An estimated 57.03 per cent voters cast their ballots on Saturday in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections covering 49 Assembly seats, including Mau, where gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is in the fray. “The polling was approximately 57.03 per cent and passed off by and large peacefully,” office of UP Chief Electoral Officer said in Lucknow.
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Uttar Pradesh polls 2017: Small parties, caste groups hold key to many seats in eastern UP
AS THE Uttar Pradesh election enters its last two phases, small parties and caste groups are likely to play a significant role in deciding the outcome in 89 constituencies that go to the polls on March 4 and 8. If Ajit Singh’s RLD, which fought the polls alone in western UP seats, claims that no government can be formed in Lucknow without its support, an array of small parties – claiming to represent several different castes and their aspirations – may claim the same in eastern part of the state.
Uttar Pradesh elections 2017: Phase six today – 49 seats up for grabs
WITH 49 constituencies of seven districts of eastern UP going to polls on Saturday, fate of several leaders will be at stake – from jailed don Mukhtar Ansari and son Abbas in Mau to ministers Durga Prasad Yadav and Ram Govind Chaudhary in Azamgarh and Ballia; turncoats Narad Rai and Ambika Chaudhary – contesting as BSP candidates – and former BSP leader Swami Prasad Maurya, contesting on a BJP ticket from Padrauna. Prestige of Gorakhpur BJP MP Yogi Adityanath is also at stake with seven constituencies in the district, along with some in neighbouring districts – where the leader’s outfit Hindu Yuva Vahini has considerable influence – set to vote.
UP Elections 2017: Amit Shah slams Mayawati for BSP posters with Mukhtar’s photos
BJP president Amit Shah today hit out at BSP chief Mayawati on her promise to end ‘goonda raj’ in Uttar Pradesh. BJP president Amit Shah today hit out at BSP chief Mayawati on her promise to end ‘goonda raj’ in Uttar Pradesh by pointing out at her party’s posters with photos of Mukhtar Ansari and his brother Afzal.
Mayawati should answer how is Ansari relevant in a clean image: Congress
New Delhi , Jan. 27 : The Congress Party on Friday said Mayawati should answer as to how gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari is so relevant is a clean image that the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo is trying to project. “These are election time.
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Islamabad, Jan 10: News about General Raheel Sharif poised to head a Saudi-led military alliance to combat terror has sparked a debate in Pakistan with the Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani asking if the retired army chief had sought the government’s permission, according to a media report today. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said last Friday that the former army chief will head the Saudi Arabia-led 39-nation Islamic military coalition formed to combat terrorism.