Samajwadi Party 25 Years

Nearly ten years after his maiden political venture as a Samajwadi Party candidate failed to take off from Uttar Pradesh, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is set to re-enter politics, according to a minister from Maharashtra.

Pravin Nishad, the candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party in Gorakhpur, on Sunday spoke of a "bigger alliance" if the Samajwadi Party, which has pulled off an electoral arrangement with arch rival Mayawati, wins. Under the pact, for the first time in 25 years, the arch rivals are on the same side to stop the BJP march - an understanding that wa...

Uttar Pradesh's Phulpur constituency will go into polls tomorrow, in a contest that has turned around equations between two significant political parties in the state. The Samajwadi party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), once sworn enemies, have now banded together, for the first time in 25 years, to fight the BJP.

For the first time in nearly 25 years, Mayawati, the chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and the Samajwadi Party (SP), are on the same side. Mayawati, 62, who swore in 1995 to never work with the SP again after their coalition government came undone, has not put up a candidate against the SP.

The BJP has approached the Election Commission demanding the cancellation of the candidature of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam from Swar seat alleging that he is ineligible to contest as he is below 25 years of age.

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...

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...

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 ...

Mulayam Singh Yadav, accompanied by brother Shivpal Yadav and close aide Amar Singh, met with the Election Commission in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle," the symbol of the Samajwadi Party that he founded 25 years ago. "There is no dispute with Akhilesh", said the party patriarch, who has been challenged by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis...

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...

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...

Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party tried to put up a united face today at its mega celebrations in Lucknow for its 25th birthday, but the peace seemed fragile as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal took many pot shots at each other.

About 25 years after the incident, Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday said he "felt sad" for ordering firing on 'karsewaks' in Ayodhya in 1990 but it was necessary to save the religious place.

Nearly ten years after his maiden political venture as a Samajwadi Party candidate failed to take off from Uttar Pradesh, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is set to re-enter politics, according to a minister from Maharashtra.

Pravin Nishad, the candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party in Gorakhpur, on Sunday spoke of a "bigger alliance" if the Samajwadi Party, which has pulled off an electoral arrangement with arch rival Mayawati, wins. Under the pact, for the first time in 25 years, the arch rivals are on the same side to stop the BJP march - an understanding that wa...

Uttar Pradesh's Phulpur constituency will go into polls tomorrow, in a contest that has turned around equations between two significant political parties in the state. The Samajwadi party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), once sworn enemies, have now banded together, for the first time in 25 years, to fight the BJP.

For the first time in nearly 25 years, Mayawati, the chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and the Samajwadi Party (SP), are on the same side. Mayawati, 62, who swore in 1995 to never work with the SP again after their coalition government came undone, has not put up a candidate against the SP.

The BJP has approached the Election Commission demanding the cancellation of the candidature of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam from Swar seat alleging that he is ineligible to contest as he is below 25 years of age.

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...

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...

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 ...

Mulayam Singh Yadav, accompanied by brother Shivpal Yadav and close aide Amar Singh, met with the Election Commission in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle," the symbol of the Samajwadi Party that he founded 25 years ago. "There is no dispute with Akhilesh", said the party patriarch, who has been challenged by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis...

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...

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...

Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party tried to put up a united face today at its mega celebrations in Lucknow for its 25th birthday, but the peace seemed fragile as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal took many pot shots at each other.

About 25 years after the incident, Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday said he "felt sad" for ordering firing on 'karsewaks' in Ayodhya in 1990 but it was necessary to save the religious place.