Tag: Mulayam

UP CM Akhilesh meets Mulayam, rekindles hopes of patch-up

Newly re-elected President of the Samajwadi Party and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday drove to his father Mulayam Singh Yadav’s house and was closeted with him for about an hour, raising hopes of a possible patch-up between the two. This is his first meeting with his father after being elected as …

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October 7, 2017

SP meet: Akhilesh likely to be re-elected as party chief

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is likely to be re-elected as the party’s national president for five years at the SP national convention here tomorrow. Ahead of the SP’s 10th national convention, party’s top brass assembled today for the national executive meeting which will set the tone for deliberations. Besides election for the post of the …

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October 4, 2017

Akhilesh casts vote, ducks questions on Mulayam-Shivpal

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav here on Sunday cast his vote in the third phase of the state assembly election. Accompanied by cousin and Budayun MP Dharmendra Yadav, the Chief Minister, at the Abhinav Vidyalaya polling booth in his native village of Etawah, told the media that he voted for the Samajwadi Party so …

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February 19, 2017

Akhilesh casts vote, ducks questions on Mulayam-Shivpal

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav here on Sunday cast his vote in the third phase of the state assembly election. Accompanied by cousin and Budayun MP Dharmendra Yadav, the Chief Minister, at the Abhinav Vidyalaya polling booth in his native village of Etawah, told the media that he voted for the Samajwadi Party so …

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February 19, 2017

Mulayam to campaign for brother Shivpal first

Former Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and now its mentor Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday announced he will campaign for his younger brother Shivpal Singh Yadav first. After that, he would go to seek votes for the candidates named by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister told …

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February 3, 2017

Mulayam denies any controversy in the party

After claiming over the party on Saturday by AkhileshYadav’s close aide Ram Gopal Yadav, Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday said that there is no controversy in the party. “Party ke andar koi vivad nahi hai to samjhauta kaisa?,” Mulayam Singh Yadav said in Lucknow. Ram Gopal Yadav Yadav on Saturday claimed that …

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January 8, 2017

Is Mulayam planning a coup?

Is Mulayam Singh Yadav planning a coup against his son Akhilesh? Power corridors in Lucknow and in Delhi are buzzing with speculation that Papa Yadav is threatening to take over as chief minister, even though it means ousting his son, unless Akhilesh falls in line. The reason he is thinking of this, say political circles, …

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October 26, 2016

Akhilesh seeks power to pick candidates

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday demanded the "power to distribute party tickets" in the forthcoming assembly elections. Replying to questions from India TV, Akhilesh Yadav said: "I am ready to return party posts and even portfolios but I must have the power to distribute tickets, because the forthcoming poll is after all …

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September 16, 2016

No division in party till I am there: Mulayam

Breaking his silence over the factional feud in SP, its supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said there can be no division in the party till he is there, a day after the dramatic resignation from Cabinet and party posts by his brother Shivpal. Addressing party men here, Mulayam said his son and Chief Minister …

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September 16, 2016

Opposition slams Mulayam’s Ayodhya remarks

The Opposition in Uttar Pradesh has slammed Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav’s statement defending his decision to order firing on kar sevaks in Ayodhya in 1990 saying the veteran leader is making such statements to consolidate "Muslim votes in his favour". "First Mulayam said he was sad over the incident (in January), now he …

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August 29, 2016

Philippine President names drug trade-linked officials

Philippine President names drug trade-linked officials

August 7, 2016