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“Mohammad Azam Khan is working against the party”

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Acting tough: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh addressing an election rally in Moradabad on Saturday.
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh on Saturday accused his estranged party colleague, Mohammad Azam Khan, of indulging in anti-party activity aimed at harming its prospects in […]

49 candidates with criminal records, 66 millionaires in 4th phase

A woman candidate, Rajjo Devi of the CPM, tops the list of strongmen
The ruling BSP has maximum 14 millionaires in its kitty, followed by 11 from the BJP

Lucknow: Elections are more about criminals and big money — at least in Uttar Pradesh, where as many […]

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AMETHI: Voting in the sprawling Amethi parliamentary constituency that includes the three Assembly segments of Sultanpur district and two of Rae Bareli district moved at a leisurely pace on Thursday even as the wind appeared to favour the Congress and its candidate Rahul Gandhi. Mr. Gandhi is seeking re-election here for the second successive […]

Pilibhit: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Varun Gandhi, who filed his nomination papers at the Pilibhit District Collectorate on Wednesday, has declared assets worth about Rs.5 crore.
According to the affidavit submitted to the District Returning Officer here, Mr. Gandhi has assets worth Rs 4.92 crore, which include movable assets worth Rs 1.71 crore.
However, the young BJP […]

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LUCKNOW: The fate of a host of rebels and turncoats will be decided in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Polling will be held for 17 seats including Amethi, Faizabad, Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Gonda, Jaunpur and Bhadohi.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who has emerged the star […]

“What work has Ms Mayawati done? Just see with what impunity she is spending public money on meaningless schemes… The new generation — let them be Dalits, or Muslims or anybody — they all understand that she is making fools out of us and are ready to act.” Mr Lalji Tandon, senior BJP leader and […]

Dissension in BJP over denial of ticket to veteran Ramesh Tomar

Mr. Tomar, after 37 years in BJP, has joined Congress
Congress has re-nominated sitting MP S.P. Goel

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Ghaziabad: The BJP is portraying the polls for Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency as an already won battle, but victory may not come easy to party president and […]

In 2004 general elections, Mulayam’s party had won the most seats in the region followed by Bahujan Samaj Party

Lucknow: Holding on to its dominance in eastern Uttar Pradesh may prove a tough task for the Samajwadi Party, which in 2004 retained six out of the 16 Lok Sabha seats that are going to polls […]

In this photograph provided by the Congress party, a priest puts a vermilion mark on the forehead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi as she participates in rituals before filing her nomination as a candidate at Rae Bareli.  Photo: AP

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Sanjay Dutt says he will actively campaign for her as it is “his seat”   

Surprise choice: Social activist and Samajwadi Party candidate for Lucknow Nafisa Ali with party general secretary and actor Sanjay Dutt at a press conference in the Uttar Pradesh Capital on Sunday. — Photo: Subir Roy
LUCKNOW: Social activist Nafisa Ali will be […]