Samajwadi Party Power Tussle

Ten months after Akhilesh Yadav wrested control of the Samajwadi Party from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav in a bitter tussle for power, the 44-year-old former chief minister is set to be re-appointed as the party chief for the next five years at the national convention in Agra today. Ahead of the crucial meeting that will cement his hold over the ...

Akhilesh Yadav today visited his father Mulayam Singh Yadav at his Lucknow home and invited him to a key meeting next week of the Samajwadi Party, which he now heads after a bitter tussle for power early this year. It is believed to be the first meeting between the two in many months.

Days after he had to cancel a dinner meet organised for Samajwadi Party's lawmakers, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav gave it back to his son Akhilesh Yadav, telling a gathering at a function in home turf Mainpuri that he had never felt as humiliated in his life as he did during the previous five years.

The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance which was promising to alter the political equations for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh is in trouble with both sides calling the other's demands for more seats unreasonable.

Shivpal Yadav, recently deposed as the Samajwadi Party's Uttar Pradesh chief in a bitter power tussle with his nephew and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, has said he will contest next month's assembly elections in the state.

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...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's faction is likely to stake claim to the party's election symbol after his coup at the Lucknow convention, where he was named the chief of Samajwadi Party by 5,000 supporters in place of his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. Sources said his supporters would meet the Election Commission on Monday - three days ...

The ruling Samajwadi Party has two sets of candidates for assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, as a bitter power struggle between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav spills over into electioneering ahead of crucial state polls.

Mulayam Singh Yadav's assertion that his "family and party stand united", is being tested less than 24 hours later, with brother Shivpal Yadav announcing that an Uttar Pradesh minister has been sacked from the Samajwadi Party.

Ten months after Akhilesh Yadav wrested control of the Samajwadi Party from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav in a bitter tussle for power, the 44-year-old former chief minister is set to be re-appointed as the party chief for the next five years at the national convention in Agra today. Ahead of the crucial meeting that will cement his hold over the ...

Akhilesh Yadav today visited his father Mulayam Singh Yadav at his Lucknow home and invited him to a key meeting next week of the Samajwadi Party, which he now heads after a bitter tussle for power early this year. It is believed to be the first meeting between the two in many months.

Days after he had to cancel a dinner meet organised for Samajwadi Party's lawmakers, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav gave it back to his son Akhilesh Yadav, telling a gathering at a function in home turf Mainpuri that he had never felt as humiliated in his life as he did during the previous five years.

The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance which was promising to alter the political equations for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh is in trouble with both sides calling the other's demands for more seats unreasonable.

Shivpal Yadav, recently deposed as the Samajwadi Party's Uttar Pradesh chief in a bitter power tussle with his nephew and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, has said he will contest next month's assembly elections in the state.

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...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's faction is likely to stake claim to the party's election symbol after his coup at the Lucknow convention, where he was named the chief of Samajwadi Party by 5,000 supporters in place of his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. Sources said his supporters would meet the Election Commission on Monday - three days ...

The ruling Samajwadi Party has two sets of candidates for assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, as a bitter power struggle between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav spills over into electioneering ahead of crucial state polls.

Mulayam Singh Yadav's assertion that his "family and party stand united", is being tested less than 24 hours later, with brother Shivpal Yadav announcing that an Uttar Pradesh minister has been sacked from the Samajwadi Party.