Tag: Samajwadi Party

Party the loser in family squabble

All is well that ends well  for the Samajwadi Party, which claims to have ended its current family crisis. The question is has it really ended or is it just a  temporary cosmetic patch-up? The party&’s dominant family has at least twenty members in politics – five in the Lok Sabha, one in the Rajya …

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September 17, 2016

Will support uncle Shivpal, no rift in party: Akhilesh

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said he would support his uncle and Samajwadi Party state President Shivpal Yadav, and there was "no rift" in the party. "I have congratulated him (Shivpal Yadav) on being the Uttar Pradesh chief of the Samajwadi Party and have asked all Samajwadi workers to congratulate him," Akhilesh …

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September 17, 2016

‘I am with neta ji, bound by his orders’

Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Friday told his supporters here that he will support Mulayam Singh Yadav in any condition, and they should not indulge in any activity that damages the party image. Addressing a gathering of supporters camping outside his official residence, Yadav reiterated that he was with the party …

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September 16, 2016

Shivpal quits Akhilesh cabinet, as state unit chief

In a significant late night development, senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav resigned from the Akhilesh Yadav cabinet on Thursday. He also resigned as the party’s state unit president, a post to which he was appointed just two days ago, a senior party source said. Shivpal Yadav took the decision after a meeting …

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September 15, 2016

Mayawati advises Mulayam to retire

Amid the in-fighting within the ruling Samajwadi party in Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati on Thursday advised her SP counterpart Mulayam Singh Yadav to quit active politics and retire. Referring to the ongoing power struggle within the SP, the former UP Chief Minister said that if what was being said was true about …

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September 15, 2016

Shivpal to remain UP chief, says Mulayam

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday said his younger brother Shivpal Singh Yadav will remain the Uttar Pradesh party president. Mulayam Singh told the media here that Shivpal Yadav was a grass-roots leader and a happy-go-lucky person who was "not perturbed by incidents". Mulayam Singh, who will return to Lucknow on Thursday, said …

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September 15, 2016

Crisis in SP continues, Ram Gopal meets Akhilesh Yadav

The crisis in Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) continued on Thursday with General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav failing to persuade Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to call a truce with Shivpal Yadav, his uncle and another party leader. Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav had asked Ram Gopal Yadav to bring about a truce between …

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September 15, 2016

‘Cycle’ should have been repaired earlier, says Rahul

Opposition parties on Wednesday poked fun at the ruling Samajwadi Party in view of the feud in Mulayam Singh Yadav family, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav should have repaired the "cycle" (SP’s election symbol) four-and-a-half years back as his actions now mean nothing. Rahul, in the course of his ‘kisan …

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September 14, 2016

All out war breaks out in Samajwadi Party

An open war broke out on Tuesday in Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav stripping his uncle Shivpal Yadav of key ministerial portfolios, hours after his removal as the party’s state unit chief and appointment of the latter in his place. Sharp differfences in the Yadav family came out into the …

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September 13, 2016

SP will win the 2017 UP polls, says Lalu Yadav

Former Bihar chief minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Saturday claimed that the ruling Samajwadi Party will win next year’s assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Yadav made his prediction during an interaction with mediapersons here. "Samajwadi Party government will have another term in Uttar Pradesh after the assembly elections in the state," he said. …

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September 10, 2016

SP alleges discrimination against UP by Centre

SP alleges discrimination against UP by Centre

August 11, 2016