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Lucknow, Feb 12 () BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday attacked the Centre over a steep hike in the price of LPG or cooking gas cylinder, terming it as a "cruel decision" against the poor. Reacting to the hike of Rs 144.5 per LPG cylinder due to spurt in benchmark global rates of the fuel, she said the move will hit crores of poor and hard-working people who are already facing "severe inflation". "It would have been better had the Centre worked as a welfare state as embodied in the Constitution," she tweeted after the price notification of state-owned oil firms. LPG price was increased to Rs 858.50 per 14.2 kg cylinder from Rs 714 previously, making it the steepest hike in rates since January 2014 when prices had gone up by Rs 220 per cylinder to Rs 1,241. NAV SMI CK

Mayawati slams Centre over LPG price hike

The Indian Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> has been infamous for hugging his counterparts on <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/tale-of-two-hugs-when-narendra-modi-hugged-ashok-gehlot-and-rahul-gandhi-hugged-modi/articleshow/65126908.cms">important</a> state visits or for when they have visited India. In 2018, several Indian politicians seem to be taken in by the power of the humble hug as a political gesture, putting on their own charm offensives. From <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> leader <keyword id="5268" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</keyword> hugging PM Modi in the Indian Parliament to former Congress President Sonia Gandhi hugging Dalit leader Mayawati amid ‘Mahagathbandhan’ strategy, 2018 was spiced up with these hugs or (group hugs). Here were the most head-turning ones: Slugfest or ‘hug’ fest? 
	
	
	
	
 
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(Photo Source: Times of India) This has to be the biggest moment for <keyword id="35132" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-politics">Indian politics</keyword> for 2018. Congress President and main leader of the opposition, Rahul Gandhi stunned us with a sudden embrace to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Parliament. He walked up across the aisle during a debate and flung himself into an embrace with the PM, leaving the parliament uproarious with laughter and Twitter with meme-storms. While the prime minister seemed to be <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/narendras-modis-political-weapon-is-jumla-strike-which-has-claimed-many-victims-rahul-gandhi/articleshow/65066316.cms">surprised</a> with the move at first, he returned the favour -- with a hug, ofcourse! What followed was a cheeky wink by the Congress leader. Because it was all captured on camera, it made for a series of memes. India’s main opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party took advantage of the moment and tweeted ‘we can not thank you enough for the entertainment.’ 
 
 
 
 
 
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(Photo Source: twitter/ @DevonG111) This move turned into an unsettling debate and controversy when the Punjab Minister, Navjot Singh Sidhu, <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/just-a-hug-not-rafale-deal-navjot-singh-sidhu-on-his-hug-to-pak-army-chief-1954150">hugged Pakistan army chief</a>, Qamar Javed Bajwa amid the inaugural ceremony of Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan. In response to the stirring debate, Sidhu reportedly said that it was a ‘1-second hug, and not a Rafale deal.’ He further justified the gesture adding it is intended to foster better trade relations between the two countries. Talking of the Rafale deal, this year Congress has accused BJP of backing Anil Ambani as industrial partner. The controversy around India’s purchase of 36 aircrafts, back in 2016. The perfect frame! Sonia Gandhi sharing a hug with BSP supremo Mayawati 
 
	
	
 
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(Photo Source: Times of India) During the swearing-in ceremony of chief minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy, two opposition leaders were seen hugging each other, which is a rare site in India where Congress Sonia Gandhi affectionately hugged Mayawati, BSP leader. The picture went viral on Twitter fetching mixed responses from users. 
 
 
 
 
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(Photo Source: Times of India) A the oath-taking ceremony of Ashok Gehlot as the Rajasthan chief minister, a family hug stole all the limelight. BJP’s Vasundhara Raje who was the former chief minister of the state was gracious enough to accept defeat and attended the ceremony. It is where she also hugged her nephew, Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is a Congress leader and campaigned in Madhya Pradesh against the BJP. After vigorous campaigning through the assembly elections, the two — Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath — defeated the former BJP leaders in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, respectively.

Here are the most memorable hugs Indian politicians unleashed on their opponents in 2018

<keyword id="19894922" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uttar-Pradesh" source="keywords">Uttar Pradesh</keyword> has strong and established women leaders but, ironically, the majority of this '<keyword id="19911646" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nari-Shakti" source="keywords">Nari Shakti</keyword>' does not belong to this state. Barring a few, most of the women leaders have come from other states and after contesting several elections, they have consolidated their position in Uttar Pradesh. Senior Congress leader <keyword id="19935990" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sonia-Gandhi" source="keywords">Sonia Gandhi</keyword> leads the brigade of political talent imported from outside Uttar Pradesh. A native of Italy who was living in New Delhi with her in-laws, the Gandhi bahu made her political debut from Amethi in 1999 and then contested and won the Rae Bareli seat from 2004 to 2019. Sonia Gandhi began campaigning in Amethi from 1984 when her husband Rajiv Gandhi made his political debut. When Sonia Gandhi finally took a plunge in politics after the former Prime Minister's demise, she chose the family turf, Amethi. The former Congress President was at one time seen as a prime ministerial candidate, though she never claimed the position. Another woman politician who was seen as a prospective prime ministerial candidate is BSP supremo, <keyword id="19897516" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mayawati" source="keywords">Mayawati</keyword>. Mayawati was born in Delhi but her political 'karambhoomi' became Uttar Pradesh when the first SP-BSP government came into existence in 1993 in the state. Circumstances propelled Mayawati into the Uttar Pradesh chief minister's chair in 1995 and over the years, she has emerged as a politician who cannot be ignored. Actor-turned-politician, <keyword id="19968072" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hema-Malini" source="keywords">Hema Malini</keyword>, who is seeking her third term from Mathura, belongs to Tamil Nadu and has spent most of her life in Mumbai. She contested and won the 2014 and 2019 elections from Mathura. Hema Malini calls herself 'Krishna ki gopi' and claims to have a divine connect with Mathura. Among others in this list is Smriti Irani, who is seeking her second term from Amethi and originally belongs to Delhi. However, after winning Amethi in 2019, she calls herself 'Amethi ki bitiya'. She has even built her home in Gauriganj in Amethi and is well versed with local politics and the local people. Maneka Gandhi, who originally belongs to Delhi, is the senior-most MP among these women, having won her first election in 1989 on a Janata Dal ticket. She later joined the BJP and has always chosen Uttar Pradesh to contest elections - first Pilibhit and then Sultanpur. Jaya Prada, another actor-turned-politician, was born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh but chose Uttar Pradesh to kickstart her political career even though she had earlier joined the TDP. Jaya Prada successfully contested the Rampur Lok Sabha seat in 2004 and 2009 elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket. Later, she joined the BJP in 2019. Dimple Yadav, senior SP leader and wife of Akhilesh Yadav, originally belongs to Uttarakhand but made Uttar Pradesh her home after her marriage to Akhilesh. Dimple Yadav began her career by losing a bypoll to Raj Babbar of the Congress from Firozabad in 2009 but won the Kannauj seat in a 2012 bye-election. She won the Kannauj seat in 2014 but lost in 2019. However, Dimple Yadav won the Mainpuri bye-election after the demise of Mulayam Singh Yadav in 2022. Among all these women leaders, it is only Union Minister Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal (S) who was born and brought up in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Interestingly, even in the past, several women leaders who made a mark in Indian politics were born outside Uttar Pradesh but chose to contest polls from the state. Former Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, made her debut in politics when she won a bye-election from Bijnor in 1985. Meira Kumar, who is the daughter of late veteran politician Jagjivan Ram, was born in Bihar. Former Delhi Chief Minister, late Sheila Dikshit, won her first election from Kannauj in 1984. She was born in Kapurthala in Punjab. Freedom fighter Sucheta Kripalani, the first woman Chief Minister in India, who headed the Uttar Pradesh government, also belonged to Punjab but won the Assembly polls from Mehdawal in Sant Kabir Nagar. --IANS amita/rad

Uttar Pradesh's political 'Nari Shakti' does not belong to it

Chief minister <keyword id="6355031" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Akhilesh-Yadav">Akhilesh Yadav</keyword> on Thursday said having a President's rule in his state is not desirable and if needed, he will tie up with <keyword id="6355170" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="BSP">BSP</keyword>. 
 In case <keyword id="6354265" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="samajwadi-party">Samajwadi Party</keyword> doesn’t get majority, Akhilesh Yadav told <keyword id="60684" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="BBC">BBC</keyword> that it is better to join hands with <keyword id="6357690" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="mayawati">Mayawati</keyword> than to see the state under Presidents Rule. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/up-exit-poll-voters-mesmerised-by-modi-bjp-likely-to-cross-magic-number/articleshow/57558736.cms">ALSO READ: UP exit poll: Voters mesmerised by Modi, BJP likely to cross magic number</a> 
 
His surprising remarks right when exit poll predicted BJP could win with majority in the state. While some of the survey predicted BJP emerging as the single largest party in UP, other gave them a clean majority. 
 Despite <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> alliance with the ruling Samajwadi Party, the alliance seems to have failed in gaining desirable results. 
 
Notably, Times Now's exit poll gives the BJP a sharp edge, saying it will win between 190 and 210 seats in Uttar Pradesh; 201 seats will obviously give the BJP a majority. Times Now expects the SP-Congress alliance to win between 110 and 130 seats, while the BSP may get anywhere between 54 and 74 seats, it says. 
 
VMR's exit poll predicts as many as 200 seats for the BJP, 120 for the SP-Congress alliance and 64 for the BSP.

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav says he is ready to tie up with BSP if needed

<ul><li>Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ally, the Janata Dal (United), is unhappy with the Presidential Order to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. </li><li>JD-U and the other opposition parties boycotted the bill and walked out of the Rajya Sabha. </li><li>Rivals like Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Bahujan Samaj Party leader, Mayawati, have expressed their support for the new move. </li></ul>The Janata Dal (United), a key ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party opposed Home Minister <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/all-you-need-to-know-about-jammu-and-kashmir-reservation-amendment-bill-2019/articleshow/70532545.cms">Amit Shah's proposal</a> seeking to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/amit-shah-says-article-35a-and-article-370-giving-kashmir-special-status-will-be-annulled-in-rajya-sabha/articleshow/70530969.cms">axe Article 370</a> which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. JD-U party members joined <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-parliament-debate-on-kashmir-latest-news/articleshow/70530170.cms">the Opposition</a> — Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham (DMK), National Conference and Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) — to walk out of the Rajya Sabha. BSP, Kejriwal gives a thumbs up On the other hand, one of BJP's political rivals, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), was one of the first to extend its support. "Our party gives complete support. We want that the Bill be passed. Our party is not expressing any opposition to Article 370 Bill and the other Bill," stated Satish Chandra Mishra, a BSP member of parliament, in the Rajya Sabha. Even Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who is normally at odds with the BJP too welcomed the Bill stating, "We support the government on its decisions on J&amp;K. We hope this will bring peace and development in the state.” JD-U walks out The Presidential Order signed by Ram Nath Kovind <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-will-now-be-two-separate-union-territories/articleshow/70531866.cms">splits the state into two Union Territories (UTs),</a> Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. While the former will have legislation and an assembly, the latter will be without an assembly. JD-U party leader, Ram Nath Thakur, said in the Rajya Sabha their party had always favoured resolving the Kashmir issue through negotiations. "I, on behalf of the party, and our leader Nitish Kumar want to boycott the bills brought by Home Minister with some clarifications," he stated. He added that, since 1996, it was decided that all controversial issues would be settled through a court order or negotiations. Other allies of the BJP -- Shiv Sena, YSR Congress Party and Telangana Rashtra Samithi -- have expressed their support for the bill. (with IANS inputs) See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-will-now-be-two-separate-union-territories/articleshow/70531866.cms">Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh will now be two separate Union Territories</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/amit-shah-says-article-35a-and-article-370-giving-kashmir-special-status-will-be-annulled-in-rajya-sabha/articleshow/70530969.cms">Article 370 and Article 35A which give Kashmir a special status will be annulled, Amit Shah tells Indian Parliament</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/omar-abdullah-mehbooba-mufti-reaction-to-the-scrapping-of-article-370-in-jammu-kashmir/articleshow/70532924.cms">‘Betrayal, catastrophe, dangerous’ J&amp;K leaders livid as India scraps Article 370 and bifurcates the state</a>

BJP gets bouquets from rivals and brickbats from allies over J&K bifurcation

As it is clear from the early trends that the BJP is heading towards forming the government single-handedly, there is no likelihood of regional parties playing the role of kingmakers in the current scenario. 
 
In fact, BJP seems all set to form the government on its own, without even requiring the help of its National Democratic Alliance partners like Akali Dal and Shiv Sena. 
 
BJP was leading in 271 constituencies in the initial trends and its other NDA partners – TDP, Shiv Sena, Akali Dal and LJP – leading in 16, 17, four and five seats, respectively. 
 
As on 12 March 2014, there are 1616 parties registered with the election commission, out of which the numbers of national parties was six and that of state parties was 47. 
 
Just after independence, in the 1950s and 60s, the Congress party dominated the national political scene. But the opposition started gaining some space during late 60s and early 70s, with the Janata Party even wresting power from the Congress in 1977. This event set the ball rolling for the mushrooming of a number of small parties. 
 Most small parties are one-man shows, who exercise absolute control over the party. While the coming up of new parties reflects more democratisation, these have tended to become internally less democratic. Leaders <keyword id="2243296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="like-Jayalalitha">like Jayalalitha</keyword>, <keyword id="6357690" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="mayawati">Mayawati</keyword>, <keyword id="6357168" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mulayam-Singh-Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</keyword>, <keyword id="43385" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Naveen-Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</keyword> and <keyword id="18656" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lalu-Prasad-Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</keyword> have been running their respective parties single-handedly, without giving much room to internal dissent. 
 
Even in the run up to the 2014 elections, they were widely projected to play the role of kingmakers. But all these parties would be left high and dry if these initial trends get converted into results.

Kingmakers Left High And Dry

<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=UP+elections&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Uttar Pradesh is set to kick off seven-phase assembly elections </a>from Feb 11 and it seems voters are confused about which party to vote. 
 
Bookies are predicting a hung house in the state with the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=BJP&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (<keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword>) BJP and the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=SP&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Samajwadi Party </a>(<keyword id="6355032" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="SP">SP</keyword>) in neck and neck race. 
 
As per the market analysts, the UP polls will be a big trigger for the market in the near term. 
 
ET reported that odds on the BJP and the SP-Congress coalition winning 130 seats in the 403-member UP Assembly are pegged at 30 paise on every rupee bet. The higher the odds, the lower are the chances of a party winning that many seats. 
 
"I am not aware what the bookies are suggesting, but my assessment is that the SP-Congress alliance is a little ahead of the BJP, and not neck to neck. There is a very high likelihood that the entire Muslim vote share will get transferred to the SP and the Congress where it is in the fray, because they still think Mayawati is the optimal choice for them,” Pankaj Sharma, independent market experts told ETMarkets.com 
However, few analysts say one party will make it big. 
 
"When people come to power, they forget their differences. I feel only one party will emerge as a majority in UP. So, there is no possibility of a hung assembly,” AK Prabhakar, Head of Research at IDBI Capital, told ETMarkets.com.

UP elections are all set to begin, here’s what bookies are predicting

NDA is likely to get between 212 and 232 seats if the <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> elections were held today, with BJP alone winning between 193 and 213, according to an opinion poll done for a TV channel. The poll, based on a survey of six states, puts the UPA a distant second with 119 to 139 seats, of which <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> was projected to win between 94 and 110. 
 The CNN-IBN poll, conducted by CSDS and Lokniti, made these projections based on surveys in Uttar Pradesh, <keyword id="30033" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Bihar">Bihar</keyword>, Maharashtra, <keyword id="37102" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Andhra-Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</keyword>, <keyword id="20154" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="tamil-nadu">Tamil Nadu</keyword> and Delhi. While the seat figures are more or less the same as the projections done by the same pollsters in January, the popularity rating of <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> has dipped significantly. 
 In January, 36% of respondents to the survey had chosen Modi as their preferred PM. That figure is now down to 31%. In contrast, there has been an uptick of one percentage point each in those picking <keyword id="5268" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</keyword> (now 13%), <keyword id="689" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sonia-Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</keyword>, <keyword id="6357690" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="mayawati">Mayawati</keyword>, Mulayam Singh and <keyword id="6359397" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Manmohan-Singh">Manmohan Singh</keyword>. 
 
The poll also shows BJP’s projected vote share down marginally from the January estimate and the Congress vote share too down marginally. The saffron party continues to enjoy a significant lead with 33% compared to Congress’ 26%. 
 Apart from the NDA and UPA, the <keyword id="43826" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Trinamool-Congress">Trinamool Congress</keyword> is likely to be the biggest party winning between 20 and 28 seats, according to the survey. <keyword id="120271" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="The-Left">The Left</keyword> with 15-23, AIADMK with 14-20, YSR Congress and <keyword id="6355032" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="SP">SP</keyword> with 11-17 seats each, BJD, TDP and DMK with 10-16 each and BSP with 8-14 could be the other significant players in the 16th Lok Sabha, it projected. 
 
If these projections turn out right, it would almost certainly mean that the next government in New Delhi would be headed by Modi and would be cobbled together by the existing NDA joining hands with smaller regional parties. Neither Congress nor the ill-defined Third Front/Federal Front would really be in a position to take a meaningful shot at forming a government in such a scenario.

Modi's Popularity Dips But NDA Still Leading: Survey

<keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> has led the <keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword> to its biggest <keyword id="6359191" type="EVENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="election">election</keyword> victory. In fact, it is the biggest election victory in the country since Rajiv Gandhi swept to power in 1984, following India Gandhi’s assassination. The outcome for the BJP has been even better than what the exit polls had predicted like Chanakya News. 
 
The BJP has swept away parties like Mayawati’s Bahujan Samajwadi Party and Mulayam’s Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. BSP was completely decimated and even failed to open its account. 
 <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword>’ national tally has been less than that of the BJP in UP alone. The BJP had won 251 seats and was leading in 31 constituencies, making its total tally to 282 as per the latest update. The Congress had won only 41 and was leading in five, managing just a total of 46, as per the latest update. 
 <keyword id="41281" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="NDA">NDA</keyword>’s tally stood at 337 (lead+win), while <keyword id="6355364" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="UPA">UPA</keyword>’s tally stood at modest 59 (lead+win). 
 
Several Congress heavyweights – Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, PK Bansal, Kapil Sibbal, Sandeep Dikshit, Ajay Makan, Madhsudan Mistry, Sanjay Nirupam and Priya Dutt had to bite the dust. 
 
All the BJP-ruled states - Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh headed the BJP way. 
It remains to be seen what Modi does with this degree of political authority.

It Is Actually Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkaar, BJP
Is Going To Make The Government In India

The election dates are out and poll bugle has been sounded. The <keyword id="40807" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Election-Commission">Election Commission</keyword> announced poll schedule for five states and elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held across seven phases. All the parties such as <keyword id="6354265" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="samajwadi-party">Samajwadi Party</keyword>, Bahujan <keyword id="164879" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Samaj-Party">Samaj Party</keyword>, the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress have been holding massive rallies to woo voters. 
 As the poll dates were announced, several experts projected heavy victory for the BJP in UP. The poll conducted by India Today from October to December has projected that the BJP will win assembly elections in crucial states, banking on Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>'s demonetisation. 
 
Demonetisation was announced in mid of the survey period. 
 
According to the survey, BJP's vote share increased from 31% in October to 33% in December. In terms of seats, it highlights that 206-216 seats for the party in the 403-member UP assembly. 
 
It also highlighted that Samajwadi Party is likely to emerge as the second largest party with a vote share of 26%. 
 
Bahujan Samaj Party is neck-and-neck with SP in terms of vote share, and is projected to win 79-85 seats. This shows that despite repeated reminders of Mayawati asking Muslim voters to shun SP, it has had little impact as the community remains loyal to the SP even as party remains a divided house. 
 
According to the report, Congress continues to struggle in the state as party is projected to win barely 5-9 seats with only 6%vote share in the state. 
 
The other parties in the state - Rashtriya Lok Dal, Apna Dal, the Left and others - might win 7-11 seats.

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