Assembly Election 2022 Updates: PM Modi takes swipe after Mamata; BJP, SP release manifestos

The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday released the list of 8 candidates for the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022. 

After the public show of support by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a jibe at the SP for inviting a leader who had called the people of UP ''goondas'' (goons) to campaign in the UP Assembly elections. READ MORE

The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha on Tuesday released its manifesto for the Punjab Assembly elections, promising to ensure Rs 25,000 monthly income and interest-free loan for farmers. The Morcha also promised to set up a commission to probe corruption by bureaucrats and politicians if it comes to power in Punjab in the February 20 Assembly polls. The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) is a political front of 22 farmer unions, who were part of the agitation against the Centre’s farm laws.

A local court on Tuesday sent Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, the nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, to ED custody till February 11 in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal sand mining in the border state, official sources said. Honey was arrested by the central investigation agency here on February 3 and was remanded to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till Tuesday.

The Supreme Court Tuesday turned down a plea filed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan seeking interim bail for campaigning in the UP assembly polls. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai, however, granted liberty to Khan to approach the concerned court and request for expeditious disposal of bail pleas. How can you file 32 petitions to seek bail? Don't bring politics in court, the bench said. READ MORE

All five Congress MLAs of Meghalaya have decided to join Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) in the state.

Speaking on the development, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma said, "MLAs decided to support this govt, I welcome them. Joining of Congress MLAs will not affect the relationship with our coalition partners. They've (MLAs) given a letter of support right now, they're also part of the Congress party."

BJP tries to represent every section of society. We're the only party to do this because other parties work on the basis of religion, caste & vote bank. We've to take Goa forward & build Golden Goa as per the dream of Manohar Parrikar: BJP chief JP Nadda in Goa

Punjab Assembly polls: SSM candidate Gurpreet Kotli campaigns on tractor

BJP committed to make Uttarakhand an 'ideal and developed' state: Rajnath Singh

The MSP on crops will be fixed. Sugarcane farmers will be paid in 15 days. All farmers will be made debt free in 4 years. 2 bags of DAP fertiliser and 5 bags of Urea will be given to the farmers free of cost: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on party manifesto

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds road show in Mathura ahead of UP Assembly Elections 2022.

It has been identity of Punjab to keep India ahead: PM Narendra Modi at virtual rally.

Accusing successive Congress governments of doing nothing for Uttarakhand when it was part of Uttar Pradesh or after its separation from it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday warned people not to commit any mistake in the upcoming assembly polls. He said if those with a track record of putting roadblocks in the development of Uttarakhand come to power, even he would not be able to do much for the state. Addressing a virtual rally in Nainital, Modi asked people to vote for a "double engine" government which will help this decade become that of Uttarakhand. Taking a dig at Congress' slogan of "Char Dham Char Kam", he said the four projects of Congress would be to "serve one family, stall development projects, indulge in corruption and appeasement". Accusing the opposition party of promising to build a Muslim University in Uttarakhand, the prime minister said it was an example of "the party's politics of  appeasement". 

Attacking the BJP and the Congress, AAP Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday appealed to the voters of both the parties to vote for his party for the betterment and development of Uttarakhand. Kejriwal, who is in the hill state campaigning for his party, told mediapersons that the electorate gave ten years to the Congress and 11 years to the BJP, but both the parties did nothing for the development of the state. "AAP is a new party and has an honest Chief Ministerial face. The party has a agenda for the development fo the state," he said. "We will provide free education and health facilities to each village, 24 hour power supply, unemployment allowance to the unemployed and jobs to the unemployed. All these benefits will be extended to the Congress and BJP voters," he said.

Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday released 'Samajwadi Vachan Patra' for the Uttar Pradesh polls. Addressing the media at party office in Lucknow, Akhilesh said that 33 per cent reservation will be given to women in jobs while dues cane farmers will be cleared within 15 days.

Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife and Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu on Tuesday said that the former would have been the right choice for party's Chief ministerial candidate in Punjab. She also expressed that educational qualification should be counted for picking someone for a position as high as of a CM.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday blamed Jawaharlal Nehru for not sending armed forces to liberate Goa from Portuguese rule for 15 years only to protect his "peace-loving global image". A week before Goa goes to polls to elect a new assembly, Modi also used his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in Rajya Sabha to attack the Congress on freedom of speech and how it had sacked Lata Mangeshkar's younger brother from All India Radio for presenting a patriotic poem of Veer Savarkar. He also cited the example of noted lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri for jailing him for speaking against Nehru. Modi also charged Nehru with leaving the satyagrahis, fighting for Goa's freedom, in lurch and using the independence address to attack their movement. "It has been 60 years of Goa liberation. People of Goa must be listening to me today. The way Sardar Patel made a strategy for Hyderabad and Junagad, if the same spirit was followed for Goa as well, then it would not have stayed under foreign rule for 15 years after India got independence. The state got liberated after 15 years of the country's independence," Modi stated.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Tuesday in Lucknow. FULL DETAILS HERE

Atal Bihari Vajpayee always wanted to make Uttarakhand an 'ideal and developed' state. Today, I want to say that BJP is determined to make Uttarakhand an "ideal and developed" state and we will do whatever it takes: Defence Minister-BJP leader Rajnath Singh in Gangolihat

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds road show in Mathura

During voting, keep in mind that even though I reside in Delhi, Uttarakhand has a big place in my heart... We want to move forward & they want to pull us back... Congress has sown poison wherever they have talked about politics of appeasement. Look what they've done to Kashmir:PM

Today, when double engine govt has given Rs 12,000cr & completed 90% work for Char Dham road project, they're remembering Char Dham's name for the 1st time. Had they understood Uttarakhand's people, they wouldn't have done what they did with Rishikesh–Karnaprayag railway line: PM

They (Congress) know only 4 things, whatever they do will be for a family's benefit, will have corruption, will be politics of appeasement for votes, & will have developmental projects postponed for years, so they can fill their own pockets. I've a report on all 4 today: PM Modi

Congress's intention & loyalty can be figured out with their election campaign & slogans. They were in power in Delhi & UP for years, used to travel to Uttarakhand for leisure, but never thought of its pilgrimage, tourism, or chardham. Villages got empty, people migrated: PM Modi

I will reach Srinagar on Feb 10 to gain blessings in Uttarakhand. A few people are here to ruin the state, these people are the same who pushed Uttarakhand people out of Delhi in buses during the COVID19 crisis, in winters: PM Narendra Modi at Vijay Sankalp Sabha

Ahead of state assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday hit out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleging mismanagement by him during the COVID-19 pandemic. The AAP also slammed Adityanath for his ôindecentö language against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, equating his expressions with those of a 'chauraha chhap neta'. The attack came a day after Adityanath and Kejriwal engaged in an online fight trading barbs over the ômismanagementö by their governments during the pandemic. "His (Adityanath's) language against a popular and elected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal -- he said 'Suno Kejriwal' û this kind of indecent language for an elected chief minister reflects that Adityanath ji might have unfortunately become the CM of UP but he speaks like a 'chauraha chhap neta'," AAP leader Sanjay Singh said.

At least 26 per cent of candidates contesting the Goa legislative Assembly elections have criminal cases registered against them and eight per cent have been booked for serious crimes, a report released by an election watchdog revealed on Tuesday. The highest number of candidates with criminal cases are with the Congress, followed by the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and BJP, it was stated. The details are part of a report released by the Goa Election Watch and Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Tuesday. Of the total 301 candidates contesting the polls, 26 per cent (77) have declared in their affidavits criminal cases pending against them in various courts, of which eight per cent are facing serious criminal offences, the report stated. At least 35 per cent of Congress candidates have criminal cases against them, followed by the MGP with 23 per cent, BJP with 18 per cent, NCP and TMC with 15 per cent each and AAP with 10 per cent, the ADR said.

I urge you all to support Samajwadi Party and make them win, defeat BJP. Don't fall for false promises made by BJP... I will also visit Varanasi on 3rd March. History will never forgive those responsible for Hathas, Unnao incidents & bodies dumped in Ganga in UP during Covid. Yogi Ji, where were you when these things were happening? Yogi Ji must apologise to the people of Uttar Pradesh: West Bengal CM & TMC leader Mamata Banerjee, in Lucknow

BJP UP team has given form to this 'Sankalp Patra'. It is not just a 'ghoshna patra', it is UP govt's resolution... the 2017 'Sankalp Patra' had 212 resolutions, of which 92 have been fulfilled. We do what we say. We have decided that in the next 5 years, free irrigation facility will be provided to all farmers, payment to be given to sugarcane farmers within 14 days. Free travel for women above 60 yrs of age & free scooties to meritorious female college students: Union Home Minister Amit Shah

BJP prepared its new 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp-Patra' for UP's development in next 5yrs. Over 700 riots occurred b/w 2012-2017, many people killed &months of curfew. Businessmen migrated, daughters couldn't go to schools: UP CM Yogi Adityanath, on the release of 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra-22'

The BJP has released its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. The election document was released by Union Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow.

AAP national convenor and Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal will address press conference in Uttarakhand at 11 am today.

Azad Samaj Party chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad has said that his new political outfit is emerging as an alternative to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), adding that the latter was a "dry tree which is neither providing shelter nor fruits". This is the first time that Chandra Shekhar has openly lashed out against the BSP. Aazad, who was in Mathura to seek votes for his party candidates contesting elections from Govardhan and Chhata constituencies, said that Dalits had propelled the BSP into power but the party was no longer in a position to do anything for the community because it had become "outdated". "Change is the law of nature. If one tree becomes weak then an option should be available and Azad Samaj party is available as an alternative."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address his first virtual rally for the Punjab Assembly polls on Tuesday. In his rally, Modi will address people from 18 Assembly segments of Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary constituencies, according to a statement issued by the BJP. The party has set up LED screens all over the 18 Assembly segments. About 50,000 people are expected to watch the PM’s address, it said.

On February 9, senior BJP leader Amit Shah will take part in door-to-door campaign in Goa and afterwards hold two rallies in Bicholim and Sankhalim. On the same day (Feb 9), Singh will hold poll meetings at Ponda and Vasco towns.

With just a week left for voting in the Goa assembly polls, the ruling BJP is stepping up campaigning with its top leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, set to address physical election rallies in the state over the next few days. Besides Modi and Shah, BJP president J P Nadda and Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Rajnath Singh, among others, will address public meetings ahead of the polling on February 14 for the 40-member assembly, the party said on Monday. Goa BJP president Sadanand Shet Tanavade told reporters that the Prime Minister will be addressing an election meeting in support of party candidates on February 10 at Mapusa town, 9km from here. “It will be a mega rally of the party which will be attended by central and state leaders,” Tanavade said.

The Congress has released its manifesto for the upcoming Goa Assembly polls, and senior party leader P Chidambaram promised the resumption of mining activities in the coastal state if his party comes to power. The mining operations, which used to be one of the main sources of revenue for Goa, came to a grinding halt in the state in March 2018 after the Supreme Court quashed 88 mining leases.

Incumbent CM Yogi Adityanath continues to remain as a top choice for CM, followed by Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, and Priyanka Gandhi, according to India TV-Ground Zero Research survey.

The BJP is likely to retain power in Uttar Pradesh with a full majority but Samajwadi Party will also better its 2017 tally. According to the India TV-Ground Zero Research Opinion Poll survey, the BJP may win around 241-245 seats, Samajwadi Party may get 144-148 seats, BSP may bag 5-9, Congress and the Others may win 3-7 and 1-3 seats respectively. READ FULL STORY 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday spelt his party's 11-point agenda for Uttarakhand if voted to power, promising to end corruption and giving free quality education and medical treatment to all. Accusing successive Congress and BJP governments in Uttarakhand of 'looting' the state, he said his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alone can provide an 'honest alternative' to people. "Nothing is going to change if you give another five years to either BJP or Congress. All they would do is fill their coffers," he said. READ FULL STORY

The Congress party on Monday released its eighth list of 28 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Of the 28 assembly seats, 10 seats have been given to women candidates. This is in line with the party's commitment to give 40 per cent seats to women candidates.

The party has fielded Ashish Shukla from the Amethi constituency.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Goa for Assembly Polls on February 11

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will release Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) manifesto for the Goa Assembly Polls on Tuesday. Notably, the party had held back its manifesto scheduled to be released on Sunday following the demise of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar.

As per a press release issued by the BJP, Gadkari will arrive at Dabolim Airport at 11 am today and leave for Panaji. The Party has scheduled the manifesto's release in the capital city at 12:30 pm, added the release.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to release Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Tuesday morning in Lucknow.

The release of BJP's manifesto 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra' was postponed as a mark of respect to the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who died of multi-organ failure on Sunday at the age of 92.

As per highly placed sources in the party, BJP's manifesto may include issues of nationalism, development, good governance and development of Kashi Mathura.

In a multi-party contest, political parties with varied strategies and tall promises are reaching out to people in Agra to win over nine constituencies in the district which heads into polling in the first phase of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. The Samajwadi Party has allied with Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) to fight for the Dalit stronghold, comprising 21 per cent of total voters in Agra.

In the ensuing first phase of elections to be held on February 10, the RLD and the SP have formed an alliance vouching on an overwhelming performance in 403 Assembly seats.

The total number of eligible voters in the UP Assembly elections is 15.06 crore. Out of a total of 34.61 lakh voters, Agra accounts for an increase of 2.17 lakh voters within five years.