UP Polls

Challenges for Akhilesh Yadav as the new UP CM

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader and Mulayam Singh Yadav's son Akhilesh Yadav has been declared the new Chief Minister of Uttar pradesh. At 38, Akhilesh will be the youngest Chief Minister of the state. Here are some of the challenges the young leader faces as he takes over the reigns of the biggest state in the country: Perceived as lacking requisite administrative skills Relatively young age could be a drawback...  

Akhilesh Yadav chosen to be UP CM, stakes claim

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, who led his party to win 224 seats in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, was on Saturday chosen to be the Chief Minister of the state. Akhilesh met the Uttar Pradesh Governor later and staked claim to form the government. There were reports of celebrations by Samajwadi Party workers across the state as the news of Akhilesh being chosen as the CM got...  

UP polls: Mayawati calls two-day party meet

New Delhi: BSP chief Mayawati has called a two-day meeting at her party office on Saturday. Mayawati will be meeting party MLAs and MPs on Saturday, and on Sunday, the leader will be meeting all office bearers and zonal coordinators. The agenda of the meet will be to discuss the reasons of the BSP's poll debacle. Sources say that Mayawati is now aiming for a Rajya Sabha seat for herself...  

UP: SP, BSP workers clash; 1 dead, 8 arrested

New Delhi: In fresh clashes between Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party workers in Hardoi one person died and five were injured on Saturday. Several instances of violence have been reported till now in Uttar Pradesh after Mulayam Singh Yadav's party swept the Assembly polls last week. Eight people were later arrested including a former gram pradhan. The former Gram Pradhan is said to be affiliated with the Samajwadi...  

UP: Mulayam to pass baton to son Akhilesh

If confirmed, Akhilesh Yadav, 38, will be the youngest chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. ...

Change of guard likely, Akhilesh may be UP CM

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party legislature meeting on Saturday is likely to bring in a change of guard for Uttar Pradesh and a new leader for the party. Akhilesh Yadav is most likely to be named as the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the announcement is expected at the SP legislature party meeting at around 11 am. The 'Pehelwaan' from Etawah, who wrestled his way up in Uttar Pradesh...  

New UP govt will stop political vendetta: Cong

New Delhi: Congress on Saturday condemned incidents of violence in Uttar Pradesh in the wake of Samajwadi Party's electoral victory and hoped that the new government would bring the "political vendetta to a halt". Party spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters that the incidents involving attacks on Dalit houses allegedly by SP supporters were reprehensible and reminded the party that vendetta had no place in a democracy. In Lucknow, the SP,...  

'Wrong to connect incidents of violence in UP with SP'

Bhadohi: Scheduled Castes panel chairperson PL Punia on Friday said it was wrong to ink the recent incidents of violence with SP as the party has not formed the government yet. "SP has not yet formed its government and it is wrong to ink it with the incidents of violence in some parts of the state," Punia said. BSP government is still in power in Uttar Pradesh, he said. Punia,...  

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News 360: Akhilesh Yadav to be the Uttar Pradesh CM

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav convinces the party's old guard to accept Akhilesh at the helm. ...

Akhilesh Yadav to be Uttar Pradesh CM

New Delhi: The suspense over the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister seems to have ended. Sources say Akhilesh Yadav will be the Chief Minister of the state. According to sources, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has convinced senior party leaders on Akhilesh becoming the Chief Minister of the state. The 38-year-old will be UP's youngest Chief Minister. Sources also indicate that Mulayam Singh Yadav's fading health is one of the...  

No decision taken yet on UP CM: Mulayam Singh Yadav

Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said that the parliamentary party board will meet on Saturday to decide their candidate. ...

Post-poll violence: Akhilesh promises strict action

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader and touted to be the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav at a press conference on Friday condemned the post-poll violence in the state that led to death of two. "Strict action will be taken against those involved," assured Akhilesh. Akhilesh stated that the state administration and police has been told to take action against those indulging in disturbing the law and order. "Any...  

UP Cong chief meets Sonia, offers resignation

New Delhi: After facing a massive defeat in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, state Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Friday met party president Sonia Gandhi and tendered her resignation, taking the responsibility for the poor show. Speaking to mediapersons after her meeting with the Congress president, Joshi said that Sonia had kept her resignation and would decide in due course on it. Joshi told Sonia that the performance...  

UP: Sonia likely to reshuffle party leadership

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi is expected to meet Party President Sonia Gandhi on Friday. Joshi reportedly alleged sabotage to the party from local Congress leaders, after MP Sanjay Singh complained that he was not given a chance to campaign during the Assembly elections. Reports suggest that Sonia is likely to reshuffle the party leadership in UP. ...  

More violence in UP; SP, BSP workers clash

Ambedkar Nagar: There was more violence reported in Uttar Pradesh after the Samajwadi Party swept to power. SP and BSP workers clashed in Ambedkar Nagar on Thursday. Former BSP minister Ram Achal Rajbhar's son took to open firing on SP workers and the SP workers retaliated. The rice mill of Rajbhar was allegedly burnt down by SP workers. ...  

Cong leadership in UP is top heavy: Sanjay Singh

Sultanpur MP Sanjay Singh said that the Congress could have been an option in UP had tickets been given to right people. ...

UP polls: BJP chief Surya Pratap Sahi resigns

New Delhi: Surya Pratap Sahi, the Uttar Pradesh BJP president, has resigned. Sahi submitted his resignation to BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday, accepting responsibility for the BJP's poor show in the state during the Assembly elections on Tuesday. Sahi contested the elections from the Pathardeva seat in Deoria district. He was pitted against Samajwadi Party stalwart and former UP Minister Shakir Ali, Sanjay Singh Saithwar of the BSP and...  

UP: SP workers in another act of violence

Sitapur: Violence broke out on Wednesday night outside an independent candidate's house in Sitapur area of Uttar Pradesh, after alleged Samajwadi Party workers tried to set his and 13 other houses on fire. Two people have been arrested in connection with the incident. They are allegedly supporters of SP MLA Jeena Babu. Reports claim that the men also opened fire on supporters of the independent candidate. Nearly 4 people were...  

Congress should revive regional leadership: NCP

New Delhi: A day after its poor showing in the Assembly polls, the Congress got a piece of advice from its ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) which asked it to revive leadership at the regional level. "The Congress will have to work hard. It should revive regional leadership," NCP leader Tariq Anwar told IANS. He said the results were less than the expectations for Congress, but the party had the...