Assembly Election 2022: Will make Atal Adarsh Vidyalaya to provide education to kids, says Yogi

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews the prevailing situation in Ukraine every day to evacuate Indian nationals. His remarks came amid rising tensions in Ukraine in the wake of Russian military action.

"The Prime Minister reviews the situation every day to bring our Indian citizens back. People are facing difficulty as no airstrip, airport is left in Ukraine. Still, we're talking to the Ukrainian government, neighbouring countries' governments to bring our citizens back," the Defence Minister said at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh's Dhan Ghata, Sant Kabir Nagar.

In a scathing attack at the Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Tuesday said that both Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) closed 29 sugar mills in the state and sold 11 sugar mills at a very low price while the BJP government opened several new sugar mills. Addressing a public rally in Kushinagar, the BJP chief said, "SP and BSP together closed 29 sugar mills of UP and sold 11 sugar mills at a very low price. Yogi's government has gave a payment of Rs 1.41 lakh crore to sugarcane growers. Along with this, the pending dues of the Akhilesh government of Rs 11,000 crore have also been paid by BJP government. New sugar mills have been started in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP government."

Buddhist monks in Kushinagar, an international Buddhist pilgrimage centre that will go to polls on March 3 in the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, have urged the state government to start a Buddhist University here. Kushinagar is the centre point of the Buddhist circuit. The district has more than 50 monasteries of which Kushinagar itself has 16 monasteries. Buddhist monks that ANI spoke with said that they are studying the Pali language at different universities be it in Varanasi or Noida as they have no other options for postgraduate studies.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the BJP government had failed to meet its "promise of doubling farmers' income" by 2022 and accused the party of "spreading lies". Addressing a public rally in Basti district here, Yadav accused the government of resorting to excessive privatisation.

"Double engine government is spreading lies. BJP is a party of liars. They have sold, airports, aeroplanes, railway stations. They're doing it so that no one gets employment," he alleged.

"Earlier, this government (BJP) promised to double the income of farmers. But I want to know how many farmers have earned double income? When farmers needed fertilizers, this government failed to provide it," he added.

Stating that Uttar Pradesh was called a 'BIMARU ' state under the previous governments, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the state under the BJP government has attained the fastest growth in the country. Addressing a rally in Ballia, Singh said, "Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh, under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has witnessed the fastest growth in the country."

"PM Modi said he was fortunate to distribute gas cylinders but BJP & its people should have specified that when they were distributing cylinders it was for Rs.400 and now when they're asking for votes it's Rs.1000," SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in Ballia

Voters' turnout in almost two-thirds of the assembly seats during five rounds of polling in Uttar Pradesh is more or less the same as in the 2017 polls, leaving political parties and experts guessing whether it's pro-incumbency or anti-incumbency votes.

A look at the voters' turnout in the 2019 general elections in the state also doesn't reflect much of a difference. While some attribute it to coronavirus, others say voters have tested all the parties in the polls and hence are not enthused by new poll promises made by the competing parties.

Out of the seven-phase elections, the politically important state has completed five rounds and the rest two are lined up on March 3 and March 7. Results will be declared on March 10 along with that of Punjab, Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur.

"SP is annoyed about all the money coming for welfare work in the state. They ask where does this money come from...We have an efficient equipment (bulldozer)…. It makes highways and crushes mafias(goons) as well," says UP CM Yogi Adityanath in Maharajganj

"A large number of voters turned out in the first phase of the Manipur Assembly elections. PM Modi has announced to open an AIIMS centre in the state and work for the development of sports & start-ups. This will provide large scale employment for youth," says Manipur CM N Biren Singh

For the development of sports in Manipur, we're building a Sports University in the state. Manipur is now being identified by skill, startups & sports. Start-Up Manipur is showing good results. In the future, our govt is set to build a Rs 100 crore start-up fund as well, says PM Modi

Manipur was waiting for its first train, since independence. BJP did the work of starting train services in the state and connected Manipur to India's railway network. New railway lines are also being built, furthering the layout and connectivity: PM Narendra Modi

Congress party focused on looting Manipur. They were so involved in looting the state that they never had time to work for people. The leaders of BJP stay among Manipuri people and work with them for their growth, says PM Modi while addressing a virtual rally in Manipur

Congress party did not work for the development of Manipur and encouraged separatism. The people of Manipur have to be aware of this. BJP works for the development of the Northeast, especially Manipur. This is destroying their plans of divide and rule: PM Narendra Modi

The BJP government is running several unifying initiatives such as 'Go to Hills, Go to Village' - which is defeating their separatist propagandas. It is destroying Congress as well. For us, Manipur and Northeast is the centre of India's unity, says PM Narendra Modi

Manipur has created a record yesterday during the first phase of Assembly elections by blessing BJP with a huge number of votes. In the second phase too, the people of Manipur are going to vote for development: PM Narendra Modi addressing a virtual rally in Manipur

Some unidentified miscreants pelted stones on a bus carrying policemen from Maharashtra state armed police for election duties to Sant Kabir Nagar district. The police have reportedly detained two persons on the spot.

Panic gripped Tharwai and adjoining areas under the limits of Tharwai police station in trans-Ganga area when the incident took place.

The police said that some unidentified miscreants suddenly pelted stones on a bus carrying policemen for election duties.

With more than three lakh sugarcane farmers of Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar reeling under multifold problems, they have demanded subsidy on diesel and loan for buying seeds.

In the last two years, sugarcane farmers of the district, which is going to Assembly polls in the sixth phase, have said they incurred heavy losses due to extreme rain that damaged a large portion of the crops in the entire district.

Failing to repay the loan taken under KCC (Kisan Credit Card) due to low harvest, the farmers said that now they wouldn't get any loans under the scheme. Under this scheme, a farmer can get Kisan Credit Card (KCC) and avail loans with the lowest interest rate.

Ahead of the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday held a roadshow in his bastion Gorakhpur which votes on March 3, and said that 'Bhagwa' is the identity of Bhartiyata (Indianness) but it is being targeted by some people.

The BJP had fielded Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur after a spate of speculation that he would contest from Ayodhya or Mathura.

Addressing the public in his roadshow, CM Yogi said, "This Bhagwa is the identity of Bhartiyata (Indianness), and India's energy, and I feel proud after wearing it because Swami Vivekanand had worn his Bhagwa on the international stage and had said that say with pride that we are a Hindu, but some people are targeting Bhagwa..."

Ahead of the polling in Gorakhpur which is believed to be a bastion of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Samajwadi Party candidate Shubhawati Shukla who the party has pitched against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, exuded confidence in registering a win in the upcoming polls and said that people will vote for her to pay their respect to her late husband.

Notably, Shubhawati Shukla is the wife of late Upendra Dutt Shukla who was a BJP leader who passed away in 2020.

Gorakhpur is going to the polls in the sixth phase of the ongoing Assembly elections on March 3.

Speaking to ANI, the SP candidate said, "The people are showing their love for me. I am going to win from the Gorakhpur Urban Assembly constituency."

Amid electionerring for the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that his party has already "hit two centuries" in the last five phases of the polls and is moving ahead.

He accused the BJP of speaking "lies" and said Samajwadi Party will get majority in Uttar Pradesh.

"People of Basti want a change, they are fed up with the BJP's lies. There is a hunger for development in Gorakhpur... BJP should know that people are giving us the majority this time... We have already hit two centuries in the last five phases, moving ahead now," Yadav said.