Cycle Symbol Fight

It was last weekend that Prateek Yadav flashed his blue Lamborghini in the streets of Lucknow, appropriating some of the media attention that was fixed on the epic fight for power between his father, Mulayam Singh, and step-brother, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The two politicians were then wrestling for rights to use their Samajwadi Party name a...

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."

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...

Atiq Ahmed can frequently be seen posing in front of his white Hummer in Lucknow. The car, reportedly worth about 70 lakhs, has a poster of the politician and his name. In the front, it carries a miniature version of his party's flag. "I must say I am not in the Samajwadi Party because of any compulsions. It's just that I love the ideology of the...

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...

When Akhilesh Yadav, then only 39 years old, won Uttar Pradesh in 2012 to become the country's youngest Chief Minister, his victory was powered by his free-wheeling campaign, promising jobs, education and development, all while mounted on a cycle, which is the Samajwadi Party's symbol.

It was last weekend that Prateek Yadav flashed his blue Lamborghini in the streets of Lucknow, appropriating some of the media attention that was fixed on the epic fight for power between his father, Mulayam Singh, and step-brother, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The two politicians were then wrestling for rights to use their Samajwadi Party name a...

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."

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...

Atiq Ahmed can frequently be seen posing in front of his white Hummer in Lucknow. The car, reportedly worth about 70 lakhs, has a poster of the politician and his name. In the front, it carries a miniature version of his party's flag. "I must say I am not in the Samajwadi Party because of any compulsions. It's just that I love the ideology of the...

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...

When Akhilesh Yadav, then only 39 years old, won Uttar Pradesh in 2012 to become the country's youngest Chief Minister, his victory was powered by his free-wheeling campaign, promising jobs, education and development, all while mounted on a cycle, which is the Samajwadi Party's symbol.