Akhilesh Mayawati Alliance

The allegations of covert alliance with the BJP are just canards by political rivals, Uttar Pradesh's four-time Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said today, placing Akhilesh Yadav and his Samajwadi Party at the top of that list.

Days after she vowed to defeat the candidates of Samajwadi Party (SP) even if that meant voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) representatives, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati today said she would never enter into an alliance with the BJP.

After their brief alliance in Uttar Pradesh flopped in last year's national election, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav are back to being fierce rivals. Mayawati has said she is even ready to vote for the BJP to defeat any candidate of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party in polls to the UP legislative council.

Bypolls are being held for 11 assembly constituencies across Uttar Pradesh, with the BJP seemingly at an advantage in the light of lacklustre election campaigns by its political competitors. While eight of the seats in question were earlier held by the BJP and one by its Apna Dal ally, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had one e...

Hours after Mayawati announced her plans of going solo in all future elections thus ending the SP-BSP alliance, the BJP took a swipe at Akhilesh Yadav, saying he has been "punished" by the BSP chief as he "betrayed" his father and uncle for power.

Mayawati today formally called an end to the alliance with Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, tweeting that going forward, her party will contest all elections, big and small, on its own. In a series of tweets, the Bahujan Samaj Party also aired her grouse against Akhilesh Yadav, with whom she promised to keep cordial relations barely three weeks ag...

Mayawati, who was gentle on Akhilesh Yadav even while breaking the alliance after the crushing defeat in the national election, has turned on her estranged ally, accusing him of ignoring political niceties and dredging up past misgivings.

Akhilesh Yadav, dumped by Mayawati after their alliance flopped in the national election, sought to explain it away as an experiment that had failed but had exposed weaknesses. Unlike the Bahujan Samaj Party chief, he avoided calling time on the gathbandhan just yet, saying he would consult with his party on the future.

A day after the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party decided to contest alone all 11 seats in the upcoming assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, their third alliance partner in the recent Lok Sabha elections - Rashtriya Lok Dal - on Wednesday announced it too will go solo.

Mayawati today made it official - her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will contest bypolls to 11 Uttar Pradesh assembly seats alone after her alliance with Akhilesh Yadav flopped in the national election. "We can't ignore political realities," the former Chief Minister said, confirming that she said she was taking a break from her partnership with the Sa...

As Mayawati called time on her alliance with rival-turned-partner Akhilesh Yadav at an internal party meeting on Monday, she remarked that the Samajwadi Party chief "couldn't even ensure his wife Dimple Yadav's win".

The alliance between Uttar Pradesh rivals-turned-partners Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav is all but over. Mayawati gave the indication in a meeting of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), in which she said the party would contest 11 assembly by-polls alone, according to sources.

When Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati came together in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the national election, many assumed that both leaders showed remarkable political maturity in setting aside years of political animosity and putting a near-perfect combination in place against the BJP.

The alliance of Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav has spectacularly failed to stop the march of the BJP through Uttar Pradesh, the state that sends the highest number of lawmakers to parliament. The BJP is leading in 62 of the state's 80 seats - 11 short of the 73 seats it won along with ally Apna Dal in 2014.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, after meeting with alliance partner Mayawati on Monday, spoke about prepping for "the next step", ahead of results on May 23 Thursday.

The allegations of covert alliance with the BJP are just canards by political rivals, Uttar Pradesh's four-time Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said today, placing Akhilesh Yadav and his Samajwadi Party at the top of that list.

Days after she vowed to defeat the candidates of Samajwadi Party (SP) even if that meant voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) representatives, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati today said she would never enter into an alliance with the BJP.

After their brief alliance in Uttar Pradesh flopped in last year's national election, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav are back to being fierce rivals. Mayawati has said she is even ready to vote for the BJP to defeat any candidate of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party in polls to the UP legislative council.

Bypolls are being held for 11 assembly constituencies across Uttar Pradesh, with the BJP seemingly at an advantage in the light of lacklustre election campaigns by its political competitors. While eight of the seats in question were earlier held by the BJP and one by its Apna Dal ally, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had one e...

Hours after Mayawati announced her plans of going solo in all future elections thus ending the SP-BSP alliance, the BJP took a swipe at Akhilesh Yadav, saying he has been "punished" by the BSP chief as he "betrayed" his father and uncle for power.

Mayawati today formally called an end to the alliance with Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, tweeting that going forward, her party will contest all elections, big and small, on its own. In a series of tweets, the Bahujan Samaj Party also aired her grouse against Akhilesh Yadav, with whom she promised to keep cordial relations barely three weeks ag...

Mayawati, who was gentle on Akhilesh Yadav even while breaking the alliance after the crushing defeat in the national election, has turned on her estranged ally, accusing him of ignoring political niceties and dredging up past misgivings.

Akhilesh Yadav, dumped by Mayawati after their alliance flopped in the national election, sought to explain it away as an experiment that had failed but had exposed weaknesses. Unlike the Bahujan Samaj Party chief, he avoided calling time on the gathbandhan just yet, saying he would consult with his party on the future.

A day after the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party decided to contest alone all 11 seats in the upcoming assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, their third alliance partner in the recent Lok Sabha elections - Rashtriya Lok Dal - on Wednesday announced it too will go solo.

Mayawati today made it official - her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will contest bypolls to 11 Uttar Pradesh assembly seats alone after her alliance with Akhilesh Yadav flopped in the national election. "We can't ignore political realities," the former Chief Minister said, confirming that she said she was taking a break from her partnership with the Sa...

As Mayawati called time on her alliance with rival-turned-partner Akhilesh Yadav at an internal party meeting on Monday, she remarked that the Samajwadi Party chief "couldn't even ensure his wife Dimple Yadav's win".

The alliance between Uttar Pradesh rivals-turned-partners Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav is all but over. Mayawati gave the indication in a meeting of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), in which she said the party would contest 11 assembly by-polls alone, according to sources.

When Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati came together in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the national election, many assumed that both leaders showed remarkable political maturity in setting aside years of political animosity and putting a near-perfect combination in place against the BJP.

The alliance of Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav has spectacularly failed to stop the march of the BJP through Uttar Pradesh, the state that sends the highest number of lawmakers to parliament. The BJP is leading in 62 of the state's 80 seats - 11 short of the 73 seats it won along with ally Apna Dal in 2014.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, after meeting with alliance partner Mayawati on Monday, spoke about prepping for "the next step", ahead of results on May 23 Thursday.