Samajwadi Party Rift

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has denied any fallout with party chief Akhilesh Yadav amid speculation of a rift between the two.

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan skipped Uttar Pradesh Assembly proceedings for the second day in a row on Tuesday amid growing speculation of a rift between him and party president Akhilesh Yadav.

The rift between Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav was evident at a wedding as the two leaders came face to face but did not talk to each other.

Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh on Wednesday took a swipe at the Opposition, saying the Samajwadi Party creates a rift between Hindus and Muslims while the Congress works like a "trust".

Signalling a rapprochement, Samajwadi Party national general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav celebrated the former's birthday together in Etawah yesterday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur today. Campaigning for elections in UP has entered the fourth phase. The state, which is India's largest in terms of population and fourth in terms of area, is voting in 7 stages. Attempting to have a greater connect with the people, PM Modi, in one of his previous public ra...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that despite being born in Gujarat, he had chosen Uttar Pradesh as his land of vocation. He said he was inspired by Lord Krishna who was born in Uttar Pradesh but made Gujarat his "karma bhoomi". The Prime Minister said he was an adopted son of Uttar Pradesh and vowed not to ditch the people of the stat...

Mulayam Singh Yadav, accompanied by brother Shivpal Yadav and close aide Amar Singh, met with the Election Commission in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle," the symbol of the Samajwadi Party that he founded 25 years ago. "There is no dispute with Akhilesh", said the party patriarch, who has been challenged by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis...

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh has been accorded 'Z' category security cover of central paramilitary commandos by the Union government due to threat perception following "recent activities".

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has been expelled from the Samajwadi Party for six years by his father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Mulayam Singh had earlier issued a show cause notice asking his son why disciplinary action should not be taken against him after he released a parallel list of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elec...

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...

1.8 crore children who eat mid-day meals in Uttar Pradesh's government-run schools will each get a steel thaali (plate) and a glass, with big photos on them of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

The rift in the Samajwadi Party showed no signs of ending with state unit chief Shivpal Yadav today expelling minister Tej Narain Pandey, who has been in the party for six years. Tej Narain Pandey, who is also known as Pawan Pandey, is considered close to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has said Akhilesh Yadav is a fantastic chief minister, but needs time to become a mass leader. Mr Singh has also rejected Mr Yadav's allegation that he is trying to destroy their 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.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has denied any fallout with party chief Akhilesh Yadav amid speculation of a rift between the two.

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan skipped Uttar Pradesh Assembly proceedings for the second day in a row on Tuesday amid growing speculation of a rift between him and party president Akhilesh Yadav.

The rift between Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav was evident at a wedding as the two leaders came face to face but did not talk to each other.

Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh on Wednesday took a swipe at the Opposition, saying the Samajwadi Party creates a rift between Hindus and Muslims while the Congress works like a "trust".

Signalling a rapprochement, Samajwadi Party national general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav celebrated the former's birthday together in Etawah yesterday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur today. Campaigning for elections in UP has entered the fourth phase. The state, which is India's largest in terms of population and fourth in terms of area, is voting in 7 stages. Attempting to have a greater connect with the people, PM Modi, in one of his previous public ra...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that despite being born in Gujarat, he had chosen Uttar Pradesh as his land of vocation. He said he was inspired by Lord Krishna who was born in Uttar Pradesh but made Gujarat his "karma bhoomi". The Prime Minister said he was an adopted son of Uttar Pradesh and vowed not to ditch the people of the stat...

Mulayam Singh Yadav, accompanied by brother Shivpal Yadav and close aide Amar Singh, met with the Election Commission in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle," the symbol of the Samajwadi Party that he founded 25 years ago. "There is no dispute with Akhilesh", said the party patriarch, who has been challenged by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis...

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh has been accorded 'Z' category security cover of central paramilitary commandos by the Union government due to threat perception following "recent activities".

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has been expelled from the Samajwadi Party for six years by his father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Mulayam Singh had earlier issued a show cause notice asking his son why disciplinary action should not be taken against him after he released a parallel list of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elec...

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...

1.8 crore children who eat mid-day meals in Uttar Pradesh's government-run schools will each get a steel thaali (plate) and a glass, with big photos on them of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

The rift in the Samajwadi Party showed no signs of ending with state unit chief Shivpal Yadav today expelling minister Tej Narain Pandey, who has been in the party for six years. Tej Narain Pandey, who is also known as Pawan Pandey, is considered close to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has said Akhilesh Yadav is a fantastic chief minister, but needs time to become a mass leader. Mr Singh has also rejected Mr Yadav's allegation that he is trying to destroy their 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.