Akhilesh Vs Shivpal

When asked by a reporter about the chances of him and Mr Khan forming a new morcha (front), Shivpal Yadav said, "A decision on this will be taken at the right time... after he comes out of jail."

Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party today fielded Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates from Karhal and Jaswant Nagar, the seats from where Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav will be contesting the UP Assembly polls.

After Akhilesh Yadav's coup against Netaji and Pitaji Mulayam Singh Yadav, songs from the movie "Sultan" were blaring all over Lucknow as delirious youth danced to "Tipu Bhaiyya'' being crowned Sultan. The song that they should have been playing was Queen's "I want to break free" - Akhilesh Yadav's favourite song. The most significant fact however,...

Akhilesh Yadav's rebel list of 235 Samajwadi Party candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elections names no one for the Lucknow Cantt seat. That detail stands out because the seat has been earmarked by Mr Yadav's father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for Aparna, the wife of his second son Prateek.

The Yadav versus Yadav war heated up on Thursday evening with parallel lists of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections coming both from Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav.'s camp. Hours after an unsigned list surfaced in the evening, which sources said was from the Chief Minister's camp and contained t...

Several lawmakers from the Samajwadi Party who have not been named as party candidates this time, today said they will contest the Uttar Pradesh elections, signaling a revolt that the state's ruling party can ill-afford. These lawmakers are close to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and were emerging from a meeting at his Lucknow residence on Thursday ...

Samajwadi Party state president Shivpal Yadav today said he was dropped from the ministry as he had opposed those doing illegal work.

Mulayam Singh Yadav's assertion that his "family and party stand united", is being tested less than 24 hours later, with brother Shivpal Yadav announcing that an Uttar Pradesh minister has been sacked from the Samajwadi Party.

Mulayam Singh Yadav succeeded in engineering a hug between his son, Akhilesh, and his brother, Shivpal, but conciliatory moments were a rarity at this morning's meeting of the Samajwadi Party.

Taking a dig at the family feud in the ruling Samajwadi Party, Union Minister Smriti Irani today said the system in Uttar Pradesh has derailed due to the infighting between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav .

Print journalists have been scouring Shakespeare's works to find interesting descriptions for the family feud raging in UP's pre-eminent Yadav family. What began with Much Ado about Nothing went on to be A Midsummer Night's Drama (not dream) and finally closed with All's Well that Ends Well on Saturday, September 17. But have things indeed ended we...

"Politics is not a game, it's seriously business," said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today while endorsing his uncle Shivpal Yadav for the post of Samajwadi Party's state president as decided by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

As Akhilesh Yadav battles one uncle, another has thrown his weight behind the 43-year-old Uttar Pradesh chief minister in the Yadav vs Yadav family war now playing out in public.

Uttar Pradesh Minister Shivpal Yadav reached Delhi by special flight on Wednesday afternoon and is meeting his brother and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. He was divested yesterday of important portfolios by his nephew and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav stripped his uncle and powerful cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav of all important portfolios late on Tuesday evening while handing him the social welfare department, in a move that puts him in direct confrontation with his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

When asked by a reporter about the chances of him and Mr Khan forming a new morcha (front), Shivpal Yadav said, "A decision on this will be taken at the right time... after he comes out of jail."

Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party today fielded Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates from Karhal and Jaswant Nagar, the seats from where Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav will be contesting the UP Assembly polls.

After Akhilesh Yadav's coup against Netaji and Pitaji Mulayam Singh Yadav, songs from the movie "Sultan" were blaring all over Lucknow as delirious youth danced to "Tipu Bhaiyya'' being crowned Sultan. The song that they should have been playing was Queen's "I want to break free" - Akhilesh Yadav's favourite song. The most significant fact however,...

Akhilesh Yadav's rebel list of 235 Samajwadi Party candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elections names no one for the Lucknow Cantt seat. That detail stands out because the seat has been earmarked by Mr Yadav's father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for Aparna, the wife of his second son Prateek.

The Yadav versus Yadav war heated up on Thursday evening with parallel lists of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections coming both from Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav.'s camp. Hours after an unsigned list surfaced in the evening, which sources said was from the Chief Minister's camp and contained t...

Several lawmakers from the Samajwadi Party who have not been named as party candidates this time, today said they will contest the Uttar Pradesh elections, signaling a revolt that the state's ruling party can ill-afford. These lawmakers are close to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and were emerging from a meeting at his Lucknow residence on Thursday ...

Samajwadi Party state president Shivpal Yadav today said he was dropped from the ministry as he had opposed those doing illegal work.

Mulayam Singh Yadav's assertion that his "family and party stand united", is being tested less than 24 hours later, with brother Shivpal Yadav announcing that an Uttar Pradesh minister has been sacked from the Samajwadi Party.

Mulayam Singh Yadav succeeded in engineering a hug between his son, Akhilesh, and his brother, Shivpal, but conciliatory moments were a rarity at this morning's meeting of the Samajwadi Party.

Taking a dig at the family feud in the ruling Samajwadi Party, Union Minister Smriti Irani today said the system in Uttar Pradesh has derailed due to the infighting between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav .

Print journalists have been scouring Shakespeare's works to find interesting descriptions for the family feud raging in UP's pre-eminent Yadav family. What began with Much Ado about Nothing went on to be A Midsummer Night's Drama (not dream) and finally closed with All's Well that Ends Well on Saturday, September 17. But have things indeed ended we...

"Politics is not a game, it's seriously business," said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today while endorsing his uncle Shivpal Yadav for the post of Samajwadi Party's state president as decided by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

As Akhilesh Yadav battles one uncle, another has thrown his weight behind the 43-year-old Uttar Pradesh chief minister in the Yadav vs Yadav family war now playing out in public.

Uttar Pradesh Minister Shivpal Yadav reached Delhi by special flight on Wednesday afternoon and is meeting his brother and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. He was divested yesterday of important portfolios by his nephew and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav stripped his uncle and powerful cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav of all important portfolios late on Tuesday evening while handing him the social welfare department, in a move that puts him in direct confrontation with his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.