Assembly polls Highlights: PM Modi holds mega roadshow in Varanasi

Assembly polls 2022 LIVE: Elections have already concluded for Uttarakhand, Goa and Punjab. Manipur and Uttar Pradesh are left with the final phase of polling that will take place on March 5 and March 7 respectively.

The counting of votes and declaration of results for all five states will take place on March 10. (PTI)

The sixth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in 57 constituencies concluded on Thursday with a voter turnout of at least 55%. As many as 676 candidates, including chief minister Yogi Adityanath, were in the fray. Other prominent politicians included UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu from Tamkuhi Raj and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya, who was a former minister in the Yogi cabinet....Read More

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• 4 Mar 2022, 09:37:49 PM IST

  Akhilesh Yadav holds a roadshow in Varanasi, ahead of the last phase of UP elections

• 4 Mar 2022, 09:33:31 PM IST

  Watch: PM  Modi enjoys chai at tea stall during his roadshow in Varanasi

• 4 Mar 2022, 08:48:14 PM IST

  Watch: PM Modi waves victory sign as he concludes his roadshow in Varanasi

• 4 Mar 2022, 08:10:33 PM IST

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• 4 Mar 2022, 07:49:54 PM IST

  Rahul visits Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath temple, says PM seeks vote on basis of ‘lies’

  Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of seeking votes on the basis of “lies”, and said he now does not talk about his poll promises of doubling farmers’ income and generating jobs, reports PTI.

• 4 Mar 2022, 07:12:46 PM IST

  Watch: PM Modi tries his hand at 'damru' at Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi

• 4 Mar 2022, 07:08:21 PM IST

  Watch: PM Modi offers prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, post his roadshow 

• 4 Mar 2022, 06:47:18 PM IST

   Yogi Adityanath attacks Opposition; urges people to vote against 'parivarwaad', anarchy 

  Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday urged people of Uttar Pradesh to vote against 'parivarwaad', anarchy, while addressing a public meeting in Mirzapur. 

• 4 Mar 2022, 05:36:49 PM IST

  UP polls: Akhilesh Yadav only cares for 'one community, one caste', says Amit Shah

  Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav only cares for "one community and one caste". Addressing a rally in Ghazipur, Shah said the elections in Uttar Pradesh is to secure the future of lakhs of people from the backward and dalit communities of the state, reports news agency PTI.

• 4 Mar 2022, 05:13:04 PM IST

  Govt of India runs Operation Ganga but Akhilesh ji runs 'Operation Danga': Shivraj Singh Chouhan

• 4 Mar 2022, 04:29:48 PM IST

  Huge turnout of people at PM Modi's roadshow in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi

• 4 Mar 2022, 04:06:32 PM IST

  PM Modi begins his roadshow from Maldahiya Chowk in Varanasi

• 4 Mar 2022, 04:05:29 PM IST

  PM Modi offers garland to the statue of Sardar Patel in Varanasi 

• 4 Mar 2022, 03:18:12 PM IST

  It's my resolution that every poor should have their own house: PM Modi in Mirzapur

• 4 Mar 2022, 02:35:34 PM IST

  UP Polls: PM Modi made Kashmir the crown of India, says Amit Shah in Ghazipur

• 4 Mar 2022, 01:34:03 PM IST

  FIR registered against Abbas Ansari for his 'hisab kitab' statement against Govt officials

  An FIR has been registered on Friday against Abbas Ansari, son of jailed don turned politician Mukhtar Ansari, for his controversial statement against government officials at a public rally, said the Superintendent of Police (SP), Sushil Bhole.

  Bhole, while speaking to ANI said, "A case has been registered against Abbas Ansari under Section 171 F (Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election) and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) for violating the Model Code of Conduct."

• 4 Mar 2022, 11:57:31 AM IST

  Watch: Video of SP ally Abbas Ansari going viral

• 4 Mar 2022, 10:54:42 AM IST

  Priyanka Gandhi's Dalit outreach in UP

  Priyanka Gandhi to stay at Kabir Chaura Math in Varanasi for three days.

• 4 Mar 2022, 09:56:07 AM IST

  Dharmendra Pradhan urges people to welcome PM Modi in his constituency Varanasi today

  Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election campaign in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged people to greet and welcome him in large numbers on Friday.

• 4 Mar 2022, 09:49:11 AM IST

  SP promises free laptops for UP's youth if it wins

  The Samajwadi Party said on Friday that free laptops will be provided to youths in Uttar Pradesh if it wins the election this year. 

• 4 Mar 2022, 08:43:31 AM IST

  Arrangements made in Varanasi ahead of PM Modi's roadshow today

  Photographs shared by news agency ANI on Friday showed arrangements being made in Varanasi ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow later in the day. 

• 4 Mar 2022, 08:02:07 AM IST

  Uttar Pradesh: 55% voter turnout recorded in 6th phase

  The sixth phase of election in Uttar Pradesh in 57 assembly constituencies on Thursday recorded a voter turnout of 55%. A total of 676 candidates were in the fray. 

• 4 Mar 2022, 07:59:22 AM IST

  Uttarakhand CM to visit Varanasi today, attend Amit Shah's roadshow

  With just three days left for the final phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will visit Varanasi on Friday and attend the roadshow of Union home minister Amit Shah.