Mulayam Resigns

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  Gaurav Bhatia, Samajwadi Party's Firefighter On TV, Joins BJP

  Former Samajwadi Party (SP) spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia is the latest politician to join the BJP, who pulled off a spectacular win in Uttar Pradesh.

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  Akhilesh Yadav Overlooking Muslims, Look At Candidates, Says Father Mulayam Singh: 10 Facts

  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...

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  After Day Of Toxic Speeches, Akhilesh Yadav Signals No Compromise: Top 10

  Ahead of elections in Uttar Pradesh, the crisis in the ruling Samajwadi Party is now floor-to-ceiling, with Akhilesh Yadav making it clear that he will not resign as Chief Minister to placate uncle Shivpal Yadav. This evening, when Shivpal arrived at his house after a day of unprecedented feuding, Akhilesh refused to meet him.

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  Uncle Will Get Back 3 Ministries, Tweets Akhilesh Yadav As Mulayam Singh Enforces Truce

  Hours after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav appeared to have enforced a truce between his son Akhilesh Yadav and brother Shivpal Yadav, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister tweeted this evening to say his uncle Shivpal will get back the three important ministries that were taken away from him earlier this week.

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  After Meeting Akhilesh Yadav, Shivpal Yadav Resigns From Cabinet, Party Posts: 10 Points

  Hours after meeting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his uncle Shivpal Yadav resigned from the state cabinet and as the chief of Samajwadi Party's state unit, indicating a failure of the efforts to broker peace. The Chief Minister is yet to accept it, sources said. The two had a 20-minute meeting last evening in what was seen as a bid t...

• Sack Law and Railways Ministers or won't let Parliament function, BJP tells government

  With only four working days left in this session of Parliament, the government today tabled its landmark Food Security Bill. Minutes after, the Lok Sabha was adjourned as opposition members converged in the Well of the House demanding that the Law Minister and the Railways Minister, smeared by scandal, resign first.

• BJP supports Samajwadi Party over Beni Prasad Verma issue

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday came out in support of Mulayam Singh Yadav, demanding that union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma resign over his reported comments against Samajwadi Party supremo.

• 'No window for reconciliation. It has grills': DMK

  DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan said that the DMK has been freed of coalition dharma and that "there is no window for reconsideration. It has grills," as five ministers are set to submit their resignations to the Prime Minister today. Meanwhile, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that the government will push for amendments to the US-sponsored ...

• Who is Raja Bhaiya?

  Raja Bhaiya, a politician with a lengthy criminal record, has been accused of conspiracy in a senior policeman's murder in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. He was forced to resign as UP's Food and Civil Supplies Minister yesterday.

• 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.

• Mamata Banerjee out, but we have the numbers, says UPA after Mulayam Singh Yadav bail-out

  Mamata Banerjee's ministers will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh around 4 pm today to resign from his government over the new reforms he cleared last week. They will then head to Rashtrapati Bhawan where they will formally withdraw their letter of support to the ruling UPA coalition in which Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress was the second-larges...

• FDI in retail: Mamata Banerjee's ministers to resign today, PM to address nation

  Mamata Banerjee's ministers will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh around 3 pm today to resign from his government over the new reforms he cleared last week. They will then head to Rashtrapati Bhawan where they will formally withdraw their letter of support to the ruling UPA coalition in which Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress was the second-larges...

• Coal controversy: Won't resign, BJP should wait till 2014, says PM

  The Prime Minister, who is on his way to Delhi from Iran, has said there is no question of resigning over the alleged "coal-gate" affair. "I have to maintain the dignity of the office of the Prime Minister," he said, when asked about his response to the BJP's unrelenting demand for him to quit. "If I were resigning, I would not be here," he said o...

• Pranab Mukherjee is UPA candidate for India's next President

  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will run for President as the ruling UPA’s candidate. Sonia Gandhi, UPA president, ratified Pranab's name at a meeting of the Congress’s allies at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s 7 Race Course Road residence today. Mr Mukherjee is expected to resign as Finance Minister on June 24, after the Prime Minister re...

• President Pranab Mukherjee? UPA meets now, is Mulayam Singh Yadav on board?

  President of India: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, according to sources, will run for President. He is expected to file his nomination papers on June 25, if he is ratified as the UPA candidate at a meeting of its allies today, which has begun. He reportedly remains the first choice of his party president and UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi. Cong...