"akhilesh-yadav"

The going is rough for them but they are undeterred by the turbulent weather that they are facing. They are also determined to face adversity with a smile and overcome the bad times.

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao returned to Hyderabad after a week-long visit to New Delhi. During his stay, he held discussions with several experts and the Opposition parties’ leaders including Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. The Chief Minister left for New Delhi on Monday night and since then, he had been meeting several like-minded […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday held discussions with Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav at the former’s official residence on Tughlaq Road in New Delhi. This is their second meeting in the national capital after May 21. Chandrashekhar Rao welcomed Yadav with a shawl and a bouquet of roses. The SP president […]

New Delhi: The Opposition on Thursday stepped up its attack on the government over the Agnipath scheme amid protests against it in several parts of the country and demanded that it be scrapped, even as official sources asserted that no change is being done to the Army’s regimental system under the new initiative. While Congress […]

New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday began the consultation exercise on evolving a consensus name for the presidential election with senior party leader Rajnath Singh speaking to a number of key opposition leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav, sources said on Wednesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has authorised Singh and party’s […]

Hyderabad: After failing to make any progress on his idea of a national front, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao appears to have made up his mind to float a national party. A final decision in this regard is expected to be taken on June 19 at the extended meeting of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is all set to resume his nationwide tour on Thursday with his visit to Bengaluru where he will meet former Prime Minister and JD(S) chief HD Devegowda as well as his son and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. Chandrashekhar Rao will also visit Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra to hold […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao returned to Hyderabad on Monday evening after a four-day visit to Delhi and Chandigarh, as part of his first leg of nation-wide tour for unification of like-minded forces to set an alternative national agenda. He is scheduled to visit Bengaluru and Ralegan Siddhi during next leg of his tour […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has on Saturday said that Centre should take into confidence the State governments while framing any policy and many challenges could arise, if the States are not taken into confidence. Emphasising that the Centre should adopt a consultative approach in framing policies, Chandrashekhar Rao said in the democratic set […]

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday alleged the ruling BJP government has “bulldozed” law and order, and has made Uttar Pradesh a “rape state”, where women are not safe. The state government under the BJP has proved to be insensitive towards women, Yadav said in a statement here. “The BJP government in […]

Lalitpur: A 13-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by four people, was raped again by the Station House Officer (SHO) of a police station here where she had gone to file a case, officials said on Wednesday. The police have arrested three of the accused after an FIR was registered against five people, including the […]

Hyderabad: Uttar Pradesh former Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre for its insensitivity towards farmers of Telangana. He called for unification of like-minded forces to fight together against the BJP’s policy of subjugating the farmer to the corporate entities. In a tweet supporting the […]

Seen as the semi-final battle before the 2024 general elections, the outcome of the Assembly elections in five States, including the most populous Uttar Pradesh, contains crucial political messages. The key among them is that the BJP continues to reap the electoral harvest largely because of the absence of a cohesive alternative political formation. The […]

By Ratan Mani Lal In more than a month of campaigning in Uttar Pradesh, marked by charges, counter-allegations, promises and rhetoric, political parties put in everything at their disposal into the contest. The major election issues included price rise, cases of violence against women, Covid-19, unemployment, unresponsive government machinery, polarisation, favouritism and stray cattle menace. […]

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the ruling BJP on Tuesday of attempting to “steal” votes and said exit polls are meant to create a perception that the saffron party will emerge victorious in the Uttar Pradesh election. At a press conference here, he also alleged that government officials in Lucknow are directing […]

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav has said that an insult to the bicycle was an insult to the nation. Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi statement that the Ahmedabad serial blast perpetrators had planted bombs on bicycles and that the SP’s election symbol too happens to be a bicycle, Akhilesh Yadav said that […]

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has said that the ruling BJP was set to be removed from power. He said the BJP was losing ground and, as the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections progress and the people of Azamgarh, Ballia, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra vote, the saffron party will be completely routed. “We have done […]

Yadav on Friday said, "BJP can do anything before the elections." In view of this incident, Akhilesh Yadav has demanded the Election Commission of India to take up the matter.

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged that he was stranded in Delhi as his helicopter was not allowed to fly to UP’s Muzaffarnagar for an election programme. In a tweet in Hindi, the SP president posted a picture with the helicopter in the background and said no reason was given for it. […]

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Sunday released a list of 30 star campaigners for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Senior party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, his son and party president Akhilesh Yadav, daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav, Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan, party secretary general Ram Gopal Yadav, and MLA Swami Prasad Maurya […]