetheless have one section each and every to head.

    The fee, the assets mentioned, has been laying particular emphasis on inducement-free elections and curtailing the malaise of undue cash energy, liquor and freebies.

    A complete of 128 expenditure observers were deployed in Uttar Pradesh for efficient tracking.

    Over 1,800 flying squads and a couple of,104 static surveillance groups have been operationalised to test motion of money, liquor, medicine and freebies in Uttar Pradesh.

    8 air intelligence gadgets of the Source of revenue Tax Division were shaped in Uttar Pradesh.

    Vote casting for the 6th section of the Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls started on Thursday morning, with Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath and several other distinguished faces a few of the 676 applicants who’re contesting on 57 seats unfold throughout 10 districts.

    Round 2.15 crore persons are eligible to vote on this section.

    Until now, balloting for 292 of the 403 Meeting seats has been finished.

    The general section of the elections in the remainder 54 seats can be hung on March 7.

  • Uttar Pradesh elections 6th segment: Over 36 in line with cent polling until 1 pm

    Via PTI

    LUCKNOW: Over 36 in line with cent balloting was once recorded until 1 pm within the 6th segment of the Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls on Thursday.

    The distinguished faces some of the 676 applicants for 57 seats unfold throughout 10 districts on this segment come with Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur City and state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu from Tamkuhi Raj.

    The balloting began at 7 am and can proceed until 6 pm.

    Round 2.15 crore persons are eligible to vote on this segment.

    Up to now, balloting for 292 of the 403 Meeting seats has been finished.

    The general segment of the elections at the closing 54 seats shall be hung on March 7.

    The districts the place polling is being hung on Thursday are Ambedkarnagar, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria and Ballia.

    Within the 2017 Meeting polls, the BJP had received 46 of the 57 seats.

    Until 1 pm there was once over 36.33 in line with cent polling, in keeping with the Election Fee of India’s Turnout app.

    Whilst Ambedkarnagar had 40.36 in line with cent balloting, Ballia had 36.27 in line with cent, Balrampur 29.6 in line with cent, Basti 37.49 in line with cent, Deoria 35.02 in line with cent, Gorakhpur 36.57 in line with cent, Kushinagar 39.33 in line with cent, Mahrajganj 35.39 in line with cent, Sant Kabir Nagar 34.33 in line with cent and Siddharth Nagar 36.51 in line with cent.

    Those that solid their votes within the morning integrated Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath, Elementary Schooling Minister Satish Dwivedi, Chief of Opposition Ram Govind Chowdhury, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Birthday celebration leader Om Prakash Rajbhar, minister Upendra Tiwari and previous minister Narad Rai.

    Interacting with journalists after casting his vote, the manager minister stated the BJP gets 80 in line with cent votes and the remainder 20 in line with cent gets divided some of the opposition.

    He additionally appealed to folks to vote in massive numbers.

    The Samajwadi Birthday celebration has pitted the spouse of the past due Upendra Dutt Shukla, a former BJP chief, towards Adityanath.

    Azad Samaj Birthday celebration founder Chandrashekhar Azad may be contesting towards the Uttar Pradesh leader minister from Gorakhpur City.

    Swami Prasad Maurya, who was once a minister within the Adityanath govt and had hand over the BJP to sign up for the Samajwadi Birthday celebration, is contesting from Fazilnagar.

    The Chief of the Opposition within the state meeting and Samajwadi Birthday celebration chief Ram Govind Chaudhary is contesting from Bansdih.

    Many incumbent ministers’ destiny can also be made up our minds on this segment.

    They come with Surya Pratap Shahi from Pathardeva, Satish Chandra Dwivedi from Itwa, Jai Pratap Singh from Bansi, Shree Ram Chauhan from Khajani and Jai Prakash Nishad from Rudrapur.

    The campaigning for this segment witnessed the political events going for an all-out assault towards each and every different.

    Top Minister Narendra Modi attacked the BJP’s competitors by way of tagging them as dynasts, who he claimed can by no means make India succesful or empower Uttar Pradesh.

    Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi rebutted by way of pronouncing the BJP is handiest towards her circle of relatives, which failed to bow down prior to it.

    Samajwadi Birthday celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy of finishing reservation and “promoting” govt entities to the non-public sector.

  • Uttar Pradesh polls: BJP is largest liar birthday celebration in global, says Samajwadi Birthday party leader Akhilesh Yadav

    By way of PTI

    JAUNPUR: Samajwadi Birthday party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday threw a broadside on the BJP terming it the “largest liar birthday celebration” and accused it of halving farmers’ source of revenue although they got here to energy with the promise of doubling it.

    At an election assembly in Jaunpur, he promised to chill out the age prohibit for presidency jobs and announce vacancies within the police pressure if the alliance led via his birthday celebration involves energy in Uttar Pradesh.

    Yadav sought to counter the BJP’s “ghor pariwarwadi (staunch dynast)” jibe directed at him, pronouncing, “We settle for that we’re circle of relatives other folks. Each time circle of relatives other folks like us step out of our homes, they usually carry one thing like candies for youngsters.

    “Therefore, my recommendation to ‘Baba Mukhyamantri’ (relating to Yogi Adityanath) is that on March 10 (the day of ballot effects), when he is going again house, he must no less than take biscuits for Gullu.”

    “And you understand who Gullu is,” the Samajwadi Birthday party leader instructed the assembly with out elaborating. Yadav stated the BJP got here to energy within the state in 2017 via promising that the source of revenue of the farmers can be doubled.

    “However because of its inaccurate insurance policies, the source of revenue of the farmers has no longer doubled. If truth be told, it has halved,” he alleged.

    “The BJP calls itself the most important birthday celebration on the planet. If its 5 years’ paintings and the goals it had proven is analysed, it might be discovered that the BJP is the most important liar birthday celebration on the planet,” Yadav stated.

    Focused on Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Samajwadi Birthday party president claimed that “the ‘Baba’ isn’t in a position to sleep in this day and age”.

    He additionally accused the BJP of mismanagement all the way through the Covid pandemic.

    “The BJP imposed a lockdown all the way through the pandemic and labourers running in different states have been compelled to stroll again house in Uttar Pradesh. Many died halfway. At the moment, if any one helped the folk, it was once the Samajwadi Birthday party,” Yadav stated.

    “When the labourers sought after to return house, the federal government became a blind eye against them. They (BJP) have been not able to supply drugs and beds all the way through Covid. Had they given medication and oxygen on time, many lives may have been stored.”

    Akhilesh Yadav additionally promised to chill out the age prohibit for presidency jobs.

    “Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, many youths crossed the age prohibit (for recruitment examination). We will be able to chill out the age prohibit in executive jobs. Additionally, we can urge Delhi to provide some rest within the age prohibit for recruitment within the Military,” he stated.

  • RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary to enroll in Akhilesh Yadav, Mamta Banerjee for joint ballot rally in Varanasi on March 3

    Through PTI

    NOIDA: RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary can be becoming a member of Samajwadi Birthday celebration president Akhilesh Yadav and West Bengal Leader Minister Mamta Banerjee for a joint ballot rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Thursday.

    The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), which is combating the UP meeting elections in tie-up with Yadav’s SP and is its main best friend for western area of the state, made the announcement on social media Wednesday.

    The joint rally can be held in Airhe village in Harhua block of Varanasi 12 pm onwards, the RLD mentioned.

    Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Top Minister Narendra Modi, is going to polls on March 7 all through the 7th and ultimate section of meeting polls in UP.

    Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo, had visited UP previous on February 7-8 to carry a joint press convention with Yadav in Lucknow the place she predicted SP’s victory towards the BJP, like her birthday party had accomplished in West Bengal state polls ultimate 12 months.

    Banerjee had tweaked her birthday party’s ballot anthem of “khela hobe’ to ‘Khela Hoga’ (the sport is on) and stressed out “if Bengal can do it (defeat BJP), so can Uttar Pradesh”.

    Result of the seven-phase UP meeting polls can be declared on March 10.

  • BJP inner survey says difficult combat in Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls

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    NEW DELHI: Regardless of tall claims of BJP leaders that the birthday celebration will win greater than 300 seats within the Uttar Pradesh Meeting election, an inner survey through the saffron camp has discovered that it is probably not in a at ease place to shape the following executive within the state. 

    The realignment of the RLD with major opposition SP has been discovered extra harmful to BJP’s vote financial institution but even so the Lakhimpur-Kheri violence in opposition to farmers allegedly involving the son of a Union minister.

    The evaluation additionally discovered that the birthday celebration has substantial sway over Scheduled Castes and backward communities however the polarization of minorities, Yadavs and higher caste farmers in favour of the SP-led opposition has landed the ruling facet in an uncomfortable place.

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    “The Owaisi (AIMIM) issue has no longer created any department of minority votes. The minorities had been discovered extra prone against the SP-led opposition alliance however the BSP has steadily been dividing the votes of SCs and different extraordinarily marginalised communities, which can give electoral advantages to the BJP after the fourth spherical of elections,” a BJP supply mentioned.

    The resources additional mentioned the SP-RLD mix has posed a big problem in additional than 150 seats that are ruled through Jat and Yadav electorate. Then again, a large reduction for the BJP is that anywhere PM Modi addresses an election rally, the birthday celebration’s electoral potentialities make stronger to a point.

    The birthday celebration isn’t banking a lot at the first 3 stages of the polls. “The second one section used to be principally the SP-phase. However we now have began consolidating our vote financial institution with marathons conferences through its senior leaders,” mentioned birthday celebration resources in Uttar Pradesh.

    Just lately, BJP nationwide president JP Nadda had claimed that his birthday celebration would win no longer not up to 300 seats. Then again, the resources indicated that the BJP can have to search for post-poll allies to retain energy within the state.

  • Sturdy present towards BJP in Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Birthday celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav

    By means of PTI

    HARDOI: Samajwadi Birthday celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav on Monday took a jibe at Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath for calling the top minister for his ballot marketing campaign, and coined a brand new acronym for PM — Packers and Movers — to state that individuals have understood its which means.

    Hitting out on the BJP, Yadav additionally asserted that there’s a 440 volt present towards the ruling birthday celebration within the public.

    “The CM has known as PM (for UP polls). The folks of towns know what PM way…It way his Packers and Movers (PM) are able,” Yadav stated whilst addressing an election rally in Sandila constituency in Hardoi.

    He stated this time there may be direct battle between the BJP and other folks of the state.

    “We’re with the people who find themselves without delay combating with the BJP. Neither BSP nor Congress goes to shape the following executive. Do not waste your votes and make sure the SP paperwork the following executive,” he stated.

    Terming Adityanath as “Bulldozer Baba”, Yadav stated he used to name him ‘Baba CM’ however a newspaper has named him as “Bulldozer Baba” “The CM used to switch names and colors of schemes in previous 5 years and now his identify has additionally been modified,” he stated.

    He stated within the first and 2d section of polls, the Samajwadi Birthday celebration has scored a century on the subject of seats and after 3rd and fourth section the “double century” of his birthday celebration can be made and in remainder of the stages the BJP can be left some distance in the back of.

    “The BJP didn’t take into account that there may be 440 volt present towards it within the public. The language of its leaders has modified,” he stated, including that the folk of the state have already despatched the Baba to his local position Gorakhpur (from the place his is contesting polls).

    Giving a slogan, “Janta ne khadi kar diya hain inki khatiya, isliye inke bayan aa rahe hain ghatia” (As other folks have discarded them, the language of its leaders have develop into unhealthy), Yadav stated whilst the BJP is speaking of curtailing others by means of ‘garmi’ (haughtiness), the SP talks of “bharti” (recruitments).

    He stated 11 lakh vacant executive jobs can be crammed if his birthday celebration was once voted to energy and issues of ‘Shiksha Mitra’ (adhoc number one lecturers) can be resolved.

    Yadav sought vote for birthday celebration best friend SBSP candidate Sunil Arkwanshi and appealed other folks to vote for it election image “chhadi” (stick).

    SBSP leader Om Prakash Rajbhar who accompanied Yadav for the rally, alleged that BSP tickets had been finalised by means of a senior BJP chief and requested other folks to not waste their votes.