Jagdeep Singh, a resident of Namdar Purwa village, told PTI that he was offered ticket from Dhaurahara Assembly segment in Lakhimpur Kheri district, but he did not accept it.
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections, Congress released its list of 30-star campaigners for phase-2, dropping veteran Raj Babbar amid SP switching rumours.
Kashi's tourism economy has grown, and individuals are finding work in the spiritual, religious, and cultural sectors. After 2014, Kashi began to notice the difference.
“I am not afraid of dying but I want to appeal to the government to see what was said (in Haridwar and Mathura). I don't want Z security, I want to live with freedom and not a stifled life but I want to be an A category citizen,” he said.
He added that the ‘double-engine’ government is concerned about the farmers’ present and future, which is why “this year, the budget of agriculture has become six times as compared to the previous governments.”
This is the first time Adityanath will contest elections for the state Assembly. He had represented the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat for five times in the past. Gorakhpur Urban seat will go to vote in the sixth phase on March 3.
The Baraut Kotwali police of Baghpat registered a case against Jaiveer Singh Tomar after SP-RLD alliance leaders Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary conducted an election roadshow in support of Tomar, which saw a crowd of about 1600 people who violated the Covid guidelines and the model code of conduct.
Taking a sly dig at the Opposition, Shah said when he was made the BJP in charge of the state in 2013; then journalists used to say that he was being sent to a place where the party would perhaps not touch even double digits in elections. However, it was the opposition that did not touch double digits.
Asaduddin Owaisi’s car was allegedly fired upon in Hapur while he was returning to Delhi after attending election-related events in western Uttar Pradesh.
Along with Shah, Adityanath will be accompanied by Uttar Pradesh BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad when he files his nomination papers.
