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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

Akhilesh to contest UP polls from Karhal in party stronghold of Mainpuri

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will contest the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls from Karhal seat in Mainpuri district, the party's national spokesperson Ashutosh Verma said Thursday.

UP polls: Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joins BJP

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joined the BJP on Wednesday. She joined the party in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and and its state chief Swatantra Dev Singh. She is married to Prateek Yadav, son of Mulayam Singh Yadav's second wife while SP president Akhilesh Yadav is his son from the first marriage. Aparna Yadav said she has always been impressed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and added that the nation's interest has always been her priority. There had been much speculation about her joining the BJP, and the development highlights the rift in the SP's ruling family at a time when Akhilesh Yadav has been working to rally the party's base in the run up to the state assembly polls. The BJP may field her in the polls, sources said. Aparna Yadav had contested the 2017 assembly polls on the Samajwadi Party ticket from Lucknow Cantt but had lost to BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi, now a Lok Sabha ..

UP Polls: Bookies give 230 seats to BJP in early trends, 130 to SP

Bookies in Uttar Pradesh are betting high on ruling BJP to triumph in February-March Assembly elections, giving it around 230 of total 403 seats. The Samajwadi Party comes second with 130 seats.

Mulayam tried to convince Aparna Yadav not to join BJP: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav tried hard to dissuade his daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav from joining the BJP, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Wednesday