On Board PM's Aircraft: With outside ally Samjawadi Party breathing fire in the last few days, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday acknowledged the possibility of its withdrawal of support to the UPA, but ruled out any threat to his government or early elections. Vowing not to allow coalition compulsions to derail the reforms process, he said that the government is confident of pushing ahead with the reforms that matter...
11:07 PM, Mar 28, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav raising the issue of a Third Front, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said he is watching the situation as it develops before taking a call on it. Asked about his views on the formation of a Third Front, Patnaik said, "We will have to wait and watch and see...
02:06 PM, Mar 28, 2013
New Delhi: A day after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav targetted the Congress again, reactions are now pouring in from the Opposition saying that if Mulayam feels cheated why is he still supporting the Congress. "If the SP feels cheated by the Congress, then they must decide if they want to keep supporting the Congress party and a government run by that same party. It is for Mulayam to...
12:35 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh wants a CBI probe in Uttar Pradesh into the misappropriation of funds meant for building rural roads under the government's flagship programme, the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana. Interestingly, the five roads where misappropriation has been detected are in Sultanpur district, and fall in Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. ...
08:48 AM, Mar 28, 2013
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
Lucknow: 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. The Yadav family claims that they have been threatened to keep silent on the issue by the leader and his aides. This, after one of Raja Bhaiya's close aides, Guddu Singh,...
12:22 PM, Mar 26, 2013
New Delhi: 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...
11:10 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Barabanki: 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." He further said that the statement points towards the political equations which may emerging in the time to come. The fresh...
08:45 AM, Mar 26, 2013
New Delhi: 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...
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
New Delhi: 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. "I don't think there is any possibility of any Third Front. History is witness that whenever a Third Front has come into existence, it has collapsed for the sake of power," Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi...
10:50 PM, Mar 25, 2013
New Delhi: 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. Mulayam Singh Yadav has reportedly deputed party leader Ram Gopal Yadav to hold talks with regional parties like the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the Trinamool Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam...
10:35 PM, Mar 25, 2013
New Delhi: 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. The former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh has been telling his party workers to be ready for the early polls scenario, sources said. Mulayam is...
10:35 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Sangli: 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). Mulayam also hinted that regional parties, like his, could come together...
08:29 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Sangli: 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. Samajwadi Party, with 22 MPs in the Lok Sabha, provides crucial outside support to Congress-led UPA-II at Centre and Yadav's statement assumes significance ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls....
11:07 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Unnao: 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. "Constables and sub-inspectors will not be held guilty for law and...
05:23 PM, Mar 24, 2013
New Delhi: 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...
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
