To compare the legacy of Chaudhary Charan Singh with a “small election” of 2024 is belittling him, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary said, refusing to spill beans over the said “deal” between his party and the BJP. He was asked about speculations of the RLD joining the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and switching … Read more
INDIA bloc leaders stayed away from the Ram Temple consecration ceremony at Ayodhya but faith remained on the agenda for many of them on Monday with Rahul Gandhi protesting after he was stopped from visiting a temple in Assam and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee holding an all-faith rally. As BJP leaders went all … Read more
Congress has sought 20 of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh from Samajwadi Party, a demand which the regional party found ‘unreasonable’. The two parties are likely to meet again on Thursday to take talks forward, according to some leaders. According to people present at the second formal round of seat-sharing talks on Wednesday, … Read more
Uttar Pradesh-based opposition parties have taken a more nuanced approach to questions regarding attending the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya than the principal national opposition Congress, which has slammed it as “clearly a BJP-RSS event” and said the inauguration is being done for “political gains”. BSP chief Mayawati on Monday, while saying she was … Read more
After coining the ‘Picchda Dalit Alpsankhyak’ (PDA) slogan to counter the BJP-led NDA, the Samajwadi Party is now building a booth-level cadre comprising Dalits, backward class and minorities in a strategic move to cement its prospects at the grassroots level for the 2024 polls. Committees of 15 party workers will be constituted at each polling … Read more
Uttar Pradesh BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhary on Thursday said neither the Congress nor the Samajwadi Party are any challenge to his party and the entire country is today “Ram-may” — immersed in the devotion of Lord Ram. “Neither the Samajwadi Party (SP) nor the Congress are a challenge. You can see that the entire state … Read more
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party sources indicated on Wednesday that party chief Akhilesh Yadav was likely to skip the January 22 event in Ayodhya. They added that he might visit the city before or after the ceremony, which was dubbed “BJP’s personal event” by SP MLC Swami Prasad Maurya. Similarly, a UP Congress delegation of party in-charge … Read more
The Congress on Tuesday held preliminary talks for seat-sharing in upcoming Lok Sabha elections with the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Nationalist Congress Party for Maharashtra and with the Samajwadi Party for Uttar Pradesh. The seat-sharing talks were held at the residence of Congress leader Mukul Wasnik, who is also the convener of the Seat Sharing … Read more
Police here have booked a Samajwadi Party leader here for giving a call to “burn” an Uttar Pradesh minister and his house, a police official said on Sunday. His threat followed a recent clash where the SP leader said Dalit corporators from opposition parties were allegedly thrashed in a board meeting of the Meerut Municipal … Read more
Ballia: Commenting on the seat sharing in the INDIA bloc, SP president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said here that a decision will be made as soon as Surya Uttarayan occurs. Yadav was talking to reporters in the district’s Bisukia village. In response to questions regarding seat sharing and other … Read more
