Tag: UP Polls
UP Polls: SP-Cong alliance in trouble, will push votes to BSP
Samajwadi Party and Congress alliance ahead of UP Polls is in trouble as Congress rejects Akhilesh Yadav’s final offer of 100 seats. However, this alliance failure will tilt voters to BSP. Akhilesh Yadav’s offer came after a talk between SP and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azaad and a special emissary[Read More…]
Alliance with SP will not help Cong in UP: Mayawati
Reacting to the speculated SP-Congress alliance, BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday said Congress’ attempted tie-up with ruling Samajwadi Party showed its political bankruptcy and will be inimical to party which is running on oxygen support in Uttar Pradesh. She alleged that Congress was kowtowing to Samajwadi Party by accepting tainted[Read More…]
Mulayam’s loyalist Ambika Chaudhary joins BSP
Ahead of UP Assembly polls, a Samajwadi Party leader and Mulayam Singh Yadav’s aide Ambika Chaudhary joined Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday. “I have resigned from SP and all positions related to the party and have dedicated myself completely to BSP now. The kind of treatment Akhilesh extended to[Read More…]
UP Polls: SP fields candidates in Congress seats; alliance in trouble
Adding trouble over the grand alliance, Samajwadi Party on Friday released the list of 191 candidates for the first three phases of elections. Interestingly, the list included SP candidates on eight seats where Congress has sitting MLAs. According to reports, SP has fielded candidates in sitting seats of Congress that[Read More…]
UP Polls: RLD rules out of grand alliance, Akhilesh offers 103 seats to Congress
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…]
FIR against BJP leader Sangeet Som for using riots video during election campaign
An FIR was registered on Wednesday against BJP leader Sangeet Som and two others for violating the poll code by screening a documentary containing parts of his speech related to the Dadri lynching case and his arrest during the Muzaffarnagar riots. Sangeet Som, Virendra Kumar and Chandrshekhar Singh have been[Read More…]
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…]
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: BSP nominates 97 Muslim candidates, its highest ever
Amidst ongoing clash between father-son duo of Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, the rival team is all set to take on upcoming polls with BSP chief Mayawati announcing on Tuesday that her party will field 97 Muslim candidates, the highest ever in its history together with 113 candidates from upper[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…]
UP Polls: SP feud turns list vs list, Akhilesh Yadav releases own list
Giving a new twist to Samajwadi party feud, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has released parallel list of 235 candidates for Assembly elections. The CM announced the list of candidates’ just a day after Party Chief and his father Mulyam Singh Yadav releases list of 325 candidates for 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…]
Demonetisation leave parties high and dry in poll-bound UP
The government’s decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency has left many high and dry as Assembly elections are barely few months away. Though the parties are tight-lipped on the issue but normally they keep aside a substantial amount of unaccounted funds for the poll campaign. The role[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…]
PM Modi lashes out at ‘self-appointed guardians’ of Dalits
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview with CNN-News 18, his second interview to an Indian television news channel, spoke on various issues ranging from Indian economy, Dalits,Uttar Pradesh polls and his relationship with the media. PM Modi lashed out at ‘self-appointed guardians’ of Dalits for creating tensions in the[Read More…]
Akhilesh Yadav expands UP Cabinet, inducts new faces ahead polls
Ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in 2017, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday inducted three Cabinet ministers and two ministers of state in his Cabinet. Recently axed minister Balram Singh Yadav, along with Narad Rai and Ziauddin Rizve has been inducted as cabinet ministers. It is the seventh time[Read More…]