DON’T VOTE FOR BJP, SP, CONG: MAYAWATI TEllS MUSlIMS
lucknow: Banking heavily on the Dalit-Muslim combine for electoral success, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati lashed out at the Bharatiya Janta Party Government as well the nascently forged Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance in UP. To avert split of minority votes, the former UP Chief Minister cautioned Muslims not to let their vote go waste and also alerted Dalits that the formation of a BJP Government might led to waiver of reservation for the community. Mayawati tried to woo both Muslims and Dalits while kicking off the BSP’s poll campaign campaign in Meerut and Aligarh — two major west UP cities which go to polls in the first phase on February 11.
Vendor Slashes liquor Prices
lucknow: In flagrant violation of the Model Code of Conduct, a licenced country liquor vendor has slashed the price of 200m ml pouch of country liquor by Rs27 from Wednesday. lucknow liquor Association has complained to the Election Commission alleging that the move was aimed at influencing voters at the behest of a political party.
5th Phase Notification Today
lucknow: Notification for the fifth-phase of Assembly elections will be issued on Thursday. A total of 52 segments spread across 12 districts, including Amethi and Rae Bareli, will go to polls in this phase on February 27. UP Chief Electoral Officer T Venkatesh said in lucknow on Wednesday that notification for the fifth phase would be issued on Thursday morning after which the process of filing nominations would begin. The last date for nomination will be February 9 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination would be February 13. A total of 1.84 crore voters will exercise their franchise at 12,791 polling stations and 19,167 polling booths in the fifth phase. The 12 districts going to polls in the fifth phase are Sultanpur, Amethi, Rae Bareli, Ambedkarnagar, Bahraich, Balrampur, Gonda, Siddarthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar and Faizabad.