Umesh Raghuvanshi is a journalist with over three decade experience. He covers politics, finance, environment and social issues. He has covered all assembly and parliament elections in Uttar Pradesh since 1984.
Articles by Umesh Raghuvanshi
UP polls: Congress releases second list of 41 candidates, 16 of them are women
The women candidates include Poonam Pandit, a former national/international shooter, who was an active participant of farmers’ agitation and Sangeeta Tyagi, wife of late Rajiv Tyagi, former Congress spokesperson
Updated on Jan 20, 2022 08:14 PM IST
Akhilesh hints at contesting UP elections
UP elections: Elections for the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
Updated on Jan 20, 2022 05:38 AM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
Poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh set for tech-tonic shift
BJP appears to have virtual edge, others too gear up for digital connect with voters in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh
Published on Jan 19, 2022 10:09 PM IST
Manish Chandra Pandey and Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
UP polls: Akhilesh Yadav hints he’s open to contesting assembly seat for first time
Will need permission of people of Azamgarh who elected me to the Lok Sabha, says SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
Published on Jan 19, 2022 09:19 PM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
UP poll battle goes musical, campaign songs create a buzz online
The Election Commission is yet to allow any physical campaigns for the polls. More such songs praising or targeting political parties may be heard in the coming weeks.
Updated on Jan 18, 2022 01:09 AM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
UP elections: Denied ticket, Gulabi Gang founder quits Congress
Sampat Pal Devi, founder of UP-based women’s organisation Gulabi Gang, on Friday quit the Congress after she was denied a ticket for the upcoming assembly elections.
Published on Jan 15, 2022 12:47 AM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
Denied ticket, Gulabi gang founder quits Congress
I am resigning from the Congress as my candidature for Manikpur seat in Banda has not been considered. Women who secured lesser votes than me have been fielded from the same seat though I have worked harder over the years to strengthen the Congress, she says
Updated on Jan 15, 2022 12:19 AM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
Congress releases first list of 125 candidates, with 50 women
Unnao rape victim’s mother Asha Singh fielded from Unnao, Umbha’s tribal activist Ram Raj Gond from Obra. Historic initiative, says Priyanka
Published on Jan 14, 2022 12:20 AM IST
UP elections: Mother of Unnao rape victim in Congress’s first list of candidates
UP polls: The mother of the Unnao rape victim and a block official who was assaulted during panchayat elections in Lakhimpur Kheri are among the many names on the Congress’s first list of candidates.
Updated on Jan 14, 2022 02:02 AM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
Cong pushed into political isolation in Uttar Pradesh
Other parties are working to form a non-BJP and non-Cong alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha election. Be it NCP or TMC, they have to keep Cong out, says senior leader
Published on Jan 12, 2022 08:24 PM IST
UP shake-up: Minister, 3 MLAs resign from BJP
Fifty-eight constituencies in 11 districts of the state will go to the polls on February 10.
Published on Jan 12, 2022 12:12 AM IST
‘The party I go to…’: Swami Prasad Maurya’ prophecy after exiting BJP
UP assembly elections: Swami Prasad Maurya, a 4-time MLA, joined BJP in 2016 after quitting Mayawati’s BSP. On Twitter, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav welcomed him to the Samajwadi Party on Tuesday
Published on Jan 11, 2022 06:45 PM IST
UP minister Swami Prasad Maurya resigns from cabinet, likely to join SP
Maurya’s resignation came amid indications that some other ministers/legislators and leaders from the BJP were also in touch with the Samajwadi Party
Updated on Jan 11, 2022 10:58 PM IST
Governance picks up pace with flurry of orders in Uttar Pradesh before polls
A close scrutiny of government orders in Uttar Pradesh in the past four years indicates the most have been issued in 2021
Updated on Jan 08, 2022 03:13 PM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
UP’s actual budget size may shrink to less than ₹5 lakh crore
UP government had claimed that the estimated size of its annual budget may reach ₹6 lakh crore. But revised estimates of receipts and expenditure for 2021-2022 portray a different picture
Published on Dec 28, 2021 11:56 PM IST
Roadmap for trillion-dollar economy: 9 months on, UP govt yet to issue fresh bids to appoint consultant
As two precious years of the five-year timeline (2020-2025) have already passed, the state government would have to come out with revised timelines to work out a roadmap, say experts
Published on Dec 23, 2021 08:00 PM IST
2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections: Major political parties vying to win support of women
BJP, SP and BSP are wooing women after Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced 40% reservation for women candidates, brought the Congress’s women manifesto and began a dialogue with them ahead of the 2022 UP assembly elections
Published on Dec 23, 2021 12:35 AM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
Priyanka connects with women in Rae Bareli
At her party’s ‘Shakti Samvad’ interaction at the Town Hall in Rae Bareli on Sunday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra called upon women to rise and fight for themselves
Published on Dec 19, 2021 10:44 PM IST
Hindutvawadi bathes alone in the Ganga: Rahul Gandhi takes jibe at PM Modi in Amethi
On one side is Hindu. On the other is Hindutvawadi. On one side is truth, love and non-violence, and on the other is falsehood, hatred and violence, says Congress leader
Published on Dec 19, 2021 01:09 AM IST
Love on one side, hatred on other, says Rahul
- “On one side is Hindu. On the other is Hindutvavadi. On one side is truth, love and non-violence, and on the other is falsehood, hatred and violence,” he said, referring to Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Published on Dec 19, 2021 01:08 AM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Amethi
Rahul Gandhi seeks to renew ties with Amethi, targets PM Modi
Rahul Gandhi leads a nearly six km foot march from Jagdishpur to Harimau in Amethi constituency as part of the party’s Pratigya Yatra
Updated on Dec 18, 2021 11:54 PM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Amethi
Rahul Gandhi to hold 6km foot march in Amethi today
Congress workers have stepped up preparations for senior leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Amethi, where he will undertake a padayatra (foot march) that will also launch the party’s campaign for 2022 assembly elections in the state
Updated on Dec 18, 2021 04:51 AM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
Efforts to reclaim lost bastion:Rahul’s foot march in Amethi today
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘padyatra’ in Amethi, considered to be the Gandhi family’s bastion till 2019, will focus on voting out the BJP in 2022 polls to bring down rising inflation.
Published on Dec 17, 2021 11:08 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh govt presents ₹8479.53 crore mini poll budget
Mini poll budget focuses on assistance to labourers of unorganised sector, old age and farmers’ pension, 24-hour power supply; vote on account for the first few months of the next financial year also tabled
Published on Dec 16, 2021 10:33 PM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
Populist announcements likely in second supplementary budget of Uttar Pradesh
Vote on account for the first few months of 2022-2023 may also be presented in Uttar Pradesh assembly during the current winter session
Published on Dec 15, 2021 11:57 PM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
UP legislature’s winter session to mark countdown for Assembly polls
The state government proposes to present second supplementary demands of grants for 2021-2022 and vote on account for a part of 2022-2023
Published on Dec 14, 2021 05:27 PM IST
New Uttar Pradesh assembly’s sanctioned strength set to go down by one after polls
The sanctioned strength of the 18th Uttar Pradesh assembly to be constituted after the polls will be 403 members instead of the current 404 as the new house won’t have a nominated member of the Anglo-Indian community
Published on Dec 01, 2021 11:08 PM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
Question paper leaks: Specific law proposed in UP in 2005, no action yet
The UP State Law Commission had proposed imprisonment for not less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life for those guilty of question paper leaks
Published on Nov 29, 2021 11:50 PM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
Nirmala Sitharaman says advance instalment of tax devolution to states will remove hindrances in infra development
Income tax returns filed in east UP region have gone up nearly six fold, says Union finance minister in Lucknow
Updated on Nov 27, 2021 12:56 AM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow
ECI to take a call soon on biennial legislative council elections in Uttar Pradesh
It remains to be seen whether the legislative council polls will precede the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections or be held after them
Published on Nov 25, 2021 11:56 PM IST
Umesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow