Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has again raised the picth for a third front. Speaking at a rally in Etawah he said, "Congress is an opportunist. Whenever elections are around the congress, they first waiver off loans but after coming to power they cheat the poor farmers. Congress is a party that betrays everyone." But congress leader Digvijaya Singh played down Mulayam's remark by saying that he has the ...
09:05 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Former Uttar Pradesh minister Raja Bhaiya has now been accused of threatening the family of murdered village pradhan Nanhe Yadav. The Pratapgarh Pradhan and his brother were killed along with Deputy SP Zia ul Haque on March 2. ...
12:22 PM, Mar 26, 2013
The Janata Dal (United) is following a wait and watch policy after government sources indicated that they are looking at accepting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's demand for a special status for the state. JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari said, "We don't know what the government is planning to propose on Bihar. We can comment on it only once we see something on paper. Our alliance with NDA has been smooth....
11:10 AM, Mar 26, 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 crisis within the UPA seems to be taking new turns each day. With Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav threatening to withdraw support, the government is now looking for new allies. Its best option is JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who has been demanding special status for Bihar. Sources say the government is also willing to give Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata...
07:47 AM, Mar 26, 2013
As the Samajwadi Party chief urges regional parties to come together, speculations have started making rounds that he might be either preparing a Third Front or getting ready for early elections. As Mulayam prepares his strategy, he has to contend with many imponderables. There is a gaping trust deficit between the SP and the Left parties since Mulayam bailed the UPA out in 2008. ...
11:33 PM, Mar 25, 2013
In a sharp rebuff to the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Congress and the BJP on Monday said that there was no possibility of a Third Front central government after the 2014 general elections. ...
10:50 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is ready to withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), party sources said on Monday, adding that he might hold a public rally soon to make his decision official. ...
10:35 PM, Mar 25, 2013
After the DMK pullout, the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has signalled at pulling the plug soon on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. SP sources said Mulayam has made up his mind that he wants an early election in 2013. ...
10:35 AM, Mar 25, 2013
The Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, while speaking at a rally in Sangli in Maharashtra on Sunday, signalled at the emergence of a third front and said time for single party government is over. This is the latest in the series of hints that Mulayam has been dropping of going against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). ...
08:29 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Noting that no party can come to power at the Centre on its own, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday said coalition politics has come to stay in the country and asked like-minded parties to come together. ...
11:07 PM, Mar 24, 2013
A day after his father pulled him up for failing to make his Cabinet ministers work and control corruption in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday promised the people of his state that in case of any complaint of law and order, action will now be taken against officers of DIG rank instead of lower staff. ...
05:23 PM, 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
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday slammed the Congress party saying it is responsible for growing corruption in the country. Speaking at a rally, he also criticised his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and said the state's ministers have failed to do their work. ...
02:52 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Sanjay Dutt's jail five-year term following his conviction under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case has led to a political slugfest. While the Congress and Samajwadi Party leaders are in favour of granting pardon to Dutt, the BJP and Janata Party want no leniency shown to the Bollywood actor. ...
03:20 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The Samajwadi Party seems to have retraced its aggressive stance vis-a-vis the UPA over withdrawing support to the government. Indications are that SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is following a wait and watch policy. ...
02:15 PM, Mar 21, 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
After being passed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the anti-rape bill will now be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The Bill was passed in the Lower House after much drama with major amendments being negated. Two amendments, seeking life term for trafficking of children and life imprisonment for acid attack, were defeated. ...
08:51 AM, 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 UPA-II regime continues to be on life support as it is now completely dependent on outside support after the DMK pulled out and the all-party meet on Wednesday failed to reach a consensus. While the UPA-II's fate hangs in balance, all eyes are on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) vote on Sri Lankan war crimes, that will take place in Geneva on Thursday at 2:30 pm (IST). ...
07:55 AM, Mar 21, 2013
