Akhilesh Yadav Mayawati

BSP leaders, in a last-ditch effort to salvage their political futures, are fleeing to safer havens, leaving the once formidable party in a state of deep limbo.

With a caste survey report released in neighbouring Bihar, the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress have demanded a similar exercise in Uttar Pradesh.

Samajwadi Party workers in Varanasi celebrated its chief Akhilesh Yadav's 50th birthday on Saturday by cutting a tomato-shaped cake and distributing tomatoes among people to underline its rising prices.

The Samajwadi Party will be the only party from Uttar Pradesh attending the opposition leaders' meeting in Patna on Friday, with Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati not being invited while Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary will skip the meet.

A day after BSP chief Mayawati targeted the Samajwadi Party, SP president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said his party is out to unite the 'Bahujan Samaj' and warned those who "indirectly help" the BJP in elections.

Akhilesh Yadav today RSVP-ed to Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra invite with a "thank you" tweet, days after his sharp attack on the Congress.

Akhilesh Yadav was asked if he's been invited for the Yatra, which is currently on a break and resumes with entering UP from Delhi on January 3

Top Opposition leaders of Uttar Pradesh may not participate in the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra which is set to enter the politically significant state in the first week of January.

The Congress has invited several leaders of non-BJP parties, including Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati and RLD's Jayant Chaudhary, to take part in the Uttar Pradesh leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Lakhimpur case probe: Police says the men took the girls along on account of friendship; but brother says family would've known if they were friends

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Wednesday slammed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for meeting a party MLA inside Azamgarh jail and alleged that it shows the party protects criminals

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati today put out a series of tweets mocking her rival-turned-ally-turned-bitter-rival Akhilesh Yadav for saying he wanted her to become Prime Minister. A person who can't achieve his own dream of becoming Chief Minister

BSP general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra and the party's lone MLA Umashankar Singh met the UP Chief Minister today, triggering speculations of a larger political shift in the state.

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.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the previous Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party governments for pushing Uttar Pradesh to the category of BIMARU states, saying the "bua-bhatija (aunt-nephew) governments are not good for UP".

BSP leaders, in a last-ditch effort to salvage their political futures, are fleeing to safer havens, leaving the once formidable party in a state of deep limbo.

With a caste survey report released in neighbouring Bihar, the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress have demanded a similar exercise in Uttar Pradesh.

Samajwadi Party workers in Varanasi celebrated its chief Akhilesh Yadav's 50th birthday on Saturday by cutting a tomato-shaped cake and distributing tomatoes among people to underline its rising prices.

The Samajwadi Party will be the only party from Uttar Pradesh attending the opposition leaders' meeting in Patna on Friday, with Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati not being invited while Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary will skip the meet.

A day after BSP chief Mayawati targeted the Samajwadi Party, SP president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said his party is out to unite the 'Bahujan Samaj' and warned those who "indirectly help" the BJP in elections.

Akhilesh Yadav today RSVP-ed to Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra invite with a "thank you" tweet, days after his sharp attack on the Congress.

Akhilesh Yadav was asked if he's been invited for the Yatra, which is currently on a break and resumes with entering UP from Delhi on January 3

Top Opposition leaders of Uttar Pradesh may not participate in the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra which is set to enter the politically significant state in the first week of January.

The Congress has invited several leaders of non-BJP parties, including Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati and RLD's Jayant Chaudhary, to take part in the Uttar Pradesh leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Lakhimpur case probe: Police says the men took the girls along on account of friendship; but brother says family would've known if they were friends

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Wednesday slammed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for meeting a party MLA inside Azamgarh jail and alleged that it shows the party protects criminals

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati today put out a series of tweets mocking her rival-turned-ally-turned-bitter-rival Akhilesh Yadav for saying he wanted her to become Prime Minister. A person who can't achieve his own dream of becoming Chief Minister

BSP general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra and the party's lone MLA Umashankar Singh met the UP Chief Minister today, triggering speculations of a larger political shift in the state.

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.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the previous Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party governments for pushing Uttar Pradesh to the category of BIMARU states, saying the "bua-bhatija (aunt-nephew) governments are not good for UP".