The stakes are high for the ruling BJP as among the eight constituencies going to the polls, it had won seven seats in the 2019 elections while the BSP had bagged Amroha. There are 1.67 crore voters in these eight Lok Sabha constituencies.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of MPs, 80, to Parliament, will vote in all seven phases.
Police said the accident occurred on the Phephna-Buxar highway as a Tata Safari veered out of control while it was attempting to overtake another vehicle. It overturned after hitting a tree.
Meanwhile, Congress distanced itself from Pitroda's statement. Senior party leader Jairam Ramesh said Pitroda's opinion does not reflect the position of the grand-old party.
BJP's Smriti Irani is the incumbent MP from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi while Sonia Gandhi from Raebareli. However, the Congress patriarch has already moved to Rajya Sabha. In such a scenario, the 'Grand Old Party' will definitely put its best bet forward to maintain dominance in Raebareli.
Lok Sabha elections: Authorities in Gautam Buddh Nagar have ordered the closure of liquor shops in Noida and Greater Noida ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 26.
In a major turn of events, the Samajwadi Party has announced Akhilesh Yadav as its official candidate for the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat, reversing its earlier decision.
He was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Iglas in 2017. His father Kishan Lal Diler was former MP from Hathras.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of MPs, 80, to Parliament, will vote in all seven phases.
Akash Anand, an MBA graduate from London, made his first political appearance alongside Mayawati during her visit to Saharanpur following violence in 2017. Recently, Akash took charge of election management and was prominently featured on stage during Mayawati's rally in Meerut.
On Monday, the Samajwadi Party announced the candidature of Tej Pratap Singh Yadav from Kannauj. Voting for Lok Sabha elections in Kannauj will take place in 4th phase on 13 May.
Yogi Adityanath highlighted the positive initiatives undertaken by PM Modi, which have garnered widespread support from the people of India.
The gangster is booked under the stringent Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act. He is also an accused in a gang-rape case in Noida.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also emphasised in his election rallies that the Congress has included the redistribution of people's property in its manifesto.
Mayawati, who was in Meerut to campaign for her party candidate, promised to work for a separate state comprising the districts of western Uttar Pradesh, if BSP is voted to power at the Centre.
Mukhtar Ansari was laid to rest in Ghazipur on March 30 amid a security blanket. The 63-year-old had been behind bars in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab since 2005 and had over 60 criminal cases against him.
A case has been registered against eight accused, including Pradhan, who attacked Cabinet Minister Sanjay Nishad. Four accused have been arrested and others are absconding.
The Prime Minister "warned" the people of the country that Congress and its allies have "eyes on the people's properties" and they are planning to "redistribute" them if voted to power.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Historically a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, the seat is now contested by Dimple Yadav, Thakur Jayveer Singh of the BJP, and Shiv Prasad Yadav of the BSP.
Samajwadi Party leader and former Mainpuri MP Tej Pratap Singh Yadav is a grand-nephew of late SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. Yadav is also married to Rajlakshmi, younger daughter of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.
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