Mulayam Singh

BSP MP, over 15 other block heads join SP

Lucknow: BSP Rajya Sabha MP Jai Prakash Rawat along with over 15 other supporters on Saturday joined Samajwadi Party in Hardoi. Rawat, his wife Jyoti, a district panchayat chairman, and over 15 block heads joined SP in presence of party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at a public meeting in Harpalpur. SP general secretary Naresh Agarwal said Rawat would strengthen the party in the region. ...

UP: Dull start to phase 2 polling

The phase two of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on a dull note on Saturday, primarily owing to the chilly weather. ...

Battle for UP begins, stakes highest for Cong

New Delhi: Polling for the first phase of the high voltage Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 55 seats in 10 districts begins on Wednesday to decide the fate of two ministers, 31 MLAs and 15 former ministers. Amongst the candidates contesting, 109 have criminal cases pending against them. Also 144 out of the total 929 candidates are crorepatis. The stakes are highest for the Congress, which outperformed expectations in the...

UP set to go for first phase of voting tomorrow

New Delhi: The countdown has begun for the first phase of polling in the battle for Uttar Pradesh. On Wednesday, 10 districts with 55 constituencies in central UP also known as Awadh Pradesh will go to polls. Amongst the candidates contesting, 109 candidates have criminal cases pending against them. Also 144 candidates out of the total 929 candidates are crorepatis. The stakes are highest for the Congress, which outperformed expectations...

'Mulayam may join hands with BJP to form govt in UP'

Allahabad: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday targeted Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for making "not a single utterance against BJP and Sangh Parivar" during election campaign and claimed Yadav may not hesitate to tie up with BJP to form a government in Uttar Pradesh. "I wonder why has Mulayam Singh Yadav been so soft towards BJP during his election campaigns. He has been attacking every political party...

Better to drown than to tie up with SP, BSP: Uma

Gonda: Firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharti on Monday said if her party falls short of majority for forming the government in Uttar Pradesh after the Assembly polls, she would prefer "drowning" rather than striking an alliance with either SP or BSP. "In case we fall short of majority in forming the government in UP, I would prefer drowning in Saryu river rather than striking an alliance with either SP or...

I'm not obsessed with becoming PM: Rahul

Varanasi: In the battle for Uttar Pradesh, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi replied to criticism that UP was only an election stop for him, saying that he was committed to transforming the state and wasn't obsessed with becoming the Prime Minister. "All big netas of India are obsessed with becoming the Prime Minister. I don't have this obsession," Rahul said. As campaigning for the first phase ended in Uttar Pradesh,...

BSP involved in land-grabbing, graft: Mulayam

Mau (UP): Accusing the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government in Uttar Pradesh of being involved in land-grabbing, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said the Mayawati-led regime was involved in scams of over Rs 40,000 crore. "The present BSP government in the state is involved in land-grabbing and corruption cases. The Mayawati-led government has committed scams of over Rs 40,000 crore," Yadav said while addressing an election meeting...

Rahul takes on SP and BSP, says he'll change UP

Varanasi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were a cause for him to change the life of the people in the state. Addressing a press conference in Varanasi on the last day of the phase 1 poll campaign, Rahul said that the Congress party would be back in the reckoning for power in Uttar Pradesh after the Assembly elections. "I am...

BJP to sit in Oppn if no majority in UP: Gadkari

Jaunpur: The BJP would prefer sitting in the Opposition if it did not get the majority in Uttar Pradesh rather than forging alliance with any political party, its chief Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday. "BJP will form the government on its own and if it does not happen then it will neither forge an alliance with any party nor extend support to SP or BSP for government formation," he said....

UP: Woman hurls slipper at Mulayam at a poll rally

Banda: A woman on Saturday hurled a slipper at Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at an election rally in Baberu area of the district but it fell short of the leader. Yadav was leaving after addressing the rally when Murti Singh threw her slipper at him but it did not hit him. The woman, who was detained by police, claimed she was a rape victim and Yadav had promised...

UP polls: SP promises free education for poor

Barabanki: Wooing voters ahead of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday promised free education, medicines for the poor and waiver of farmer's loan by Rs 50,000 if voted to power. Addressing an election rally, Yadav said the party will also send poor people to foreign countries for treatment on government expenditure. Yadav also promised a ministerial berth to the local MLA in the...

No SP-Cong alliance for now: Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow: As Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi slug it out to win votes, there's another star in the making, Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav. As he takes over the reins from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, the young leader is confident that his party will do well, but remains non committal as far as an alliance with the Congress is concerned. He also said that...

Will help Mulayam in his hour of crisis: Amar Singh

Ballia: In the wake of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav facing flak after his remark that rape victims would be given government jobs, expelled party leader Amar Singh on Thursday promised to offer him all possible help in his "hour of crisis". "Mulayam Singh might have closed his doors for us but we will provide all possible help to him in his hour of crisis," Singh, who heads the Lok...

UP:Mayawati attacks Congress on corruption issue

Ambedkarnagar/Faizabad: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday attacked Congress saying 62 big scams involving around Rs 20 lakh crore have taken place during the UPA regime at the Centre. Addressing election meetings, Mayawati termed the Congress-led government as corrupt and said despite these scams the CBI has not shown the inclination to speed up trials. "No action has been taken on the Amar Singh, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shanti...