Mamata And Mulayam

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  Ask If People Want Rahul Gandhi As Prime Minister: Amit Shah To Workers

  BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday urged party workers to ask people whether they wanted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as prime minister, Mamata Banerjee as foreign minister and Mulayam Singh Yadav as defence minister.

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  Was Pressured Into Making Nitish Kumar CM, Lalu Yadav Says At Patna Rally

  At his grand anti-BJP rally in Patna, Lalu Yadav today vented ire on former ally Nitish Kumar, saying he had agreed to let Mr Kumar be the Chief Minister only after pressure from ally Sharad Yadav and Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh. On the dais with him was Sharad Yadav, and Akhilesh Yadav, the son of Mulayam Singh and former Chief Minist...

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  Blog: Small Guys Take on Big Boys in UK TV Debate

  Imagine if Vikram Chandra was hosting an episode of The Big Fight and the seven politicians taking part were: Sonia Gandhi, Narendra Modi, Mulayam Singh, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, Jayalalitha and Uddhav Thackeray? Now imagine, this is beamed LIVE to a national audience as they debated policy, personality and ultimately the possibility of each of t...

• Nitish Kumar, Mulayam Singh Yadav raise pitch for third front

  With the national elections just three months away, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav once again made a strong pitch for a 'third front' on Saturday.

• Jagan Reddy meets Mamata Banerjee, wins 'Didi's' support against Telangana

  YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy today met Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata and sought her support in his campaign against the division of Andhra Pradesh for a separate Telangana state.

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  Govt wins FDI vote in Lok Sabha with Mulayam, Mayawati's help

  After two days of stormy debate, lawmakers in the Lok Sabha voted in favour of the government's big policy decision to open up the country's highly-protected retail industry to foreign chains such as Walmart. 471 of the Lok Sabha's 545 members voted; 253 MPs voted against the BJP motion that challenged the policy and 218 voted for it.

• Big reforms again: Cabinet clears FDI in insurance, pension

  In a second round of bold and politically contentious reforms, the Cabinet has cleared proposals to allow more Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in the insurance and pension sectors.

• Post-Mamata Banerjee, government says it will focus on less-controversial reforms

  Tonight at 8, the PM will explain on television the economic measures for which he has staked his government, which is now in a minority. Sources say he will point out that the reforms are crucial to jumpstart the economy and to create employment. "Lots of distortion is going on...some misinformation campaign is going on," said V Narayanasamy, Mi...

• Mamata's ministers reach PM's house to submit resignations: Top 10 developments

  The Prime Minister's determination to "stay the course" and implement politically-risky reforms has hurtled his government into a minority.

• Bandh sees lead role for Mulayam, losses of 12,500 crores says industry

  Large parts of India where the Congress is not in power were hit today by a strike or bandh against the government's recent decisions to increase diesel prices, and allow Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail. Industry assocation CII says the strike causes losses of 12,500 crores because of the disruption in production and trade....

• FDI in retail: Mamata Banerjee-less UPA will need Mulayam Singh Yadav on its side, why he may oblige

  Mulayam Singh Yadav, crucial to the survival of the UPA government, is making the Congress squirm. He co-starred with Left leaders today in a massive protest in Delhi against the new reforms introduced by Dr Manmohan Singh. Like the Left and the BJP, the Samajwadi Party chief is also against opening India's vast retail sector to foreign super-chai...

• Bandh against Govt hits parts of India, Mamata Banerjee slams Left for Bengal strike

  In a rare show of unity, leaders from the Left and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came together today to denounce the decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail trade. At a protest rally organised by traders in the heart of the capital, BJP and Communist leaders lashed out at the government for what they said was a policy t...

• Why Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party may not dump the Congress after all

  Will a fear of Narendra Modi rising keep the Samajwadi Party from dumping the Congress? That and a need to ensure that his arch rival in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, does not get closer to power at the Centre is likely to influence Mulayam Singh Yadav's decision-making - with his 22 Lok Sabha MPs, the outside support Mr Yadav provides to the UPA has b...

• No compromise with Mamata Banerjee; Congress counts on Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati

  Unwilling to give in to Mamata Banerjee's demands, the Congress has virtually written off her differences as irreconcilable and is trying to consolidate the support of other key partners to ward off mid-term elections.

• This is a wake-up call for Congress, says Mulayam; his verdict tomorrow

  With Mamata Banerjee withdrawing from the UPA, the survival of Dr Manmohan Singh's government depends largely upon the two powerhouses from Uttar Pradesh- Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati.