The former Uttar Pradesh CM said the first increase in prices of milk will eventually end up in poor people reducing the quantity of milk that they give to their children
Taking Mohan Bhagwat's remark that all people are equal before God, Samajwadi Party leaders asked the RSS chief for clarification on the caste system and remove castiest comments from Ramcharitmanas.
The SP is positioning itself as the voice of the OBCs and Dalits, which, respectively, constitute nearly 40 and 21 per cent of the population in UP
The Samajwadi Party on Thursday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government has denied its chief Akhilesh Yadav permission to land his plane in Moradabad
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has hit out at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav after he appointed Swami Prasad Maurya as party's general secretary despite his controversial remark on Ramcharitmanas
"I respect all religions. But if in the name of religion, a community or caste is humiliated, then it is objectionable," Yadav said
Standing firmly by his reservation over some verses of Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas, SP leader Maurya took on mahants for announcing a bounty on his head
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