Akhilesh Yadav Legislative Council

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged rigging in the UP Legislative Council polls as he accused the ruling BJP of the bid to weaken democratic institutions to retain power.

After their brief alliance in Uttar Pradesh flopped in last year's national election, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav are back to being fierce rivals. Mayawati has said she is even ready to vote for the BJP to defeat any candidate of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party in polls to the UP legislative council.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has constituted a 21-member committee, led by leader of opposition in the Legislative Council Ahmad Hasan, to probe "fake cases" registered against party MP Azam Khan in Rampur.

In the backdrop of three members of legislative council recently quitting the party and joining the BJP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today said those who wanted to go, should go without offering any excuse, so that he could ascertain who were with him in "bad times".

There is a shortage of over 7,000 doctors in Uttar Pradesh government hospitals and steps are being taken to fill up the vacancies, state Health minister Sidhartha Nath Singh told the Legislative Council on Thursday.

In a big boost to the ruling Samajwadi Party ahead of the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, it won 23 out of 28 local bodies seats of the state Legislative Council today, while BJP, a major contender to power, drew a blank.

Taking its probe to the doorsteps of former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today questioned his cousin and Member of State Legislative Council Akshay Pratap Singh in connection with the violence in Balipur village in which DSP Zia-ul-Haque was killed.

UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav is all set to make her political comeback. Today she will file her nomination for the Kannauj Lok Sabha by-polls. The parliamentary constituency fell vacant after Mr Yadav resigned from the Lok Sabha after he was sworn in as a member of the UP Legislative Council after becoming the Chief Ministe...

Ten newly-elected members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, including Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, took oath in Lucknow on Monday. The new members were administered oath by Legislative Council Chairman Ganesh Shankar Pandey at a function held here.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged rigging in the UP Legislative Council polls as he accused the ruling BJP of the bid to weaken democratic institutions to retain power.

After their brief alliance in Uttar Pradesh flopped in last year's national election, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav are back to being fierce rivals. Mayawati has said she is even ready to vote for the BJP to defeat any candidate of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party in polls to the UP legislative council.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has constituted a 21-member committee, led by leader of opposition in the Legislative Council Ahmad Hasan, to probe "fake cases" registered against party MP Azam Khan in Rampur.

In the backdrop of three members of legislative council recently quitting the party and joining the BJP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today said those who wanted to go, should go without offering any excuse, so that he could ascertain who were with him in "bad times".

There is a shortage of over 7,000 doctors in Uttar Pradesh government hospitals and steps are being taken to fill up the vacancies, state Health minister Sidhartha Nath Singh told the Legislative Council on Thursday.

In a big boost to the ruling Samajwadi Party ahead of the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, it won 23 out of 28 local bodies seats of the state Legislative Council today, while BJP, a major contender to power, drew a blank.

Taking its probe to the doorsteps of former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today questioned his cousin and Member of State Legislative Council Akshay Pratap Singh in connection with the violence in Balipur village in which DSP Zia-ul-Haque was killed.

UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav is all set to make her political comeback. Today she will file her nomination for the Kannauj Lok Sabha by-polls. The parliamentary constituency fell vacant after Mr Yadav resigned from the Lok Sabha after he was sworn in as a member of the UP Legislative Council after becoming the Chief Ministe...

Ten newly-elected members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, including Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, took oath in Lucknow on Monday. The new members were administered oath by Legislative Council Chairman Ganesh Shankar Pandey at a function held here.