Cycle Poll Symbol

Days after a court convicted 49 people for the Ahmedabad serial blasts, PM Narendra Modi said he had vowed to punish the perpetrators even if they took refuge in "paatal"

The Congress has become "a sinking boat" and bicycle, the poll symbol of the Samajwadi Party, has got "punctured", senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan claimed on Satruday.

In the midst of a major winning streak in the fight for power with his father, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav told NDTV today that "No victory which sees my father put down is a matter of happiness... but this fight was necessary."

What next for Mulayam Singh Yadav, the 77-year-old founder of the Samajwadi Party, is the most asked question since his son Akhilesh Yadav was granted the "cycle" symbol and was recognised as the leader of the party by the Election Commission this evening. Cries of 'Jai Akhilesh' filled the air as workers celebrated outside the party's Lucknow offi...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, recognised as the leader of the Samajwadi Party and granted its cycle symbol by the Election Commission today, will now swiftly move to finalise candidates in the next two days for the Uttar Pradesh elections, a senior leaders of the party said. He is also expected to announce a Bihar-style "Grand Allian...

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 announcement of a Bihar-style "Grand Alliance" that will bring young politicians Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi together for the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections will happen as soon as the Election Commission decides on which faction in the Samajwadi Party will get its cycle symbol. That verdict could come today; the poll panel heard the two si...

Congress leader and renowned lawyer Kapil Sibal told the Election Commission on Friday afternoon why the Samajwadi Party's cycle symbol must be allotted to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and not his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, who launched the party 25 years ago. After a break for lunch, an equally heavy-weight legal team will argue be...

Mulayam Singh Yadav has reached the office of the Election Commission in Delhi to personally explain why he should be granted the Samajwadi Party's "cycle" symbol for next month's Uttar Pradesh elections. He has been challenged for both the symbol and the post of Samajwadi Party president by his son and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who claims ...

When Mulayam Singh and son Akhilesh Yadav's teams meet the Election Commission on Friday to make competing claims for the Samajwadi Party's cycle symbol, at least one side will have a Plan B ready. Sources say Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will ask for the motorcycle symbol if he is not allotted the cycle, which has been the election ...

A day before his faction is expected to meet Election Commission officials over the claim for the party symbol, the cycle, Mulayam Singh Yadav claimed he remains the chief of the Samajwadi Party and his brother Shivpal is its state president.

Akhilesh Yadav has over 200 lawmakers on his side, his supporters said today after a meeting in which the Chief Minister reportedly told them that in the massive fight for control of the Samajwadi Party, the party's "cycle" symbol will be theirs. Akhilesh Yadav's father Mulayam Singh Yadav pressed on with his own efforts to assert his claim over th...

With only a month to go before the assembly elections are held in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission has said it would take a quick decision on the most contentious question in the state: Who will ride the Samajwadi Party cycle, Akhilesh Yadav or his father Mulayam Singh.

Mulayam Singh Yadav, shared a car with his brother Shivpal Yadav and close friend Amar Singh, as he travelled to the Election Commission's office in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle" symbol of the Samajwadi Party that he founded 25 years ago. His son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has sent aides to the Election Commission to make the same clai...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a jibe at the Samajwadi Party, saying "the cycle (Samajwadi Party's poll symbol), voted to power by the people, was not moving".

Days after a court convicted 49 people for the Ahmedabad serial blasts, PM Narendra Modi said he had vowed to punish the perpetrators even if they took refuge in "paatal"

The Congress has become "a sinking boat" and bicycle, the poll symbol of the Samajwadi Party, has got "punctured", senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan claimed on Satruday.

In the midst of a major winning streak in the fight for power with his father, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav told NDTV today that "No victory which sees my father put down is a matter of happiness... but this fight was necessary."

What next for Mulayam Singh Yadav, the 77-year-old founder of the Samajwadi Party, is the most asked question since his son Akhilesh Yadav was granted the "cycle" symbol and was recognised as the leader of the party by the Election Commission this evening. Cries of 'Jai Akhilesh' filled the air as workers celebrated outside the party's Lucknow offi...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, recognised as the leader of the Samajwadi Party and granted its cycle symbol by the Election Commission today, will now swiftly move to finalise candidates in the next two days for the Uttar Pradesh elections, a senior leaders of the party said. He is also expected to announce a Bihar-style "Grand Allian...

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 announcement of a Bihar-style "Grand Alliance" that will bring young politicians Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi together for the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections will happen as soon as the Election Commission decides on which faction in the Samajwadi Party will get its cycle symbol. That verdict could come today; the poll panel heard the two si...

Congress leader and renowned lawyer Kapil Sibal told the Election Commission on Friday afternoon why the Samajwadi Party's cycle symbol must be allotted to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and not his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, who launched the party 25 years ago. After a break for lunch, an equally heavy-weight legal team will argue be...

Mulayam Singh Yadav has reached the office of the Election Commission in Delhi to personally explain why he should be granted the Samajwadi Party's "cycle" symbol for next month's Uttar Pradesh elections. He has been challenged for both the symbol and the post of Samajwadi Party president by his son and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who claims ...

When Mulayam Singh and son Akhilesh Yadav's teams meet the Election Commission on Friday to make competing claims for the Samajwadi Party's cycle symbol, at least one side will have a Plan B ready. Sources say Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will ask for the motorcycle symbol if he is not allotted the cycle, which has been the election ...

A day before his faction is expected to meet Election Commission officials over the claim for the party symbol, the cycle, Mulayam Singh Yadav claimed he remains the chief of the Samajwadi Party and his brother Shivpal is its state president.

Akhilesh Yadav has over 200 lawmakers on his side, his supporters said today after a meeting in which the Chief Minister reportedly told them that in the massive fight for control of the Samajwadi Party, the party's "cycle" symbol will be theirs. Akhilesh Yadav's father Mulayam Singh Yadav pressed on with his own efforts to assert his claim over th...

With only a month to go before the assembly elections are held in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission has said it would take a quick decision on the most contentious question in the state: Who will ride the Samajwadi Party cycle, Akhilesh Yadav or his father Mulayam Singh.

Mulayam Singh Yadav, shared a car with his brother Shivpal Yadav and close friend Amar Singh, as he travelled to the Election Commission's office in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle" symbol of the Samajwadi Party that he founded 25 years ago. His son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has sent aides to the Election Commission to make the same clai...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a jibe at the Samajwadi Party, saying "the cycle (Samajwadi Party's poll symbol), voted to power by the people, was not moving".