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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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. […]
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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 […]
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New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday gave a hint that she would be the chief ministerial face of the party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. “Do you see anyone else’s face from the Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh? You can see my face everywhere,” said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on being […]
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Both the leaders and their supporters had quit the BJP after Swami Prasad Maurya resigned.
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Lucknow: Two more legislators, belonging to the Apna Dal, an ally of the BJP, have resigned just ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections scheduled to take place next month. Following his resignation, Chaudhary Amar Singh said: “This government is a liar and no development has been done. I met Akhilesh Yadav and will join […]
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Lucknow: The ‘Farq Saaf Hai’ war between the BJP and Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh is now moving beyond social media and is becoming visible on hoardings and newspapers too. Lucknow woke up on Thursday to full page advertisements in newspapers saying ‘Bahut Farq Hai’. The advertisement put out by a SP leader listed […]
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Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh has demanded that the income of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav income be investigated. State MSME Minister and government spokesperson Siddharth Nath Singh questioned Yadav’s support to certain members of his party who were raided by the income tax department recently. He accused Akhilesh Yadav of […]
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Rae Bareli: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday sought to equate the Lakhimpur Kheri violence with Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and said the British had fired bullets from the front, while the the BJP ran over a jeep from behind. Yadav, who is in Rae Bareli on a two-day tour as part of the seventh […]
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Jaunpur: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the “double-engine” government of the BJP has failed with its engines colliding against each other, accusing it of disappointing farmers and the jobless youth in Uttar Pradesh. He said the BJP government at the Centre withdrew the three contentious farm laws only because of the upcoming […]
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New Delhi: BJP Lok Sabha MP Jagdambika Pal on Tuesday slammed former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s recent remarks on PM Modi’s visit to Kashi Vishwanath Corridor and said that he should apologise for this. Taking a jibe at top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership who are in Varanasi for the inauguration of the […]
