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PM's demonetisation drive aimed at fulfilling BJP's 'politi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government announced the demonetisation drive to fulfil their political interest in the wake of upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
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Priyanka Gandhi will be crucial in defeating BJP in UP elections: JD-U
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar)[India], Nov. 19 (ANI): The Janata Dal-United has welcomed the Congress party's decision to use Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for campaigning in Uttar Pradesh, which will have assembly polls next year. It said Priyanka could play a crucial role in defeating the Bharatiya Janata Pa
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Using indelible ink for demonetisation may affect election process: EC wri
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 18 (ANI): With Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh slated to go for assembly polls on November 19, the Election Commission (EC) today expressed its concerns about use of indelible ink by banks in exchange for currency notes under the demonetization rule.
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Stop being vindictive or else UP voters will give apt reply: BSP tells PM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 14 (ANI): The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Monday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to prove his allegations on the opposition parties post demonetisation and said that the people of Uttar Pradesh would give him a befitting reply in next year's assembly polls fo
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Ahead of UP Assembly polls, Prashant Kishor meets CM Akhilesh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov. 7 (ANI): Congress poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Monday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav at the latter's official residence here.
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Congress rules out possibility of alliance with SP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov. 6 (ANI): The Congress Party on Sunday downplayed election strategist Prashant Kishor's second purported meeting with Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and categorically stated that it would not enter into an alliance with the ruling party
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JD (U) pro grand alliance in UP, urges like-minded parties to join hands a
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 2 (ANI): Amidst speculation that a grand alliance is on the cards in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh to halt the progress of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the assembly polls scheduled next year, the Janata Dal (United) on Wednesday said the like-m
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Only Mulayam can salvage SP, says JD (U)
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct. 27 (ANI): The Janata Dal (United) on Thursday said the infighting in the Samajwadi Party (SP) would only help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reap benefits ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, adding that it would be unacceptable to secular and democratic f
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What's on the surface may not be the truth: Congress on Yadav pari -&
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 25 (ANI): With the Yadav clan war seemingly spiralling out of control close to the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said it is quite possible that what's being displayed by the Samajwadi Party (SP) on the surface, ma
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Eyeing victory in UP, BJP corners Akhilesh as rift in SP widens
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct. 23 (ANI): Expressing confidence of a splendid victory in the upcoming assembly polls in the wake of the escalating friction in the Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav should tender hi
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Samajwadi Party's "fight for supremacy" will benefit BJP in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 23 (ANI): Hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sacked his uncle Shivpal Yadav and three other ministers considered to be Amar Singh's loyalists from his Cabinet, the newly-joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Rita Bahuguna Joshi today too
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Ram Gopal bats for Akhilesh as rift in Netaji's party escalates
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct. 23 (ANI): Amid the widening rift in the party fold in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Samajwadi Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav on Sunday wrote a letter to all party workers asking them to stand behind his nephew and incumbent Chi
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