NEW DELHI: Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ram Gopal Yadav courted controversy on Monday as he allegedly abused Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud over his “praying to God for Ram Mandir solution” remark.When asked about the CJI’s statement recalling how he went on to deliver the verdict in the complex Ram Mandir case,…
NEW DELHI: Congress is pushing for a third seat to contest in the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, after having been given two by ally Samajwadi Party. Sources said a deal could be announced on Saturday.SP snubbed the demand from Congress for five of the ten seats that are scheduled to go for voting, even though…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday criticised the Uttar Pradesh government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for obstructing his visit to the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in Lucknow on the birth anniversary of the socialist icon.Yadav accused the state government of deliberately preventing him and his supporters from paying…
NEW DELHI: A member of the Samajwadi Party chained himself and staged a demonstration in front of the home of Akhilesh Yadav, the party’s leader on Friday morning. Supporters of the Samajwadi Party in Lucknow are protesting against the Uttar Pradesh government for allegedly obstructing the main entrance of the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre with…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav confirmed on Thursday that the party’s alliance with the Congress will continue. This announcement came a day after the SP declared its candidates for six of the ten assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, where bypolls are scheduled for later this year.Yadav made this statement while addressing reporters…
NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday released the names of six candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls without discussing with the INDIA bloc, which was constituted by the rival political parties of the BJP to present an alternative front in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.“Samajwadi Party has not discussed with INDIA…
NEW DELHI: Acting on her request, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has been shifted to the departmental standing committee on labour, days after she was nominated to the committee on communications and information technology headed by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.Sources said Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who was also nominated to the committee headed by…
Several opposition leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Arvind Kejriwal, strongly criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for detaining environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk and approximately 150 volunteers.While Kharge described the action against Wangchuk as “cowardly” and “undemocratic,” Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the BJP would not gain anything from it.Wangchuk and his…
LUCKNOW: The DNA sample of 71-year-old Samajwadi Party functionary Moeed Khan did not match with that of the fetus belonging to the 12-year-old Ayodhya gang-rape survivor, but instead matched with the DNA of his domestic help Raju Khan.This was revealed after UP govt submitted Monday the DNA report to the Lucknow bench of Allahabad HC…
Akhilesh Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party is set to have two front seats in Lok Sabha, in what will give it the chance to accommodate another member besides party chief Akhilesh Yadav. Congress, meanwhile, will have four front seats and DMK one in the 18th Lok Sabha.Congress front row will be led by…
