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'Jaichand', A Mahapanchayat, And 'Revenge of 2022': BJP's Post-defeat 'Dangal' in Western UP
6 months, 1 week ago

'Jaichand', A Mahapanchayat, And 'Revenge of 2022': BJP's Post-defeat 'Dangal' in Western UP

News 18  

The elections are over, the results are out, and the new government is in. It all started with Sanjeev Balyan — who was made union minister after his thumping victory in 2014 and again after defeating the Jat leader Ajit Singh in his domain in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections — losing this time from his Muzaffarnagar seat. THE CHARGE …

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Agra Lok Sabha Elections: Which Way Will the City of Taj Sway? A Look at Key Factors
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Agra Lok Sabha Elections: Which Way Will the City of Taj Sway? A Look at Key Factors

News 18  

The Agra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party: The Samajwadi Party has not been able to win the Agra seat since actor-politician Raj Babbar won the Lok Sabha constituency on SP tickets in 1999 and 2004 general elections. The Samajwadi Party has not been able to win the Agra seat since …

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Aligarh Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Will BJP's Satish Kumar Gautam Score a Hat-trick?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Aligarh Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Will BJP's Satish Kumar Gautam Score a Hat-trick?

News 18  

Aligarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of 80 parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. The saffron party has to do at least as well in these elections as the last time in Uttar Pradesh to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s target of winning 370 seats in the new Parliament. Expansion of Noida Airport Project Area: In October 2023, the Uttar Pradesh …

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Ghaziabad: Upset with BJP, Jat groups to vote for INDIA candidate Dolly Sharma
8 months ago

Ghaziabad: Upset with BJP, Jat groups to vote for INDIA candidate Dolly Sharma

Hindustan Times  

Close on the heels of the Rajput community holding a series of maha panchayats across western Uttar Pradesh, calling for a boycott of Bharatiya Janata Party candidates, more trouble is brewing for the saffron party, with the Jat community now deciding to oppose the BJP candidate Atul Garg in Ghaziabad. Members of the Jat community -- -- considered a traditional …

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Supreme Court Asks Allahabad HC To Enable E-Filing & Virtual Appearance Facilities At UP District Courts
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Asks Allahabad HC To Enable E-Filing & Virtual Appearance Facilities At UP District Courts

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court to enable e-filing facility at e-Sewa Kendras of all the District Courts in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Court also stated that a hybrid hearing before the High Court through a virtual set-up in the District Courts of Western UP may take place in compliance …

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As campaign heat intensifies, poll pitch for subtle polarisation gets intense in west U.P.
8 months, 1 week ago

As campaign heat intensifies, poll pitch for subtle polarisation gets intense in west U.P.

Hindustan Times  

With less than a week to go for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, contentious issues are coming to the forefront of the campaign rhetoric in the state’s western region, which has a significant Muslim population and communal fault lines, as terms like “exodus”, “curfew”, “fatwa” and “riots” are coming into play. The BJP is raking …

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Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

With less than two days left for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is witnessing troubling signs in western Uttar Pradesh, a region where it won the majority of seats in the last decade due to a consolidated Hindu vote. Saharanpur Caste equation Muslim: 42 per cent Jatav + other SC: 17 per cent Rajput: 8 …

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Keeping up with UP | Will Ram sway the angry farmers of West UP?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Keeping up with UP | Will Ram sway the angry farmers of West UP?

Hindustan Times  

Actors Arun Govil and Dipika Chikhlia Topiwala, famous for their portrayal of Ram and Sita, dressed in bright golden yellow and red, walked the streets of Ayodhya invoking memories of Ramanand Sagar’s television series Ramayana ahead of the Ram temple consecration ceremony on January 22. In a deeply religious atmosphere, none could have imagined that in two months, Govil will …

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Waiver of electricity bills: U.P. farmers reject govt move, term it conspiracy to install meters
9 months, 1 week ago

Waiver of electricity bills: U.P. farmers reject govt move, term it conspiracy to install meters

Hindustan Times  

Farmers’ organisations of the state refused to accept the conditional waiver of electricity bills of tubewells and said that it’s nothing but a ploy to install electricity meters on tubewells by the back door. Veteran farmer leader and president of BKU Harpal Singh Bilari said that this conspiracy was hatched to install meters on tubewells as farmers in western UP …

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Ecostani | Jayant Chaudhary hopes that the NDA will help his party — and the BJP, too
10 months ago

Ecostani | Jayant Chaudhary hopes that the NDA will help his party — and the BJP, too

Hindustan Times  

Since Jayant Chaudhary, president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, a party with influence among Jats in western Uttar Pradesh, announced that he would be part of Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance giving a severe blow to INDIA bloc, the Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has not spoken a word against him. The RLD had failed to win even …

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BJP making fresh overtures to Jats in western UP?
1 year ago

BJP making fresh overtures to Jats in western UP?

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the unveiling of former Prime Minister late Chaudhary Charan Singh’s statue on his birth anniversary on December 23, possibly by chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Moradabad, is being viewed as the BJP’s fresh attempts to woo the Jat community that makes up for its numerical disadvantage among the OBC bloc by their …

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OPINION | Poll fever in Gujarat, Delhi and UP
2 years ago

OPINION | Poll fever in Gujarat, Delhi and UP

India TV News  

With moderate to heavy polling going on in 89 assembly constituencies of Gujarat, campaigning is at its peak for the remaining seats of Gujarat with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Home Minister Amit Shah addressing rallies and taking out road shows. Several BJP chief ministers and Union ministers are campaigning for the party in Delhi.In the …

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Lumpy skin disease: UP govt bans cattle trade, imposes 'lockdown' on animal movement
2 years, 3 months ago

Lumpy skin disease: UP govt bans cattle trade, imposes 'lockdown' on animal movement

India TV News  

Highlights The viral disease entered Uttar Pradesh through states like Rajasthan, MP, Haryana and Delhi Districts like Jhansi, Agra, Aligarh, among others have been affected by the disease in western UP The lumpy skin disease affects cattle like cows and buffaloes Lumpy skin disease : In the wake of increasing cases of lumpy skin disease across several states, the Uttar …

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Supreme Court Weekly Round Up: July 25 To July 30, 2022
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up: July 25 To July 30, 2022

Live Law  

Supreme Court Judgments Forest Department Cannot Itself Impose Damages Invoking Section 33 Wildlife Protection Act: Supreme Court Case Details: State of Uttar Pradesh vs Anand Engineering College 2022 LiveLaw 626 | SLP 10084-85/2022 The Supreme Court observed that a forest department cannot impose damages under Section 33 of the Wild Life Act, 1972. Supreme Court Upholds ED's Power Of Arrest, …

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BJP shatters caste equations in Uttar Pradesh, eats into SP vote bank
2 years, 9 months ago

BJP shatters caste equations in Uttar Pradesh, eats into SP vote bank

Op India  

With its glorious performance in the recently held Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the BJP has returned to power in India’s most populous state with a 2/3rd majority. BJP has comfortably won in Brahmin majority seats The number of Brahmin voters in Uttar Pradesh constitute around 14%. BJP has caused a dent in Yadav-majority seats in Uttar Pradesh The loyal Samajwadi …

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SP posts strong showing in western UP, Rohilkhand; loses the plot in Awadh, Bundelkhand
2 years, 9 months ago

SP posts strong showing in western UP, Rohilkhand; loses the plot in Awadh, Bundelkhand

India Today  

From its previous showing of 52 seats in 2017, the Samajwadi Party and its allies managed to reach a seat count of 125 in Uttar Pradesh, more than what most exit polls predicted. READ | Uttar Pradesh turns saffron again as BJP cruises to power, Samajwadi Party emerges distant second All three seats in Shamli have gone to the SP …

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UP Assembly Elections 2022 Updates: Polling Ends for First Phase With 60.1% Turnout Till 6pm
2 years, 10 months ago

UP Assembly Elections 2022 Updates: Polling Ends for First Phase With 60.1% Turnout Till 6pm

News 18  

About 60 percent voter turnout was recorded till 6 pm on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh, where polling was held across 58 assembly constituencies in 11 districts. The high-stakes battle for Uttar Pradesh kicked off today with voting beginning for phase one of the seven-phase election which will see 58 assembly seats in 11 districts, spanning the Jat-dominant belt of western …

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Assembly polls: Phase 1 polling in UP today, 58 seats in fray | Details
2 years, 10 months ago

Assembly polls: Phase 1 polling in UP today, 58 seats in fray | Details

India Today  

The 2022 election season will kickstart from Thursday, February 10, with the first phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. The districts where the elections will be held are Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Shamli, Hapur, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Agra and Mathura. Assembly seats going to polls in first phase of UP election S.No Constituency Region District …

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Manifestos showcase parties’ farmer connect in UP’s sugarcane belt
2 years, 10 months ago

Manifestos showcase parties’ farmer connect in UP’s sugarcane belt

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Ahead of the first-round polls in western Uttar Pradesh, nearly all political parties have sought to use their manifestos to connect with the polarised, prosperous sugarcane belt in the western part of the state, where the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 united Hindus, separated Jats and Muslims and set the stage for a BJP sweep – a trend since the …

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections: Why Phase 1 polling is a do-or-die moment for Yogi Adityanath
2 years, 10 months ago

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections: Why Phase 1 polling is a do-or-die moment for Yogi Adityanath

Firstpost  

As Assembly polls kick off in western UP on 10 February, of the seven phases into which the state elections have been divided, the first one is perhaps the most critical for the BJP Caste and community equations in western Uttar Pradesh are in a state of flux after a year of street protests on the borders of Delhi brought …

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UP election 2022: BJP tries to woo Jat community in western UP ahead of Feb 10 polls
2 years, 10 months ago

UP election 2022: BJP tries to woo Jat community in western UP ahead of Feb 10 polls

India Today  

Ahead of the first phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election on February 10, the Bharatiya Janata Party is putting all its might into wooing the Jat voters in western Uttar Pradesh. After Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, MP Hema Malini, and others reached Mathura to woo the Jat voters. In 2013, the Jat …

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How Yogi Adityanath is building a Hindutva push in west UP
2 years, 10 months ago

How Yogi Adityanath is building a Hindutva push in west UP

India Today  

The demolition of old buildings on a 2,000 sq. “By establishing an ATS centre in Deoband, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has tried to connect this area, which is famous for education, with terrorism,” says Mufti Tariq Kazmi, who runs a social organisation in Deoband. People will vote for the BJP once again, in the name of development.” In the 2017 …

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Opinion | How Amit Shah reached out to Jat community seeking support
2 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | How Amit Shah reached out to Jat community seeking support

India TV News  

In a fresh political development in UP, Home Minister Amit Shah reached out to Jat leaders and held talks with them seeking the community’s support to the BJP in the forthcoming assembly elections. Nearly 253 leaders from different ‘khap panchayats’ of Jat community met Shah on Wednesday and placed their list of demands, which included job reservation for Jats, conferring …

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In SP-RLD, not Jayant Chaudhary but Azam Khan will rule: Amit Shah to Jat leaders
2 years, 10 months ago

In SP-RLD, not Jayant Chaudhary but Azam Khan will rule: Amit Shah to Jat leaders

India TV News  

Highlights Amit Shah meets Jat leaders from western UP in Delhi The Home Minister said Jats have always supported the BJP Amit Shah's meeting with Jat leaders is being seen as crucial one ahead of UP elections With less than a month left for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday met Jat leaders from …

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