Tag: Samajwadi Party
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Mulayam assails SP-Cong alliance, says will not campaign
Voicing displeasure over the alliance between Samajwadi Party and Congress, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday said he would not campaign for it in the state assembly polls. "I am completely against the alliance. I will not campaign for it," Mulayam said on a day his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress...
January 30, 2017 -
Congress-SP alliance at the behest of BJP: Mayawati
BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday alleged the Congress and Samajwadi Party had joined hands at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and asked the people, specially the minorities, to be careful of them. The four-time UP Chief Minister said that the alliance has been entered into after the approval of the BJP so...
January 29, 2017 -
Akhilesh, Rahul pitch for SP-Congress alliance
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday held their first joint show, the latter likening their alliance to "Ganga-Yamuna milan". "Ek tarah se yahan Ganga-Yamuna ka milan ho raha hai, progress ki Saraswati isme se niklegi. (This alliance is the coming together of Ganga-Yamuna. The Saraswati of progress...
January 29, 2017 -
SP, Cong haggle over seats in Amethi, Rae Bareli
Congress and Samajwadi Party are haggling over seats in Amethi and Rae Bareli,the parliamentary turf of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul. Congress, which managed to get 105 of the 403 seats under the seat-sharing deal with the SP after hard negotiations, is in no mood to give up its claim over all...
January 27, 2017 -
‘Congress-SP differences on seat sharing will be ironed out’
As deadlock over seat-sharing continued to dog the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress on Thursday said that "talks are on and the differences will be ironed out soon". The candidates of both the parties have filed nomination papers for at least seven seats in the first phase. Congress wants to contest 7-8...
January 26, 2017 -
‘Congress-SP differences on seat sharing will be ironed out’
As deadlock over seat-sharing continued to dog the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress on Thursday said that "talks are on and the differences will be ironed out soon". The candidates of both the parties have filed nomination papers for at least seven seats in the first phase. Congress wants to contest 7-8...
January 26, 2017 -
Akhilesh kicks off election campaign
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday kicked off the Samajwadi Party's election campaign by promising to provide better living conditions if he was re-elected. In his first public meeting after a bitter feud with his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav said his party had fulfilled all promises made in the 2012 manifesto. If people...
January 24, 2017 -
Akhilesh kicks off election campaign
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday kicked off the Samajwadi Party's election campaign by promising to provide better living conditions if he was re-elected. In his first public meeting after a bitter feud with his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav said his party had fulfilled all promises made in the 2012 manifesto. If people...
January 24, 2017 -
Priyanka Gandhi negotiated deal with SP: Congress
In what could be seen as an announcement of Priyanka Gandhi's arrival, several senior Congress leaders on Sunday acknowledged the role of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in striking an alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh. A senior Congress leader told IANS that Priyanka Gandhi played a key role in sealing the deal with...
January 22, 2017 -
Priyanka Gandhi negotiated deal with SP: Congress
In what could be seen as an announcement of Priyanka Gandhi's arrival, several senior Congress leaders on Sunday acknowledged the role of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in striking an alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh. A senior Congress leader told IANS that Priyanka Gandhi played a key role in sealing the deal with...
January 22, 2017 -
UP polls: Congress confirms alliance with Samajwadi Party
Keeping aside their differences, the Congress party sealed its alliance with Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly election after days of negotiation. The Congress party was allotted 105 seats out of 403 seats. Over the past few days, a Congress-SP alliance was uncertain as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and SP...
January 22, 2017 -
Sonia Gandhi steps in to revive SP-Congress alliance talks
As the parleys between the Congress and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh appeared to collapse over seat-sharing, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday intervened and spoke to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on the phone. Congress leaders meanwhile were quite hopeful on the talks, as was reflected in their comments to...
January 21, 2017 -
Samajwadi Party leader Ambika Chowdhary joins BSP
Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former minister in the state government Ambika Chowdhary on Saturday switched allegiance to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). He joined the party in the presence of BSP chief Mayawati at the party headquarters here. Accusing Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav of slighting his ageing father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Chowdhary said:...
January 21, 2017 -
Uncertainty clouds SP-Congress alliance in UP
Uncertainty clouded prospect of an alliance between the Samajwadi Party and Congress in UP after the state's ruling party on Friday announced a list of candidates for 210 seats, including nine currently held by Congress, which called the action "unfortunate". The announcement of the list of SP nominees followed Tuesday's statements by UP Chief Minister...
January 20, 2017 -
No ‘positive response’ from Cong on alliance: SP
A day after ruling out tie-up with Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party on Friday said it has not got any "positive response" from Congress on alliance and that it could give the party only 85 of 403 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party, which is not on the same page with Congress on the issue...
January 20, 2017 -
No ‘positive response’ from Cong on alliance: SP
A day after ruling out tie-up with Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party on Friday said it has not got any "positive response" from Congress on alliance and that it could give the party only 85 of 403 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party, which is not on the same page with Congress on the issue...
January 20, 2017 -
Shivpal finds place in Akhilesh Yadav’s first list
Shivpal Yadav, the warring uncle of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, along with controversial UP minister Azam Khan has made it to the first list of 191 Samajwadi Party candidates released on for the Assembly elections. The ruling party's first list of candidates covers the first three phases of the seven-phase polling beginning on February 11. Shivpal...
January 20, 2017