Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Sunday announced 40 top leaders, including party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, President Akhilesh Yadav and actor-MP Jaya Bachchan, will be the party’s star campaigners for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. According to Samajwadi Party leaders, Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav, his uncle Ram Gopal Yadav, cousin Tej Pratap Yadav, senior […]
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LS polls 2019: Akhilesh Yadav to contest from Azamgarh, Azam Khan from Rampur
Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav would be contesting the Lok Sabha election from Azamgarh – a seat from where his father Mulayam Singh Yadav used to contest till now. Mulayam Singh Yadav is the sitting MP from Azamgarh. Announcement of Akhilesh Yadav contesting from Azamgarh has ended speculation that Mulayam Singh would once again be […]
Akhilesh attacks Modi over greetings to Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Lucknow: After BSP supremo Mayawati described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greeting to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on the Pakistan Day as “cheating”, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the letter should have been sent after the permission from 130 crore people of the country. “This letter should have been sent after getting permission from […]
Venom of hatred will destroy everything: Akhilesh condemns attack on family in Gurugram
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday condemned the attack on a Muslim family in Haryana’s Gurugram and said politicians who are trying to disturb the social fabric of the country are unable to understand that the venom of hatred will destroy everything. “Whatever happened at the residence of Mohammad Sajid is beyond imagination. […]
BJP suppressed Dalits, backward communities: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow: Launching a blistering attack on the BJP here on Saturday, Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said the party suppressed the Dalits and the backward communities and the people are ready to give their reply in the elections. Yadav’s comments came soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday […]
Akhilesh-Mayawati-Ajit’s joint rally from April 7
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh will address first joint rally in Uttar Pradesh on April 7, leaders said on Thursday. “The joint rallies of the BSP-SP-RLD will start in a phases manner in the state after Holi,” a senior […]
Akhilesh, Yogi trade barbs over Modi’s poll appeal
Lucknow: A war of words erupted between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged several prominent personalities to encourage people to come out and vote in large numbers. Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was quick to take a dig at the […]
Akhilesh slams BJP over ‘failed promises’
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for “failing to keep its promises and playing with the emotions of people”. In a series of tweets, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said that in the Lok Sabha elections, “they (BJP) will have to respond to people’s questions” and […]
Akhilesh meets CRPF martyr’s family in Prayagraj
Prayagraj : Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday met the family members of Mahesh Kumar Yadav, a CRPF trooper martyred in the Pulwama terror attack on February 14. Expressing his sympathies, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister told Yadav’s two children they should be proud of their father’s sacrifice in line of duty and […]
SP-BSP alliance announces seat division for LS polls
Lucknow : Over a month after announcing an alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) announced the allocation of seats to each partner on Thursday. In a statement, the leaders of the two parties, SP President Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati announced that while […]