Marginalized in the Samajwadi Party of which he was a founder member, Shivpal Singh Yadav on Wednesday floated a ‘Samajwadi Secular Front’ and urged people who he said might be feeling humiliated in the SP to join him. Once a powerful leader in the Samajwadi Party, the younger brother of[Read More…]
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Defeating BJP first priority of Opposition in 2019, leadership later: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be a straight contest between the BJP and the “entire opposition” and their “first priority” is to defeat the ruling alliance. He said the issue of leadership will be taken up by opposition parties after the polls. In an interactive[Read More…]
Expectations from a secular opposition
It is not very often that a journalist has to actually tell his/her source about his religious identity, but in the times we are living in abnormal has become the new normal. Recently while I was strolling through Central Delhi, I stopped by a tea seller sharing political gossips with[Read More…]
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh bats for a divided Uttar Pradesh
Former Union Minister and Congress MP Jairam Ramesh has once again called out for a divided Uttar Pradesh. He has repeatedly made a strong pitch to bifurcate the largest state of India. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state of India with 400 million people living across 2,43286 sq km.[Read More…]
No-confidence motion LIVE updates: 325 MPs voted ‘No’; 126 voted ‘yes’, no-confidence motion against NDA Govt rejected
Both BJP, Congress responsible for Andhra’s plight, says TDP MP Kesineni Srinivas “I thought for one and a half hours I was watching a Bollywood blockbuster film. I have no doubt PM would have been the best actor in the world,” Srinivas said. He added that BJP MP form Andhra Hari Babu[Read More…]
Tie-up with Congress in Madhya Pradesh possible: Akhilesh Yadav
Bhopal: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday did not rule out an arrangement with the Congress in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. Talking to media persons, he said that his party would only field candidates in seats where it was confident of their chances while revealing talks were[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party patronised criminals, we’re hounding them out: UP CM
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday lashed out at the Samajwadi Party (SP) and accused it of patronising criminals and communal forces when in power in the state. Addressing an election rally in Kairana, ahead of the May 28 Lok Sabha bypoll, Adityanath said the previous SP[Read More…]
SP demands President’s Rule in UP
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Friday demanded President’s rule in Uttar Pradesh and said this was necessary to restore the rule of law in the state. Addressing a press conference here, party leader Kironmoy Nanda said the time had come to bid the Yogi Adityanath government good bye. Referring to[Read More…]
Congress, BSP, Samajwadi Party fanning Dalit violence: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday accused the Congress, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) of fanning Dalit violence in various parts of the country for political gains. “Bhimrao Ambedkar said Dalit movement should not be violent. But some parties like the Congress,[Read More…]
BSP not to support anyone in forthcoming bypolls, says Mayawati
Lucknow: The BSP, which enabled the success of Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates in the Phulpur and Gorakhpur parliamentary bypolls by successfully transferring its votes to them, will in future not play such an “active role”, according to party chief Mayawati. At a meeting with her party leaders, office bearers and[Read More…]
BSP MLA votes for BJP in Rajya Sabha polls
Lucknow: In a jolt to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), its legislator Anil Singh on Friday voted for BJP candidates in the Rajya Sabha polls currently underway in Uttar Pradesh. Talking to the media after casting his vote, Singh, who met chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday night, said he[Read More…]
Interview: We have to defeat SP-BSP pact with development: Manoj Sinha
New Delhi: Union Minister Manoj Sinha on Tuesday conceded that the alliance of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has added strength to the opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh, adding that the BJP will have to devise a “strategy” to defeat them. Sinha, who is Minister of[Read More…]
Ties with Congress continue to be good: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said his ties with the Congress will continue to be good but stopped short of saying if the two parties will fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections together. “I cannot comment on what will happen in the future. Our ties with the[Read More…]
SP wins Phulpur Lok Sabha seat
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party candidate Nagendra Singh Patel was on Wednesday elected to the Lok Sabha from Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh, defeating his nearest BJP opponent by 59,613 votes, an Election Commission official said. IANS
After BSP, RLD backs SP candidates in UP bypolls
Lucknow: A day after the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) extended its support to the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates for the Lok Sabha bypolls to Phoolpur and Gorakhpur seats, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) also on Monday announced its support to the SP nominees. The Ajit Singh-led RLD, while announcing this[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party leader held with smuggled gun
Lucknow: A Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and a former legislator Rakesh Singh has been arrested after a smuggled pistol was seized from his house in Aligarh, police said on Tuesday. The former lawmaker has been booked under the Arms Act. He has been taken for interrogation to the Quwarsi police station,[Read More…]
Rs 5 crore bounty on Bhansali’s, Deepika Padukone’s heads announced
A Meerut resident from the Kshatriya community on Thursday announced a bounty of Rs 5 crore on the heads of film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actor Deepika Padukone for “wrongfully portraying” queen Padmini in their coming film ‘Padmavati’. Thakur Abhishek Som of Sardhana Chaubisi, who claimed affiliation to the[Read More…]
Mulayam Yadav, Shivpal Yadav not included in SP national executive
Samajwadi Party veterans, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav, found no place in the new list of national executive released by the party. The move comes days after Akhilesh Yadav was elected president of the Samajwadi Party for the next five years. According to reports, SP principal general secretary,[Read More…]
Akhilesh Yadav re-elected as Samajwadi Party chief for next five years
Samajwadi Party(SP) chief, Akhilesh Yadav, has been re-elected as the party president for the next five years. The decision was taken at the party’s national convention at Agra on Thursday. The party will now fight the 2019 Lok Sabha and 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections under Akhilesh’s presidentship. The former[Read More…]
Not forming new party as of now: Mulayam Singh Yadav
Former Samajwadi Party chief, Mulayam Singh Yadav, on Monday dismissed reports of forming a new party as of now. Prior to his press conference, there was speculation that he may float a new party. However, no such announcement was made by him. Addressing the media in Lucknow, “I am not[Read More…]
FIR slapped on SP leader for allegedly threatening journalist
On Wednesday, a FIR has been registered against Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Om Prakash Singh for allegedly threatening a journalist, police said. The FIR was registered on a complaint of a local journalist Ajit Singh, who alleged that Om Prakash threatened him for publishing news against an engineer[Read More…]
Those leaving SP must give no excuse: Akhilesh Yadav
While many MLC’s are recently resigning from their respective parties and joining the BJP party, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Monday said that those who wanted to go should go, without offering any excuse, so that he could ascertain who was with him in “bad times”. Talking about[Read More…]
Twitterathi have a field day with Sachin Tendulkar attending Rajya Sabha
Sachin Tendulkar and boxer Mary Kom were present in Rajya Sabha after Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agarwal had questioned the absence of nominated member from the Upper House of the Parliament. Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar attended the Rajya Sabha on 3 August. Though Tendulkar attended the proceedings, he was passive at best and didn’t ask any[Read More…]
Shivpal Yadav warns Akhilesh Yadav of more dissension in party
After the resignation of 2 SP MLCs from Samajwadi party earlier on Saturday, Shivpal Yadav warned Akhilesh Yadav of more differences in the party. He asked him to transfer the party’s reins to father Mulayam Singh Yadav. The resignations of MLCs Bukkal Nawab and Yashwant Singh are seen as a[Read More…]
SP MLCs resigns clearing path for Yogi Adityanath induction into UP legislature
Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath need not contest an election to become a member of the legislative assembly as the two members of the Samajwadi Party has already resigned. Legislative council members (MLCs) Bukkal Nawab and Yashwant Singh quit their memberships on Saturday. Sources say more resignations from the[Read More…]