Uttar pradesh & English news | Uttar pradesh &, Latest News & Live Updates in English | English News (Latest English News) at Lokmattimes.com

BJP is considering fielding Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath from Ayodhya in the upcoming Assembly elections, sources in the party said on Wednesday as senior leaders met to finalise candidates.On the second day of the three-day meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party Core Committee on Uttar Pradesh, the names of the candidates for nearly 175 Assembly seats have been finalised, sources in the party said.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to be fielded from Ayodhya and his name could appear on the first list to be released by the party soon.The BJP has scrutinized the candidates for more than 300 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh in the meeting. Deliberation will continue on the names of the candidates on Thursday, the last day of the meeting, said sources.In the Central election committee scheduled to be held tomorrow, the names of the candidates could be finalised.On the seats (90) where the party had suffered loss in the 2017 Assembly elections, it is expected to field new candidates on almost half of the number of seats.The seats of some of the sitting ministers could also be changed whose report card has not had much to show, thus has brought displeasure among the voters, said the sources.Meanwhile, the meeting of the BJP Core Committee on the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls held on Tuesday lasted for nearly 10 hours wherein Union Home Minister Amit Shah conducted a sector-wise review of six areas and took feedback from the regional in charges about the ground reality in the state.Earlier the sources had said that the names of the candidates considered in Tuesday's meeting will be placed before the Central Election Committee on Thursday for the final go-ahead from the top leadership.The BJP's 24-member Uttar Pradesh election committee met on Monday in Lucknow and deliberated on the names of probable candidates for 113 constituencies that will go to the polls in the first two phases of the seven-phase Assembly elections that begin on February 10.Elections for the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10, the Election Commission said. The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7 in seven phases.The counting of votes will take place on March 10.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Uttar Pradesh &FOLLOW

Uttar pradesh &, Latest News

Lucknow, Jan 14 The Uttar Pradesh excise department has seized 4,248 litres of liquor, arrested 85 persons and ... ...

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has appealed to people to be extra careful and follow COVID-19 protocols strictly as Uttar Pradesh allowed mass holy dip during Makar Sankranti in Prayagraj amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. ...

New Delhi, Jan 13 Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday claimed the BJP will ... ...

Lucknow, Jan 13 Uttar Pradesh Minister Dharam Singh Saini has also resigned from the council of ministers. He ... ...

Lucknow, Jan 13 The Uttar Pradesh government has decided that schools violating the Right to Education (RTE) Act ... ...

Lucknow, Jan 13 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has appealed to devotees, arriving in Prayagraj for the ... ...

After he failed to appear before an MP-MLA court on Wednesday, the Additional Chief Magistrate ordered to issue an arrest warrant against former Uttar Pradesh Minister Swami Prasad Maurya in a case pertaining to making objectionable remarks against d ...

BJP is considering fielding Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath from Ayodhya in the upcoming Assembly elections, sources in the party said on Wednesday as senior leaders met to finalise candidates. ...