UP Chief Election Officer Navdeep Rinwa addressed allegations concerning burqa checks at polling stations. He clarified that identity verification is a routine procedure and that complaints should be directed to police officers. Rinwa announced the suspension of five officials following a complaint by Akhilesh Yadav about women being asked to remove burqas for identity verification. … Read more
Akhilesh Yadav | Photo Credit: PTI Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in an apparent dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday (September 9, 2024) said he is not offended by remarks made by “someone on his way out”. Criticising the law and order situation in the state, Mr. Yadav said the the … Read more
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav won the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday by a margin of 1,70,000 votes over his nearest rival and BJP MP Subrata Pathak. According to Election Commission data, Yadav got 6,42,292 votes while Pathak polled 4,71,370 votes. BSP’s Imran Bin Zafar got 81,639 votes. Under Yadav’s leadership, … Read more
Akhilesh Yadav. File | Photo Credit: PTI Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on November 7 claimed that the Congress wants the “Samajwadi ideology” to perish, but his party’s resolve is to spread it further. Mr. Yadav was talking to media persons after paying obeisance at Ramraja Temple in Orchha of Niwari district in Bundelkhand … Read more
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav addresses a public meeting in support of party candidate RR Bansal ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, in Tikamgarh on November 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh that the Congress is a “clever” party and it … Read more
BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao with SP president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in a meeting at Hyderabad on Monday. | Photo Credit: Arrangement Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav and president of Samajwadi Party (SP), one of the key constituents of the anti-BJP alliance taking shape ahead of … Read more
Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav addresses during the ‘Lok Jagran Abhiyan’ at Naimisharanya in Sitapur on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday addressed a training camp of party workers under the Lok Jagran Abhiyan at Naimisharanya in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur, and asked workers to strengthen the … Read more
File photo of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav | Photo Credit: ANI Amid continuous attacks by the Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on the Congress, Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders are hopeful that a kind of alliance or tactical understanding with like-minded Opposition parties including the SP may happen in the run-up to the … Read more
Lucknow, With Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath left chasing the Opposition on a bulldozer, the state has been caught in the “grip of anarchy and jungle raj”, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged on Saturday. Yadav made the allegation in the wake of five members of a family found dead in their home in … Read more
SP president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday gave credit to farmers’ agitation for the Centre’s decision to repeal the three farm laws in the upcoming parliamentary session but warned the government against enacting any similar law after the elections. Yadav also termed as “false” the apology that Prime Minister Narendra Modi tendered while announcing his decision … Read more