Lucknow: A rift within the Muslim leadership of the Samajwadi Party (SP) has come out in the open, with several party leaders filing nominations to contest the Lok Sabha election …
Lucknow: Put together, states that make up what is referred to as the ‘Hindi heartland’ account for more than 200 of 543 Lok Sabha seats. Though this region has been …
That the SP MLA from Amethi, Maharaji Prajapati, abstained from voting, further damaged the SP candidate’s prospects. “The BJP’s strategy is to put up a difficult fight for the Gandhis …
While the BJP is comfortably placed to send seven members, its eighth candidate, Sanjay Seth, will need the support from the opposition ranks. The NDA has 288 votes in the …
Seventy-year-old Maurya, whose career in Uttar Pradesh politics began with the Lok Dal in the 1980s before a stint with the Janata Dal, saw his fortunes rise after he defected …
Lucknow: Seven years after they came together for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress have joined hands yet again for the Lok Sabha polls, with …
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party-led coalition in Uttar Pradesh appears to be in trouble ahead of this monthâs Rajya Sabha polls. Days after former ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) joined the …
Lucknow: Termed “privileged untouchables” by some experts, ‘Mahabrahmanas’ claim to account for about 3 percent of the Brahmin population in Uttar Pradesh, which has traditionally voted for the ruling Bharatiya …
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday declared its first list of candidates, including three members of the Yadav family and eight OBCs, for 16 Lok Sabha seats. While former Uttar Pradesh …
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said his party’s alliance with the Congress is “off to a good start” with 11 “strong” Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. …