Samajwadi Party
- India
SP distances itself from Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remark
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has distanced itself from DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s call for “eradication” of Sanatan Dharma and termed the comments “an individual opinion”. Senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav…
- India
MP: Assembly poll schedule awaited, SP joins BJP and BSP in declaring candidates
Bhopal: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday announced its first list of four candidates, all from Bundelkhand and the Gwalior-Chambal belt, for the upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh. All four constituencies…
- India
Video: Shoe thrown at SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya by ‘BJP worker’
Lucknow: A shoe was thrown at senior Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya during a party event here on Monday. The shoe, however, did not reach up to Maurya while SP workers…
- India
BJP spreading anarchy in Uttar Pradesh using bulldozers: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the BJP of influencing elections through “unethical politics” and spreading “anarchy” in Uttar Pradesh using bulldozers. Addressing a meeting of party workers at…
- India
Yogi says ‘No’ to caste census in UP
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday, said the state government has no plans to conduct a caste census in the state. “The subject matter of census is mentioned at…
- India
Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal wants Owaisi to join fight against BJP
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav has reached out to All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi and asked him to join hands against the BJP. The move is being seen…
- India
OBC leaders’ defection big worry for SP ahead of LS 2024
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has a big worry with its OBC stakeholders, with half a dozen leaders from these communities having already defected to BJP in the past few months.…
- India
BJP identifies Hinduism with Brahminism: SP’s Swami Prasad Maurya
Lucknow: The BJP considers “Brahmin religion”, which is followed by only 10 per cent of the people, as “Hindu religion” and there exists nothing like “Hindu religion”, Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad…
- India
Honour of women more important than ranking of economy: Akhilesh Yadav
Jaipur: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said the honour of women is more important than the ranking of the economy, apparently referring to the incident of two women being paraded…
- Mumbai
SP MLA Abu Azmi’s remarks on Vande Mataram create ruckus in Maha Assembly
Mumbai: The Maharashtra legislative assembly on Wednesday was adjourned following a noisy protest by BJP MLAs over a remark about Vande Mataram by Samajwadi Party legislator Abu Azmi. While raising the issue…
- India
UP: Vendor arrested for ‘bouncer show’ while selling tomatoes
Varanasi: A vegetable vendor and his son have been arrested in connection with the Samajwadi Party leader Ajay Fauzi’s show of selling tomatoes under security cover of bouncers. Ajay Fauzi is absconding.…
- India
Allahabad HC refuses to quash proceedings against Prajapati
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has refused to quash the proceedings initiated against former Samajwadi Party (SP) minister Gayatri Prajapati under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)…
- Politics
UP will witness a Maharashtra-like situation, claim parties
Lucknow: Enthused by the developments in Maharashtra, BJP allies in Uttar Pradesh are predicting a possible split in the opposition parties and their alliances. Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Nishad, who heads the…
- Telangana
Akhilesh Yadav meets KCR in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav called on Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao here on Monday. The former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, who reached…
- India
UP MLA mounts boat on SUV to protest against waterlogging in Kanpur
Kanpur: In a bizarre demonstration here, Samajwadi Party MLA Amitabh Bajpai protested against the waterlogging issue in the city by sitting on a boat tied to the roof of his SUV. The…
