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SP contesting UP polls with smaller parties sign of helplessness: Mayawati

BSP chief Mayawati on Friday said the Samajwadi Party's decision to contest the next Uttar Pradesh assembly polls with the help of smaller parties reflects its "helplessness"

BSP to contest UP and Uttarakhand assembly elections alone: Mayawati

The BSP will not enter into any alliance for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls, party chief Mayawati said on Sunday. In a series of tweets in Hindi, the former chief minister categorically denied any tie-up with the AIMIM for the assembly election in Uttar Pradesh due next year. "A news channel is broadcasting news since yesterday that in the upcoming UP Assembly elections, BSP will contest along with (Asaduddin) Owaisi's party AIMIM. This news is completely wrong, misleading and devoid of any fact. There is not even an iota of truth in this. The BSP vociferously denies this. "The party wants to clarify that barring Punjab, the BSP will be contesting the Assembly elections to be held in UP and Uttarakhand alone, and will not be entering into any alliance with anyone," Mayawati said in another tweet. The BSP has recently joined hands with the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab. Mayawati said that BSP general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Satish Chandra Misra has been made the

BJP's central team hold talks with RSS leaders on first day of UP visit

BJP's national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh and Uttar Pradesh in-charge Radha Mohan Singh on Monday held meetings with RSS office-bearers

UP's next CM to be decided by party after Assembly polls, says minister

Senior BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Labour Minister Swami Prasad Maurya has said that the next chief minister of the state will be decided by the central leadership

BJP govt worked more in 4 years in UP than SP and BSP in 15 years: Maurya

The deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh claimed the BJP will win the upcoming Assembly elections with over 300 seats

Famers issue supreme in UP polls, cow terror will not work: RLD chief

Asserting that the BJP's "apathy" towards protesting farmers will hurt it in the UP Assembly polls, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary said artificial issues like love jihad, cow terror will not work

ECI gets North Indian thrust with Anup Chandra Pandey's appointment

In terms of conducting elections, Pandey's task will not be very onerous. The UP Assembly elections will be the most challenging event

Why is BJP wary of projecting Adityanath as a 'star' in UP Assembly polls?

Former bureaucrat AK Sharma's appointment for pandemic management in Varanasi indicates that the top leaders are unhappy with the CM's way of handling the crises

Priyanka Gandhi Cong's face in 2022 polls? CWC and she to decide: Prasada

Prasada said making Priyanka Gandhi the party's face in the 2022 UP Assembly elections was a 'strategic decision' to be taken by the Congress Working Committee and Priyanka herself

Acid test for Adityanath govt as voting for 11 UP Assembly seats begin

Voting for by-election to 11 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh begins

UP assembly polls: Mulayam blames media, voters for SP's defeat

Yadav claimed that the media only highlighted the family feud in the SP

UP Assembly polls: Dayashankar Singh back in BJP after wife wins

Singh had made derogatory remarks against Mayawati, last year

War rooms and UP polls 2017: Akhilesh Yadav takes on Modi at his own game

Akhilesh has sought to connect with the youth vote via new media

UP Elections 2017: Questions for BJP's bikers

Even after 100 days of demonetisation, we don't know if we are better or worse off

UP polls 2017: Dialogue, drama, desperation as action begins

Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav have jointly held road shows in Lucknow, Agra and Kanpur

Is PM Modi also responsible for zero development in UP, BJP asks Akhilesh

Uttar Pradesh is set to have a seven-phase polling between February 11 and March 8

RSS slams Rahul Gandhi's call for crushing BJP's divisive politics

RSS leader Rakesh Sinha took a jibe at Rahul saying that he has poor understanding of history

Rahul, Akhilesh launch joint UP campaign

Cong Vice-President Rahul Gandhi did not rule out extending the pact to the 2019 national election

From Noida to Lucknow, BJP struggling with infighting ahead of UP polls

The BJP is facing a major rebellion in more than a dozen constituencies in Uttar Pradesh over the distribution of tickets to outsiders and children of party leaders, with the crucial assembly elections to begin in over a fortnight.

Akhilesh Yadav: Will take 'netaji' along, our bond is 'unbreakable'

Having bagged the 'bicycle' symbol, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said he would take Mulayam Singh Yadav along and him, describing the ties with his father and the SP patriarch as "unbreakable". Akhilesh said at present his priority was to form the Samajwadi Party government again in the state and that he will take everyone along with him "I will take netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) along...My relation with him is unbreakable," he told reporters during an informal chat at his official 5 Kalidas Marg residence here. "I was confident that I will get cycle. Less time is left, I will finalise the list of candidates. It's a big responsibility and I will take everyone with us," he said. Dealing a severe blow to Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Election Commission yesterday gave the symbol 'Bicycle' to the faction headed by Akhilesh Yadav, recognising it as the Samajwadi Party that came as a major boost to the Chief Minister ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Outsi