Asserting that he remains Samajwadi Party president, Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday told the Election Commission that the convention called by Akhilesh Yadav camp was "unconstitutional" and that the party's electoral symbol of 'cycle' should remain with his camp. Accompanied by his loyalists Amar Singh and Shivpal Singh Yadav, Mulayam also contested the affidavits of party …
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January 9, 2017After 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, 2017With the sound and fury in Samajwadi Party catching the fancy of its archrival BSP, its supremo Mayawati on Saturday told senior leaders and party candidates to make voters aware of the family feud in the ruling party and not fritter away their ballots to indirectly help BJP. Mayawati convened a meeting of senior BSP leaders …
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January 8, 2017Amid 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 …
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January 7, 2017Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav appears isolated with son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav coming on top in the ugly battle for political supremacy. Having anointed himself the party's National President, in a dramatic coup against his wrestler-turned-politician father, the 43-year-old Akhilesh Yadav is in full control of the party, party insiders …
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January 6, 2017BSP on Friday announced its second list of candidates for 100 more Assembly seats, thereby declaring nominees for 200 of the 403 seats, with Muslims getting the lion's share with a total of 58 aspirants in the two lists. While BSP's first list of 100 candidates released on Thursday contained names of 36 Muslim candidates, Friday's …
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January 6, 2017In an apparent last minute attempt to end the internal war in the Samajwadi Party, party leader Shivpal Yadav on Friday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Earlier, Shivpal Yadav and Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh, the two men Akhilesh Yadav is bitterly opposed to, were closeted with party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at the …
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January 6, 2017Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday left for New Delhi to again stake his claim on the party symbol, the 'cycle'. He was accompanied by his brother Shivpal Yadav. Close aides said Mulayam Singh would give a sworn affidavit to the Election Commission buttress his claim vis-a-vis his leadership of the party. The …
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January 5, 2017Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Wednesday said any question about a possible freeze on the Samajwadi Party's election symbol 'cycle' was "hypotheical" and the poll panel would examine the matter before taking any decision. "Any query on freezing of Samajwadi Party poll symbol 'cycle' is hypothetical right now," Zaidi told reporters. "Let us first …
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January 4, 2017Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Wednesday said any question about a possible freeze on the Samajwadi Party's election symbol 'cycle' was "hypotheical" and the poll panel would examine the matter before taking any decision. "Any query on freezing of Samajwadi Party poll symbol 'cycle' is hypothetical right now," Zaidi told reporters. "Let us first …
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January 4, 2017Amid a battle over the party symbol 'cycle', Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav went into a huddle here on Tuesday afternoon. The development surprised many as the two factions of the Samajwadi Party appeared headed for a split after the dramatic happenings of the past few days. Mulayam …
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January 3, 2017Uttar 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 …
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January 3, 2017BJP President Amit Shah on Monday sought the support of the people of Uttar Pradesh to bring about a "parivartan" in the state in the coming assembly elections. Addressing the 'Maha Parivartan' rally at Ramabai Sthal here, Shah said the state had been ruined by both the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party. …
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January 2, 2017BJP President Amit Shah on Monday sought the support of the people of Uttar Pradesh to bring about a "parivartan" in the state in the coming assembly elections. Addressing the 'Maha Parivartan' rally at Ramabai Sthal here, Shah said the state had been ruined by both the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party. …
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January 2, 2017The Samajwadi Party on Sunday split with rival factions carrying out mutual expulsions as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sought to take control of the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh. In dramatic developments, Akhilesh was "unanimously" crowned the SP president and his warring uncle Shivpal Yadav removed as state party chief at a national convention called …
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January 1, 2017The Samajwadi Party on Sunday split with rival factions carrying out mutual expulsions as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sought to take control of the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh. In dramatic developments, Akhilesh was "unanimously" crowned the SP president and his warring uncle Shivpal Yadav removed as state party chief at a national convention called …
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January 1, 2017Union 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 …
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January 1, 2017