DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

BSP to not contest UP bypolls; 'can SP beat BJP’, asks Mayawati

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party’s decision to not contest the upcoming bypolls in Mainpuri, Khatauli and Rampur has raised eyebrows in the political circles. More so, since the party had contested the Azamgarh parliamentary bypoll, breaking away from its tradition of not contesting bypolls.

The Times of India · Nov 12, 2022

After Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mainpuri set to become SP-BJP battlefield

LUCKNOW: Will the void left behind following the demise of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav turn into a political battlefield between the BJP and SP? The question has started doing the rounds with Mainpuri, the parliamentary seat represented by Mulayam, falling vacant, necessitating a bypoll ahead of the high-stake 2024…

The Times of India · Oct 11, 2022

Why Mulayam’s death poses challenge to Akhilesh Yadav in Samajwadi Party bastions

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) founder and supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, who died at the age of 80 in a hospital in Gurugram on Monday, was a sitting member of Lok Sabha from Mainpuri constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

The Times of India · Oct 11, 2022

PM Modi tells BJP to reach out to the deprived among Muslims, other minorities

Mr. Modi made the intervention when BJP Uttar Pradesh unit chief Swatantra Dev Singh was speaking about the party’s victory in Rampur and Azamgarh.

The Hindu · Jul 3, 2022

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Mayawati & Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wish SP president Akhilesh Yadav on his 49th birthday

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and a host of political leaders greeted Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on his 49th birthday on Friday. Recently elected Azamgarh MP Dinesh Lal Nirahua also wished the SP chief on his birthday…

The Times of India · Jul 1, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Battles can't be fought from AC rooms, says Om Prakash Rajbhar to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

VARANASI: Upset over the defeat of Samajwadi Party candidates in Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha bypolls, SP alliance partner Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar on Tuesday questioned the absence of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav from campaigning on ground. Rajbhar himself campaigned extensively for the SP candidate,…

The Times of India · Jun 29, 2022

UP bypolls: Akhilesh Yadav's 'indifference', cracks in Muslim-Yadav formula led to SP defeat in bastions

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav's "indifference" towards the campaign in Azamgarh and Rampur and the apparent drift of Muslims from his party may have contributed to the stunning loss of the two prestigious Uttar Pradesh constituencies in the Lok Sabha bypolls.

The Times of India · Jun 27, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Nirahua Rickshawala outpaces bicycle

NEW DELHI/VARANASI: With singer-actor Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua's slender win in the Azamgarh bypoll on Sunday, a troika of top stars from the Bhojpuri film industry will be sitting in Lok Sabha in the coming monsoon session. Manoj Tiwari (North-East Delhi) and Ravi Kishan (Gorakhpur) are the other two. All…

The Times of India · Jun 27, 2022

Only BSP can beat BJP: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati

LUCKNOW: Citing the 'tough fight' that her party candidate Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali gave to BJP's winning candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' in the Azamgarh by-poll elections, Mayawati on Sunday said that only Bahujan Samaj Party has the 'principles and presence' on the ground to beat Bharatiya Janata Party…

The Times of India · Jun 27, 2022

Blatant misuse of power: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW: In his first reaction to Samajwadi Party's defeat in its strongholds of Azamgarh and Rampur where Lok Sabha bypoll results were announced on Sunday, SP president Akhilesh Yadav said it was an outcome of blatant misuse of government machinery to influence voters and win elections by hook or by…

The Times of India · Jun 27, 2022