Samajwadi Party Split

The Samajwadi Party will join the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', party boss Akhilesh Yadav said Thursday afternoon, a day after the two agreed a 63-17 split of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha seats.

The Bahujan Samaj Party giving 11 out of 17 nominations to Muslim candidates for the election to mayoral posts in Uttar Pradesh is seen as a move to split the Samajwadi Party's traditional Muslim-Yadav vote bank.

The key factors of caste and religion are likely to have a multiplier effect in Uttar Pradesh, with a divided opposition ranged against the ruling BJP, indicates data from last elections. It is very likely that a split in these votes may play into the hands of the BJP.

Akhilesh Yadav's estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav came face-to-face with cousin Ramgopal Yadav, a day after announcing a "Samajwadi Secular Morcha", which revived speculation of a split,. In the fleeting moment, Shivpal Yadav touched Ramgopal Yadav's feet, and provided interesting visuals for TV cameras. The two are on opposite sides of the Yadav fami...

Newly re-elected President of the Samajwadi Party and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday drove to his father Mulayam Singh Yadav's house and was closeted with him for about an hour, raising hopes of a possible patch-up between the two.

In a crucial turn of events in the battle for supremacy in the Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav is likely to announce a new outfit tomorrow along with virtually defunct Lok Dal, and retain the 'samajwadi' tag in its name, sources in the two parties have indicated.

Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and the Congress announced their tie-up ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections 2017 at a joint press conference last evening in Lucknow. The announcement came after the two sides reached an understanding regarding seat division yesterday. Sources in the Congress had said the parties have split the difference to agree ...

No sooner had Mulayam Singh Yadav left the Samajwadi Party office in Lucknow this morning after addressing party workers that a brand new name plate appeared right under the one that announces him as "Party President". The second nameplate says, "Akhilesh Yadav, Party President".

As the Samajwadi Party awaits the Election Commission's verdict on who will get the party's "cycle" symbol to contest the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections, a resigned Mulayam Singh Yadav indicated that a split is inevitable with attempts to build a compromise with son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav coming to naught. "Akhilesh came t...

The Election Commission is likely to give today an interim order on the dispute in the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, with the option of freezing the symbol 'cycle' most likely to be exercised.

With less than a month to go for Uttar Pradesh elections, Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP chief Mayawati's birthday was a low key affair. There was no call for donations, no cake cutting - just an hour speech by her at a press conference in Lucknow. The code of conduct is in place in the state where the elections will be held next month.

As he headed to Delhi from Lucknow, Mulayam Singh Yadav today said he did not want his party to split and also vowed to "try and save the cycle" in an emotional speech that had people guessing what the Samajwadi Party patriarch's next move will be. Many gathered at the party's Lucknow office said they still hope it means a truce between Mulayam Sin...

The wearying battle between Mulayam Singh and his son, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, is not resolved despite a morning meeting between the competing power centres in the Samajwadi Party.

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and estranged father Mulayam Yadav met this morning in Lucknow as part of attempts at burying their differences - or at least compute a workable solution that would prevent their Samajwadi Party from splitting ahead of the election that begins next month.

What started out as an exercise by Akhilesh Yadav to politically stretch his legs has come dangerously close to ending with him creating a party of his own in competition with father Mulayam Singh.

The Samajwadi Party will join the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', party boss Akhilesh Yadav said Thursday afternoon, a day after the two agreed a 63-17 split of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha seats.

The Bahujan Samaj Party giving 11 out of 17 nominations to Muslim candidates for the election to mayoral posts in Uttar Pradesh is seen as a move to split the Samajwadi Party's traditional Muslim-Yadav vote bank.

The key factors of caste and religion are likely to have a multiplier effect in Uttar Pradesh, with a divided opposition ranged against the ruling BJP, indicates data from last elections. It is very likely that a split in these votes may play into the hands of the BJP.

Akhilesh Yadav's estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav came face-to-face with cousin Ramgopal Yadav, a day after announcing a "Samajwadi Secular Morcha", which revived speculation of a split,. In the fleeting moment, Shivpal Yadav touched Ramgopal Yadav's feet, and provided interesting visuals for TV cameras. The two are on opposite sides of the Yadav fami...

Newly re-elected President of the Samajwadi Party and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday drove to his father Mulayam Singh Yadav's house and was closeted with him for about an hour, raising hopes of a possible patch-up between the two.

In a crucial turn of events in the battle for supremacy in the Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav is likely to announce a new outfit tomorrow along with virtually defunct Lok Dal, and retain the 'samajwadi' tag in its name, sources in the two parties have indicated.

Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and the Congress announced their tie-up ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections 2017 at a joint press conference last evening in Lucknow. The announcement came after the two sides reached an understanding regarding seat division yesterday. Sources in the Congress had said the parties have split the difference to agree ...

No sooner had Mulayam Singh Yadav left the Samajwadi Party office in Lucknow this morning after addressing party workers that a brand new name plate appeared right under the one that announces him as "Party President". The second nameplate says, "Akhilesh Yadav, Party President".

As the Samajwadi Party awaits the Election Commission's verdict on who will get the party's "cycle" symbol to contest the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections, a resigned Mulayam Singh Yadav indicated that a split is inevitable with attempts to build a compromise with son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav coming to naught. "Akhilesh came t...

The Election Commission is likely to give today an interim order on the dispute in the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, with the option of freezing the symbol 'cycle' most likely to be exercised.

With less than a month to go for Uttar Pradesh elections, Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP chief Mayawati's birthday was a low key affair. There was no call for donations, no cake cutting - just an hour speech by her at a press conference in Lucknow. The code of conduct is in place in the state where the elections will be held next month.

As he headed to Delhi from Lucknow, Mulayam Singh Yadav today said he did not want his party to split and also vowed to "try and save the cycle" in an emotional speech that had people guessing what the Samajwadi Party patriarch's next move will be. Many gathered at the party's Lucknow office said they still hope it means a truce between Mulayam Sin...

The wearying battle between Mulayam Singh and his son, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, is not resolved despite a morning meeting between the competing power centres in the Samajwadi Party.

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and estranged father Mulayam Yadav met this morning in Lucknow as part of attempts at burying their differences - or at least compute a workable solution that would prevent their Samajwadi Party from splitting ahead of the election that begins next month.

What started out as an exercise by Akhilesh Yadav to politically stretch his legs has come dangerously close to ending with him creating a party of his own in competition with father Mulayam Singh.