Days after praising Narendra Modi in the last session of the parliament, Samajwadi Party founder and veteran leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday slammed party chief Akhilesh Yadav and questioned their alliance with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party. The three time former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday said, that[Read More…]
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Rahul Gandhi shuts doors on BSP-SP, says Congress will contest with full might
Lucknow: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday virtually shut the doors on the BSP and Samajwadi Party and said that while he respected their leaders Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, there should be no doubt that his party will fight the coming Lok Sabha polls with “its full might and ability”[Read More…]
BSP-SP announce tie up for LS polls, keep Congress out of it
Lucknow, Arch rivals for over 25 years, the BSP and SP announced on Saturday that they will contest the coming Lok Sabha polls together in Uttar Pradesh sharing 38 seats each of the 80 in the state, while leaving Rae Bareli and Amethi for Congress, which has been kept out[Read More…]
SP, BSP not to put candidates in Amethi & Raebareli
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati have kicked in talks to form an alliance for the Lok Sabha Elections. According to the reports, on Friday the two former UP CMs met and discussed over the grand alliance. According to the reports the two parties have agreed to[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Campaigning concludes, BJP & Congress leaves no stone unturned for battle
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh polls, campaigning for the assembly elections concluded on Monday. Central state which goes to poll in the single phase, voting for 230 seats will be held on November 28 and the results will be declared on December 11. Major contenders including Congress and BJP are going alone[Read More…]
Amar Singh permits RSS events to run from his Azamgarh’s home
Rajya Sabha parliamentarian and rebel Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh has approached Rashtriya Seva Bharati (RSB), an outfit of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to hold out their social work projects from his property in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh. As per the report of a leading newspaper, “He wanted to do[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: How Samajwadi Party stacking up crisis for major contenders?
Over the last two assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party has expanded its party base, including Mahakaushal, Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand regions have become a party stronghold. Incumbent BJP is trying hard to retain its fort in the central state, while Congress is leaving no stone unturned[Read More…]
UP govt moves to withdraw case against BJP MLA’s murder accused husband
The Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday applied for the withdrawal of murder case against former MLA Uday Bhan Karwariya and a hearing will take place on Monday at the Allahabad High Court. Uday Bhan Karwariya’s wife, Neelam Karwariya is a BJP MLA from Meja[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: JDU to contest on 150 seats, aiming Vindhya & Mahakaushal segments
Janta Dal United (JDU), who has collaborated with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in Bihar, is making efforts to form a grand alliance with small political outfits of Madhya Pradesh against the BJP in the upcoming assembly polls. JDU Supremo Nitish Kumar along with party Vice-President Prashant Kishor will meet Madhya[Read More…]
Aparna Yadav may join Shivpal’s Secular Morcha
Lucknow: On Friday Aparna Yadav, daughter in law of Mulayam Singh Yadav, shared the stage with Shivpal Singh Yadav, who has floated his own party Samajwadi Secular Morcha after leaving the Samajwadi party, while attending the 15th Foundation ceremony of National Revolutionary Socialist Party in capital’s Vishshweshwaraiya Hall. Shivpal Singh[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Polls 2018: How Congress is planning to defeat BJP in one-to-one fight?
In a poll-bound state Madhya Pradesh, where current BJP government is facing anger from all sections of society and days after the BSP and SP declined themselves from the proposed grand alliance in Madhya Pradesh, however major opposition, Congress still looks like a potential contender in the mega contest of[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…]
Lok Sabha passes Union Budget
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Union Budget without any debate amid din, leading to a walkout by members of the Congress and Trinamool, while the TDP, YSR Congress, AIADMK and SP protested near the Speaker’s podium. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved the Finance Bill 2018, as[Read More…]
Joint opposition: Leaders of 18 opposition parties to meet today
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has called an 18 opposition party meet on Friday, notably, the last day of the Parliament’s monsoon session, to discuss the upcoming strategy and action of the joint opposition. The meeting will be chaired by Sonia Gandhi. Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav has been invited to[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…]
UP govt to scrap “wasteful projects” of SP regime, says State Agriculture Minister
Agricultural minister Surya Pratap Sahi claimed that funds allocation to “wasteful projects” of previous Uttar Pradesh government has been “stopped” to create resources for farm loan waiver scheme. Further adding that the UP government is concerned and sensitive to the needs of the farmers and will take every possible step[Read More…]
Political enmity between BJP, SP leads to uncertainty over 70,000 appointments
The political animosity of ruling Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP) and Samajwadi Party(SP) has led to an uncertainty in the job appointment of over 70,000 people in Uttar Pradesh. While the SP was still in power, several thousands of people had applied for exams for various jobs and even cleared them. The[Read More…]
UP CM’s house visit row: This is disrespect to slain jawan, says Cong, SP
The Congress and Samajwadi Party has slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saying that ‘removing air-conditioner and sofas from slain BSF jawan’s house after CM’s visit was a ‘mockery and disrespect’ of the soldier. “This is disrespect to the slain jawan. What the administration has done is not right.[Read More…]
Raj Babbar on SP-Congress alliance: ‘UP ko yeh saath pasand hai’ is history
Amid speculation to end alliance with Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar said that the slogan, ‘UP ko yeh saath pasand hai’ is history. The SP-Congress alliance miserably failed in the assembly elections. Thus, speaking for the first time on electoral issues since, Babbar said that his party[Read More…]
MCD poll results: Here’s how leaders from different political parties reacted
The ruling party in Centre is all set to win MCD polls with a huge margin. BJP is heading for a landslide victory as it is leading in all the three – North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations. A total of 53.58 per cent voter turnout was recorded in[Read More…]
Delhi MCD polls: Counting of votes begins
The counting of votes for the elections of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) begins. The counting of votes is taking place at 35 centres across the national capital. A total of 53.58 per cent voter turnout was recorded in all three municipal corporation including East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC),[Read More…]
Willing to be a part of larger anti-BJP front, says Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday pointed out that she was willing to be a part of larger anti-BJP front. She also said that her brother Anand Kumar would be the vice president of the party. As national vice-president he will be empowered to dispose of the party[Read More…]
EVM accuracy beyond doubt, says EC
GST bills in Rajya Sabha, Opposition urges for a mechanism to avoid the harassment by tax authorities
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took up the four bills related to the GST. Opposition questioned the government’s preparedness to implement the indirect tax regime and urged for a mechanism to insulate taxpayers from harassment by tax authorities. Deputy Leader of Congress Anand Sharma said, “It is important that as[Read More…]
How can anyone trust a person who wasn’t faithful to his father? : Mulayam on Akhilesh
Taking a dig at Akhilesh Yadav for the humiliating loss in the UP Polls, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday said how can anyone trust a person who wasn’t faithful to his father. Responding to Mulayam’s comment, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the SP supremo was once a socialist leader and added[Read More…]