Upa Samajwadi Party

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  Rajya Sabha Member Amar Singh Dies At 64

  Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has died after battling an illness. He was 64. He had gone to a hospital in Singapore in March for surgery in a kidney-related illness.

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  On PM's Congress-Samajwadi "Games" Allegations, Mayawati's Unity Message

  Mayawati today countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that Congress and the Samajwadi Party were using her, with a strong message of unity. The Congress, who had been kept out of the Uttar Pradesh alliance, mainly because of her reservations, will get every alliance vote in Amethi and Raebareli, she said. The alliance is not contesting the...

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  Amit Shah Says BJP Will 'Uproot' Samajwadi Party, BSP From Uttar Pradesh

  Drawing a contrast between "scam-tainted" UPA government and "unblemished" NDA-led Centre, which completed two years in office, BJP chief Amit Shah today said the party will "uproot" the Samajwadi Party and BSP from Uttar Pradesh in the 2017 Assembly polls.

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  PM Modi Government 'Disappointing', Bad Days for People: Mayawati

  Charging Narendra Modi government with following UPA's footsteps, BSP surpemo Mayawati today said one year of NDA rule was "disappointing" as people experienced "bad days".

• Opinion: Mulayam, Akhilesh And UP's Descent Into Chaos

  Reflecting on Uttar Pradesh (UP), it is tempting to borrow the title of Ahmed Rashid's 2008 book "Descent into Chaos". A murder a day, an egregious crime a week, BJP politicians being picked out and killed, policemen targeted and murdered by criminals with astonishing brazenness - UP has become a byword for lawlessness. It was not as if India's mos...

• Nitish Kumar, Mulayam Singh Yadav in 11-party front to battle Congress, BJP in Lok Sabha polls

  11 parties today decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections together to provide an alternative to the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA.

• Parties demand Rs 5,000 crore as Phailin assistance to Odisha

  Nine political parties, including the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), today demanded the Centre to immediately release Rs 5,000 crore for rehabilitation and restoration after Cyclone Phailin.

• Rahul Gandhi in Muzaffarnagar, Sonia meets Jat leaders: Congress in election mode?

  In what seemed like a perfect balancing act, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's early morning visit on Sunday to the camps of riot victims of Muzzafarnagar coincided with a Jat delegation calling on party president Sonia Gandhi to thank her for UPA's decision to recommended reservation for jats.

• Lokpal Bill faces Monday test as Samajwadi Party warns government

  The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, for which Anna Hazare is fasting in Maharashtra, will be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Samajwadi Party, which opposes the bill, repeatedly disrupted house today and threatened to support a no-confidence motion on Telangana if the government pushed the Lokpal Bill.

• Winter session of Parliament: 12 days, aggressive opposition, troublesome allies

  The 12 days of the winter session of parliament promise some heat, with main opposition party, the BJP making it clear at an all-party meeting on Monday that it will attack the government on a number of issues.

• Parliament's winter session: BJP demands discussion on serial blasts at Narendra Modi's Patna rally

  The monsoons may well be over but the UPA government could face a stormy winter session of Parliament that begins on Thursday.

• Delhi: Government allows Mayawati to retain five bungalows in city's VIP zone

  The UPA government has allowed Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief Mayawati to retain five sprawling bungalows in the Lutyen's zone in the capital, the most high security address in the country that houses top ministers and officials.

• Mulayam Singh Yadav's party disagrees with government's u-turn on ordinance

  The government today withdrew a controversial ordinance to protect convicted law-makers, a decision driven largely by its vice-president Rahul Gandhi. An important ally, the Samajwadi Party, said it disagrees with the change in policy.

• Congress ready with Food Bill, but BJP wants PM statement on missing coal files first

  Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to make a rare speech in Parliament if the UPA's Food Security Bill is debated in Parliament today, hours before she formally rolls out the landmark scheme in three Congress-ruled states, Delhi, Haryana and Uttarakhand.

• Food Security Bill introduced amid protests over killing of Indian soldiers by Pakistanis

  The UPA government introduced the Food Security Bill in Parliament Wednesday amid slogan shouting and protests by the Opposition over the killing of five Indians by Pakistanis on Tuesday morning.