Lucknow: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Monday held a meeting with Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati to discuss the political situation in view of the exit polls results. The hour-long meeting was held at the BSP chief’s Mall Avenue residence here. The two leaders made a seat-to-seat assessment but decided to wait for the […]
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Akhilesh shares a meal with Yogi lookalike
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has posted a photograph in which he is seen sharing a meal on an aircraft with a man who looks like Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The man is Suresh Thakur, a lookalike of Adityanath who has been recently seen in all rallies of Akhilesh Yadav. Suresh Thakur, who […]
‘We will make them search for chillums at Yogi’s house’
Deoria: Taking a swipe at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday that when he comes to power, he will make the same officers who had searched for missing water faucets at his official residence, search for “chillums” or smoking pipes at Adityanath’s house. Yadav, while addressing a […]
Joined mother’s rally as a daughter: Sonakshi Sinha
Mumbai: Actress Sonakshi Sinha says she didn’t become a part of her mother Poonam Sinha’s rally as a celebrity, but as a daughter. Earlier this month, Sonakshi held a road show for Poonam who is contesting the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat as a Samajwadi Party candidate. Sonakshi was accompanied by her brother Kushh Sinha as […]
BJP for action against SP for using kids in campaign
Lucknow: The BJP has lodged a complaint against the Samajwadi Party for using two minor children in its election campaign. According to state BJP Vice President J.P.S. Rathore, at an election meeting in Balrampur, two minor boys with symbols of SP and BSP painted on their bodies were made to stand in the blazing sun. […]
Sonakshi Sinha holds road show for mother in Lucknow
Lucknow: Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha on Friday held a road show for her mother Poonam Sinha who is contesting the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat as a Samajwadi Party candidate. Sonakshi was accompanied by her brother Kushh Sinha as they campaigned for their mother. Poonam Sinha was also present along with SP MP Dimple Yadav. The […]
EC again bars Azam Khan from election campaigning
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday barred Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan from campaigning for 48 hours starting 6 a.m on Wednesday for making “highly provocative” speeches that violated the model code of conduct (MCC). In its order issued on Tuesday, the poll panel said the SP leader had not only made […]
Modi slams BSP over alliance with Samajwadi Party
Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a pot shot at Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) over its alliance with the Samajwadi Party, saying it has forgotten the insult to Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar by the Akhilesh Yadav-led party. Addressing an election rally here in Uttar Pradesh, Modi said the people are well […]
Samajwadi Party names candidates for Phulpur, Allahabad
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Saturday named Pandhari Yadav as its candidate from the Phulpur parliamentary constituency. Pandhari Yadav is a former district President of the Samajwadi Party (SP). The Phulpur Lok Sabha seat was won by former Prime Minister late Jawaharlal Nehru in 1952, 1957 and 1962. The Samajwadi Party, which wrested the seat […]
Mayawati shares stage with Mulayam, calls him genuine OBC leader
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati on Friday erased 24 years of bitter hostilities and shared the same platform in Mainpuri where the BSP President took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi while the Samajwdi Party patriarch declared that this will be his last election. The two leaders sat […]