Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 10 (ANI): Samajwadi Party's Nahid Hasan won the Kairana seat in the Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's Mriganka Singh by a margin of 25,887 votes.

Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 20 (ANI): Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav said on Sunday that the party will attain a clear majority in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections by the fourth phase.

Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 10 (ANI): Despite the dense fog and cold wave conditions, voters have stepped out of their homes to cast their votes in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Thursday.

New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): The first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Thursday will decide the electoral fate of 623 candidates.

New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): The stage is set for 58 assembly seats in 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh to go to polls on Thursday.

Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 6 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his "garmi nikal denge" remark and said that "garmi nikle na nikle, lekin Samajwadi sarkar aayegi to bharti niklegi" (Not sure about heat, but if our government is formed, there will be job recruitments).

Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 29 (ANI): Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday called Samajwadi Party (SP) "Tamanchawadi" and said the Akhilesh Yadav-led party runs on family politics and riotist ideology.

Lucknow Jan 24 PTI The Samajwadi Party on Monday released a list of 159 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls fielding party chief Akhilesh Yadav from Karhal in Mainpuri district jailed leader Azam Khan from Rampur and renominating party MLA Nahid Hasan from Kairana Former state minister Dharam Singh Saini who crossed over to the SP a few days ago has been named as the partys nominee from Nakur seat in Saharanpur district The Samajwadi Party had last week said that former Congress leader Imran Masood who had also joined the SP extended his support to Sainis candidature amid reports about his resentment over denial of ticket to him The party has fielded jailed leader Azam Khan from his traditional Rampur seat while his son Abdullah Azam has been made the party candidate from Suar Tanda assembly seat Shivpal Yadav who is the uncle of Akhilesh Yadav has been declared as the party candidate from the family bastion of Jaswantnagar assembly constituency in Etawah district Akhilesh Yadav will contest from Karhal in Mainpuri district and Nahid Hasan from Kairana Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7 and the results will be announced on March 10 The state has 403 constituencies PTI NAV SNS SMN SMN

Lucknow Jan 24 PTI The Congress on Monday accused ruling BJP leaders of violating the poll code ahead of the UP Assembly elections and asked if the Election Commission is under pressure Naseemuddin Siddiqui chief of the UP Congress media cell claimed while his partys event in Bahraich was not allowed allegedly due to poll code violation Union Home Minister Amit Shahs door-to-door campaign in Kairana took place despite the presence of a large number of people The administration appears to be under pressure but is the Election Commission also under pressure he asked while talking to reporters here Referring to a programme organised by the Congress in Bahraich on Sunday to pay respects to freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose Siddiqui said We had a programme in a closed hall and even before it could start the administration reached there and stopped it saying permission has not been taken Is paying homage or garlanding the statue of a great leader violation of model code Siddiqui asked There were only 90 people in the programme which was not even held and I have been told that a complaint has been given by police in this regard Siddiqui said questioning how large number number of people are being allowed in programmes organised by the BJP We will complain to the Election Commission about it he said Referring to the Union Home Minister Amit Shahs programme in Shamli on Saturday he said the leader was on a door-to-door campaign in Kairana with thousands of people present around him The Congress leader also rejected opinion polls When asked about the party denying ticket to Angad Singh in Punjab after his wife and UP MLA Aditi Singh made remarks against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Siddiqui asked not to drag the party or the Congress leader into household matters Aditi Singh had recently joined the BJP To another question on some women in the party complaining that they have not been fielded in the coming polls Siddiqui said ticket allotment is not the only means to take women forward PTI SAB RDK RDK RDK

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 23 (ANI): Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday took a dig at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav over his promise of giving free 300 units of electricity and said that during the tenure of the SP government, electric wires were used for drying clothes.