All stories by Abhinav Pandey
Akhilesh dismisses pre-poll surveys, says SP will win over 300 seats
Rediff.com7 Mar 2022"Let them show whatever they have got. We are winning with a majority," Akhilesh Yadav said, dismissing predictions to the contrary on some TV channels.
Priyanka takes on SP, BJP over 'central poll issues'
Rediff.com23 Feb 2022Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Samajwadi Party of talking about terrorism during the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections while diverting attention from the 'central discourse' on unemployment, inflation, empowering women and helping small businesses and farmers.
'Yogi Adityanath fled from Ayodhya'
Rediff.com25 Jan 2022'Sarkar jo bhi gana gaye, is bar sarkar paltegi'
Ready to contest against Yogi in Gorakhpur: Kafeel Khan
Rediff.com25 Jan 2022If any party gives me a ticket I am ready, Khan said .
Yogi would have faced lot of opposition in Ayodhya: Ram Temple priest
Rediff.com24 Jan 2022'I speak after asking Ram Lalla. I spoke with Ram Lalla's inspiration'
Gen Next hopes to come good in UP polls in stalwarts' absence
Rediff.com17 Jan 2022With several political stalwarts of Uttar Pradesh no longer on the scene, it will be keenly watched how their children lead at the hustings this time without their formidable presence.
Will contest 15 seats in alliance with BJP in UP: Nishad party
Rediff.com16 Jan 2022Nishad said he will meet senior BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, in Delhi on Monday to finalise the constituencies where the party will field its candidates.
UP poll: How parties are preparing for virtual campaigning
Rediff.com10 Jan 2022While the Bharatiya Janata Party already has a good presence on social media platforms, the Samajwadi Party and others are putting in efforts to strengthen their digital army and chalking out strategies to boost their support base.
Akhilesh not to contest UP assembly polls, announces tie-up with RLD
Rediff.com1 Nov 2021On chances of taking uncle Shivpal Yadav's Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia along in the polls, he said, "I dont have any problem in this. He and his men will be given due honour".
Modi in UP, why is he not going to Lakhimpur, asks Priyanka
Rediff.com5 Oct 2021Gandhi also charged that the focus of the Uttar Pradesh government has been propaganda and public relations instead of welfare of people.
AAP to go solo in UP, contest all 403 seats
Rediff.com12 Sep 2021"Our party is stronger than the Congress in the state. While the Congress won 40 seats in panchayat polls, we scored a victory in 83 panchayats. AAP got over 40 lakh votes in these polls, where 1600 party candidates contested," Singh, AAP's UP in-charge and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said.
UP: Gangsters' assets worth over Rs 1800 cr seized
Rediff.com6 Aug 2021In a special campaign from April 2017 till July 2021, 13,801 cases were lodged under the Gangster Act and 43,294 accused arrested, while the National Security Act was invoked against 630 people, Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said.
Doors open to all small parties to defeat BJP in 2022: Akhilesh
Rediff.com1 Aug 2021On possible alliances for the upcoming state polls, the SP president said, "Doors of our party are open for all small parties. Many smaller parties are already with us. More will come with us."
UP 'love jihad' law: 35 arrests, dozen FIRs in a month
Rediff.com26 Dec 2020Nearly a dozen first information reports have been lodged since the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, was notified on November 27.
Dalit family first to get Ayodhya bhoomi pujan prasad
Rediff.com6 Aug 2020The prasad included laddoos, a copy of the Ramcharitmanas and tulsi mala, Chief Minister's Media Advisor Shalabh Mani Tripathi told PTI. He said the first prasad was sent to the Mahaveer's family in Ayodhya.
Lord Ram's will that I attend bhoomi pujan: Babri case litigant
Rediff.com3 Aug 2020'All this (temple's construction) will change the fate of Ayodhya. We all want our child to get better opportunities'
Corona warrior watches 3-yr-old son's last rites from a distance
Rediff.com6 May 2020On Saturday night, he was serving patients at an isolation ward in the Level-2 government COVID-19 hospital, when he got a frantic call that his son, Harshit, was having difficulty in breathing and also had a stomachache. "When I got the call, I became restless but could not leave the hospital immediately. My family members took my son to the King George's Medical University. They kept sending me his pictures on WhatsApp. At about 2 am he left the world, leaving all of us behind," said Manish as he wept while narrating the episode to PTI.
Land for mosque: Waqf Board to decide on Nov 26
Rediff.com10 Nov 2019Sunni Central Waqf Board Chairman, Zufar Farooqui said some persons are advising that land should not be taken for the Babri mosque.
It's advantage Akhilesh in fight for Azamgarh
Rediff.com8 May 2019Nirahua, a Bhojpuri star and the BJP's candidate, is drawing huge crowds in his road shows and meetings after he entered the poll fray against Yadav, but voters with caste and local equations appear favourable for the senior Yadav.
'Congress more keen on forming UP govt in 2022'
Rediff.com26 Apr 2019Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav lashed out at his one-time ally, the Congress, and said that in the state the BJP is nowhere.