Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
Polling for the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls ended on Wednesday.
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
Launching a scathing attack on Akhilesh Yadav, BJP national president J P Nadda on Wednesday said the Samajwadi Party chief betrayed the people of Uttar Pradesh by withdrawing cases against those booked under terrorism charges. “Akhilesh Ji, these days, is seeking votes and talking about development. Till now, he had only developed his family, but now he has realised that Uttar Pradesh should be developed.
He will not bring ‘vikas’ (development), but ‘vinash’ (destruction) in the state,” he said at an election meeting here. The BJP leader also asked the audience, “Did 200 riots not take place during the five-year rule of the Akhilesh Yadav government?” Referring to the withdrawal of terror cases against two men belonging to Azamgarh and Jaunpur in connection with the 2007 bomb blasts in Gorakhpur and at court compounds in Ayodhya, Lucknow and Varanasi, he said, “I am posing these questions to Akhilesh Yadav. When he comes here, media should seek an answer from him.”
Sharpening his attack on the SP chief, Nadda said, “Can you let such a person who releases terrorists be the chief minister? The case of CRPF camp attack in Rampur was also withdrawn in 2012… the then CM gave shelter to terrorists, saved them and withdrew the cases against them. “Akhilesh, in the order withdrawing the case, had said that it was done for communal harmony — I have never seen such a patriotic person, this is how you are serving Uttra Pradesh. Is it not betraying the people?” he said.
-PTI
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
At his political rally in Prayagraj, BJP national president JP Nadda said Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi as well as Akhilesh Yadav had not seen poverty. Talking about the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Centre’s Jan Dhan scheme, Nadda alleged that the three leaders would make fun of the scheme as they were born with a silver spoon in their mouths.
“Rahul, Akhilesh, Priyanka who were born with a silver spoon used to make fun of Jan Dhan scheme, they have never seen poverty. Now, Modi ji is giving Rs 2,000 every month to the farmers,”he said.
— ANI
Rahul, Akhilesh, and Priyanka who were born with a silver spoon used to make fun of Jan Dhan scheme, they have never seen poverty. Now, Modiji is giving Rs.2000 every month to the farmers: BJP chief JP Nadda at a rally in Prayagraj#UttarPradeshElections pic.twitter.com/dRmkfCfUcZ
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
At least 57 percent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in the fourth phase of UP polls.
Here’s the district-wise turnout:
Banda: 57%
Fatehpur: 56%
Hardoi: 55%
Kheri: 62%
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
On the sidelines of his campaigning in Gonda for the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav commented on the arrest of NCP leader Nawab Malik. He said the BJP used central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate to defame those it was scared of.
“If BJP is scared of someone, it brings agencies (ED) to defame them (Nawab Malik) and sends them to prison after false trials. We’ve seen this multiple times, BJP once said it’s in danger after a pouch was found in the assembly, which actually was sawdust,” the SP chief added.
— ANI
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
Former Union minister R.P.N. Singh, who recently crossed over to the BJP, said the ‘ladki hoon’ slogan coined by his old party will have no effect on the assembly polls, claiming that the Congress tickets have gone only to the wives of its leaders.
He also dismissed the impact of UP minister and Other Backward Class leader Swami Prasad Maurya switching over to the Samajwadi Party and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has breached caste barriers with development schemes guided by the inclusive mantra of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas’. Once a close aide of Rahul Gandhi, Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh aka RPN said the Congress now does not exist as a party or an ideology.
Asked about Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s ‘Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’ (I am girl and can fight) slogan, he mocked that a “poster girl” from that campaign had herself switched to the BJP. “Every person gives a slogan in the election. If the Congress has given a slogan it will have no effect in the election because the tickets have been given to the wives of Congress leaders,” he told PTI in an interview at his ancestral home.
-PTI
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
In his speech at Kaushambi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also mentioned “mausami” (seasonal) political leaders. He said these leaders disappeared during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic and reappeared once the infection was brought under control through vaccinations.
“You got to see mausami (seasonal) leaders in Covid, who disappeared during peak and reappeared when it was controlled. They instigated people against the vaccine but got themselves vaccinated. People of UP are well aware of seasonal leaders,” he said. ANI
Modi talked about launching vaccination drives for animals and also caring for the marginal farmers by giving money directly in their bank account.
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the Samajwadi Party-led alliance will score a double-century of seats by the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh polls and asked people to ensure a historic win for the coalition. He also took a dig at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his reported promise of providing laptops to those who take “admission in Inter after passing class 12”.
Inter is the short form of Intermediate and refers to classes 11 and 12. “There is a leader in the BJP who… made a statement on distributing laptops and whoever heard it has gone ‘lotpot’ (split their sides laughing).” “He said those who take admission in Inter after Class 12 will be given laptops. Good that he did not say those doing class 10 after Inter will get a laptop, else people would be perturbed,” Yadav said at an election meeting here.
Making light of the BJP targeting the Samajwadi party with new sobriquets, he said, “They are going A for this, B for that … and reading ABCD these days.” “I want to make them learn Hindi… ‘kaka’ stands for ‘kala kanoon’ (black agri laws) which have gone and so will ‘Baba’ (Yogi Adityanath).” Elated over the sizeable crowd in the meeting, the Samajwadi Party chief said many BJP leaders will become invisible after seeing this “‘jansailab’ (sea of people)”. “The polling in the fourth phase will complete a double century for us. It is now the responsibility of the people to ensure a historic win for the Samajwadi Party-led alliance,” Yadav said.
-PTI
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
A 49.89 percent voter turnout has been recorded till 3:00 pm as voting is underway for the fourth phase of UP polls.
Here’s the district-wise turnout:
Banda: 50.07%
Fatehpur: 52.51%
Hardoi: 46.44%
Kheri: 52.99%
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 Phase 4 LATEST Updates
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing a rally at Kaushambi today, where he said there were long queues outside the polling booth in the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. “Linking of Kaushambi with Bodh circuit has also done by our govt,” he said.
-PTI