Naresh Agarwal Samajwadi Party

Game on, the BJP signalled on Monday by fielding 11 candidates for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh up for grabs in elections later this month. Not only has the party forced a contest in an election that has seen the opposition close ranks against it, the move can potentially disrupt their best laid plans.

Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal provoked a controversy today with his comments on Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian man on death row in Pakistan, at a time there is widespread anger over the way his family was treated in Islamabad.

Rajya Sabha member and senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Naresh Agarwal today targeted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the 'anti-Romeo' squads set up by the government, saying the monk-politician would not know what love is.

Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal said the RBI had at at a recent meeting stated that 12 biggest loan defaults accounted for 25 per cent of the total bad debt in the country.

Activists of the BJP's youth wing today blackened the nameplate outside the residence of Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agarwal over his "derogatory" remark against Hindu gods.

Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal had the government benches in the Rajya Sabha up in angry protest today when he referred to Hindu Gods in comments that have been expunged or removed from records. The Upper House of Parliament had to be adjourned amid loud protests.

Weeks after gaining control of Samajwadi Party from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav has engineered the relocation of the party patriarch's loyalists Amar Singh and Beni Prasad Verma in the Rajya Sabha to the last row, inferring a downgrade of their status in the House.

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal today refuted speculations about him joining BJP, alleging that the party was spreading "rumours" for the fear of losing voters among the traders.

Proof that a day or two is an eternity in politics: till 48 hours ago, top Congress leaders and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav both proclaimed that a partnership for Uttar Pradesh was confirmed and minor fixes remained. A case of Really, Not Really, as it turns out. Today, Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal said in Delhi, "The tal...

Akhilesh Yadav will be Samajwadi Party's chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal said today amid a turf war in Mulayam Singh Yadav's family.

Delhi Assembly elections will be the first nail in the coffin of BJP and Uttar Pradesh will put the last one, a senior Samajwadi Party leader said today.

Accusing the police of harassment, the woman who took on a group of attackers single handedly on a busy street in Meerut, said on Sunday that the cops were dilly-dallying in acting against the accused and threatened to commit suicide if she does not get justice.

Sachin Tendulkar has applied for leave to remain absent from the Rajya Sabha from July 7, when the Budget session began, to August 14, when it ends.

The BJP today slammed a Samajwadi Party leader who, in an apparent dig at its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, said on Wednesday that a person who used to sell tea cannot have a national perspective.

Narendra Modi will be delighted at being handed fresh material today for his next election speech. Not by the Congress, but by the Samajwadi Party's Naresh Aggarwal, who said today, "a tea seller cannot become the country's Prime Minister."

Game on, the BJP signalled on Monday by fielding 11 candidates for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh up for grabs in elections later this month. Not only has the party forced a contest in an election that has seen the opposition close ranks against it, the move can potentially disrupt their best laid plans.

Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal provoked a controversy today with his comments on Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian man on death row in Pakistan, at a time there is widespread anger over the way his family was treated in Islamabad.

Rajya Sabha member and senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Naresh Agarwal today targeted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the 'anti-Romeo' squads set up by the government, saying the monk-politician would not know what love is.

Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal said the RBI had at at a recent meeting stated that 12 biggest loan defaults accounted for 25 per cent of the total bad debt in the country.

Activists of the BJP's youth wing today blackened the nameplate outside the residence of Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agarwal over his "derogatory" remark against Hindu gods.

Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal had the government benches in the Rajya Sabha up in angry protest today when he referred to Hindu Gods in comments that have been expunged or removed from records. The Upper House of Parliament had to be adjourned amid loud protests.

Weeks after gaining control of Samajwadi Party from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav has engineered the relocation of the party patriarch's loyalists Amar Singh and Beni Prasad Verma in the Rajya Sabha to the last row, inferring a downgrade of their status in the House.

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal today refuted speculations about him joining BJP, alleging that the party was spreading "rumours" for the fear of losing voters among the traders.

Proof that a day or two is an eternity in politics: till 48 hours ago, top Congress leaders and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav both proclaimed that a partnership for Uttar Pradesh was confirmed and minor fixes remained. A case of Really, Not Really, as it turns out. Today, Samajwadi Party lawmaker Naresh Agarwal said in Delhi, "The tal...

Akhilesh Yadav will be Samajwadi Party's chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal said today amid a turf war in Mulayam Singh Yadav's family.

Delhi Assembly elections will be the first nail in the coffin of BJP and Uttar Pradesh will put the last one, a senior Samajwadi Party leader said today.

Accusing the police of harassment, the woman who took on a group of attackers single handedly on a busy street in Meerut, said on Sunday that the cops were dilly-dallying in acting against the accused and threatened to commit suicide if she does not get justice.

Sachin Tendulkar has applied for leave to remain absent from the Rajya Sabha from July 7, when the Budget session began, to August 14, when it ends.

The BJP today slammed a Samajwadi Party leader who, in an apparent dig at its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, said on Wednesday that a person who used to sell tea cannot have a national perspective.

Narendra Modi will be delighted at being handed fresh material today for his next election speech. Not by the Congress, but by the Samajwadi Party's Naresh Aggarwal, who said today, "a tea seller cannot become the country's Prime Minister."