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UTTAR PRADESH:  Polling is being held in 73 assembly constituencies in Western Uttar Pradesh today in the first of seven phases of what is billed as a semi-final before the 2019 national election. A voter turnout of 39.34 per cent was recorded till 1 pm. The pressure today is on the BJP which swept the region in the 2014 national election, but now faces a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's notes ban, that resulted in a cash crunch seen to hit hardest the rural poor, who make up a big chunk of UP's voters. Opponents like Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and partner Congress and Mayawati's BSP have spared no chance to attack the BJP on the impact of demonetisation. The BJP is also said to face some anger among the Jats of western UP who had voted en masse for it three years ago but now accuse the ruling party of not fulfilling promises it made then like reservation in government jobs for the community. UP has 403 seats and votes for all seven phases will be counted on March 11.
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MEERUT:  Elections are due in western Uttar Pradesh in the first phase on February 11 and all the key parties have scheduled political rallies there over the next few days. Today it was the turn of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, who officially launched her campaign with a no-holds barred attack on the Samajwadi Party-Congress combine and the BJP.  At a massive rally on the outskirts of Meerut attended by nearly 40,000 people, Ms Mayawati told voters that the BSP would reign in lawlessness and stop the communal agenda of the BJP.Meerut and neighboring Muzaffarnagar has a sizable Muslim population and many of the families had made the trip to hear Ms Mayawati.


To her audience, Ms Mayawati said, "Mulayam Singh was forced to see his brother Shivpal Yadav being humiliated. Now Shivpal will work hard to defeat his own party. Why waste your vote on them?"



Along with other opposition parties, the BSP chief too, had opposed the tabling of the Union budget today. Last night senior lawmaker E Ahamed died after suffering a cardiac arrest and the opposition wanted the budget presentation deferred and the house adjourned.


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Kaam Bolta Hai, goes the catch line for the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party. Not many politicians would face elections with that kind of a claim. They expose themselves to hard scrutiny if they do and the result is rarely flattering. It requires remarkable self-assuredness. From his demeanour, Akhilesh does not appear to be lacking any of it. The last time we had someone talking with such confidence was candidate Narendra Modi before he became prime minister.Uttar PradeUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Reuterssh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Reuters
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will on Friday start campaigning for the second phase of polling to be held on February 15. He is scheduled to address multiple election rallies in Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur and Bareilly through the day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, will address rallies in Bijnor and Haridwar, Uttarakhand. BJP president Amit Shah will also be campaigning in Farrukhabad, Itawah, Kanpur Dehat and Unnao. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing rally in Bijnor.
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A 26-year-old dalit man on Thursday died in police custody under suspicious circumstances here following which twelve police personnel have been suspended.

Kamal Valmiki, a resident of Shiv Katra village, was found dead at Ahirwan police station on Thursday afternoon after he was picked up along with another man, Raju Mistri, in a case of robbery.

The family members of the deceased filed an FIR against the station in charge and other police personnel for beating Kamal to death. However, police claimed he had committed suicide and sent the body for postmortem.

"We were beaten as if we were footballs," Nirmal Valmiki, Kamal's younger brother who was also interrogated by the police told NDTV. "They said to me - either confess or we will kill your brother," he added.

Nirmal was let off by the Police soon after Kamal's alleged suicide on Thursday morning. "I only want my other sons to be safe.

"Twelve police personnel, including the station in charge Yogendra Singh, have been suspended and strict action will be taken against them if found guilty," Shalabh Mathur, SSP Mathura, said.

We are poor. How can we take on the might of the police?," Kishan Valmiki, Kamal's grieving father said.

The members of Valmiki community blocked the Kanpur-Lucknow highway and threw stones at the police station following which senior police officials reached there to control the situation. Meanwhile, Raju Mistri has been reported missing.
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