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…]
Tag: Samajwadi Party
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…]
CBI arrests Amanmani Tripathi in wife’s mysterious death case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Samajwadi Party leader and an eastern Uttar Pradesh strongman Amanmani Tripathi in a case involving the mysterious death of his wife Sara Tripathi. Sara had died in a car crash on National Highway-2 when the couple was on their way to the National[Read More…]
SP lawmaker Akshay Yadav throws paper at LS Speaker, let off with warning
Samajwadi Party leader Akshay Yadav was censured on Thursday after he threw bits of paper at Speaker Sumitra Mahajan as opposition parties continued their protests against the notes ban when the parliament convened. An angry Mahajan adjourned the house. Shortly after the Lok Sabha met for the day, opposition members[Read More…]
SP launches party’s election campaign after sorting internal conflict
Uttar Pradesh, the most populated state of the country is all set to go for elections in a few months. Ruling Samajwadi Party’s chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has formally launched the party’s election campaign from Ghazipur on Wednesday in order to woo the electorate. Early this month, UP chief minister Akhilesh[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…]
Pakistan espionage ring: Samajwadi Party leader’s aide arrested
In further development to the espionage racket, the Delhi police detained an aide of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Munawwar Saleem Friday night. The espionage ring run by a Pakistani high commission official, which was uncovered earlier this week and Delhi crime branch officials have given out a statement saying that they detained Farhat,[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…]
Clash of the Yadav clan intensifies as heated arguments put an abrupt end to meeting
Just In: Chaos takes over as the meeting abruptly ends without any conclusions after heated argument break out between father-son duo. Mulayam says “here is a CM who talks to his father like this.” Just in: Mulayam’s compromise policy: Akhilesh to remain chief minister. Shivpal Yadav to remain Uttar Pradesh[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…]
Cong, SP, BSP exploited dalits for their political interests: Amit Shah
Going all out to woo Dalits in the run up to 2017 Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday accused Congress, BSP and Samajwadi Party of exploiting the community for their ‘own political interests’. In an address at Dhamma Chetna Yatra Samapan programme in Kanpur, Amit[Read More…]
All is well: No rift in party, says Akhilesh after meeting uncle Shivpal
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday congratulated his uncle Shivpal Yadav for being named the state unit president of the party. “Congratulated the state party chief appointed by Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav)… Will support state party president Shivpal,” the Chief Minister said in Lucknow, after meeting his uncle[Read More…]
Yadav vs Yadav: Akhilesh returns uncle’s portfolios as Mulayam “made a mistake”
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav announced on Friday night, his decision to return all portfolios of uncle Shivpal Yadav and re-induct Gayatri Prajapati as Cabinet minister. The announcements were made after the “four-point” compromise formula worked out by Mulayam Singh Yadav who said, “There can be no division in the party, till[Read More…]
Clash of the Yadav clan: Akhilesh sacked by father, removes uncle soon after
The feud between Yadav family is out in open, late Tuesday evening Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav stripped his uncle and powerful cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav of all important portfolios. Handing him the social welfare department, he also put Shivpal in direct confrontation with his father and Samajwadi Party[Read More…]
Will the ‘M’ factor work for Mayawati?
Mayawati, who won in Uttar Pradesh riding high on an unprecedented Brahmin-Dalit alliance in 2007, seems to have found a new top-up to her conventional SC vote bank. Sources close to BSP supremo tells Newsd that the party has finalized as many as 138 Muslim candidates across the state. A[Read More…]
Off the Record with Mayur Shekhar Jha: Decoding Cabinet Reshuffle
What message did PM Modi send out with the cabinet reshuffle? Find out on Off the Record with Mayur Shekhar Jha.