UP Assembly Polls 2022 highlights: Second phase polling concludes with 61.06% turnout; SP alleges EVM tampering

An average voter turnout of 23.03 per cent was recorded till 11 am on Monday in Uttar Pradesh as polling for the second phase of the state assembly elections picked up pace after a slow start. As many as 586 candidates are in the fray in the second phase with the seats spread across Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Amroha, Budaun, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur. Polling for the first phase of the seven-phased elections was held on February 10. The results will be declared on March 10. Stay tuned for latest updates.

Polling officials arrive at Mandi Samiti to submit EVMs after the end of the voting for the second phase of theUttarPradeshAssembly elections, in Moradabad. (PTI Photo)

UP polls: BSP candidate alleges police detained him hours before polling at behest of minister

BSP candidate from Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh Sarvesh Kumar has alleged that police detained him Sunday night at the behest of state minister Suresh Khanna and added that he was released after a complaint was made to the Election Commission.

Superintendent of Police S Anand, however, told PTI that the candidate was taken to a police station and his vehicle was searched following inputs that he was distributing money ahead of Monday's polling. He was allowed to go after no objectionable material was found in his vehicle, the police officer said.

61.06% overall voter turnout recorded in the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections today.

Sonia not among Congress star campaigners for UP 6th phase polls

Congress president Sonia Gandhi does not figure among the party's star campaigners for the sixth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh on March 3.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and chief ministers of Congress-ruled states of Rajasthan, Punjab and Chhattisgarh are among those named by the party as its star campaigners in Uttar Pradesh. (PTI)

UP Elections: Second phase polling concludes; SP alleges EVM tampering

A turnout of 60.44 per cent was recorded in the second phase of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on February 14.

Asked by reporters about a tweet by the Samajwadi Party alleging that a person voted for the SP, but the vote went to the lotus symbol (BJP) at a polling booth in Behat in Saharanpur, Tiwari said, "Teams were sent to the booth, but the information was found to be false."

He also said that the Election Commission has taken cognisance of complaints that members of the Yadav community were allegedly not allowed to cast their votes.

A team has been sent there and action will be taken in this regard, the official said.

Law against triple talaq saved families of thousands of Muslim women from breaking-up in UP: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the law against triple talaq has saved families of thousands of Muslim women from breaking up in Uttar Pradesh.

Addressing an election rally here at Kanpur Dehat, the prime minister said the tightening of law and order in the state has also benefitted Muslim girls who used to face problems from miscreants while going to school earlier.

PM Modi's remarks at the rally here come amid a row in Karnataka where schools have stopped Muslim girls from attending classes while wearing hijab.

Farmers pose in a mustard fields as they show their inked fingers after casting their vote, during the second phase of UP Assembly polls, in Moradabad on Monday. (PTI Photo)

BSP fighting Uttar Pradesh polls with 'full might' to bring back 'achche din': Mayawati

60.44% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm, polling underway in Uttar Pradesh

Youth, farmers, Lakhimpur bigger issues: Azam Khan's son on hijab row

Amid the ongoing hijab row, Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Abdullah Azam Khan here on Monday said the bigger issues in Uttar Pradesh were those related to farmers, youth and the Lakhimpur Kheri episode.

Abdullah, son of jailed SP leader Azam Khan and MLA from the Suar seat in Rampur district, hit out at the BJP over a host of issues, including unemployment and Covid-19 management.

“Do you think Azam Khan would have been in jail had there not been a BJP-led government in the state,” Abdullah sought to know from reporters as he went to cast his vote during the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Monday.

Taking a jibe at the Centre and the state government’s ‘double-engine government’, he said. (PTI)

51.93% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm, polling underway in Uttar Pradesh

The voting percentage on Monday till 3 pmin the second phase assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh was 51.93 per cent. In UP, Amroha district registered 60.05 per cent, Bareilly 49.84 per cent, Bijnor 51.81 per cent, Badaun 47.69 per cent, Moradabad 55.62 per cent, Rampur 52.63 per cent, Saharanpur 56.56 per cent, Sambhal 49.11 per cent and Shahjahanpur registered 46.79 per cent till 3 pm.

During SP, BSP-supported Congress rule, any Tom, Dick & Harry would enter India from Pakistan & behead our jawans. Governmentdidn't have courage to do anything. On the other hand, after Pulwama attack, Modi Ji conducted an airstrike across the border: Union Home Minister Amit Shah

When loot money is caught, Akhilesh feels pain in stomach, says Amit Shah in Jhansi

Piles of cash were recovered in raid on a perfume businessman of SP. Akhilesh said it was a political raid. Let's assume it was a political raid. But what was your relation with that businessman?: Union Home Minister Amit Shah

BJP started India-Israel Bundelkhand water project to do away with problem of water scarcity: Amit Shah

When Akhilesh was in power, around 200 farmers died due to drought and starvation and over 300 cases of suicide were reported. When BJP came to power: Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Jhansi

Those who looted your schemes, ate poor's ration, pocketed funds for roads and electricity and pension for widows and elderly, and arrogated houses of poor are being searched by us. We have stick of development in one hand and lever of bulldozer against mafia on the other: UP CM in Mainpuri

Contradictory statement of BJP, both engines of 'double engine' running separately. On one hand, they say 'had Azam Khan been in jail if there was no BJP'? On the other hand, CM Yogi Adityanath says this. I think it'll be better if BJP clears its stand first: Abdullah Azam Khan

(ANI)

Nobody can make up for the absence of Azam sahab. But if someone thinks that putting an innocent person behind bars is good, it is BJP's misunderstanding. People consider it bad. They'll see the reaction on March 10: Abdullah Azam Khan, son of Azam Khan

Home Minister Amit Shah addresses public meeting in Baruasagar in Jhansi district.

A tough battle in Kannauj for this ex-IPS officer

If one could turn the clock back, he would have been in his uniform supervising the law and order in his district and managing the election. Now he is in khadi, contesting his first election.

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They keep changing allies...: Modi targets Opposition in Kanpur Dehat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday targeted Opposition parties while addressing voters in Kanpur Dehat, asking them if they could trust parties who "keep changing their alllies" in every election.

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39.07% voter turnout till 1 pm in phase 2 of UP polls

No work on E-ways under Parivarvadis: Modi in UP

The Muslim girls feel safe under the BJP rule in Uttar Pradesh. Many more number of Muslim girls are going to schools and colleges in the state now: PM Modi addressing an election rally in Kanpur Dehat

BJP govt constructed 34 lakh houses in Uttar Pradesh, each house costs at least Rs 1 lakh: Modi in Kanpur Dehat

Yogi govt giving free ration to poor, says Modi, accuses SP of aiding ration mafia

When they keep changing their allies, then how will they serve the people of Uttar Pradesh?...Earlier governments looted the people of the state: PM Narendra Modi addressing a public rally in Kanpur Dehat

SP trying to retain Mafia Ganj in UP: Modi

After March 10, the "so-called allies" will curse each other: PM Modi

Parivarvadis will be lose, Holi will be celebrated 10 days early with BJP's win, says Modi in Kanpur Dehat

Women in Uttar Pradesh have decided to vote for BJP: PM Modi

Mamata said she tied up with MGP with divide Hindu votes, alleged Modi in Kanpur Dehat

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Modi addresses rally in Kanpur Dehat

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to campaign in Kanpur on February 16. Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Patiala, Mansa and Barnala tomorrow.

Battle at Rampur between two royal families

Apna Dal candidate from Rampur, the erstwhile Rampur Nawab Qasim Ali alias Naved Miyan on Monday said unlike other places, the election in Rampur district is a battle between two royal families rather than two parties and that too on two seats.

"I have not ventured outside my seat of Rampur. Here, the polls are personality based, rather than party based. Anyone from our family contests, it is going to be a personality-based poll. This is an election between political and royal families rather than parties," Naved Miyan told IANS.

Rampur is among the nine districts in Uttar Pradesh that is voting in the second phase of UP elections on Monday.

UP polls: The vanished minority voter

Travelling through Uttar Pradesh, I came across Indian citizens with voter identity cards who had failed to find their names in electoral lists.

Four days before voting in Moradabad, Sher Mohammad, who has voted in every recent election, was deeply upset. In his advanced years, he had been compelled to negotiate the internet as he was desperate to find his name in the lists, vote and assert his rights as a citizen. But his name had vanished from the electoral rolls, and even political workers of the leading opposition party in the state, the Samajwadi Party (SP), could not help him. Almost in tears was Wasim Akram, who had found only one name from his family of 10 in the voters' list.

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Security personnel conduct a flag march during the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Moradabad, Monday, February 14, 2022.

He (UP CM Yogi Adityanath) has said it rightly so, he just made a mistake. 80% people are with us (Samajwadi Party) & 20% with them (BJP): SP leader Imran Masood, in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh

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I would then request Yogi Ji only with folded hands to get Azam Sahab out of the jail. We'll be grateful. What is he talking about, framing Azam Sahab for robbery with no shame? He has made a joke out of politics: SP leader Imran Masood, in Saharanpur

23.03% voter turnout in phase 2 of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections till 11 am

Not in context of religion or caste: Yogi on '80% vs 20%' remark

Rubbishing communal parallels drawn to his "80% vs 20%" statement, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said he did not say it in the "context of religion or caste".

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In Uttar Pradesh, Amroha district registered 10.83 per cent, Bareilly 8.31 per cent, Bijnor 10.01 per cent, Budaun 9.18 per cent. Moradabad 9.86 per cent, Rampur 8.27 per cent, Saharanpur 9.70 per cent, Sambhal 10.76 per cent and Shahjahanpur registered 9.17 per cent.

No report of any untoward incident received: BD Ram Tiwari, Additional Chief Election Officer

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Moradabad: A man shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling booth, during the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Moradabad, Monday, February 14, 2022.

9.45% voter turnout in phase 2 UP polls till 9 am

Polling delayed at Bareilly booth due to EVM glitch: Reports

Uttar Pradesh Minister Jitin Prasada casts his vote at a polling booth in Shahjahanpur. Voting for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh elections is underway across 55 assembly constituencies today.

I can say confidently that BJP is going to return to power in Uttar Pradesh with 300 plus seats.Trends for the first phase of election show that people have voted for BJP. Today in the second phase people will bless BJP again on the basis of work that has been done: Jitin Prasada

(ANI)

Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi casts his vote at a polling booth in Rampur for the second phase of UP polls

"...I say this again and again. The ration being received by the poor today used to be consumed by the goons of SP earlier and the 'elephant' of Behenji (BSP chief Mayawati) has such a large stomach that everything is less for it," says UP CM Yogi

Of the 55 seats, the BJP had won 38 in 2017 while the Samajwadi Party bagged 15 and the Congress two. The SP and the Congress had contested the last Assembly elections together.

Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stands in a queue at a polling booth in Rampur to cast his vote for the second phase of UP polls

With the elections being held amid the Covid scare, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Brahmdev Ram Tripathi said all necessary arrangements have been made to ensure free, fair, transparent and Covid-safe polling.

Polling for the first phase of the seven-phaseUttarPradeshAssembly elections was held on February 10. The results will be declared on March 10.

UP Minister of State for Jal Shakti Baldev Singh Aulakh is contesting from Bilaspur, Minister of State for Urban Development Mahesh Chandra Gupta from Badaun and Minister of State for Secondary Education Gulab Devi from Chandausi.

Khan's son Abdullah Azam has been fielded from the Swar seat. He has been pitted against Haider Ali Khan, the heir of the Nawabs of Rampur, who is trying his luck on the ticket of the Apna Dal (Sonelal), a BJP ally.

Senior SP leader Mohammad Azam Khan has been fielded from his stronghold Rampur while UP's Finance Minister Suresh Khanna from Shahjahanpur.

The prominent faces in the fray in this phase include Dharam Singh Saini, a Yogi Adityanath government minister who had switched to the SP before the polls. Saini is trying his luck from the Nakur Assembly segment.

'Nation run by Constitution, not Sharia': Yogi

He also warned that gangsters trying to come of hideouts in the poll season will be smoked out of their dens, if they harassed women or took to crime. The Chief Minister said that people will give a befitting reply to the Opposition, which stoked false rumours on Covid vaccination for selfish political gains.

BJP has released its 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra' which talks about nationalism, all-around development, & welfare of the poor. It will be implemented with full honesty. PM Modi has changed the agenda of politics in India: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Earlier, the politics revolved around caste, religion, & family. Today, development, good governance, Garib Kalyan, villages, women, farmers, & youths are on the agenda: UP CM on Opposition's allegation that BJP is running away from real issues

Akhilesh doesn't want Azam Khan to come out of jail as it will pose threat to SP chief's position: Yogi Adityanath

With 'no wave', caste takes centre stage in UP's Bundelkhand

The numbers 3, 13, 15, 36 may be just digits to most, but in rugged Bundelkhand, they hold special significance for Rajputs (also called Kshatriya and Thakur).

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PM Modi calls upon voters to 'strengthen the festival of democracy'

The siblings (Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) are enough to ruin the Congress. No one else is needed for that: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

"For those dreaming of Ghazwa-e-Hind,this is New India under leadership of PM Modi. New India is for development of all, but appeasement of none. It'll run as per Constitution not Shariat. Ghazwa-e-Hind' ka sapna Qayamat ke din tak sakar nahi hoga,": Yogi

Polling in Goa, Uttarakhand, 55 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh begins

Voting begins in all assembly seats in Goa and Uttarakhand, besides 55 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh in the second phase of the state polls, with chief ministers Pramod Sawant and Pushkar Singh Dhami, former CM Harish Rawat and jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan among the prominent candidates in the fray.

It is a high-stakes election for the ruling BJP and a litmus test for the Modi government's policies that the Congress, AAP and other opposition parties have targeted during their campaign.

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Akhilesh Yadav raises Hathras teen's 'forced' cremation to target BJP, says first phase 'poured cold water' on Yogi Adityanath

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday raked up the alleged forced cremation of the dalit teen in Hathras, who had been gangraped before being brutally murdered last year to target the BJP even as he claimed that SP-RLD alliance had done ''very well'' in the first phase of the polling in some western UP districts on Thursday.

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Election officials conduct mock poll at polling booth number 374 in Daniyapur

Yogi, Akhilesh two sides of same coin, says Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday dubbed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav as “two sides of the same coin”.

Owaisi, the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief and Hyderabad MP, made the remark while addressing an election rally.

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BJP will secure over 300 seats in UP Assembly; it is 80 vs 20 election: Yogi Adityanath

"It's a reaction to action. I said 80% people are with BJP & 20% always oppose us & will do so this time too. I didn't say it the context of religion or caste. 80% includes those who are happy with Govt's agenda of security & development.

"Every person who is a threat to public safety should fear the law. Before 2017, there were riots every 3-4 days, with curfew being in force for months. On the contrary, no riots & curfew took place in the last 5 years," said UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Opposition's 'thoko raaj' allegation.

With 'no wave', caste takes centre stage in UP's Bundelkhand

The numbers 3, 13, 15, 36 may be just digits to most, but in rugged Bundelkhand, they hold special significance for Rajputs (also called Kshatriya and Thakur).

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Akhilesh Yadav raises Hathras teen's 'forced' cremation to target BJP, says first phase 'poured cold water' on Yogi Adityanath

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday raked up the alleged forced cremation of the dalit teen in Hathras, who had been gangraped before being brutally murdered last year to target the BJP even as he claimed that SP-RLD alliance had done ''very well'' in the first phase of the polling in some western UP districts on Thursday.

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