Samata Party

A delegation of Samata Party from Bihar met Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and sought his help in getting back its 'mashaal' (flaming torch) election symbol that has been allotted to Uddhav Thackeray.

The Delhi High Court today rejected a petition by the Samata Party challenging the Election Commission (EC) order allotting the 'flaming torch' (mashaal) election symbol to the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena.

Former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) suffered a major split on Friday when more than 30 state and district level office bearers of the party in Bihar walked over to the Rashtriya Janata Dal.

The Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi headed AIMIM on Thursday announced a new front of six parties for the Bihar polls whose chief ministerial candidate will be Upendra Kushwaha.

Former union minister Upendra Kushwaha has said that the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) will remain in the Grand Alliance only if there is a change in the leadership of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

The Delhi High Court has put on hold the 4-year jail term given to former Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitley in a corruption case related to a purported defence deal, a lawyer said. The high court has sought CBI's response on Jaya Jaitley's appeal challenging her conviction and sentence in the case.

The CBI Wednesday sought maximum punishment of 7-year jail term for former Samata Party President Jaya Jaitley and two others, held guilty of corruption in a 2000-01 case related to a purported defence deal.

Former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly and two others have been convicted by a court in New Delhi in a nearly 20-year-old graft case related to a purported defence deal that stemmed from a sensational sting operation by Tehelka news portal.

Former BJP ally and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha today cautioned the BJP that Nitish Kumar will "betray" it and it should be ready for "Dhokha number 2" from the JD(U) president.

After drawing a blank in the Lok Sabha elections, former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samata Party got yet another setback today as all three of its members in the bicameral legislature joined Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United)

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha walked into a potential minefield today with comments against the BJP, drawn from what he claimed was his experience as a former partner of the National Democratic Alliance.

Stung by allegations that he was "selling" tickets for Lok Sabha polls, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha Wednesday said the charge was "absurd" as the seats that his party would be contesting were yet to be finalized.

Expelled Rashtriya Lok Samata Party leader Pradeep Mishra on Tuesday alleged that party chief Upendra Kushwaha took Rs 90 lakh for allotting him a ticket to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, a charge denied by his former boss, as the two leaders demanded a CBI probe into the matter.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Tuesday said his Hindustani Awam Morcha must get the same number of seats and not less than what would be offered to former union minister Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, a late entrant into the "grand alliance".

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha on Wednesday accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of hatching a conspiracy to harm him during a protest march last week, where he and other leaders were lathi-charged by the police. The RLSP leader was injured in the police action.

A delegation of Samata Party from Bihar met Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and sought his help in getting back its 'mashaal' (flaming torch) election symbol that has been allotted to Uddhav Thackeray.

The Delhi High Court today rejected a petition by the Samata Party challenging the Election Commission (EC) order allotting the 'flaming torch' (mashaal) election symbol to the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena.

Former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) suffered a major split on Friday when more than 30 state and district level office bearers of the party in Bihar walked over to the Rashtriya Janata Dal.

The Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi headed AIMIM on Thursday announced a new front of six parties for the Bihar polls whose chief ministerial candidate will be Upendra Kushwaha.

Former union minister Upendra Kushwaha has said that the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) will remain in the Grand Alliance only if there is a change in the leadership of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

The Delhi High Court has put on hold the 4-year jail term given to former Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitley in a corruption case related to a purported defence deal, a lawyer said. The high court has sought CBI's response on Jaya Jaitley's appeal challenging her conviction and sentence in the case.

The CBI Wednesday sought maximum punishment of 7-year jail term for former Samata Party President Jaya Jaitley and two others, held guilty of corruption in a 2000-01 case related to a purported defence deal.

Former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly and two others have been convicted by a court in New Delhi in a nearly 20-year-old graft case related to a purported defence deal that stemmed from a sensational sting operation by Tehelka news portal.

Former BJP ally and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha today cautioned the BJP that Nitish Kumar will "betray" it and it should be ready for "Dhokha number 2" from the JD(U) president.

After drawing a blank in the Lok Sabha elections, former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samata Party got yet another setback today as all three of its members in the bicameral legislature joined Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United)

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha walked into a potential minefield today with comments against the BJP, drawn from what he claimed was his experience as a former partner of the National Democratic Alliance.

Stung by allegations that he was "selling" tickets for Lok Sabha polls, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha Wednesday said the charge was "absurd" as the seats that his party would be contesting were yet to be finalized.

Expelled Rashtriya Lok Samata Party leader Pradeep Mishra on Tuesday alleged that party chief Upendra Kushwaha took Rs 90 lakh for allotting him a ticket to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, a charge denied by his former boss, as the two leaders demanded a CBI probe into the matter.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Tuesday said his Hindustani Awam Morcha must get the same number of seats and not less than what would be offered to former union minister Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, a late entrant into the "grand alliance".

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha on Wednesday accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of hatching a conspiracy to harm him during a protest march last week, where he and other leaders were lathi-charged by the police. The RLSP leader was injured in the police action.