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The meeting with the Governor coincides with speculation that the BJP intends to table a no-confidence motion in the Assembly as the Budget Session commences.

Jairam Thakur, Leader of the Opposition, hailed the BJP's win, attributing it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President JP Nadda, and Home Minister Amit Shah.

This year, a total of 56 Rajya Sabha seats became vacant. Eleven candidates were elected without any opposition. Ten are located in Uttar Pradesh, four in Karnataka, and one in Himachal Pradesh out of the remaining.

This development is being hailed as a major achievement for the BJP, significantly weakening the Congress and its alliance in the region.

Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav's meeting will mirror a similar event that occurred in Agra seven years prior, when the two leaders conducted a 12-kilometer road show in the Taj city ahead of the UP 2017 assembly elections.

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Scheduled possibly for February 29, the Central Election Committee of the BJP is expected to convene, followed by the announcement of the initial candidate lineup.

Encouraging support for the BJP in upcoming elections, Dinesh Sharma urged voters to reject the "Congress and SP culture" and embrace the transformative vision of Prime Minister Modi.

A deal for Goa, Chandigarh, Gujarat, and Haryana was also reportedly locked, according to reports that media received hours later of finalizing the Delhi deal.

The protests escalated as local residents, armed with lathis and bamboo sticks, set ablaze a thatched structure purportedly linked to Shahjahan's brother, Sirajuddin, also a TMC leader.