Tag: Ram Gopal Yadav

Congress MP Pramod Tiwari gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss Adani issue

The tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition MPs continued for the sixth day leading to the 10th adjournment of the Rajya Sabha on Monday since the second leg of the Budget Session of Parliament began.

March 21, 2023

Akhilesh, Ram Gopal, Shivpal Yadav arrested in Lucknow

Akhilesh Yadav and Prof Ram Gopal Yadav were arrested have been arrested for violation of Section 144 in Lucknow when they were staging dharna in front of the Samajwadi Party office after being denied permission to go to Lakhimpur.

October 4, 2021

Mulayam Singh Yadav makes surprise appearance at Shivpal rally

But, the wily politician despite speculations about his health sprang yet another surprise by attending the PSP’s ‘janakrosh’ rally at Ramabai Ambedkar Maidan here on Sunday.

December 9, 2018

Jaya Bachchan files nomination for RS poll

Cine star-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha as the Samajwadi Party candidate on Friday. Biennial elections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh are slated for 23 March. Bachchan, currently aN RS member from the SP, arrived in the central hall of the Vidhan Bhawan around 12.30 p.m. and filed...

March 9, 2018

Mulayam, Shivpal to form secular front under Lokdal banner?

  Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and his brother Shivpal Yadav are likely to work for the formation of a secular front under the banner of Lokdal, according to Lokdal National President Sunil Singh. Fresh strains are palpable in the Samajwadi Party ahead of its state and national convention, with Mulayam yesterday dumping Akhilesh-loyalist...

September 22, 2017

Armed forces sufficiently equipped with ammunition: Jaitley

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday assured the Rajya Sabha that the defence forces are "sufficiently equipped" with ammunition, after opposition members raised concerns over ammunition shortage quoting a recent report of the central auditor. A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General last week pointed out that the Indian Army is battling critical shortage...

July 25, 2017

EC gives cycle symbol to Akhilesh faction

A little over 25 years after Mulayam Singh Yadav founded the Samajwadi Party, he lost control over it on Monday after the Election Commission recognised his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister as its president and allowed him to retain the 'bicycle' symbol. The body blow for the socialist leader came 72 days after the...

January 16, 2017

Akhilesh-led party is real Samajwadi Party: Ram Gopal Yadav

Amid political drama in the Samajwadi Party over the past few weeks, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s close aide and uncle Ram Gopal Yadav on Saturday said that the Samajwadi Party’s leadership under the young UP CM is the real SP and that the party symbol Cycle should be allotted to them. “Prima facie...

January 7, 2017

Ram Gopal Yadav at EC to claim ‘cycle’

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's camp on Tuesday met Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi to stake claim on the Samajwadi Party's election symbol 'cycle'. Ram Gopal Yadav is expected to meet the videos of the party's convention of Sunday to show that the decision to announce Akhilesh Yadav as its new National Working President...

January 3, 2017

Venkaiah Naidu calls SP feud ‘a family drama’

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called the dispute in the Samajwadi Party a 'drama, comedy and melody'. “It is a drama, a family drama. At times it is comedy, sometimes it is melody but it will end in tragedy,” the Union minister tweeted. In a dramatic turn of events, the Samajwadi Party on Saturday...

January 1, 2017