UP Elections

Yogi Adityanath is set to break a 39-year-old jinx in Uttar Pradesh and return to power for a second term as chief minister. 

Congress paid the price for infighting with the party when the voters handed over power to Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab. The BJP secured comfortable victories in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur. In Goa too, the BJP emerged as the single largest party with 20 seats in the 40-member assembly and is hoping to form the government at the earliest.

"We battled as hard as we could. We'll have to wait and watch what happens," added Vadra, who was heavily involved in the Uttar Pradesh elections.

Exit polls are projecting a win for the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi, and Sonbhadra are the districts voting in the final phase. According to Ajay Kumar Shukla, Chief Electoral Officer, all necessary arrangements have been made for free, fair, and transparent voting in the seventh phase.

“When these ‘Pariwarwadis’ were in power, they used to put obstacles in whatever work we used to bring for the development of UP. These Pariwarwadis didn’t let the poor, marginalised section develop,” PM Modi said.

WB CM Mamata Banerjee said that the BJP workers have nothing except hooliganism in their brains. 

 While the incumbent BJP seeks to maintain power in the state, opposition parties such as the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party hope to dethrone the Yogi Adityanath administration.

Adityanath is running for the Gorakhpur Urban Assembly seat. Following the voting, the Chief Minister urged the voters to vote on development and security issues.

"The Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections have reached a critical juncture. You have witnessed growth developments in the last five years, from the opening of AIIMS to the Kushinagar International Airport. Each of your votes would propel Uttar Pradesh to the top of India's economic rankings," Yogi Adityanath said.