SAMAJWADI PARTY

SP Chief Turns 49, Party Puts Up United Face With Galaxy Of Leaders

  LUCKNOW/DELHI: The Samajwadi Party on Friday sought to project a united face as it called leaders from as far as southern states on the occasion of birthday of its party president and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav. Senior party leaders including state unit presidents from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Rajasthan gathered at […]

Didi Pines For Bapu’s Grandson, Binds Opposition For Farooq Too

NEW DELHI: At a seemingly show of an anti-BJP front, in a throwback to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and in its run-up when the regional giants had stitched up a combine at the swearing-in of the JDS-Congress-BSP alliance in Karnataka, Mamata Banerjee convinced a galaxy of Opposition leaders to propose Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s […]

SP Fields Maurya, 3 Others For UP LC elections

LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party has fielded former Minister Swami Prasad Maurya and three other leaders for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (LC) elections. All the four leaders filed their nomination papers on Wednesday in presence of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for the Legislative Council elections scheduled on June 20. Besides Akhilesh Yadav, party MLA […]

Yadav Fight 2.0: Uncle Shivpal Calls Split With Akhilesh

LUCKNOW: In a clear sign of the growing rift with the Samajwadi Party, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party chief Shivpal Singh Yadav on Wednesday said that his party will contest local elections on its own. While addressing the party’s one day workshop here, Shivpal said that Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party “will fight the upcoming local body elections on […]

SP Delegation To Meet Kannauj Rape Victim Family

LUCKNOW: Upping the ante against Yogi Adityanath’s government in Uttar Pradesh over the law and order situation, Samajwadi Party has decided to send one delegation to Kannauj to meet the family members of a 10-year old girl who was murdered after the alleged rape. Interestingly, Kannauj was the parliamentary constituency of the Samajwadi Party chief […]

Samajwadi Party To Meet SP Fate in Next Assembly Polls: Union Minister Kaushal Kishore

LUCKNOW: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got a massive victory in Uttar Pradesh for a second consecutive term because people had started fearing the Samajwadi Party activists who threatened people and engaged in hooliganism openly, Union Minister Kaushal Kishore said on Friday. Speaking to The New Indian here, Kishore said Akhilesh Yadav’s party will meet […]

UP Polls: 5 Key Takeaways From The Results

New Delhi: As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the Uttar Pradesh polls, we look at 5 big takeaways from the result that will shape Indian politics in the days to come: 1) The triumph of ‘Rashan’ and ‘Sushasan’ (Ration and Good Governance): During the elections, two biggest factors for the people were law and order […]

Amid Chants Of ‘Cycle Todi 2022 Mein, Phir Todenge 2027 Mein’, It’s Early Holi For BJP In UP

LUCKNOW: As the results indicative of victory for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh started rolling out, the mood at the state party headquarters turned festive with the supporters playing holi. As soon as definitive trends emerged suggesting a second consecutive term for the BJP in the state, hundreds of party workers […]

Akhilesh Pedals To Cross SP’s 2017 Tally, But Cycle Fails To Lift His Chopper Rallies

LUCKNOW (UTTAR PRADESH): Even as trends of the assembly election results showed BJP retaining power in Uttar Pradesh with a comfortable majority, former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party seemed to have improved its performance. Congress, however, put up one of its worst showing. Yadav was leading with a comfortable margin in his family pocket […]

Akhilesh Yadav Alleges EVM ‘Theft’, EC Refutes Charge

LUCKNOW: A day before counting of votes for the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Samajwadi Party (SP) president and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has provided fresh fodder to the political rivalry with allegations of electronic voting machines (EVMs) fraud in the state. He claimed that EVMs had been transported in Varanasi without information to […]