Tag: Phulpur

Rahul Gandhi hails BSP founder Kanshi Ram on his birth anniversary

A day after Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party ran riot in Uttar Pradesh bypolls for Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday in a tweet remembered Kanshi Ram, the late founder of the BSP on his 84th birth anniversary. Gandhi seems to be warming up to BSP as he...

March 15, 2018

Day after poll drubbing, Yogi cancels engagements to focus on UP

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday cancelled all his engagements and visits for the day to meet officials and focus on the state’s administrative work, a day after the BJP’s shocking defeat in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls. “The CM (Yogi Adityanath) has cancelled all engagements scheduled for today. He will hold meetings...

March 15, 2018

Overconfidence, last minute SP-BSP alliance undid us: Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday conceded that the Samajwadi Party-BSP alliance and overconfidence led to BJP defeat in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats. In his first reaction to the BJP’s rout by the Samajwadi Party, Adityanath said the result will be reviewed threadbare by the party. “Other than overconfidence, the...

March 14, 2018

UP bypoll results: SP, BSP purge saffron surge; how far will Mayawati-Akhilesh bonhomie go?

In a stunning reversal of fortunes, the likely impact of which may be visible in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party suffered a drubbing in Uttar Pradesh. The Samajwadi Party, ably supported by the Bahujan Samaj Party, wrested the Phulpur and Gorakhpur seats from the BJP. In Gorakhpur, Praveen Kumar Nishad of...

March 14, 2018

Uttar Pradesh bypolls: SP wrests Phulpur, takes lead in Yogi’s bastion Gorakhpur

Samajwadi Party got a major boost in Uttar Pradesh as it won the Phulpur Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 59,000 votes. Elections in Phulpur were necessitated after the seat was vacated by Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. Phulpur, once represented by the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, witnessed a saffron...

March 14, 2018

Uttar Pradesh bypolls: BJP leads in Gorakhpur, SP ahead in Phulpur

Early trends are indicating that the BJP is likely to retain Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s bastion of Gorakhpur but the SP is ahead in Phulpur, a seat that was represented by deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya. According to reports at 9.30 am, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading by over 3,000 votes...

March 14, 2018

LS Bypolls: 43 pc turnout in Gorakhpur; 37.3 pc in Phulpur

Forty three per cent voters cast their mandate in the Gorakhpur parliamentary constituency today while Phulpur recorded an even lesser 37.39 per cent turnout as the crucial bypolls to the two Lok Sabha seats were held peacefully, the state election office said. Polling began at 7 AM and passed off peacefully at 5 PM, the...

March 11, 2018

Gorakhpur, Phulpur LS by-polls: Voting gathers momentum, 20 pc turnout till noon

Beginning on a dull note Sunday amid tight security arrangements, voting gradually picked by noon in the by-elections to Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats. According to election office sources, nearly 20 per cent of the electorate cast their ballots by mid-day and the exercise was going on peacefully. The bypolls were necessitated after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath...

March 11, 2018

UP: Voting starts for Gorakhpur, Phulpur LS by-polls

Voting for the bye-elections to Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats commenced on Sunday amid tight security. The by-polls were necessitated after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya vacated the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats respectively, following their election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. Termed by Adityanath a...

March 11, 2018

No tie-up with SP for Gorakhpur, Phulpur LS bypolls: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday ruled out the possibility of an electoral tie-up with the Samajwadi Party for the upcoming Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur and Phulpur. However, she said the two parties could help each other in the upcoming Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections and also suggested a possible...

March 4, 2018

Gorakhpur, Phulpur Lok Sabha bypolls to be held on March 11: EC

Crucial bypolls to the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats, vacated by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, will be held on March 11, the Election Commission announced on Friday. The bypoll to the Araria Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, which fell vacant following the demise of RJD MP Mohammed...

February 9, 2018