UP Polls: Akhilesh Releases SP Manifesto; Mulayam Skips Event

An alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress has finally been sealed for UP assembly polls.

Akhilesh Yadav at the SP election manifesto release event. (Photo: ANI)

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• An alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress has been sealed for the polls.
  
• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav releases the party’s election manifesto with wife Dimple Yadav.
  
• Mulayam Singh and Shivpal Yadav gave the event a miss.
  
• Addressing the gathering, he says his government has set an example and fulfilled all their promises.
  
• He launches an attack on the Modi government and Mayawati’s BSP.
  
• “Secular politics, development politics are my priorities,” says Akhilesh.
  
• The 32-page manifesto announces many schemes touching almost every sector of rural life.
  

Updated at:22nd Jan, 2017 at 4:44 PM

SP Announces Various Schemes for Voters

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announces Samajwadi Party’s (SP) election manifesto in Lucknow for the upcoming assembly polls, while Mulayam Singh and Shivpal Yadav gave the event a miss.

Akhilesh said the way registrations have been done, “if voting gets done in the same way, SP will get 300 seats.”

Leaving no stone unturned to storm back to power in Uttar Pradesh, the election manifesto touches almost every sector of rural life.

We will be giving Rs 1,000 as pension to 1 crore people. Poor people will be given free wheat and rice. Poor kids of primary school will be given 1 litre ghee and 1kg of milk powder every month.

Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister

Women have been given 50 percent off in roadways buses. The party has promised free medical services to people earning less than Rs 1.5 lakh per year.

The 32-page manifesto carried the photographs of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his father and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, but no snap of Shivpal Yadav.

Establishment of farmers' fund and 24-hour supply power in rural areas are among the many promises the party has made.

They have also announced the distribution of free smartphones under the party’s scheme, free cycle for girls studying in class 9th to 12th and pressure cooker for poor women.

Akhilesh announced that the state’s metro train network will be expanded to Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi and Meerut.

Updated at:22nd Jan, 2017 at 4:44 PM

Updated at:22nd Jan, 2017 at 4:44 PM

Secular Politics, Development Politics My Priority: Akhilesh

Appealing to the people to give Samajwadi Party one more chance, Akhilesh Yadav says “we will carry minorities, muslims along with us.”

He adds that “secular politics and development politics are my priorities.”

Updated at:22nd Jan, 2017 at 1:31 PM

Akhilesh Attacks Modi Govt, Mayawati

In his speech, Akhilesh Yadav launches an attack on the Modi government saying it’s been three years since they promised ‘achhe din’, but they have nothing to talk about development.

What is the definition of your ‘<i>achhe din</i>’? You handed brooms in the name of ‘<i>acche din</i>’. Those who showed us the dream of digital India, I would like to ask what were the steps taken in that direction.

He calls Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ‘patthar wali sarkar’ and says they have done nothing but erect stone statues of elephants, its poll symbol.

If BSP comes to power, its government will just install bigger elephants.&nbsp;

Akhilesh Yadav

Updated at:22nd Jan, 2017 at 1:21 PM

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Fulfilled All My Promises: Akhilesh Yadav

Detailing the progress his government made, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav says they’ve set an example and fulfilled all their promises.

Villages were provided with 16-18 hours of electricity. These days Ambulance even reach villages on time... Questions were raised on 100 number. I would like to ask which government made it possible for police to reach within 10-15 minutes of the call.

Akhilesh Yadav

Updated at:22nd Jan, 2017 at 1:20 PM

Akhliesh Yadav Addresses Gathering at Release Event

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav speaks at the Samajwadi Party’s (SP) election manifesto release event in Lucknow.

He addressed a cheering crowd saying the Samajwadi people have set an example and that the party has done a lot of work on a large scale.

I became the youngest Chief Minister with Netaji’s blessing and with the help of my ministers I could fulfill most of my promises.

Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister

Updated at:22nd Jan, 2017 at 1:20 PM

CM Akhilesh Yadav Present for Manifesto Release

The Samajwadi Party is set to release its election manifesto in Lucknow in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

However, party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is unlikely to attend the manifesto release event, say reports. Instead, he is meeting some leaders at his residence.

Sources say Azam Khan has reached Mulayam’s residence to bring him along to the event, reports ANI.

(Photo: ANI)

Updated at:22nd Jan, 2017 at 4:09 PM

SP-Congress Alliance Sealed After Sonia Steps In

After hitting several roadblocks, an alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress has finally been sealed, news agencies reported. The Congress will be allotted 105 seats in the upcoming elections.

On Saturday, two days after a pre-poll alliance was announced, there were reports that the tie-up has failed over the issue of seat-sharing. The SP had offered 99 seats to the Congress while the latter demanded at least 115 seats, said sources.

However, Congress President Sonia Gandhi reportedly stepped in to resolve the deadlock, said media reports, while state Congress chief Raj Babbar said there were no interruptions in talks.

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Updated at:22nd Jan, 2017 at 11:42 AM