SP Leader Azam Khan makes headlines for threatening an Election Commission official in Rampur for stopping his car and making him walk through a muddy track. Azam Khan was on his way to the poll panel’s office in Rampur to collect his election victory certificate. Khan lost his calm on the official saying, “I am still the minister and will remain one till the new government comes in. I still have the right to take action against you. This is very disappointing. Is this the reason why we brought you here? You cried to me to get to this place and this is how you act now? How could you ask me to walk through that road,”
Riding on brand Modi, BJP has come back to power in Uttar Pradesh after an exile of 15 years. ‘UP ke ladke’ were swept away by Modi wave as BJP on its own bagged 311 seats. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance was reduced to 54 seats and Mayawati’s BSP had to remain content with 19 seats. Individually, SP managed only 47 seats while Congress were reduced to a single digit for the first time in history of state and managed only 7 seats. Music: Big Bang Fuzz For more videos, subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/2aIcith Check out The Quint for more news: https://www.thequint.com
After his party suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of the BJP, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav met Governor Ram Naik on Saturday and submitted his resignation. Akhilesh Yadav met the Governor at the Raj Bhawan, and was asked to continue as caretaker Chief Minister till the next government is sworn in, officials said.
Congress Dismisses Exit Poll Projections A day after exit polls painted a favourable picture for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Uttarakhand, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi declared that his party’s alliance with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh would emerge as a clear winner. Gandhi also seemed to question the authenticity of exit polls, adding that he “had seen how exit polls were presented” before Bihar in 2016.
After filing his Lok Sabha Nomination in Varanasi on April 14 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Neither have I been sent, nor have I arrived. I’m here because Maa Ganga called me.”
Voting for 51 seats across 11 districts started in Uttar Pradesh. Heavy security was deployed at polling booth number 127 and 128 in Ayodhya to maintain peace.
A day before Raebareli
goes to polls, Congress President Sonia Gandhi wrote a “personal” letter to her
core constituency, saying that the region and its people have over the years
become the “biggest asset” of her life.
The weavers of Gorakhpur, mostly from the Muslim community, have put out a poster outside their mohalla asking the candidates not to enter the area. The weavers are angry about the sad state of the economy and closing down of power-looms. Around 1 lakh weavers reside in the area surrounding the Gorakhnath temple. These voters have decided that they will vote on 4 March, but will boycott the candidates. Instead of voting for a party, they will choose NOTA. In 1995, there were 8,500 powerlooms in Gorakhpur, but only 250 have survived. Music: Big Bang Fuzz For more videos, subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/2aIcith Check out The Quint for more news: https://www.thequint.com
