Phulpur Bypoll

The Samajwadi Party has officially confirmed the end of its alliance with an eastern UP party whose giant killing act on the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat in the 2018 bypolls cemented Akhilesh Yadav's alliance or "gathbandhan" with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party.

By-elections to four Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly constituencies across 10 states are being held today. The Lok Sabha seats that will vote include Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and the lone seat in Nagaland. While the BJP held three of these seats, its former ally Naga People's Front (NPF) had won the Naga...

The Congress isn't going to field candidates for the Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh later this month, a gesture that the party says it hopes would improve the chances of the opposition's grand alliance to trump the BJP in these two seats.

Buoyed by the Opposition's grand success in Gorakhpur and Phulpur, the Rashtriya Lok Dal or RLD today said it would contest the May 28 Kairana Lok Sabha bypoll with the "full support" of like-minded, non-BJP parties.

BJP chief Amit Shah today acknowledged his party lost the crucial Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh because of the electoral understanding between the SP and the BSP.

As the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh celebrates a year today, an alliance partner has given it a poor assessment and has gone public with his view that there are "grave problems". Om Prakash Rajbhar, a minister in the UP cabinet, also warns that the ruling BJP "will lose elections" if the government doesn't shape up.

After its unexpected defeat in the recent Lok Sabha bypolls in Gorakhpur and Phulpur, the ruling BJP might be in for fresh trouble in this week's Rajya Sabha polls on 10 seats from Uttar Pradesh, with a sulking ally keeping its cards close to its chest.

The BJP's defeat in the recent Lok Sabha by-elections in Gorakhpur and Phulpur cannot be termed a "referendum" on the policies and programmes of the party's governments at the Centre or in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today.

The recent bypoll defeats in Uttar Pradesh made the BJP realise that "even this can happen", Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today, adding that there won't be a repeat of such an election result.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's tally may drop by 100-110 seats in the next Lok Sabha polls in 2019, if the current trends and the results of the recent bypolls are an indicator, its ally Shiv Sena said in a gloomy prediction on Friday.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday cancelled his scheduled visit to Gonda because of "unavoidable reasons" and sent his deputy Dinesh Sharma in his place. The cancellation was after BJP's defeat in the Lok Sabha by-elections in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Phulpur constituencies.

Enthused by his party's strong showing in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav indicated today that his party was keen on burying its bitter rivalry with Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party saying sometimes "past incidents have to be forgotten".

After profusely thanking Mayawati for her party's support in the Uttar Pradesh by-elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav drove on Wednesday to the BSP leader's residence in Lucknow and expressed his gratitude to her.

A day after the Samajwadi Party (SP) defeated BJP in two important constituencies of Uttar Pradesh -Gorakhpur and Phulpur - SP chief Akhilesh Yadav today said that if the electronic voting machines (EVMs) had worked without a glitch, the victory margins of his party's candidates in the UP by-elections would have been higher.

Shortly after thanking Mayawati for her BSP's support in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, Akhilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party chief, drove to her home in Lucknow to convey his gratitude in person, setting aside a history of bitterness between the two parties.

The Samajwadi Party has officially confirmed the end of its alliance with an eastern UP party whose giant killing act on the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat in the 2018 bypolls cemented Akhilesh Yadav's alliance or "gathbandhan" with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party.

By-elections to four Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly constituencies across 10 states are being held today. The Lok Sabha seats that will vote include Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and the lone seat in Nagaland. While the BJP held three of these seats, its former ally Naga People's Front (NPF) had won the Naga...

The Congress isn't going to field candidates for the Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh later this month, a gesture that the party says it hopes would improve the chances of the opposition's grand alliance to trump the BJP in these two seats.

Buoyed by the Opposition's grand success in Gorakhpur and Phulpur, the Rashtriya Lok Dal or RLD today said it would contest the May 28 Kairana Lok Sabha bypoll with the "full support" of like-minded, non-BJP parties.

BJP chief Amit Shah today acknowledged his party lost the crucial Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh because of the electoral understanding between the SP and the BSP.

As the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh celebrates a year today, an alliance partner has given it a poor assessment and has gone public with his view that there are "grave problems". Om Prakash Rajbhar, a minister in the UP cabinet, also warns that the ruling BJP "will lose elections" if the government doesn't shape up.

After its unexpected defeat in the recent Lok Sabha bypolls in Gorakhpur and Phulpur, the ruling BJP might be in for fresh trouble in this week's Rajya Sabha polls on 10 seats from Uttar Pradesh, with a sulking ally keeping its cards close to its chest.

The BJP's defeat in the recent Lok Sabha by-elections in Gorakhpur and Phulpur cannot be termed a "referendum" on the policies and programmes of the party's governments at the Centre or in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today.

The recent bypoll defeats in Uttar Pradesh made the BJP realise that "even this can happen", Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today, adding that there won't be a repeat of such an election result.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's tally may drop by 100-110 seats in the next Lok Sabha polls in 2019, if the current trends and the results of the recent bypolls are an indicator, its ally Shiv Sena said in a gloomy prediction on Friday.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday cancelled his scheduled visit to Gonda because of "unavoidable reasons" and sent his deputy Dinesh Sharma in his place. The cancellation was after BJP's defeat in the Lok Sabha by-elections in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Phulpur constituencies.

Enthused by his party's strong showing in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav indicated today that his party was keen on burying its bitter rivalry with Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party saying sometimes "past incidents have to be forgotten".

After profusely thanking Mayawati for her party's support in the Uttar Pradesh by-elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav drove on Wednesday to the BSP leader's residence in Lucknow and expressed his gratitude to her.

A day after the Samajwadi Party (SP) defeated BJP in two important constituencies of Uttar Pradesh -Gorakhpur and Phulpur - SP chief Akhilesh Yadav today said that if the electronic voting machines (EVMs) had worked without a glitch, the victory margins of his party's candidates in the UP by-elections would have been higher.

Shortly after thanking Mayawati for her BSP's support in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, Akhilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party chief, drove to her home in Lucknow to convey his gratitude in person, setting aside a history of bitterness between the two parties.