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India votes in first phase of marathon election as Modi seeks third term

Polls have closed in the first of seven phases that covered 102 constituencies across 21 states and territories.

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Rajput community to boycott BJP candidates in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, Kairana, Saharanpur

The Rajputs held a ‘mahapanchayat’ and decided to boycott the BJP candidates in Muzaffarnagar, Kairana and Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituencies for allegedly neglecting the community while distributing party tickets, a leader said

The Hindu

Practising ‘strategic feminism’ in the hotbed of patriarchy in Uttar Pradesh

Iqra Hasan, 27, is contesting from her family turf in Kairana constituency in western Uttar Pradesh on the Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket as part of the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). ‘ I am a feminist but I work in a very patriarchal society. So, I have to find…

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Lok Sabha polls | Deep-rooted fault lines set the tone of campaign discourse in western U.P.

Election battleground in western Uttar Pradesh reflects deep communal fault lines, with parties reaching out to Hindu voters.

The Hindu

BJP’s Rajput trouble comes to the fore in western U.P.

Thakurs or Rajputs constitute around 10-13% of the State population and their vote could affect the prospects of a party in Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Kairana, and Bijnor but this time the BJP hasn’t fielded any Thakur candidate from these seats

The Hindu

Lok Sabha polls | Focus on Muslim outreach, BSP announces 25 candidates for Lok Sabha polls

BSP announces candidates for 16 seats in Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha polls, including Saharanpur, Kairana, and Muzaffarnagar.

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh: Fake currency notes international gang member nabbed in Kairana

Irshad was nabbed with around 2.5 lakhs FICN. A total of around 5 lakhs fake notes have been seized so far. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan gets bail in Gangster Act case

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Wednesday granted a conditional bail to jailed SP MLA Nahid Hasan in a case related to Gangster Act. Hasan had won from Kairana in the 2022 assembly polls while contesting from jail. He was arrested just before the polls after several criminal cases were…

The Times of India

Jailed SP MLA Nahid Hasan’s associate surrenders in Uttar Pradesh

SHAMLI: Six months after Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Nahid Hasan was arrested and jailed on January 15, 2022 under Gangsters Act by Uttar Pradesh police, one of his alleged associates surrendered himself at Kairana police station on Friday. He is one among the 40 accused under the Gangsters Act, said…

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | Zonal magistrate for Kairana constituency suspended for negligence

A policeman and a home guard have already been suspended in this connection

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh elections: Migrated Kairana families back in BJP rule, says JP Nadda

PRAYAGRAJ: Praising Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for restoring law and order in the state, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda said on Wednesday that “around 5,000 people, which left Kairana during the Akhliesh regime, have returned to their houses in the Yogi government. He added, “Yogi-led BJP government…

The Times of India

2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections | Over 60% turnout recorded in phase 1

58 seats recorded 63.47% voting in the 2017 election; highest turnout recorded in Kairana, which saw a high-pitched campaign.

The Hindu

'Mercury rises due to high power tariff': Rakesh Tikait snaps back at UP CM Yogi Adityanath

SHAMLI: Reacting to UP CM Yogi Adityanath's recent "garmi nikal denge" remark, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who was in Shamli on Saturday, said that "the temperature rises because of high power tariff and once the rates are slashed, winter chill will be back in Kairana."

The Times of India

I turn 'hot' Kairana & Muzaffarnagar into Shimla even in May: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

MEERUT: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, on the campaign trail for BJP candidates in Bulandshahr's Shikarpur and Khurja constituencies and later in Hapur on Sunday, launched a scathing attack on the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) government over law and order and Muzaffarnagar riots, and said that he turns 'hot'…

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Crime, communal card strike discordant notes in musical Kairana

‘BJP’s electoral distancing from Muslims has its social ramifications, party trying to return to power by linking crime to one community’

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh polls: BJP slams SP for ‘fuelling politics of riots, appeasement’

LUCKNOW: Minutes after the SP announced the candidature of Nahid Hasan from Kairana, BJP attacked SP chief Akhilesh Yadav accusing him of fuelling the politics of riots and appeasement.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: BJP tries to recreate script of 2017 elections to pin SP

LUCKNOW: Is BJP rewinding its 2017 election script to pin down SP in the same political frame? The question assumed pertinence with BJP amplifying the Kairana exodus issue, stoking the narrative of another rift in the Yadav first family and cornering SP on criminalisation of politics.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh elections: Samajwadi Party announces list of 159 candidates; Akhilesh from Karhal, Azam Khan from Rampur

LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party on Monday released a list of 159 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, fielding party chief Akhilesh Yadav from Karhal in Mainpuri district, jailed leader Azam Khan from Rampur and renominating party MLA Nahid Hasan from Kairana.

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | Amit Shah kicks off campaign from Kairana

“We have to defeat those who work for one particular caste or community”

The Hindu

Amit Shah meets 'exodus-affected' families in Kairana as he begins door-to-door campaign in western U.P.

Amit Shah paid a visit to families whose members were allegedly forced to migrate during the Samajwadi Party rule.

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Voters in Kairana don’t care about Jinnah’s portrait: RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary

The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is fighting a battle of survival in Uttar Pradesh, and Monday’s Kairana bypoll seems its best shot to stay on the political scene ahead of the 2019 general elections.

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