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NEW DELHI: Campaigning for the crucial sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections ended on Tuesday with ruling BJP continuing its attack on the misrule of the earlier Samajwadi Party (SP) government.
The SP also hit back at the Yogi Adityanath government as it tried to wrest back support in an area that heavily voted for the BJP five years ago.
Meanwhile, in Manipur, Union home minister Amit Shah Union pledged to establish peace in Manipur by initiating talks with all underground groups operating in the state.
Here is a look at the key developments on Tuesday:
Uttar Pradesh
Campaigning for the sixth phase of polling for 57 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, including Gorakhpur Urban from where Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is in the fray, came to an end on Tuesday evening. Spread over 10 districts, polling in these constituencies will be held from 7 am till 6 pm on Thursday.
The districts where polling is to be held in this phase include Ambedkar Nagar, Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria and Ballia.
State Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla said the campaign for the sixth phase ended at 6 pm and all preparations for voting on Thursday have been completed.
Prominent among the 676 candidates in the fray in this phase are Adityanath, who is contesting his first assembly election, state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu (Tamkuhi Raj), Swami Prasad Maurya, who quit as minister to join the Samajwadi Party (Fazilnagar), and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly and senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Govind Chaudhary (Bansdih).
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said a ‘dumdaar sarkar’ (strong government) was a must for the all-round development of the state and only a BJP-led dispensation could guarantee it to the people. “Yogi will do everything to make your life easier under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Adityanath said.
Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Swami Prasad Maurya, who is fighting the state assembly elections from Fazilnagar constituency in the Kushinagar district after quitting the BJP, accused the saffron party workers of attacking his convoy. Maurya’s daughter Sanghmitra Maurya who is a BJP MP too supported her father’s allegation.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections seem to be of “chhalia” (deceit) versus Ballia. Addressing an election meeting in the Phephana assembly constituency, Yadav said, “The BJP had promised to double the income of farmers if voted to power. Farmers should say if their income has doubled? Are the farmers getting fertilisers? Are their crops purchased on MSP?”
Manipur
Union Home Minister Amit Shah pledged to establish peace in Manipur by initiating talks with all underground groups operating in the state. He also asserted that all smuggling activities will come to an end in Manipur, which will be “drug-free” within the next five years.
Addressing a poll rally at Heirok in Thoubal district, Shah said “we have shown in Assam and Tripura… where 9,500 youths laid down their weapons and joined the mainstream”.
“No youth will go to jail, none will have weapons in their hands, but will join the mainstream and work for national development,” the senior BJP leader said.
Punjab
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and his wife and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal met Bikram Singh Majithia in Patiala jail. Talking to reporters in Patiala, Badal accused Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Randhawa of registering a “false” case against Majithia.
Goa
In order to prevent poaching, the Congress has asked all its observers, party in-charges to keep tab on all its elected MLAs in recently held elections and inform the central leadership about the same on the counting day on March 10 to keep its flock together.
The senior observers have been asked to remain in states on the counting day. P Chidambaram is a senior observer of Goa.
For other states, Jairam Ramesh will be the observer for Manipur, Mohan Prakash for Uttrakhand, Bhupesh Baghel for UP and and Ajay Maken for Punjab. Party In charges have also been asked to be present in the states from March 10.
Uttarakhand
The repeal the Devasthanam Board Act in Uttrakhand was a welcome step, a prominent body of Hindu priests said that the community should remain united to preserve the culture of the country. Priests in the hill state had been agitating against the Act under which the Devasthanam Board was set up to manage the four Himalayan shrines – Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri – and 49 other temples.
(With inputs from agencies.)
The SP also hit back at the Yogi Adityanath government as it tried to wrest back support in an area that heavily voted for the BJP five years ago.
Meanwhile, in Manipur, Union home minister Amit Shah Union pledged to establish peace in Manipur by initiating talks with all underground groups operating in the state.
Here is a look at the key developments on Tuesday:
Uttar Pradesh
Campaigning for the sixth phase of polling for 57 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, including Gorakhpur Urban from where Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is in the fray, came to an end on Tuesday evening. Spread over 10 districts, polling in these constituencies will be held from 7 am till 6 pm on Thursday.
The districts where polling is to be held in this phase include Ambedkar Nagar, Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria and Ballia.
State Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla said the campaign for the sixth phase ended at 6 pm and all preparations for voting on Thursday have been completed.
Prominent among the 676 candidates in the fray in this phase are Adityanath, who is contesting his first assembly election, state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu (Tamkuhi Raj), Swami Prasad Maurya, who quit as minister to join the Samajwadi Party (Fazilnagar), and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly and senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Govind Chaudhary (Bansdih).
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said a ‘dumdaar sarkar’ (strong government) was a must for the all-round development of the state and only a BJP-led dispensation could guarantee it to the people. “Yogi will do everything to make your life easier under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Adityanath said.
Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Swami Prasad Maurya, who is fighting the state assembly elections from Fazilnagar constituency in the Kushinagar district after quitting the BJP, accused the saffron party workers of attacking his convoy. Maurya’s daughter Sanghmitra Maurya who is a BJP MP too supported her father’s allegation.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections seem to be of “chhalia” (deceit) versus Ballia. Addressing an election meeting in the Phephana assembly constituency, Yadav said, “The BJP had promised to double the income of farmers if voted to power. Farmers should say if their income has doubled? Are the farmers getting fertilisers? Are their crops purchased on MSP?”
Manipur
Union Home Minister Amit Shah pledged to establish peace in Manipur by initiating talks with all underground groups operating in the state. He also asserted that all smuggling activities will come to an end in Manipur, which will be “drug-free” within the next five years.
Addressing a poll rally at Heirok in Thoubal district, Shah said “we have shown in Assam and Tripura… where 9,500 youths laid down their weapons and joined the mainstream”.
“No youth will go to jail, none will have weapons in their hands, but will join the mainstream and work for national development,” the senior BJP leader said.
Punjab
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and his wife and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal met Bikram Singh Majithia in Patiala jail. Talking to reporters in Patiala, Badal accused Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Randhawa of registering a “false” case against Majithia.
Goa
In order to prevent poaching, the Congress has asked all its observers, party in-charges to keep tab on all its elected MLAs in recently held elections and inform the central leadership about the same on the counting day on March 10 to keep its flock together.
The senior observers have been asked to remain in states on the counting day. P Chidambaram is a senior observer of Goa.
For other states, Jairam Ramesh will be the observer for Manipur, Mohan Prakash for Uttrakhand, Bhupesh Baghel for UP and and Ajay Maken for Punjab. Party In charges have also been asked to be present in the states from March 10.
Uttarakhand
The repeal the Devasthanam Board Act in Uttrakhand was a welcome step, a prominent body of Hindu priests said that the community should remain united to preserve the culture of the country. Priests in the hill state had been agitating against the Act under which the Devasthanam Board was set up to manage the four Himalayan shrines – Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri – and 49 other temples.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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