Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017

Will Priyanka Gandhi campaign across Uttar Pradesh for state polls? Congress chooses to stay mum

The Congress party on Tuesday refused to speculate on whether Priyanka Gandhi would be expanding her area of campaign in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections.

Jul 05, 2016, 15:11 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi calls Kalraj Mishra a 'good friend', fuels speculation over CM candidate for UP polls

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling Union Minister Kalraj Mishra a good friend at the Bharatiya Janata Party's national executive meeting in Allahabad, reports are doing the rounds that the senior BJP leader might be projected as party's chief ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017.

Jun 14, 2016, 12:42 PM IST

With eye on UP polls, BJP brass to brainstorm at Allahabad

With assembly polls due in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP leadership will brainstorm here on June 12-13 to chalk out a strategy to take power in the country`s most populous state next year.

Jun 11, 2016, 15:03 PM IST

BJP will soon project CM candidate for UP polls: Parrikar

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Friday said BJP will soon project its chief ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh where Assembly elections are slated to be held next year.

Jun 11, 2016, 09:56 AM IST

BJP to go it alone in UP Assembly polls, Ram temple not to be on poll agenda: Mahesh Sharma

BJP shifted its focus to the Assembly polls in UP due next year after its resounding victory in Assam.

May 29, 2016, 16:39 PM IST

Efforts to bring together Janata Parivar set to resume again

The parties are aiming for the merger of Janata Parivar parties before the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections.

Apr 09, 2016, 10:12 AM IST

AMU issue being raked up for 'gains' in UP poll: Muslim bodies

A group of Muslim organisations on Friday accused the NDA government of raking up the issue of status of Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia for "gains" in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls and sought immediate reversal of the Centre's stand that they are not minority institutions.

Jan 23, 2016, 00:32 AM IST