Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath dismissed allegations of irregularities in the SIR exercise, calling them propaganda by the Opposition. However, he raised questions over the absence of 1.27 crore Hindu voters from the state's draft voter rolls.
Speaking to Aaj Tak's Senior Managing Editor Sweta Singh at AajTak Panchayat, Adityanath reiterated his much-discussed 80-20 formula, saying that the BJP and its alliance partners would secure 80 per cent of the votes, while the remaining 20 per cent would go to the Opposition.
Speaking at Aaj Tak Panchayata, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that Samajwadi Party leader and MP Akhilesh Yadav should apologise to devotees for defaming Ram Mandir over the years.
Through the remarks, Adityanath sought to target the Samajwadi Party over allegations of promoting dynastic politics. BJP leaders have repeatedly accused the party's founder, Mulayam Singh Yadav, and his son Akhilesh of prioritising family interests over the development of all sections of society.
The Union Minister indicated that the party was prepared to explore an independent electoral course if alliance negotiations did not yield a consensus.
The Congress-AAP battle has turned nasty and personal ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi targeted Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann over alcohol, the AAP retaliated by mocking Gandhi as "Pappu".
The Election Commission has reduced Uttar Pradesh's polling stations from 1.77 lakh to 1.73 lakh, applying a norm of 1,200 voters per station across 403 Assembly seats. The revised locations will be used for the SSR exercise.
Moosewala was shot dead in Punjab's Mansa district on May 29, 2022, a day after his security cover was curtailed. Police have accused the Lawrence Bishnoi gang of orchestrating the murder, with Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar named as a key conspirator. The singer had joined the Congress in December 2021 and unsuccessfully contested the 2022 Assembly election from Mansa.
The BJP has chalked out an initial plan under which PM Modi will address election rallies in every divisional headquarters across Uttar Pradesh. The party intends to organise these rallies at the divisional level to reach voters across different regions and take its campaign to all parts of the state.
For years, Abdul laid carpets, raised slogans and voted for the SP and Congress, says AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. Now, he says Abdul will become an MLA or MP, instead of backing the Nehru-Gandhis and Yadavs. Owaisi's attack ahead of the 2027 UP election has a Congress counter.
Punjab AAP MLAs Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra and Chetan Singh Jouramajra have resigned after missing the first ticket list. The twin exits underline party tensions, including Pathanmajra's dispute with the leadership.
In the first list, the Aam Aadmi Party has retained its 37 incumbent MLAs. Jailed minister Sanjeev Arora has been fielded from the Jalandhar West assembly seat.
The civic bodies have 345 wards, with the Agartala Municipal Corporation accounting for 51.
Amit Shah attacked the Samajwadi Party and Congress at the UP BJP executive committee meeting. His remarks framed the Ayodhya firing and electoral victories as a rallying call.
Amit Shah will address 2,850 representatives at the Uttar Pradesh BJP executive meeting in Lucknow. The gathering will shape the party's organisational and electoral roadmap for the 2027 Assembly polls.
Congress leader Abhijit Govindrao Wanjari has won the Nagpur Division Graduates' constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Council for a second consecutive term. A lawyer and educationist, he first won the seat in 2020 as a Maha Vikas Aghadi candidate.
The BJP-led NDA has scored big in the MLC elections across four states. It swept all four seats in Karnataka and maintained its advantage in UP, even as the Samajwadi Party notched up key wins like Varanasi. In Bihar, the NDA won four of the eight seats, improving its tally from three. In Maharashtra, the BJP-led Mahayuti is ahead in three of the five seats.
Akash Anand has reaffirmed his loyalty to BSP chief Mayawati and turned his focus to the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. His remarks signal a renewed commitment to the party leadership as the BSP prepares for the next electoral battle.
Gorakhpur MLC results: BJP's three-term MLC Dhruv Kumar Tripathi bounced back after trailing initially to the independent candidate to win the Gorakhpur-Faizabad Teachers' constituency.
The Congress failed to win any of the 28 Legislative Council seats contested across four states. The BJP-JD(S) sweep in Karnataka is the biggest setback for the party that is in power, raising alarm bells over the DK Shivakumar-led government's organisational strength and its ability to secure support among professional voters.
The BJP mocked DK Shivakumar after the NDA won all four Karnataka MLC contests. It was a setback for the ruling Congress, which had hoped to retain its lone seat and make gains in the other constituencies.
UP MLC election results: The Samajwadi Party won five of 11 seats on offer in Uttar Pradesh, a gain of two.
The Election Commission directed five poll-bound states to transfer officials involved in election work. The routine reshuffle is intended to support fairness ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.
BJP leader Ravneet Bittu arrived at the Punjab Assembly premises on Tuesday with a liquor bottle, claiming a similar one was found with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann when he was stopped at the Delhi airport last week.
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has signalled that the party was open to an alliance with the BJP for the 2027 Punjab election. With the talks of an alliance reaching the final stage, here's how disagreements over the role of Akalis and the BJP's anti-drug campaign could be the key hurdles to a reunion.
Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of erecting unauthorised posters to strain Congress-SP ties. The row underscores seat-sharing friction even as INDIA bloc leaders insist on unity.
The Election Commission has ordered fresh voting at three Agra teachers' constituency polling stations. The earlier polling was declared void, with an inquiry ordered into alleged irregularities.
Divya Mittal announced in Chunar that JanNiti Bharat plans to contest all 403 Uttar Pradesh seats. The former IAS officer said her political entry seeks to establish people's rule through people-centric governance.
PM Modi, Amit Shah and Nitin Nabin will attend separate engagements across Uttar Pradesh in late October. The BJP aims to strengthen its organisation and prepare a post-Diwali campaign for 2027.
Sukhbir Singh Badal said the SAD was open to alliances with ideologically aligned parties. The remarks fuelled reunion speculation with the BJP before Punjab's 2027 election.
The Congress has shared a list of around 170 seats with the Samajwadi Party for negotiations. Both parties are prepared for compromises as they pursue their shared objective of defeating the BJP.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met Azam Khan at Rampur jail, accusing the BJP government of political vendetta and discussing all 403 Assembly seats ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh elections.
The Samajwadi Party submitted a memorandum alleging duplicate voter entries across several Uttar Pradesh constituencies. It warned that if the alleged discrepancies were not corrected in time, genuine voters could face difficulties in casting their votes, affecting the electoral process.
Former BJP MLA Kushagra Sagar is likely to join the Samajwadi Party after resigning from the BJP. His move comes amid speculation over Bisauli MLA Ashutosh Maurya's meetings with BJP leaders.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah vowed that the CBI would hunt down the culprits behind anti-drug crusader Parvinder Singh Jhota's murder "even in Pataal Lok." After meeting three families affected by Punjab's drug menace, Shah urged the state government to transfer two other cases to the CBI if it could not solve them.
Three rebel Samajwadi Party MLAs – Rakesh Pratap Singh, Abhay Singh and Vinod Chaturvedi – joined the BJP at a programme in Amethi. The switch is a setback for SP chief Akhilesh Yadav before the 2027 Uttar Pradesh polls.
Asaduddin Owaisi challenged Yogi Adityanath to contest from Sambhal and asked Akhilesh Yadav to fight from Gorakhpur. He said the BJP and Samajwadi Party were staging a political fight while avoiding substantive issues ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh election.
At Goa's Goy Rakhonn Yatra, Telangana CM, A Revanth Reddy urged voters to back Congress in 2027 and likened the BJP to Ravan. He coupled the appeal with attacks on the BJP government over drugs, land and unemployment, while projecting Rahul Gandhi's wider fight against the Centre.
Devasish Sharma resigned from his job and received the BJP ticket just 25 days ahead of the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma was circumspect about a BJP victory in the Muslim-majority Assam seat. But it was Himanta's appeal and the BJP's organisational strength that proved the CM wrong.
With victories in Dharapuram and Madurantakam, Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay-led TVK has increased its Assembly tally to 109. However, even if the party wins all five seats awaiting bypolls, it will still need the Congress for the minority government's stability.
The BJP is all set to win the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election by a margin of over 1.5 lakh votes, with the Congress languishing in the third spot. Raijor Dal leader and former Congress ally, Akhil Gogoi, called the party's defeat in a constituency with over 55% Muslim voters a tragedy for all anti-BJP forces.
Counting is under way in by-elections across Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry, with the BJP leading in Assam and West Bengal and TVK locked in a close fight with the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu.
The victory is significant for AINRC, an ally of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), as the bypoll was held in a constituency previously represented by Puducherry Chief Minister and AINRC founder N Rangaswamy.
If you have been following this blog, you kept yourself best-updated on the live results for the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency of Assam. BJP candidate Devasish Sharma has registered a victory by a margin of around 1.4 lakh over AIUDF's Badruddin Ajmal. The Congress, which fought to retain the Muslim-majority seat, was a distant third. The by-election was necessitated as Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi resigned and switched over to the BJP. Voting was held for the Nagaon seat on October 6, and the turnaround was about 76%. Just ahead of the counting, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said BJP might not win Nagaon seat, but Congress would be reduced to third spot. He would be happy he was proven wrong on the first, and right on the second. Shounak Sanyal and Sushim Mukul brought to you the updates throughout the day.
Madurantakam Bypoll Results 2026 Highlights: TVK candidate K Maragatham Kumaravel has won the Madurantakam Assembly by-election in Tamil Nadu by 20,040 votes, with all 27 rounds of counting completed. She secured 74,048 votes, defeating DMK candidate I Paranthamen, who polled 54,008 votes. AIADMK's S Kanithasampath finished third with 47,450 votes. The bypoll was held on October 6, with Madurantakam recording a voter turnout of 86.26 per cent, according to final figures released by the Election Commission. The contest was seen as a test of the ruling TVK, led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, while the opposition parties sought to win the reserved Assembly seat.
Dharapuram By-Election Result 2026 Highlights: TVK candidate P Sathyabama has won the Dharapuram Assembly by-election in Tamil Nadu by 9,471 votes, with counting completed in all 23 rounds. She secured 66,841 votes, defeating DMK candidate S Suganya, who polled 57,370 votes. AIADMK candidate K Banumathi finished third with 45,280 votes. The result comes after Dharapuram recorded a voter turnout of 80.3% on October 6, around 9.5 percentage points lower than in the April Assembly elections.