UP assembly election, the fifth phase of polls may form the very foundation of Samajwadi Party’s prospects in terms of party’s final tally. This is primarily because more than 13.5% of the region’s electorate belongs to the Yadav community – making it the ‘Yadav land’ of Uttar Pradesh and an obvious “traditional stronghold” of SP. But snubbed by the voters in the last assembly election and then in Lok Sabha by-poll, the ‘dhartiputra’ is leaving no stone unturned to reclaim the lost ground.
Mulayam had held the maximum number of public meetings in Mainpuri, Etah, Etawah, and Kanpur Dehat as compared…
Uttar pradesh elections, former chief minister and samajwadi party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday ridiculed Chief Minister Mayawati for promising a fearless society, alleging that 1,900 incidents of rape had taken place in the state during BSP tenure. “BSP claims it has given ‘bhay-mukt samaj’ but the truth is different. There were 1,900 rapes during the Mayawati regime,” Yadav said at a poll meeting in Auraiya.
At the same time, the SP chief admitted that around 1,300 rape cases were reported during his tenure, but the difference is that strict action was taken by his government against the accused, unlike…
Addressing a public rally in Kanpur samajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav has slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati over the rampant crime and corruption rate in the state. Yadav also said the Bahujan Samaj Party’s exit would be beneficial for the people of Uttar Pradesh.
The Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party shouldn’t come to power in the state. As far as the Bahujan Samaj Party is concerned, they have indulged in high-level corruption in the state and do not deserve to govern it any longer. Every person in the state wants the same. This government has facilitated corruption and crime in…
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav trying to woo Muslims and Dalits, promised to pressurise the Centre for quota to backward Muslims and inclusion of 17 castes in Scheduled Caste list.
Charging Congress with misleading Muslims in the name of reservation, Yadav said only his government could help the community in getting their rights. In Kannauj, he appealed to the voters to get all party candidates elected as it was parliamentary constituency of SP state president Akhilesh Yadav.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged on Congress that it had given birth to corruption in the country. Congress leaders were the first to start the trend of corruption and scams in the country. Later, leaders from several other political parties followed them, he told an election meeting here.
Attacking the BJP, he said the party had invoked the name of god for deriving political mileage. He said his party, if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, would initiate an inquiry into corruption during the BSP rule in the state.
Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Wednesday, polling has been slow in the first phase with only 13 per cent electorate exercising their franchisee till noon. Rain has played spoilsport in many Assembly segments where voting is taking place. Chief Electoral Officer Umesh Sinha said that the percentage was low due to heavy rains in certain areas where polling was being held even though it is a public holiday.
The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) holds the maximum number of seats – 30 the first phase; Congress and Samajwadi Party are posing stiff challenge to Chief Minister Mayawati and are trying to…