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Another candidate -- Vijay Kumar from Khaga (Sc) constituency -- has declared zero assets in his self sworn affidavit.

Book excerpt: Yogi Adityanath was the second UP chief minister to offer prayers at the makeshift Ram temple

'Yogi Adityanath: Religion, Politics and Power: The Untold Story' is a biography of Uttar Pradesh's 22nd chief minister, including anecdotes and discussion around his administrative style.

Assembly Elections 2022: Congress reveals second list of candidates for UP polls

Congress' list includes 16 women candidates. This is in addition to the 50 women candidates announced last week

Noida International Airport | PM Modi’s address focuses on infra push by "double-engine" govt , skips repeal of farm laws

The only time PM Narendra Modi mentioned farmers, in his 25-minute-long speech, was when he said how the local administration had ensured that the land owned by farmers was acquired seamlessly to pave way for ground-breaking of the Noida international airport.

All sections with BJP, says Jitin Prasada; predicts thumping win in UP polls

A former Union minister, Prasada had joined the BJP earlier this year after quitting the Congress. His induction into the BJP was seen as part of efforts by the party to strengthen its support among the Brahmins, an electorally dominant section constituting 13 percent of the UP population.

UP Assembly Polls | AAP's Sanjay Singh meets Akhilesh Yadav, fuels talks of an alliance with Samajwadi Party

"A strategic discussion (rannitik charcha) was held on the common agenda to make UP corruption-free and get rid of the government under which the law and order collapsed," Singh told reporters after the meeting here.

The politics and economics of farm laws repeal

What the Centre had planned would, in the aggregate, raise farm incomes substantially and enable India to move up from being a low middle income country. The crucial mistake the Centre made was not to spend enough time with farmers explaining the whole new system and securing their support

Farm laws rolled back. Whither agriculture reforms?

Farmers need access to markets that fetch them the best price in efficiently driven systems. The Prime Minister’s announcement shall take care of farmers’ fears of corporate takeover of India’s agri markets. The bigger question is: Is the status quo situation of over-dependence on middlemen better? 

PM Narendra Modi gets timing right with a political solution to farmers’ protest

The Narendra Modi government repeals the three controversial farm laws, clearing the way for ending the year-long farmers' protest. The move is likely to improve the BJP’s prospects in the 2022 state elections 

Uttar Pradesh Elections | Is Congress punching above its weight by contesting in 403 seats?

The Congress is organisationally weak in Uttar Pradesh and it will take time for the party to build and strengthen local units to make a sizeable difference in the 2022 assembly polls, or the 2024 general elections

Partnership of political dynasties crushed UP's aspirations, says PM Modi at Purvanchal Expressway inauguration

The PM slammed the previous chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and said development for them was limited to where they had their homes.

Akhilesh Yadav faces BJP flak for naming Sardar Patel, Muhammad Ali Jinnah together

BJP) leaders said equating Sardar Patel with Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was an insult to the person who fought for the unity of the country.

PM Modi to lay stone for university named after Jat king who once defeated Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Born in a royal family in 1886 in Hathras, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, after whom the new university in Aligarh has been named, was a Marxist revolutionary who contested elections as an independent in 1957 and defeated former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then a Jan Sangh candidate, from Mathura.

Women got unprecedented benefits by free LPG connections : PM Narendra Modi at the virtual launch of Ujjwala 2.0

The Prime Minister also interacted with five beneficiaries of the first phase of the scheme through video conferencing on the occasion. As many as 8 crore women were benefited from the scheme in its first phase.

PM Narendra Modi to visit Varanasi today to inaugurate projects worth Rs 1,500 crore: All you need to know

This will be PM Narendra Modi’s first trip to Varanasi this year and comes months ahead of assembly elections in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh where the BJP government will be seeking a second term.

Explained: Who is AK Sharma and why his appointment as UP BJP vice president significant

Sharma's appointment ends months of speculation that he could be inducted into the cabinet of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ahead of the UP Assembly, 2022.

PM Narendra Modi praises Yogi Adityanath's elderly scheme amid dissent reports in Uttar Pradesh

The words of praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi come in the backdrop of reports of dissent against Yogi Adityanath, ahead of next year’s Uttar Pradesh assembly election.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath to meet PM, Home Minister in Delhi today amid reports of dissent ahead of assembly polls

The visit comes amid reports of dissent within the state BJP against Adityanath over his COVID-19 management in Uttar Pradesh, ahead of next year’s assembly election.

Explained | Jitin Prasada’s defection: What it means for Congress, BJP ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls

Jitin Prasada, 47, is the first among the group of dissenting Congress leaders ‘G-23’, who had last year written to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking sweeping organisational reforms, to quit.

Four years of Yogi Adityanath and the 2022 UP elections

Over the past four years, Yogi Adityanath appears to have improved his positioning from a Hindutva icon to a development one. However, there are challenges the BJP government could face before the 2022 UP elections

BJP heads for huge win in UP, Uttarakhand; Cong ahead in Punjab

According to trends available after three hours of counting of votes in the Assembly elections in the five states, the BJP was leading in 291 out of 396 constituencies in the 403-member Assembly in a stunning showing leaving their rivals far behind.

Ahead of exit polls,pre- polls surveys predict big gains for BJP

First, we begin with the comparison of two major opinion polls — one conducted by Axis My India and another by CSDS, with the polls of polls aggregated by News18. The polls focussed on three states: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab.

Polling begins in 40 UP Assembly seats in Phase-VII

Prominent candidates who are in fray include former Cabinet minister Om Prakash, Parasnath Yadav, Ajay Rai, former MP Dhananjay Singh, Sigbatullah Ansari brother of Mukhtar Ansari and Seema Singh wife of jailed mafia Munna Bajrangi.