Tag: Ajit Singh

KCR recalls Ajit Singh’s support to Telangana movement

Kamalakar recalled that Ajit Singh extended his full support to the Telangana movement at the national level. He said as successor of Charan Singh and farmers' leader, Ajit Singh formed RLD to play a key role in Uttar Pradesh and national politics.

May 6, 2021

Ex-Union Minister Ajit Singh passes away due to Covid

Singh's family appealed to people to pay respect from home following Covid protocols.

May 6, 2021

Elections 2019: Formidable task for BJP in Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat

BJP's Sanjeev Baliyan, who had won the seat by a handsome margin of around 4 lakh votes in 2014, is facing Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh

April 10, 2019

Campaigning for first phase in western UP ends, polling on 11 April

The eight seats on which the polling would be held on April 11 are Meerut-Hapur, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Baghpat, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Kairana and Saharanpur.

April 9, 2019

Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav, Ajit Singh rebuke BJP from UP’s Deoband in first-ever joint rally

Supporters of Bhim Army also turned up with posters of their chief Chandrasekhar Azad at the rally to express their support to the alliance, though it is not part of it.

April 7, 2019

Will Mulayam bear Maya cross?

They have sent word to the SP leadership that it will be seen as a sign of weakness if Mulayam demeans himself by standing next to Mayawati as she asks for votes for the SP-BSP-RLD alliance.

March 27, 2019

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Left out of SP-BSP alliance, RLD still fancies its chance

It was speculated that the RLD would be a part of the alliance again but the announcement has come as a shocker to many.

January 12, 2019

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: RLD unhappy with UP seat sharing; wants more seats

Party leaders feel that RLD, in an alliance with SP and BSP, can win elections on many important seats of western UP with their Jats-Muslims formula.

January 6, 2019

Bulandshahr violence: Ajit Singh charges BJP of trying to protect the accused

Ajit Singh was in Muzaffarnagar for his Jansamvad Yatra when he targeted the BJP on the issue of Syana violence.

December 20, 2018

RLD chief Ajit Singh attacks Modi govt, says people have already made their alliance

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh said on Monday said that people and party workers have already made their alliance and the only thing left for the leaders of political parties is to finalise it.

October 15, 2018

Ajit Singh is new head of BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit

The BCCI on Saturday appointed former Rajasthan DGP Ajit Singh as the head of its Anti-Corruption Unit, replacing former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. Neeraj, though, has been kept in advisory role in the ACU till May 31 2018. A 1982 – Rajasthan cadre IPS officer, Singh retired as Director General of Police, Rajasthan on...

March 31, 2018

The fourth factor in UP poll

The emergence of Ajit Singh and his RLD as the fourth factor in this year’s UP assembly polls has gone unnoticed in the hype over the SP-Congress tie-up. RLD has always been considered a Jat party that limits itself to contesting in the Jat belt of western UP. But this year, Ajit Singh has moved...

February 7, 2017

Ajit Singh rules out possibility of RLD’s alliance with BJP

Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh on Friday ruled out the possibility of his party joining hands with BJP and said the people of Uttar Pradesh are looking for a change in the upcoming elections. "The people of the state want a change… the poor, the farmers, the youth, every section of society is faced...

January 27, 2017