Mulayam Slams Government

• VHP yatra: Hindu religious leaders divided, Ayodhya priest slams VHP

  As a defiant VHP prepares to launch its yatra today, seen to be an attempt to revive its demand for a Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, a divide seems to have emerged among the Hindu saints associated with the movement.

• Row over 'vote-bank politics' in Uttar Pradesh, VHP yatra keeps government on edge

  Ahead of national elections nine months away, religion-based politics has fired up India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh. The BJP today slammed the state's ruling Samajwadi Party for announcing a major pro-minority sop on Tuesday, a day after denying permission for a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) yatra aimed at resurrecting the Ayodhya temple ca...

• At UPA-II's report card release, Sonia Gandhi backs Prime Minister, slams BJP

  Through the day today, his government's fourth birthday, Dr Manmohan Singh's performance as Prime Minster was under intense scrutiny. The BJP questioned his leadership and a minister suggested he had had his run as PM.

• 'Delhi means everything, state governments don't mean much' : Mulayam Yadav

  Showered with rose petals at his hometown Safai, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has kept alive speculation that he might withdraw support to the UPA by slamming the ruling Congress once again, saying it is "cheating" the people and taking decisions with elections in mind.

• UP cop murder: Mayawati slams Akhilesh Yadav government, says 'goonda raj' prevailing in state

  The murder of a senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly on the orders of a senior politician of the state's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), was denounced aggressively in Parliament today, largely by members of the opposition Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

• Akhilesh Yadav slams FDI in retail, says Mulayam will decide on Mamata's invite

  His party may be keeping the government from collapsing in Delhi, but that didn't stop Akhilesh Yadav from a blistering attack today on the reforms in retail introduced recently by the Prime Minister.

• 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...

• Mulayam Singh Yadav and party slam Congress, Rahul Gandhi. Then Akhilesh Yadav meets Mamata Banerjee

  For a man whose party helps keep the UPA in power, Mulayam Singh Yadav appears determined to prove he's on a different team. After referring to his Samajwadi Party as the opposition yesterday, he went further today, slamming the Congress for financial scams, especially the coal swindle that has forced the government on the defensive amid allegation...

• Mulayam & Co target Rahul, slam Congress for coal-gate and graft

  A day after he unnerved the Congress by describing his Samajwadi Party as the opposition, Mulayam Singh Yadav went further today, slamming the Congress for financial scams, especially the coal swindle that has forced the government on the defensive.

• Mulayam Singh Yadav's unflinching attack on Congress over corruption, coal scam

  A day after he unnerved the Congress by describing his Samajwadi Party as the opposition, Mulayam Singh Yadav went further today, slamming the Congress for financial scams, especially the coal swindle that has forced the government on the defensive.

• Samajwadi Party calls for Uttar Pradesh 'bandh' on May 31 in protest of petrol price hike

  Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, along with several other leaders, had demanded a rollback of the price hike. The Samajwadi Party slammed it as a "gift" to the common man from the government on completion of its three years in office.

• Dinner diplomacy gone, Mulayam's party slams petrol hike

  The government, which on Wednesday allowed a huge hike of Rs 6.28 a litre exclusive of taxes in the price of petrol, is under attack. From Opposition parties and allies alike. An angry UPA partner Mamata Banerjee has once again said that her party was not consulted.

• Mulayam turns frenemy, attacks government again

  He has served in the past as the governmment's go-to guy, chipping in to rescue the UPA during crucial votes in parliament.But Mulayam Singh Yadav is turning into a frenemy for the Congress. After attacking the government for the crackdown on Baba Ramdev's camp over the weekend, he continued his assault today. "The corruption is from the government...