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Akhilesh Yadav has no objection if UP is destroyed: BJP chief Nadda

Feb 23, 2022, at 07:21 pm

Gorakhpur/UNI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday attacked the Samajwadi Party (SP) and said that there are two types of people in Uttar Pradesh one who walk towards destruction and others who choose development.

Akhilesh Yadav's party alleges irregularities in UP third phase polls

Feb 20, 2022, at 06:12 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday alleged discrepancies in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) during the third phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh.

Vote for nationalism and crime-free UP: Yogi Adityanath appeals to voters

Feb 20, 2022, at 04:46 pm

Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday appealed to the voters in the third phase of polling to vote for nationalism, a fear-free and crime-free state. 

Assembly elections: Punjab votes today, big test for Akhilesh Yadav in UP's third round polling

Feb 20, 2022, at 03:21 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Voting for the high profile assembly elections are currently underway in the two crucial states of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. While it is the third round of voting in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab will vote for all the 117 Assembly constituencies on Sunday.

SP will face tough challenge in 3rd phase: Yogi

Feb 20, 2022, at 02:42 am

Lucknow/UNI: Unlike the first two phases of elections in western Uttar Pradesh and Rohilkhand that were largely defined by the Muslim-Jat equation, the areas going to polls on Sunday are diverse in their demographic realities.

Dynastic politicians think only about their families: PM Modi in Uttar Pradesh

Feb 18, 2022, at 02:38 am

Fatehpur/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an all-out attack on the opposition parties and said that dynastic politicians start thinking from their family and it ends on the family itself and a state as big as Uttar Pradesh cannot be run with such frivolous thinking. 

TMC skipped UP polls to avoid making Akhilesh Yadav weak: Mamata Banerjee

Feb 14, 2022, at 07:22 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) skipped the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to help Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav to remain strong in his fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

TMC to field candidates in Uttar Pradesh during 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee

Feb 02, 2022, at 11:31 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her party would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh in 2024.

UP polls: BJP fields Union Minister SP Singh Baghel against Akhilesh Yadav from Karhal

Feb 01, 2022, at 04:53 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Union Minister SP Singh Baghel against Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav from Karhal seat in Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming assembly election.

India's 'tallest man' Dharmendra Pratap Singh joins Samajwadi Party ahead of UP polls

Jan 23, 2022, at 06:26 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Dharmendra Pratap Singh, who is known to be India's tallest man, joined the Samajwadi Party ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls on Saturday.

Akhilesh Yadav to contest UP elections from family stronghold Karhal

Jan 22, 2022, at 07:53 pm

Lucknow/IBNS: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime opponent, Akhilesh Yadav, has chosen his family stronghold seat Karhal from Mainpuri district, that sent his father Mulayam Singh Yadav to the Lok Sabha five times, to fight the upcoming crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

Yogi Adityanath welcomes Aparna Yadav to BJP family by posting message on Koo

Jan 19, 2022, at 08:50 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya took to India’s only multilingual micro-blogging platform ‘Koo’ to welcome Aparna Yadav , who joined the BJP in New Delhi Wednesday.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will contest UP Assembly polls

Jan 19, 2022, at 04:37 pm

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav might contest the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh this time.

Akhilesh Yadav to contest UP Assembly polls: Sources

Jan 19, 2022, at 04:35 pm

Lucknow/UNI: With his sister-in-law Aparna Yadav joining the BJP in Delhi on Wednesday, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, sparing no space to the saffron camp, will contest the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

Samajwadi Party leader tries self-immolation in Lucknow for being denied assembly ticket

Jan 16, 2022, at 10:39 pm

Lucknow/UNI: A Samajwadi Party leader from Aligarh attempted self-immolation on Sunday in protest against not getting an assembly ticket.

Yogi Adityanath to fight from Gorakhpur in UP Elections 2022

Jan 15, 2022, at 07:51 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and firebrand Hindutva icon, Yogi Adityanath, will be fighting from Gorakhpur (Urban) in the upcoming state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Saturday.

Several BJP rebels join Samajwadi Party ahead of UP Assembly polls, Akhilesh Yadav smells victory

Jan 14, 2022, at 10:12 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Former Uttar Pradesh Ministers Swami Prasad Maurya and Dharam Singh Saini and MLAs Bhagwati Sagar, Vinay Shakya, Roshan Lal Verma, Mukesh Verma and Brajesh Kumar Prajapati -- all of who quit the BJP -- and Apna Dal MLA Chaudhary Amar Singh on Friday joined the Samajwadi Party.

Akhilesh Yadav hints at Chauhan joining SP ahead of UP polls

Jan 13, 2022, at 12:15 am

Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav hinted on Wednesday that Dara Singh Chauhan, who resigned as the Forest and Environment Minister in Uttar Pradesh, has joined his party.

UP Minister Swami Prasad Maurya quits BJP, joins Akhilesh's SP ahead of state polls

Jan 11, 2022, at 09:19 pm

Lucknow/IBNS: In a jolt to the saffron camp ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, state minister Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday quit the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined its prime opponent Samajwadi Party (SP), whose chief Akhilesh Yadav is aiming to become the Chief Minister for the second term.

Samajwadi Party leader killed in Uttar Pradesh, triggers protest

Jan 05, 2022, at 05:44 pm

Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 5/UNI:  Unidentified assailants killed Samajwadi Party leader Firoz Pappu  with sharp-edged weapons here, triggering protests by his supporters, police said on Wednesday.

'Aapke bure din aayenge, I curse you': Jaya Bachchan loses cool in Rajya Sabha over 'personal attack'

Dec 21, 2021, at 03:04 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Monday lost her cool and lashed out at the treasury bench of Rajya Sabha after a personal remark by a member while she was participating in a discussion on the bill on narcotic drugs.

Akhilesh Yadav's aides raided by IT department ahead of UP Elections 2022

Dec 18, 2021, at 04:56 pm

Lucknow/IBNS: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav's two key aides have been raided by the Income Tax (IT) department, a few weeks ahead of the crucial assembly polls in the state.

Double engine of BJP has collided: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

Dec 15, 2021, at 03:41 pm

Jaunpur/UNI: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the double engine BJP government has completely failed in Uttar Pradesh and now the people want change and that will certainly happen.

Opposition cites PMO tweet on 'Laal Topi' to accuse Modi of using office for politics

Dec 08, 2021, at 07:12 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: A tweet by PMO quoting Narendra Modi's jibe at Samajwadi Party (SP) in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh has triggered a row with the Opposition slamming the Prime Minister for allegedly using his office to launch political attacks on opponents.

'Akhilesh Yadav might be an astrologer': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Dec 08, 2021, at 05:49 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav's for his 'zero seat' prediction for her party in upcoming elections.

Mayawati warns people against a flurry of poll promises being made by BJP, SP, Cong in UP

Dec 03, 2021, at 05:01 pm

Lucknow/UNI: BSP president Mayawati on Friday warned the people of Uttar Pradesh and asked them to be cautious about the election sops being announced by different political parties ahead of the assembly polls.

FIR against 49 including Facebook owner Zuckerberg for indecent remarks against Akhilesh

Dec 01, 2021, at 05:42 pm

Kannauj/UNI: On the orders of the court, an FIR has been registered against 49 people, including Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg for posting indecent remarks against Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, officials said here on Wednesday.

Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal seal pre-poll alliance ahead of UP elections

Nov 24, 2021, at 12:53 am

Lucknow/IBNS: Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Samajwadi Party (SP) have finalised a pre-poll alliance, RLD president Jayant Singh Chaudhary told NDTV today.

Purvanchal Eway row: Akhilesh Yadav wants Samajwadis to shower petals and inaugurate

Nov 15, 2021, at 07:36 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Denied permission to conduct his 'Samajwadi Vijay Rath' yatra on the Purvanchal Expressway, former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday urged his party workers to symbolically inaugurate the Uttar Pradesh e-way by showering petals even as the the prime minister is scheduled to launch the new route.

Mayawati hits out at Samajwadi Party for being anti-Dalit

Nov 08, 2021, at 11:09 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday hit out at the Samajwadi Party blaming it for always insulting the Dalit community and their icons, as well as for being instrumental in changing the name of districts that were coined during her regime after personalities from the community.