SP chief Akhilesh Yadav tweeted, "Towards a change with (RLD chief) Jayant Chaudhary." (Twitter/Akhilesh Yadav)UP 2022 Polls Live, 2022 Uttar Pradesh Election Campaign Live Updates: Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary and Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday tweeted images with each other, hinting at a poll alliance ahead of the crucial 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
According to PTI, the duo met in Lucknow to discuss seat-sharing. Yadav had earlier said that his party’s alliance with the RLD is final and only sharing of seats is to be discussed.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and party chief JP Nadda addressed BJP’s booth presidents in Kanpur on Tuesday. The CM took a jibe at those protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, stating, “I would like to warn the person who is once again trying to incite feelings in the name of CAA. I am asking followers of ‘chacha jaan‘ and ‘abba jaan‘ to listen carefully that if attempts are made to vitiate the atmosphere of the state by inciting feelings, the state government will deal with it strictly.”
While the ruling BJP and Opposition parties such as the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and SP are focusing on caste-based conventions and meetings, the Congress is keeping its focus on women who constitute about 46 per cent of the population in Uttar Pradesh and for whom the party has announced 40 per cent of tickets for the upcoming Assembly polls.
BJP president J P Nadda. (Twitter/@JPNadda)
Sharpening his attack on opposition parties, BJP chief JP Nadda said on Tuesday, "When we used to say 'Ram Lalla Hum Aayenge, Mandir Wahi Banayenge', opposition parties used to ask, 'When will the temple be built, and when will you come?' They created obstructions and then made fun of us."
"Today, we say that we have come, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paved the way for the construction of a grand Ram temple. I want to tell the people of opposition parties that now you too come, bow your head and go ahead," he added.
People who remember Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah are confined to dynastic politics, BJP chief J P Nadda said here on Tuesday in a veiled attack at Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav.
Yadav recently courted controversy when he named Jinnah, along with Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and Mahatma Gandhi, saying they had helped India achieve independence and never shied away from any struggle. He had also said the three leaders studied at the same institute for their barristership.
Addressing the BJP's booth heads of the Kanpur region at the railway ground in Nirala Nagar, Nadda said those who remember Jinnah are confined to dynastic politics. 'They have nothing to do with development. Such people have to be given a reply in the elections by nationalist forces. We all have to remember this,' he said. (PTI)
The poll-bound Uttar Pradesh will soon become the only state in India to have five international airports with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to lay the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar on Thursday.
A special focus of this grand vision has been on Uttar Pradesh that is witnessing the development of multiple new international airports including the recently inaugurated Kushinagar airport and the under-construction international airport at Ayodhya. Read more
President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh from November 24 to 25, PTI reported.
The president will grace and address the birth centenary celebrations of Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav on Wednesday and address the centenary celebrations of Harcourt Butler Technical University on Thursday, a statement by the Rashtrapati Bhawan said.
In Uttar Pradesh, expressway projects are so closely intertwined with politics that they have remained the headline achievement for three successive regimes.
The first expressway, the Taj Expressway project (later renamed Yamuna Expressway), went through a series of regimes before it saw the light of day. Conceived in 2001 during the BJP regime under Rajnath Singh, it was planned and executed during 2007-12 BSP regime under Mayawati — who gave it the new name — and was finally inaugurated in 2012 by then CM Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party. Read more
Uttar Padesh chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday again used the term “abba jaan” as a jibe, threatening strict action against those who incite passion over the Citizenship Amendment act.
His main target was AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi who recently demanded the withdrawal of the law, but the CM’s remark could be interpreted by many as a reference to the Muslim community in general.
The chief minister had sparked a row in September by using the Urdu term for ‘father’, saying that rations distributed by the previous state government went to those who say “abba jaan”.
In Kanpur on Tuesday, Adityanath said there used to be riots every “third or fourth day” in Uttar Pradesh earlier. “I would like to warn the person who is once again is trying to incite feelings in the name of CAA.” “I am asking followers of ‘chacha jaan’ (uncle) and ‘abba jaan’ to listen carefully that if attempts are made to vitiate the atmosphere of the state by inciting feelings, the state government will deal with it strictly,” the chief minister said. Read more
Reiterating the farmers’ resolve to continue with their agitation, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to create a rift among farmers.
“It took one year for us to make them (government) understand that the laws you brought are not good for poor farmers, labourers, and others. We said things in our language, but those sitting in bungalows in Delhi had another language… They decided to withdraw the law but tried to divide the farmers by saying that they failed to make some people understand the laws,” Tikait said at a kisan mahapanchayat in Lucknow, referring to Modi’s apology while announcing the decision on Friday.
He also reiterated the demand for sacking Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, whose son has been arrested in connection with the death of four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri. Read more
Senior Congress leader and former MP P L Punia accused the BJP of misuing official machinery during its programme in Kanpur, where party president inaugurated the regional party office and addressed booth presidents on Tuesday. "BJP President J P Nadda and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a five-star hotel-like party office in Kanpur today. The entire administration was busy in making a grand programme for the ruling party," Punia was quoted as saying by PTI.
Punia said the "dark exploits" of the state government cannot be hidden behind this grandeur and alleged that the district administration destroyed the families living in the slums around the new BJP office at the behest of the government. These people had been living there for the past 10 years and are Rajasthani sculptors having children, pregnant women, senior citizens and differently-abled members in their families, the Congress leader said.
This action has exposed the "anti-poor" face of the Adityanath-led government, Punia said, adding that the affected people there have been provided help by the local Congress workers.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Rastriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chowdhury on Tuesday met here to discuss seat-sharing for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
Yadav had earlier said that his party's alliance with the Rastriya Lok Dal is final and only sharing of seats is to be discussed.
When asked Rastriya Lok Dal state president Masood Ahmad said that both the leaders met in the state capital and "there is a discussion on seat sharing". About the number of seats the RLD will be getting to fight in the polls early next year, Ahmad said it has not been finalised yet. (PTI)
Taking to Twitter, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary and Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav shared images with each other, hinting at an alliance for the upcoming 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Yadav also tweeted a picture, stating, "Towards a change with Jayant Chaudhary"
BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday claimed that the BJP and SP parties are taking credit for the work planned under the BSP government. While she didn't specifiy the works, Mayawati in the past has asserted that the BSP was responsible for the framework behind the Purvanchal Expressway and upcoming Jewar Airport, PTI reported.
"When the Samajwadi Party was in power and now with the BJP, both the parties have been showing my work as their own. Even the Congress that was in power for the longest time (in Uttar Pradesh) since Independence could not do the work that I had done in such a short time," the BSP chief was quoted as saying.
To remind the people of the state about the work done by it, the BSP has prepared a "folder" to reach out to the people and assure them that a government formed by the party will continue to work with the motto of 'Sarvajan Hitai, Sarvajan Sukhai', she said. The document will be given to people right up to the village level in all the 403 assembly constituencies in the state, she said.
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday called upon political parties to come together on the issues of corruption, unemployment and inflation, and said if everyone is united, there will be development in the country.
He was addressing a gathering at a programme organised to launch a book, titled 'Rajniti ke us Paar', a compilation of works of party general secretary Professor Ram Gopal Yadav and other socialist leaders. The SP leader also said that he was happy to see that everybody has gathered for the programme, keeping aside their political affiliations. Besides SP leaders, Communist Party of India national secretary Atul Kumar Anjan, Congress leader and former MP Pramod Tiwari, Aam Aadmi Party's Uttar Pradesh in-charge and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, RJD MP Manoj Jha were present at the programme. No member from the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh was at the book launch. (PTI)
Ahead of the crucial 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, BJP president JP Nadda inaugurated a regional party office in Kanpur and those of seven district units.
Speaking at a rally in Kanpur, BJP chief JP Nadda said that Uttar Pradesh is fortunate to have a "double engine government". "There is PM Modi at the Centre and CM Yogi in the state. Due to the double engine government, development is happening at a rapid pace in Uttar Pradesh," he said.
He added that the Yogi government has ended mafia and goonda-raj in the state, which was prevalent under the SP government.
"Everyone knows Owaisi is working as an agent of Samajwadi Party to provoke people. But Uttar Pradesh has progressed, it is now known as a riot-free state," UP CM Yogi Aditynath stated at a rally in Kanpur.
He added, "Uttar Pradesh doesn't have a government of rioters or mafiawads anymore. It has a government which runs a bulldozer over such mafia."
Addressing a gathering of BJP Booth Presidents in Kanpur, UP CM Yogi Adityanath took a jibe at those protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, stating, “I want to warn that person who is invoking feelings in the name of CAA…I want to say to these preachers of ‘Abba Jaan’ and ‘Chacha Jaan’ that if they try to do it then the state government knows how to handle it strictly.”
Addressing a gathering of BJP Booth Presidents in Kanpur, the party chief, JP Nadda, stated that several people started calling themselves farmers' leaders. They misled the farmers but did not work for their benefit, he said, adding that only Prime Minister Narendra Modi has benefitted the farmers.
BJP chief JP Nadda and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday visited the Baba Namdev Gurudwara in Kanpur's Kidwai Nagar.
"Work done by PM Modi for our Sikh brothers and community has never been done before. I take blessings and strength from Baba Namdev to do a better social service," Nadda was quoted as saying by ANI.
Ahead of the crucial 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, BJP chief JP Nadda and other national leaders of the party held a meeting with senior leaders from the state, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The core committee of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP met at the party headquarters here in the presence of Nadda. Party sources said the senior leaders held intense discussions for more than three-and-a-half hours to devise a strategy for the Assembly polls due early next year.
Uttar Pradesh will soon become the only state in India to have five international airports with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to lay the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar on Thursday. The development of the airport is in line with the vision of Prime Minister Modi to boost connectivity and create a future-ready aviation sector, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement on Tuesday.
A special focus of this grand vision has been on Uttar Pradesh that is witnessing the development of multiple new international airports including the recently inaugurated Kushinagar airport and the under-construction international airport at Ayodhya. Uttar Pradesh is poised to become the only state in India to have five international airports as Prime Minister Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport in Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, on November 25 at 1 PM, the PMO said.