Tale of 2 Deputy CMs: BJP Likely to Field OBC Face Maurya from Sirathu, Brahmin Face Sharma from Lucknow
2 years, 11 months ago

Tale of 2 Deputy CMs: BJP Likely to Field OBC Face Maurya from Sirathu, Brahmin Face Sharma from Lucknow

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya is likely to contest from his traditional seat Sirathu in the upcoming assembly elections. Also, highly placed sources in the party said the Brahmin face and the other deputy CM, Dinesh Sharma, is likely to contest from one of the three constituencies of Lucknow. Sources said the BJP was also expected to field Maurya as the OBC sub-caste face of the party in the state and use him aggressively across the state. A strong OBC face, Maurya was given a chance to contest the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 from Phulpur, known as Jawaharlal Nehru’s constituency, where he won as well.

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1 month, 1 week ago

We all toe PM’s line on being united: Keshav Prasad Maurya

Hindustan Times  

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‘Elections not won on strength of govt’: Keshav Maurya's fresh remark amid UP BJP rift buzz
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Elections not won on strength of govt’: Keshav Maurya's fresh remark amid UP BJP rift buzz

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday made another cryptic remark on ‘party vs government’ amid reports of infighting within the state Bharatiya Janata Party unit. “BJP is the present and the future.This time we might have missed but next time we will come back stronger.The hard work we should have done, we missed because we got …

BSP releases fresh list of Lok Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Prakash Maurya to contest from Amethi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

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India TV News  

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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana Lok Sabha seats
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana Lok Sabha seats

The Hindu  

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Lok Sabha elections phase 1: 9 Union ministers, 2 ex-CMs & ex-governor in poll fray. Check list
8 months ago

Lok Sabha elections phase 1: 9 Union ministers, 2 ex-CMs & ex-governor in poll fray. Check list

Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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Firstpost  

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News 18  

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UP Election Results: Deputy CM Keshav Maurya 'Humbly Accepts People's Decision' After Losing Seat
2 years, 9 months ago

UP Election Results: Deputy CM Keshav Maurya 'Humbly Accepts People's Decision' After Losing Seat

News 18  

After tasting defeat from Sirathu seat in Kaushambi district, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday said that he humbly accepts the decision of the people, even as he expressed gratitude to those who voted for him. While Maurya polled 98,941 votes, Patel, the elder sister of Union minister Anupriya Patel, got 1,06,278 votes. In a separate …

UP polls: Keshav Maurya, nine ministers lose polls
2 years, 9 months ago

UP polls: Keshav Maurya, nine ministers lose polls

Hindustan Times  

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Accept voters' decision with humility, says Keshav Maurya after loss in Sirathu
2 years, 9 months ago

Accept voters' decision with humility, says Keshav Maurya after loss in Sirathu

Hindustan Times  

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UP Results Live Infographic: Here is How Big Netas and Key Candidates Are Faring
2 years, 9 months ago

UP Results Live Infographic: Here is How Big Netas and Key Candidates Are Faring

The Quint  

Yogi Adityanath Incumbent Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made his debut in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, contesting from the Gorakhpur Urban seat. Akhilesh Yadav The Samajwadi Party chief is contesting from the Karhal seat, and running against Union Minister and BJP candidate SP Singh Baghel. Keshav Prasad Maurya UP's Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, the party's biggest …

CM Yogi Adityanath to contest UP polls from bastion Gorakhpur, Dy CM Maurya from Sirathu
2 years, 11 months ago

CM Yogi Adityanath to contest UP polls from bastion Gorakhpur, Dy CM Maurya from Sirathu

India Today  

On Saturday, the BJP announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. While Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be contesting from Gorakhpur Urban, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya will fight the election from Sirathu constituency. BJP will form the government in Uttar Pradesh with full majority," Yogi Adityanath was quoted by ANI news agency. …

UP polls 2022: BJP fields CM Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur
2 years, 11 months ago

UP polls 2022: BJP fields CM Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party confirmed on Saturday that chief minister Yogi Adityanath will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, as it announced its list of candidates for the first two phases of polling, scheduled to be held on February 10 and 14 respectively. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath However, contrary to expectations, Adityanath will contest from a …

UP deputy CM stirs Hindutva pot, hints at grand temple in Mathura
3 years ago

UP deputy CM stirs Hindutva pot, hints at grand temple in Mathura

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh’s deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya stirred the Hindutva pot in the poll-bound state on Wednesday as he tweeted that construction of a grand temple in Ayodhya and Kashi was underway and Mathura would be next. aurya’s tweet coincided with right wing body Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha calling off its proposed programme to place an idol of …

More Trouble for Mamata, Influential MLA Siddiqullah Chowdhury Refuses to Contest From Mongolkot Seat
3 years, 9 months ago

More Trouble for Mamata, Influential MLA Siddiqullah Chowdhury Refuses to Contest From Mongolkot Seat

News 18  

In fresh trouble for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, sitting MLA from Mongolkot in East Burdwan district, Siddiqullah Chowdhury – one of the key faces behind the Nandigram anti-land acquisition movement – has decided not to contest from his own constituency in the upcoming assembly polls. Expressing displeasure over the “indifferent behaviour”, “unorganised functioning of the district leadership” and “lack …

Uttar Pradesh deputy CM Keshav Maurya tours Bengal, next up Yogi Adityanath
3 years, 11 months ago

Uttar Pradesh deputy CM Keshav Maurya tours Bengal, next up Yogi Adityanath

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, on his second visit in two weeks’ time to West Bengal, engaged with Matuas, a Dalit refugee group with origins in Bangladesh and whose influence is spread over 50 assembly seats in the state. Maurya, an OBC leader, not only connected with Matuas, but also spoke of the alleged neglect of Bangladeshi …

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