Booked for his comments on the Ramcharitmanas, Swami Prasad Maurya has refused to retract his remarks saying he had spoken on a particular verse in Hindu epic poem and not about Lord Ram
The party that claimed to rule for decades -- its leader said that it will be there for (the next) 50 years -- is now counting its days
The BJP received Rs 351.50 crore of the donations made to political parties by Electoral Trusts in 2021-22, while the Congress received less than the TRS, Samajwadi Party, AAP and the YSR Congress
Samajwadi Party leader and ex-state minister, Pawan Pandey, has accused ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government of "looting" commission in name of "compensation", and neglecting traders of Ayodhya
The state government's action against SP MLA Irfan Solanki and Deep Narain was a strong message to the party to act in a similar fashion when it comes to power, the SP chief said
Samajwadi Party national secretary and state spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said, "The SP president is busy with his programmes and there is no likelihood of his joining the yatra"
The Samajwadi Party (SP) has announced that it will contest all seats in the Madhya Pradesh (MP) Assembly polls, scheduled next year
Speculation has been rife that Shivpal could be named the leader of the opposition or could be made the state president of the party, but the SP leadership has maintained a silence on the issue
After the Samajwadi Party's victory in Mainpuri bypoll and rapprochement between Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav, small parties in UP are likely to approach the main opposition party
In a veiled attack on Samajwadi Party, UP CM Adityanath said before 2017, the moment any recruitment used to be announced, all the relations mentioned in the 'Mahabharata' used to appear for 'vasooli'
The Samajwadi Party knows that, at present, other political outfits in the state are not in a position to take on the BJP and the SP alone can put up a spirited fight on the issue
He further said that SP appeared to have no faith in democratic values and also accused the party and its leaders of an anti-Dalit and anti-women mentality
Yadav greeted leaders of both opposition and treasury benches while going to take oath as well as after taking it. She took oath in Hindi
Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav on Thursday won the Mainpuri parliamentary bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, defeating her nearest rival and BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya by 288,461 votes
Bypolls to one Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh saw moderate voting till 1 pm, even as the two main contenders Samajwadi Party (SP) and the BJP accused each other
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a jibe at Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and said that they were looking for an opportunity to become CM, but "failed"
Hasan had won from Kairana in the 2022 assembly polls while contesting from jail. He was arrested just before the polls after several criminal cases were lodged against him
Maurya said that the BJP government has done the work of ending the terror of Azam Khan
But as soon as the BJP came to power, action was taken against criminals, as a result of which they either landed behind bars or fled the state, said the BJP leader
Raking up the Agnipath scheme once again, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the one who wants to serve the country will "never want to become Agniveer"