Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma has once again attacked Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. This time he has accused Mulayam of being hand in glove with the BJP during the attempt to bring down the Babri Masjid in the early 1990s. He says he has been forced to make the revelation after Mulayam publicly praised BJP leader LK Advani. Beni Prasad had recently apologised after a similar outburst against ...
11:13 AM, May 15, 2013
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...
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
Rampur: The war of words between the Samajwadi Party and Congress continued as UP minister Mohammad Azam Khan on Tuesday fired a fresh salvo on the UPA, accusing it creating a "fear psychosis" among allies to ensure their continued support. "The UPA works with a policy of 'Darao Aur Raaj Karo' (create fear to rule) to enjoy continuous support of their allies," Azam said in Rampur. The senior Samajwadi Party...
05:47 PM, Apr 09, 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
Reacting sharply to Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's remark on its poll prospects, Samajwadi Party on Saturday said Congress would suffer due to such "baseless" statements and demanded his removal from the Union Ministry. Talking about the poll prospects of various parties in UP, Beni had said that Mulayam Singh Yadav's party will win only four seats in the next Lok Sabha polls and there will be a "funeral procession...
12:16 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
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Varma has again taken jibe at Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. Referring to Mulayam's recently made statement claiming that BJP senior leader LK Advani never lies, Beni said, "how can a leader, whose party never sticks to the truth, can never lie." ...
08:45 AM, Mar 26, 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
