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UP bypolls: Is SP's seat snub to Cong linked to Haryana rout?
Rediff.com13 Oct 2024

Despite this setback, Pandey emphasised that discussions regarding ticket distribution...

Can INDIA bloc replicate LS victory in UP assembly bypolls?
Rediff.com23 Jun 2024

The Samajwadi Party and Congress have announced that they will contest together under...

UP Dalits abandon BJP? Wins 8 of 17 SC seats, lowest in 3 polls
Rediff.com5 Jun 2024

The BJP had registered a one-sided victory on all the 17 SC-reserved seats in the 2014...

'Half a dozen of opposition parties will perish after June 4'
Rediff.com28 May 2024

'The opposition wants the country to run on the basis of Shariat but this cannot happen'

BJP deploys 4 Union ministers to regain 14 Lok Sabha seats in UP
Rediff.com19 Feb 2023

The seats held by the non-BJP parties in the state are Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad,...

Small parties may ally with SP for 2024 LS polls after Mainpuri bypoll win
Rediff.com18 Dec 2022

Parties like the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Mahaan Dal, and Janvadi...

BJP envisages its own 'MY' equation in UP for 2024 polls
Rediff.com7 Aug 2022

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and former state BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya...

With Yogi in fray from Gorakhpur, Hindu Yuva Vahini gets active back in action
Rediff.com28 Jan 2022

The HYV describes itself as "a fierce cultural and social organisation dedicated to...

Adityanath second UP CM to contest from Gorakhpur
Rediff.com17 Jan 2022

Yogi Adityanath, who has been declared BJP candidate from Gorakhpur will be the second...

Can BJP repeat its 2017 performance in western UP
Rediff.com13 Jan 2022

The Bharatiya Janata Party faces an uphill task of repeating its performance of the...

Yogi effect? UP parties shy away from nominating criminals
Rediff.com27 Sep 2021

With the Yogi Adityanath government taking credit for cracking down on criminals and...

'No alliance with BJP in UP under Yogi': Rajbhar
Rediff.com8 Aug 2021

'If there is any possibility, then the BJP has to accept our conditions. There should...

Hathras, Balrampur to feature in campaign for Nov 3 bypolls
Rediff.com5 Oct 2020

Ashok Chowdhury, a Dalit politics expert said, "BJP had impressed the Dalits in the...