Shivpal Yadav Camp

Rebels challenging official party nominees on many seats in Uttar Pradesh might queer the pitch for the Samajwadi Party (SP). The bitter family feud in the Yadav family which created bad blood among workers at grassroot level also left them confused as to whom to back. Many leaders close to Shivpal Yadav's camp were denied tickets and new faces wer...

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...

The Akhilesh Yadav camp has knocked on the door of the Election Commission to stake claim to the cycle - the election symbol of the Samajwadi Party known to people for years and thus, an incredible asset for the coming elections in Uttar Pradesh. This afternoon, Mulayam Singh's cousin Ram Gopal Yadav, a longtime confidante of his son Akhilesh Yadav...

The tussle for the control of the Samajwadi Party ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections became literal on Sunday afternoon as hundreds of slogan shouting supporters of Akhilesh Yadav clashed with members of the Shivpal Yadav faction to take control of the party office.

At a meeting of about 5000 Samajwadi Party leaders and workers at a big public ground in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav staged a coup on Sunday morning, with his supporters declaring him party chief in place of his father Mulayam Singh. Minutes before, Mulayam Singh had declared the meet illegal and warned of strict action ag...

Akhilesh Yadav's rebel list of 235 Samajwadi Party candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elections names no one for the Lucknow Cantt seat. That detail stands out because the seat has been earmarked by Mr Yadav's father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for Aparna, the wife of his second son Prateek.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has been expelled from the Samajwadi Party for six years by his father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Mulayam Singh had earlier issued a show cause notice asking his son why disciplinary action should not be taken against him after he released a parallel list of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elec...

The Yadav versus Yadav war heated up on Thursday evening with parallel lists of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections coming both from Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav.'s camp. Hours after an unsigned list surfaced in the evening, which sources said was from the Chief Minister's camp and contained t...

Rebels challenging official party nominees on many seats in Uttar Pradesh might queer the pitch for the Samajwadi Party (SP). The bitter family feud in the Yadav family which created bad blood among workers at grassroot level also left them confused as to whom to back. Many leaders close to Shivpal Yadav's camp were denied tickets and new faces wer...

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...

The Akhilesh Yadav camp has knocked on the door of the Election Commission to stake claim to the cycle - the election symbol of the Samajwadi Party known to people for years and thus, an incredible asset for the coming elections in Uttar Pradesh. This afternoon, Mulayam Singh's cousin Ram Gopal Yadav, a longtime confidante of his son Akhilesh Yadav...

The tussle for the control of the Samajwadi Party ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections became literal on Sunday afternoon as hundreds of slogan shouting supporters of Akhilesh Yadav clashed with members of the Shivpal Yadav faction to take control of the party office.

At a meeting of about 5000 Samajwadi Party leaders and workers at a big public ground in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav staged a coup on Sunday morning, with his supporters declaring him party chief in place of his father Mulayam Singh. Minutes before, Mulayam Singh had declared the meet illegal and warned of strict action ag...

Akhilesh Yadav's rebel list of 235 Samajwadi Party candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elections names no one for the Lucknow Cantt seat. That detail stands out because the seat has been earmarked by Mr Yadav's father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for Aparna, the wife of his second son Prateek.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has been expelled from the Samajwadi Party for six years by his father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Mulayam Singh had earlier issued a show cause notice asking his son why disciplinary action should not be taken against him after he released a parallel list of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elec...

The Yadav versus Yadav war heated up on Thursday evening with parallel lists of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections coming both from Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav.'s camp. Hours after an unsigned list surfaced in the evening, which sources said was from the Chief Minister's camp and contained t...