Lucknow: Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Tuesday accused Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav of conniving with BJP leader LK Advani to bring down the Babri mosque in Ayodhya.
Congress leader Verma said in Lucknow that after detaining BJP leaders like Advani and Vinay Katiyar at a guest house in Faizabad, Mulayam Singh Yadav, the then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, had met them discreetly and it was decided that the kar sevaks would be allowed to offer prayers near the disputed structure.
Verma also alleged that the firing on kar sewaks in November 1990 was not required and was part of a larger conspiracy hatched by Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The Congress leader also alleged that the SP had nothing to do with socialism. He also slammed the SP for holding Brahmin conventions and said such moves were aimed at dividing society for narrow political gains....
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03:26 AM, May 15, 2013
Lucknow: In a new charge, Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Monday accused Mulayam Singh Yadav of conniving with LK Advani in the run up to the demolition of Babri Masjid while debunking a debate whether he or Narendra Modi would be a better Prime Ministerial choice. The fresh accusation by the Congress Minister came days after he declared a ceasefire with Samajwadi Party after making several remarks against Yadav,...
06:44 PM, Apr 15, 2013
The Congress on Wednesday reportedly reprimanded Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma for attacking Mulayam Singh Yadav and asks him not to make personal barbs against Samajwadi Party chief. Meanwhile, Beni Prasad met another Mulayam baiter Amar Singh earlier in the day. ...
03:29 PM, Apr 03, 2013
BJP on Monday demanded a high-level inquiry into SP leader Shivpal Yadav's allegations of opium smuggling and using charas against Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma. "Shivpal Yadav is a senior (state) cabinet minister and if he has levelled allegations against the union minister, he must have done it responsibly. A high-level inquiry should be conducted into the matter," state BJP chief spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak told reporters in Lucknow....
04:30 AM, Apr 02, 2013
The Samajwadi Party-Beni Prasad Verma war turned bitter on Sunday with SP leader Shivpal Yadav accusing the Union Minister of "smuggling opium" and using "charas". ...
05:07 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Congress on Saturday maintained silence over Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's renewed attack on outside ally Samajwadi Party, which is hopeful that he will be removed during a minor Cabinet reshuffle being talked about soon. ...
08:48 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Responding to the salvo fired by Congress leader and Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma that the Samajwadi Party (SP) would win just four seats in the 2014 polls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said that people will see the reality of the Congress-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) relationship. ...
04:49 PM, Mar 30, 2013
The war of words between Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma and the Samajwadi Party does not seem to be ending. Even as the Congress distanced itself from Beni Prasad's remarks, he continued to fire salvos at SP and its supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. ...
03:53 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma has yet again put the Congress-Samajwadi Party relationship at stake by saying SP will win only four seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress has distanced itself from Beni Prasad' statement. ...
01:35 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma has fired a fresh salvo against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Beni has now said that the SP won't get more than four seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...
09:30 AM, Mar 30, 2013
The decision on the post of Prime Minister will be taken after the 2014 general elections, which the Congress will contest under the leadership of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Rajiv Shukla said on Saturday. ...
01:55 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma is in no mood to back down. After hitting out at Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav earlier this week, and accusing him of supporting terrorists, the steel minister has again taken on the senior politician from Uttar Pradesh. Accusing him of "looking after his own family", Beni said that Mulayam "cannot be a real samajwadi". "Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi were real samajwadis. Mulayam...
05:33 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's controversial remarks about Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has seen the party go on an offensive. Even though Beni Prasad Verma and even Congress President Sonia Gandhi apologised to Mulayam Singh Yadav, but the Samajwadi Party is yet to accept it. ...
12:02 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The UPA-II regime continues to be on life support as it is now completely dependent on outside support after the DMK pulled out. The UPA-II, after DMK's withdrawal, is now banking upon the man who has always helped the government survive in crisis, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who is once again holding the aces. Mulayam with his 21 MPs is the oxygen supply that the UPA needs. ...
08:20 AM, Mar 21, 2013
The DMK's split from the UPA seems complete. The government's dependence on the two warring giants of Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, now increases ever more. A cornered Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday reached out to SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav over the tiff he had with UPA Cabinet minister Beni Prasad Verma the previous day. Beni Prasad Verma had accused Mulayam of harbouring links with...
10:11 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Amid political crisis in the wake of the DMK pulling out of the UPA, the BSP on Wednesday said it will continue to support the government from outside but will not join it. ...
03:01 PM, Mar 20, 2013
The UPA government is in crisis with the DMK withdrawing support and now needs to hold on to Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party to sail through. But the Samajwadi Party is posing another challenge with the war of words between Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav escalating. ...
01:35 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Uproar over issues relating to Sri Lankan Tamils and Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's remarks against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav led to the adjournment of Parliament for an hour on Wednesday. ...
11:59 AM, Mar 20, 2013
There was more hungama in Parliament as Samajwadi Party MPs thronged the well of the House demanding the resignation of Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma for his alleged disparaging remarks against party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Beni Prasad Verma himself denied making any such statement where he said that Mulayam had received commission to back the UPA. ...
11:50 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation has initiated investigations in two cases relating to alleged irregularities in steel major SAIL's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, Parliament was informed on Monday. "The CBI has since initiated investigation in two cases relating to irregularities in CSR activities of SAIL," Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. ...
04:53 PM, Mar 18, 2013
