Tag: Samajwadi Party

Uttar Pradesh records just above 50 per cent voting till 5 pm in sixth phase

A voter turnout of 55.24 per cent was recorded in Ambedkar Nagar followed by Basti where the polling percentage was 53.28 per cent.

May 12, 2019

No difference between Congress, BJP: Akhilesh Yadav

The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister asserted that only the SP-BSP-RLD alliance can fight the BJP.

May 2, 2019

Samajwadis under house arrest in Kannauj: SP chief Naresh Uttam

SP state president Naresh Uttam sent a letter to the UP Election Commission late on Sunday night, attaching photographs of police personnel camping outside the houses of senior SP leaders in the district.

April 29, 2019

BJP is ‘Bhaagti Janata Party’, runs away from questions: Akhilesh Yadav

Congress too believed in threatening their political opponents.

April 25, 2019

Third phase polling in UP sees just above 56 per cent voter turnout till 5 PM

While the Samajwadi Party patriarch, Mulayam Singh Yadav, is in the fray as an SP-BSP-RLD alliance candidate from Mainpuri, his brother and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia ) president Shivpal Singh Yadav is contesting against his nephew Akshay Yadav of the Samajwadi Party in Firozabad.

April 23, 2019

Third phase polling in western UP to witness high stake contests

Jayaprada had represented Rampur in 2004 and 2009 on SP ticket but in 2014 she contested from Bijnor on an RLD ticket and was badly defeated.

April 21, 2019

Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha’s wife Poonam Sinha joins SP, may contest from Lucknow

The 69-year-old Sinha was inducted into the party fold by Kannauj MP Dimple Yadav, who is the wife of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.

April 16, 2019

‘Draupadi of Rampur being disrobed’: Sushma Swaraj on Azam Khan’s remarks on Jaya Prada

BJP's Jaya Prada and SP's Azam Khan are pitted against each other in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

April 15, 2019

FIR against SP’s Azam Khan for his vile ‘khaki underwear’ jibe at Jaya Prada

Meanwhile, Khan said that he will not the contest the Lok Sabha polls if proved guilty.

April 15, 2019

Campaigning for first phase in western UP ends, polling on 11 April

The eight seats on which the polling would be held on April 11 are Meerut-Hapur, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Baghpat, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Kairana and Saharanpur.

April 9, 2019

No cakewalk for BJP this time in western UP

In Kairana constituency, the BJP gave the ticket to Pradeep Chaudhary rejecting the stake of Mriganka Singh, daughter of late MP Hukum Singh.

April 8, 2019

NH 58 to be closed on March 28 for PM’s Meerut rally

In view of the PM’s rally on March 28, the authorities have decided to close the highway for eight hours till the rally concludes.

March 27, 2019

Raj Babbar fielded from Fatehpur Sikri, Imran Pratapgarhiya from Moradabad

The electoral contest in Banda, where polling will be held in the fifth phase on May 6, is poised to be an interesting one after the Samajwadi Party gave the ticket to Shyama Charan Gupta, the BJP MP from Allahabad/Prayagraj. Gupta was earlier in the SP, then joined the BJP for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and won from Allahabad.

March 23, 2019

Former SP minister appointed in-charge of BSP candidate’s election

SP President Akhilesh Yadav has handed over the responsibility of the election on Meerut-Hapur Seat to Shahid Manzoor, who was the party candidate from here in 2014 and was once again preparing to contest from the same seat.

March 20, 2019

Uttar Pradesh: Congress gives up 7 seats for SP-BSP alliance

“We are leaving 7 seats vacant for SP, BSP and RLD. These include Mainpuri, Kannauj, Firozabad and whatever seats Mayawati ji and RLD's Jayant ji and Ajit Singh contest from. We will also give two seats to Apna Dal - Gonda and Pilibhit, said Babbar while briefing the media.

March 17, 2019

Lok Sabha elections: Mayawati, Akhilesh to kickstart joint rallies from 7 April

It will be for the first time in more than 25 years that the once sworn adversaries will share a common platform.

March 15, 2019

Congress’ prospects brighten up in Saharanpur as Masood cousins bury hatchet

In the 2017 assembly election, 2 out of 7 seats won by Congress were from Saharanpur district.

March 4, 2019