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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati expressed her condolences after Samajwadi Party founder and arch-rival Mulayam Singh Yadav breathed his last this morning.

The key battle of course will be fought in Central and Eastern UP, where the BJP+ in 2014 swept 50 of the 54 seats but faces the challenge of the BSP-SP alliance and, separately, the Congress in an area where the opposition parties are stronger.

Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal has been incorporated in the alliance between Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh for the general elections, due by May.

Days after Mulayam Yadav left the Samajwadi Party red-faced by questioning its move to ally with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, his son - party chief Akhilesh Yadav - today told news agency PTI that the political decision was taken to ensure the party patriarch's "record" victory from whichever seat he may ...

BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday claimed that the BSP-SP alliance has left the BJP's top leadership ''sleepless'' and ''afraid'', due to which the party curses the coalition in all its meetings.

Even as politicians cutting across party lines condemned BJP legislator Sadhana Singh's offensive remarks against Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati for joining forces with former rival Samajwadi Party, a supporter of the Dalit leader went a step further on Monday. He declared that he wouldn't be averse to offering a ransom of Rs 50 lakh to whoever...

A lawmaker of the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh has drawn severe criticism from the opposition for offensive comments targeting BSP chief Mayawati who, she said, "was a blot on womankind", accusing her of selling her dignity for power

Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) alliance in Uttar Pradesh does not "spell stability" and the Congress will spring a surprise in the state in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

As the alliance between Uttar Pradesh rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) gets to work for the national election ahead, the role of a new negotiator has emerged.

Once fierce rivals, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati today announced an alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the national elections that are expected to take place in about three months.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who is reportedly under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that is investigating over 20 cases of illegal mining, has suggested with a poetic tweet that he is not wary of a probe against him.

Any Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party tie-up for Lok Sabha elections will only be a "limited period" partnership between two "opportunist" individuals to remain politically relevant and not an alliance of two parties, according to Union Minister Anupriya Patel.

BJP President Amit Shah on Friday admitted that an alliance between the BSP and SP in Uttar Pradesh will be a challenge for the BJP in 2019 but asserted that the BJP will defeat the Congress either in Amethi or Rae Bareli.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that any tie-up between the SP and the BSP to counter the BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls cannot be dubbed as an alliance, as it would be jut a "compromise for power".

After profusely thanking Mayawati for her party's support in the Uttar Pradesh by-elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav drove on Wednesday to the BSP leader's residence in Lucknow and expressed his gratitude to her.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati expressed her condolences after Samajwadi Party founder and arch-rival Mulayam Singh Yadav breathed his last this morning.

The key battle of course will be fought in Central and Eastern UP, where the BJP+ in 2014 swept 50 of the 54 seats but faces the challenge of the BSP-SP alliance and, separately, the Congress in an area where the opposition parties are stronger.

Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal has been incorporated in the alliance between Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh for the general elections, due by May.

Days after Mulayam Yadav left the Samajwadi Party red-faced by questioning its move to ally with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, his son - party chief Akhilesh Yadav - today told news agency PTI that the political decision was taken to ensure the party patriarch's "record" victory from whichever seat he may ...

BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday claimed that the BSP-SP alliance has left the BJP's top leadership ''sleepless'' and ''afraid'', due to which the party curses the coalition in all its meetings.

Even as politicians cutting across party lines condemned BJP legislator Sadhana Singh's offensive remarks against Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati for joining forces with former rival Samajwadi Party, a supporter of the Dalit leader went a step further on Monday. He declared that he wouldn't be averse to offering a ransom of Rs 50 lakh to whoever...

A lawmaker of the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh has drawn severe criticism from the opposition for offensive comments targeting BSP chief Mayawati who, she said, "was a blot on womankind", accusing her of selling her dignity for power

Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) alliance in Uttar Pradesh does not "spell stability" and the Congress will spring a surprise in the state in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

As the alliance between Uttar Pradesh rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) gets to work for the national election ahead, the role of a new negotiator has emerged.

Once fierce rivals, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati today announced an alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the national elections that are expected to take place in about three months.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who is reportedly under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that is investigating over 20 cases of illegal mining, has suggested with a poetic tweet that he is not wary of a probe against him.

Any Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party tie-up for Lok Sabha elections will only be a "limited period" partnership between two "opportunist" individuals to remain politically relevant and not an alliance of two parties, according to Union Minister Anupriya Patel.

BJP President Amit Shah on Friday admitted that an alliance between the BSP and SP in Uttar Pradesh will be a challenge for the BJP in 2019 but asserted that the BJP will defeat the Congress either in Amethi or Rae Bareli.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that any tie-up between the SP and the BSP to counter the BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls cannot be dubbed as an alliance, as it would be jut a "compromise for power".

After profusely thanking Mayawati for her party's support in the Uttar Pradesh by-elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav drove on Wednesday to the BSP leader's residence in Lucknow and expressed his gratitude to her.