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'India's tallest man' joins SP, hopes to dwarf opponents

If the party gives him a ticket, Dharmendra Pratap Singh will prefer to contest from the Pratapgarh assembly constituency

The Hindu

During SP's tenure, electric wires were used for drying clothes: Anurag Thakur takes jibe at Akhilesh Yadav over his free electricity promise

LUCKNOW: Union minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday took a dig at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav over his promise of giving free 300 units of electricity and said that during the tenure of the SP government, electric wires were used for drying clothes.

The Times of India

UP elections 2022: Apna Dal (S) fields Nawab Kazim Ali Khan's son Haider from Suar

LUCKNOW: In a politically crucial development, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ally Apna Dal (S) on Sunday announced the candidature of Haider Ali Khan from Suar assembly seat in Rampur, the pocket borough of the Samajwadi Party (SP) heavy weight and jailed MP Azam Khan.

The Times of India

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Why pick seat based on caste: Yogi to Akhilesh

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath launched a counter-attack on SP chief Akhilesh Yadav for questioning the former’s candidature from a “safe” seat, saying that the Gorakhpur constituency, which BJP has chosen for him to make his debut in the assembly polls, was not one which reflected the “dynastic and caste-based…

The Times of India

PariWar in Uttar Pradesh: Politics challenges kinship

LUCKNOW: Is political water really thicker than blood? The UP assembly elections have thrown up cases where differences in leanings within influential political families have come out widely in the open. So, while defection of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s younger daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav, his relatives – Hari Om Yadav…

The Times of India

The Mulayam clan | The patriarch, the successor and the party parivar

By keeping the Yadav stalwarts together and reaching out to OBC leaders, Akhilesh seems to be in charge of the party

The Hindu

Assembly elections | Mayawati banks on Muslim candidates in west Uttar Pradesh

In the first phase of election for 58 seats covering parts of the sugarcane belt and districts adjoining the NCR, the BSP fielded 17 Muslims.

The Hindu

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to contest from Karhal

It falls under the Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency, a Yadav family bastion

The Hindu

West U.P. is warming up for a tight contest this winter

Cracks in Jat-Muslim unity pose hurdles for RLD-SP alliance

The Hindu

Assembly election: With 23 Muslim candidates in second phase, BSP makes field competitive in West Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday announced 51 candidates for the second phase of UP elections, 23 of them are Muslims. With this, the party has fielded 39 Muslim candidates out of 109 it has fielded for the first two phases.

The Times of India

U.P. Assembly election | Marginalised communities are still with BJP, says State Power Minister Shrikant Sharma

The BJP candidate from Mathura shares his thoughts on the poll, power tariffs and other issues

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh elections: RLD chief turns table on his own candidate in Maant; allots party symbol to wife of SP candidate

AGRA: RLD chief, Jayant Chaudhry, has outplayed his ‘rebel’ party candidate, Yogesh Nahuwar, who had refused to withdraw his candidature from Maant constituency in Mathura after the seat was allotted to the party’s ally, Samajwadi Party, by allotting his party symbol to SP’s prospective candidate’s wife. The RLD chief took…

The Times of India

Aparna Yadav will lose if fielded from Lucknow Cantt: BJP leader

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav’s sister-in-law Aparna Bisht Yadav, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on January 19, would lose the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh (UP) assembly election if she is fielded from Lucknow Cantonment (Cantt), a top BJP leader has claimed.

The Times of India

Heartbreak, tears before the game of ballots in Uttar Pradesh

Several aspirants get emotional after being denied ticket by their parties

The Hindu

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Akhilesh tries to get OBC, Dalit votes

Outsourcing and privatisation being used to finish off reservations, says SP chief

The Hindu

The caste calculus in U.P.

If the SP is serious about challenging the BJP’s narrative, it must translate rhetoric into welfare goals

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | Mamata’s campaign for SP will help BJP: Adhikari

On Tuesday, SP leader Kiranmoy Nanda met Mamata at her residence in Kolkata

The Hindu

U.P. Assembly polls | Mulayam’s daughter-in-law Aparna joins the BJP

Inducted in Delhi, she has for long shared her political affinity to the saffron party

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Invited to Uttar Pradesh, Didi to campaign for Samajwadi in Lucknow in February

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will go to Lucknow to address a press conference and a virtual rally against BJP along with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on February 8.

The Times of India

Invited to Uttar Pradesh, Mamata Banerjee to campaign for Samajwadi Party in Lucknow in February

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will go to Lucknow to address a press conference and a virtual rally against BJP along with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on February 8.

The Times of India

UP elections 2022: Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joins BJP

LUCKNOW: Putting speculations to rest, the Samajwadi Party (SP)'s patriarch and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's younger daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of assembly elections in the state.

The Times of India

UP elections 2022: Mulayam Singh Yadav's younger daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joins BJP

LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party (SP)'s patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's younger daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party headquarters in Delhi.

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | EC lets SP off with warning for violating COVID norms

The Election Commission on Tuesday let the Samajwadi Party off with a warning for violating COVID-19 guidelines in place for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections by having a gathering at the party off

The Hindu

BJP targeted our leaders with fake cases: Akhilesh

He indicates support for Khan family

The Hindu

U.P. Assembly polls | Mamata to campaign for SP, plans virtual meet in Lucknow

She has become a face against BJP in country, says Nanda

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