Taking a dig at the BSP and SP, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj urged people not to vote for these parties. She said that voting for these parties is like spurring the Congress.

Farrukhabad is one of the high profile assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh as Louis Khursid, the wife of Salman Khursid is contesting from here on Congress ticket. The seat is witnessing four cornered fight.

Lucknow north seat in UP is a high profile seat as senior BJP leader and Lucknow MP Lalji Tandon’s son Ahustosh Tandon alias Gopalji makes debut from here as a party candidate. The constituency goes to polls in the fourth phase. Gopalji’s father Lalji Tandon has thrown all his weight to ensure the victory of his son. Gopalji is pitted against Neeraj Bora of the Congress and Abhishek Mishra of the Samajwadi Party.

Despite delimitation and changed caste equations in Kunda assembly constituency, the fate of four time sitting MLA, Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, is apparently unchanged.

Alleging that successive non-Congress governments in Uttar Pradesh had swindled Central funds, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the state needed a Congress dispensation to enable money meant for welfare of the people reach them.

Accusing the Congress-led UPA government of not cooperating with her in the past five years, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday said only her party could empower the "sarv samaj (all classes)".

Maoists are gearing up to hold their 10th Congress in the densely forested region of Abujhmad, in naxal-infested Bastar district of Chhattishgarh, according to intelligence inputs received by the state police.

At a time when the whole country has come out in support of Anna Hazare led anti-corruption movement, the Uttar Pradesh government on the other hand is said to have adopted a non-cooperative attitude towards the probe agencies.

It's kith and kin galore in the second list of Congress for Goa polls announced on Tuesday, days after the selection of first batch of candidates sparked off a virtual rebellion in the state unit.

Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh will head the committee for screening of candidates for the forthcoming civic body polls in the state.