Amidst the ongoing feud within the Uttar Pradesh’s first family, Samajwadi Party leader and UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and the Congress party confirmed that they would announce the pre-poll alliance in the next 24 hours. According to sources, Akhilesh offered 103 seats to the grand old party. 20 candidates[Read More…]
Tag: Akhilesh Yadav
UP Polls: Akhilesh confirms Rahul Gandhi as wingman; deal ‘in next 2 days’
After setting aside his family dispute, Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav is all set to move on to the next level of dealing, ahead of the UP polls. Akhilesh is willing to contest together and form an alliance with Congress as he believes it will help him counter rivals Mayawati[Read More…]
SP feud: EC allots ‘cycle’ symbol to Akhilesh-led faction
The Election Commission on Monday granted the ‘cycle’ symbol to Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. Earlier, both factions in the Samajwadi Party, one led by Mulayam Singh and the other by son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, have staked their claim over the[Read More…]
EC reserves order on SP’s cycle fight; will pass interim order on Jan 17
After hearing long arguments between Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and son Akhilesh Yadav, the Election Commission (EC) reserved its order on the Party’s symbol ‘bicycle’ on Friday. Although both the party claims that there is unity among them, Mulayam Singh Yadav said he was in no mood to[Read More…]
UP election: Rahul, Akhilesh will launch a joint SP-Congress campaign
With UP all set to undergo Assembly polls from February 11 to March 8, Congres and Samajwadi Party appear to have agreed to launch a joint election campaign in the state. According to a Times of India report, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will lead the election campaign along with[Read More…]
Akhilesh will be the next CM, party stands united: Mulayam Singh Yadav
Hours after softening his rift with Akhilesh, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said that the party was united and Akhilesh Yadav would be the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh after the elections. “For the benefit of the entire state, our party stands united. There is no question[Read More…]
UP Polls: Akhilesh gets huge support of SP MLAs
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday met loyalist party MLAs in Lucknow and collected signed affidavits declaring him the president of Samajwadi Party. Out of the 209 MLAs, 206 MLAs and 55 MLCs flocked to Akhilesh’s official residence at 5, Kalidas Marg, and submitted their signed affidavits to[Read More…]
UP Polls: Akhilesh anointed new chief; Mulayam refuses to go quietly
In a confrontational move, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav seized the post of Samajwadi Party national president on Sunday, while removing his father Mulayam Singh Yadav from the seat and getting himself “unanimously elected” at a national convention of the party. The resolution approved to this effect also includes[Read More…]
SP feud: National executive elects Akhilesh Yadav as working president
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was “unanimously” declared as the Samajwadi Party’s national working president in a resolution passed by party Secretary General Ram Gopal Yadav at the national executive meet in Lucknow. Ram Gopal Yadav, said that the national executive also wanted Shivpal Yadav to be removed as[Read More…]
UP Polls 2017: Akhilesh, Ram Gopal expulsion revoked, all matters sorted out, says Shivpal
Samajwadi Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday revoked the expulsion of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Ram Gopal Yadav, a day after the pair were sacked from the party for six years over indiscipline. After hectic confabulations involving Akhilesh Yadav’s warring uncle Shivpal Yadav, Mulayam and[Read More…]
UP Polls: Akhilesh Yadav receives support of around 229 lawmakers, may prove his strength today
A day after Akhilesh Yadav and uncle Ramgopal was expelled from the Samajwadi Party by his father and SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the junior Yadav held an important meeting on Saturday at his residence. Notably, a majority of the 229 party MLAs were present at the meeting. Some SP[Read More…]
Father vs son showdown: Mulayam expels Akhilesh, Ram Gopal from party
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday expelled Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav from the party for six years. Addressing a press conference, Mulayam Singh Yadav said both Ram Gopal Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav have been suspended from the party over indiscipline.[Read More…]
Netaji’s list doesn’t include candidates who will surely win, will talk to SP chief: Akhilesh Yadav
After party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday released a list of 325 of the possible 403 candidates ignoring Akhilesh Yadav’s oppositions to certain leaders for poll tickets and his strategies for an alliance in the state assembly elections, the ruling SP in Uttar Pradesh was in chaos. The UP[Read More…]
UP Polls: SP Chief rules out alliance with any party, declares 325 candidates
Ignoring objections raised by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and his son, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday announced candidates for 325 of the 403 Assembly seats and ruled out alliance with any party for the upcoming polls. In a press conference here, the SP patriarch released the list of[Read More…]
UP Polls: Akhilesh Yadav inaugurates 910 projects in a day
With Assembly polls on the doorstep, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday launched a few hundreds of projects to woo voters. He inaugurated 910 projects, laid foundation stones of 13 projects, distributed free laptops among 26,000 students, and gave cheques to 91, 125 beneficiaries of the Samajwadi Pension[Read More…]
Sniffing a chance, Congress looks to align with SP for UP elections
After their recent all round poor performance in elections, Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh are feeling a chance in pegging back the important state in their favour by aligning with the Samajwadi party. The feeling is that demonetisation will decisively halt BJP and bolster its prospects in the upcoming Assembly[Read More…]
Poll sop? UP Govt approves 7th Pay Commission; 24 lakh employees to benefit
Ahead of the upcoming polls next year, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet under the leadership of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday approved the recommendations of the seventh pay commission. As per new salary structure after the big decision few months before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, entry salary that is[Read More…]
Jayalalithaa laid to rest; Thousands throng to mourn Amma
Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5 after suffering from a cardiac arrest. Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was laid to rest at Chennai’s Marina beach, next to her mentor MGR. Thousands of people gathered outside her final resting place to pay tributes. Political leaders paid their last respects[Read More…]
Jet, set, go! 6 fighter jets touchdown for opening of Agra-Lucknow Expressway
In a historical event, eight Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets touched down on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, India’s longest expressway, as it opens to public on Monday. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was present when his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav opened the Agra-Lucknow Expressway at[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party celebrates 25th anniversary in the presence of RJD, JD(U), RLD leaders
Samajwadi Party kickstarted its silver jubilee celebrations in Lucknow on Saturday in the presence of RJD, JD(U), and RLD leaders. RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, RLD chief Ajit Singh, Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Chautala and noted lawyer[Read More…]
Eye on UP Assembly Polls? Prashant Kishor meets Mulayam, Amar Singh
Congress party’s election strategist for Uttar Pradesh, Prashant Kishor, on Wednesday met Samajwadi supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh in Delhi. Sources said that the meeting may have political consequences with some even hinting at an alliance between Samajwadi Party and Congress. Earlier JDU leader KC Tyagi and Shivpal[Read More…]
Yadav vs Yadav: Late-night compromise for Samajwadi Party, after a day of clashes and chaos
In an interesting twist to the rift in Yadav clan, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav called his son, Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav, and brother Shivpal Yadav to his home and asked them to bury the hatchet. Shivpal was fired by Akhilesh a day earlier and after a day full of clashes[Read More…]
SP feud worsens: Ram Gopal expelled from party after Akhilesh sacks Shivpal
The Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav sacked Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav from the party for six years. The announcement came less than an hour after chief minister Akhilesh Yadav sacked his uncle Shivpal Yadav from his council of ministers. Ram Gopal has said that being with Akhilesh means being with the winning side.[Read More…]
SP expels Akhilesh ally Udayveer Singh for 6 years
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday expelled MLC Udayveer Singh for six years after he incurred the wrath of party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for writing a letter against SP’s ruling family. Udayveer had written a letter to SP President Mulayam Singh Yadav, asking him to step down from the[Read More…]
Akhilesh to float his own party? Will embark on ‘Samajwadi Vikas Rath Yatra’ alone
In what seems to be the sign of worsening infighting in Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday announced his decision to embark on ‘Samajwadi Vikas Rath Yatra’ alone from November 3. It is speculated that Akhilesh might skip his party’s silver jubilee celebrations which begins in Lucknow[Read More…]