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Samajwadi Party President and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav (Photo: PTI)

SP-BSP tieup in UP was a ‘trial’, claims Akhilesh Yadav

The Rashtriya Lok Dal’s UP president, Mr Masood Ahmad, however, expressed the hope that the “Mahagathbandhan” would remain intact.

06 Jun 2019 12:30 AM

‘I studied engineering in Mysore. As a science student, I know that all experiments do not always succeed. But still we give it a trial and learn what is lacking,’ said Akhilesh while talking to reporters in Lucknow. (Photo: ANI)

SP-BSP alliance failed, but my respect for Mayawati remains intact: Akhilesh

SP had got 5 seats, while BSP got 10 taking 'mahagathbandhan' tally to a dismal 15, far behind BJP's 62 Lok Sabha seats in UP.

05 Jun 2019 1:45 PM

Yadav's Samajwadi party fared poorly in the Lok Sabha elections despite fighting in alliance with Mayawati's BSP and Ajit Chaudhary's RLD. (Photo: ANI)

‘2019 was race between Ferrari and cycle,’ says Akhilesh Yadav

‘Who used to be on television every day? Who owned the television? They played with and infiltrated our minds,’ Akhilesh said.

03 Jun 2019 5:23 PM

The result of the exit poll projections might have been the agneda behind the meeting held between the two leaders. (Photo: ANI)

Akhilesh, Mayawati meet day after exit poll projections

Exit polls projections have placed BJP at the top in UP and followed by the SP-BSP alliance.

20 May 2019 1:06 PM

'These people betrayed you and came to power. He came to power by becoming a 'chaiwala' (tea seller). Now you know what is the taste of the tea?' Yadav said while addressing a rally. (Photo: File)

Will leave no stone unturned to build a 'new India': Akhilesh Yadav

Accusing BJP of coming to power by spreading lies and hatred, Yadav said there is a need to remove 'chowkidar' and 'thokidar'.

13 May 2019 5:05 PM

'What will be their strategy to deal with terrorism, Naamdar, Behen ji and Babuaji will not speak anything about this,' PM Modi said. (Photo: File)

SP-BSP hugging each other to save themselves: PM Modi

PM Modi emphasised that the leaders of SP and BSP do not tell people what their policy for the nation is.

11 May 2019 6:16 PM

'BJP, Congress has started talking absurd about the SP-BSP alliance;' Mayawati said. (Photo: File)

Congress, BJP acting against SP-BSP alliance: Mayawati

Congress President Rahul Gandi had alleged that control of Mayawati and Akhilesh was in hands of PM Narendra Modi.

02 May 2019 1:04 PM

Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi (Photo: PTI)

SP, BSP stitch alliance for Maha Lok Sabha seats

SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi made alliance announcement on Tuesday, saying it would provide an alternative to people in state.

20 Mar 2019 4:51 AM

"Earlier too she had campaigned for the Congress. This time also it will make no difference (to the BJP)," Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told PTI (Photo: ANI)

Priyanka will make no difference to BJP's poll prospects in UP: Yogi Adityanath

Adityanath also claimed that the

16 Mar 2019 3:10 PM

RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary, Our workers will work hard to ensure the victory of the alliance on all seats in the state. (Photo: ANI)

RLD joins SP-BSP alliance in UP, will contest 3 Lok Sabha seats

RLD, which has a considerable support base in western Uttar Pradesh, is likely to contest Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar, and Mathura.

05 Mar 2019 6:13 PM

The grand roadshow is likely to and pass through places such as Hussainganj and Hazratganj before culminating at the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee office. (Photo: INC Congress)

Congress started in UP and it cannot stay weak here: Rahul at the end of roadshow

Priyanka’s entry into active politics is likely to pose fresh challenges to the ruling BJP that has won 71 of the 80 seats in UP.

11 Feb 2019 11:18 AM

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav (Photo: PTI)

BJP worried after SP-BSP alliance, says Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav also sought to give a reply to the BJP questioning the Opposition parties about their prime ministerial candidate.

20 Jan 2019 5:19 AM

He, however, ducked the question as to who would be his choice as the next prime minister. (Photo: File)

Alliance with BSP, RLD final; seat-sharing no problem: Akhilesh Yadav

'Uttar Pradesh has always acted as a catalyst for change. This time, the people of the state will change the prime minister,' Yadav said.

18 Jan 2019 12:06 PM

Asked about the party's strategy for the polls this time, JP Nadda said, 'Strategy is not meant to be disclosed and will be unveiled at the battleground only.' (Photo: ANI)

'Will win 74, one more than last time in UP’: BJP dismisses SP-BSP tie-up

Union Minister JP Nadda said elections are not Physics but Chemistry with the voters.

16 Jan 2019 7:18 PM

Om Prakash Rajbhar, a minister in the Yogi Adityanath-led government in the state, has been vocal about implementing an expert group recommendation on sub-categorisation of the 27 per cent OBC quota into three categories to benefit the most backward castes. (Photo: File)

'Can go into Grand Alliance': BJP ally's threat over quota demand

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party's Arvind Rajbhar said the coming together of arch-rivals SP and BSP in UP had posed 'big challenge' for BJP.

15 Jan 2019 8:31 AM

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav met BSP supremo Mayawati at her residence in Lucknow on Sunday. (Photo: Twitter | @yadavtejashwi)

'BJP will be whitewashed': Tejashwi Yadav after meeting Mayawati

'Laluji wanted grand alliance in Uttar Pradesh and Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav to contest election together,' Tejashwi said.

14 Jan 2019 9:06 AM

Congress on Sunday declared it will contest all the 80 Lok Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh on its own. (Photo: File | Twitter | @INCIndia)

Left out of SP-BSP alliance, Congress to contest all 80 LS seats in UP

However, Congress said if any secular party is willing to go with it, then it will be accommodated.

13 Jan 2019 3:34 PM

Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia (PSP-L) president Shivpal Singh Yadav parted ways with Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) last year. (Photo: File: ANI)

‘It is incomplete without my party’: Shivpal Yadav on SP-BSP alliance

'This alliance is incomplete without PSP-L. Only a secular front can defeat the BJP,' said Shivpal Yadav.

13 Jan 2019 1:05 PM

'BSP and SP have made a political decision. It's on us on how to strengthen the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh and we will fight with our full capacity,' Rahul Gandhi said. (Photo: ANI)

'Will fight polls in UP with full capacity': Rahul after SP-BSP alliance

Gandhi said he has 'tremendous respect' for leaders of the 2 parties and 'they have a right to do what they want to do'.

13 Jan 2019 10:50 AM

‘Elections are not about mathematics but chemistry,’ Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also said. (Photo: ANI | File)

SP, BSP came together for their survival, they cannot take on Modi alone: BJP

BJP have also rejected claims that the SP, BSP alliance would drastically affect the results in the general elections this year.

12 Jan 2019 2:11 PM

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