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Samajwadi Party govts pushed UP onto violence, says CM Adityanath

UP CM Yogi Adityanath alleged that the previous SP governments pushed the state into violence as he held the party responsible for the Muzaffarnagar riots

Five years ago, rioters and muscle men used to be law in UP: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday targeted the Samajwadi Party, saying five years ago muscle men and rioters used to be the law unto themselves in Uttar Pradesh.

UP Assembly elections: Akhilesh Yadav to file nomination from Karhal

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said this Uttar Pradesh assembly polls will write the country's history for the next century and appealed to people to defeat negative politics.

Akhilesh's generals: Here're the partymen crucial to SP's poll management

Akhilesh Yadav is the undisputed leader of the SP but he is not the only one running the show

Goons roamed freely in UP when Samajwadi Party was in power: Rajnath

Rajnath Singh said while the BJP has ensured good law and order as well as development in UP, goons used to roam freely and there were riots when the Samajwadi Party was in power.

Battle for UP: Akhilesh to file nomination from Mainpuri on Monday

Mainpuri goes to the polls in the third phase on February 20 and the last date of filing nomination is Tuesday

People will teach BJP a lesson in UP polls: Akhilesh, Jayant Chaudhary

The BJP says its government gives subsidised ration to 80 crore poor people in the country and that is their admission of India's growing poverty, confirmed by surveys worldwide, Akhilesh Yadav said

BJP govt chased away criminals who flourished during SP regime in UP: Shah

Amit Shah said Akhilesh Yadav does not have 'shame' while talking 'lies' about situation in UP where the BJP government has chased away criminals and mafias who flourished during the earlier regime

SP-RLD-BSP alliance a pact among 'goons', says Keshav Prasad Maurya

UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya alleged that the opposition alliance is forged among the goondas and mafia of the state.

Azam Khan's son, wife file nomination from same seat as SP candidates

Azam Khan, who was a cabinet minister in the previous Akhilesh Yadav-led government, had on Thursday filed his nomination papers

UP Assembly elections: Opinion Polls are 'Opium Polls', says Akhilesh Yadav

The SP had earlier written to the Election Commission demanding ban on opinion polls

UP Assembly polls: SP's Azam Khan files nomination from Sitapur Jail

Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan on Wednesday filed his nomination for Rampur Sadar seat from inside Sitapur jail. The Returning Officer from Rampur visited the jail to get his nomination papers after an order was issued by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rampur Court, Jailor RS Yadav told media. "As of now all paper formalities have been completed," he said. Rampur will go to polls on Feb 14 in the second phase of UP elections. Khan, MP from Rampur, is lodged in Sitapur jail since Feb 2020 in case of land grabbing and several others.

SP picks nominee for Ayodhya polls, other parties ponder over candidates

With the Samajwadi Party nominating old hand Pawan Pandey on the Ayodhya seat, all eyes are on the BJP which is yet to name its candidate for the high-profile constituency

Battle for UP: BJP has more criminal candidates, says Akhilesh Yadav

The Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has now accused the BJP of fielding candidates with criminal background.

UP Assembly polls: SP declares Pawan Pandey as candidate from Ayodhya

The Samajwadi Party declared Pawan Pandey as its candidate from the Ayodhya assembly constituency for the upcoming elections in the state.

Adityanath slams Akhilesh over Pak remark, says SP promotes gun culture

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday accused the Samajwadi Party of promoting gun culture and sought to corner its president Akhilesh Yadav over the Pakistan remark. An interview in the Economic Times quoted Yadav to have said that India's real enemy is China while Pakistan is a political enemy, which the BJP attacks for its "vote politics". "Those who do not think Pakistan is an enemy and consider Jinnah a friend, what can be said about their education and vision. They call themselves socialists but the truth is that 'tamanchawad' (gun culture) is running in their veins," Yogi Adityanath said in a tweet in Hindi without taking any name. Earlier, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra had also attacked Yadav over the issue, saying this shows his mindset and he should tender an apology to the country for the comments which show his love for Pakistan. "What the SP president has said is very unfortunate and disappointing," Patra had remarked on Monday.

Battle for Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party, allies face seat sharing trouble

The Samajwadi Party's alliance seems to be running into rough weather

Congress leaders Praveen Singh, Supriya Aron join Samajwadi Party

Former Congress MP from Bareilly Praveen Singh and Congress leader and former Bareilly Mayor Supriya Aron joined Samajwadi Party

SP candidate Ziya-ur-Rehman booked for violating Model Code of Conduct

Ziya-ur -Rehman, the Samajwadi Party candidate from Kundarki seat in Moradabad, and 50-60 others were booked for violating of Model Code of Conduct and Covid protocol, police said on Saturday

At last a politician in his own right

Akhilesh has a robust sense of humour, has developed a thick skin, and, now, a streak of ruthlessness that he keeps carefully sheathed