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Keeping up with UP: In 1990s repeat, BJP, SP emerge as two poles in the state

Congress remains inactive, BSP indecisive as a new version of Mandal vs Kamandal politics sways the state

Almost 25 years later, the state is again witnessing a vitriolic exchange between the BJP and the SP with chief minister Yogi Adityanath and SP president Akhilesh Yadav occupying centre stage. (PTI)

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Published on Apr 20, 2025 12:53 PM IST

BySunita Aron

UP bypolls: Nothing seems to be working for BJP in Karhal, says SP pick Tej Pratap

Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, the nephew of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav who is contesting upcoming Karhal (in Mainpuri) assembly bypoll as the SP candidate, in an interview to Hemendra Chaturvedi spoke on SP prospects and other issues

Former SP MP Tej Pratap Singh Yadav is in the fray from Karhal seat for the assembly bypoll. (HT photo)

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Updated on Nov 11, 2024 07:56 AM IST

ByHemendra Chaturvedi, How Is The Fight Going To Be Different This Time As The Bjp Has Fielded Your Uncle Against You?

Say bye-bye to those who don’t respect Krishna: Yogi targets SP in Karhal

The chief minister also said the BJP now plans to respect public sentiments for Lord Krishna in Mathura

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath holds a mace during a public meeting in support of BJP candidate for Sisamau assembly by-election, Suresh Awasthi (ANI)

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Updated on Nov 10, 2024 06:52 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Agra

U.P. bypolls: Will SP’s regional satrap card work against BJP’s might?

Earlier in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the SP president had taken recourse to “Pichde, Dalit and Alpasankhyak (PDA) formula that paid rich dividends to the party

It remains to be seen whether it will work against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s might or not. (HT file)

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Updated on Oct 11, 2024 05:04 AM IST

ByQazi Faraz Ahmad, Lucknow

SP banks on PDA powerplay for bypolls, kicks off cycle yatra

The yatra will pass through Bilariyagnj, Maharajganj, Kaptanganj, Atrauliya, Jalalpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Katehri and culminate in Milkipur (Ayodhya), where a Samajwadi PDA Panchayat will be organised

The ‘Samvidhan Bachao PDA Samajik Nyay Cycle Yatra’ from Azamgarh (Sourced)

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Published on Oct 02, 2024 06:09 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Akhilesh Yadav's returns to Kannauj to reclaim family legacy in tense elections

With a focus on coalition-building and outreach, Yadav aims to counter the BJP's narrative in the region and consolidate support from diverse communities.

Samajwadi Party chief and party candidate from Kannauj constituency, Akhilesh Yadav, meets with supporters during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, on Monday. (ANI photo)

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Published on May 12, 2024 12:43 AM IST

ByHaidar Naqvi

Etawah: Will BSP be the dark horse on seat of Kanshi Ram-Mulayam bonhomie?

The Etawah Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh has not been any party’s stronghold. The Congress and the SP have won this seat four times each, the BJP thrice and the BSP once

Kanshi Ram and Mulayam Singh Yadav. Kanshi Ram won the Etawah Lok Sabha seat in 1991, marking the beginning of new chapter on caste politics in Uttar Pradesh. (FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on May 10, 2024 08:14 AM IST

ByHaidar Naqvi, Kanpur

In ‘attar hub’, Akhilesh seeks to reclaim his father’s legacy

The SP chief is up against Subrat Pathak who came through the ranks of the BJP and defeated Dimple Yadav by 12,000 votes in 2019 to breach the SP bastion

Mulayam Singh Yadav seeking votes for son Akhilesh Yadav (extreme left) in Kannauj in the 2000 election. (File Photo)

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Updated on May 10, 2024 07:42 AM IST

ByHaidar Naqvi

Lok Sabha polls phase 3: Key U.P. seats, candidates as Yadav family in focus

While Dimple Yadav is aiming to retain the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, Akshay Yadav, son of Ram Gopal Yadav, will try to reclaim the Firozabad seat.

Three members of the Mulayam Singh Yadav's family -- Dimple Yadav (centre) from Mainpuri, Akshay Yadav (left) from Firozabad and Aditya Yadav from Budaun -- are in the poll fray.

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Published on May 06, 2024 01:14 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Election in Pincodes: In cradle of Yadav politics, battle for legacy and future

Mainpuri, a stronghold of the late Mulayam Singh Yadav, faces a crucial election without him.

Mulayam Singh Yadav’s under-construction memorial in Safai.

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Updated on May 02, 2024 05:19 AM IST

ByPankaj Jaiswal, Mainpuri

Yogi targets SP for skipping Kalyan’s funeral, Cong over faith

UP CM Yogi Adityanath criticized SP for lack of condolence on Kalyan Singh's death, focused on Mathura, accused SP and Congress of neglecting people's interests.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. (HT file)

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Updated on Apr 27, 2024 08:28 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Ex-DSP, who slapped POTA on Mukhtar Ansari, recalls how he was forced to resign

Mukhtar Ansari death news: In 2004, Shailendra Singh had to resign under political pressure and a case of vandalism was slapped against him later.

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari brought to Banda Medical College hospital after his health deteriorated, in Banda on Thursday. (ANI Photo)
(ANI)

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Updated on Mar 29, 2024 12:04 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Samajwadi Party Rampur-Moradabad drama sows seeds of Azam Khan-Akhilesh Yadav rift?

It seems the seeds of the present discord were sown soon after Akhilesh Yadav met senior leader Azam Khan in Sitapur jail on March 22.

Akhilesh Yadav has been under fire for not championing the jailed Azam Khan’s cause with the expected zeal. (FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 29, 2024 06:38 AM IST

ByPankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow

Electorally relevant Nishad community demand inclusion in SC category

Sanjay Nishad first joined Kanshi Ram’s All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation in 2008

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Published on Jan 30, 2024 02:58 PM IST

BySunita Aron

In the Ayodhya euphoria, politics comes full circle

The UP government had left no stone unturned in adorning Ayodhya. Is the Vatican for Hindus on the horizon?

Underconstruction Ram temple in Ayodhya. (Sourced)(HT_PRINT)

opinion

Published on Jan 15, 2024 12:27 PM IST

ByShashi Shekhar

Key political figures during the 80s-90s, and where they are now

The politicians whose role during the Babri Masjid demolition caused a series of events to unfold and have brought us to this moment in history

Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani at the newly formed BJP rally at Ramlila Maidan on April 6, 1980. (Ajit Kumar/HT Archive)

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Updated on Jan 09, 2024 03:49 PM IST

BySunita Aron

Emulating Netaji would be best tribute to him: Akhilesh

SP national president lLays foundation of Mulayam Singh Yadav Memorial in Saifai on 85th birth anniversary of party founder

Akhilesh said said Saifai was MSY’s dream and he never took his eyes off it. (HT file)

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Updated on Nov 23, 2023 07:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Grand celebration in Saifai to mark Mulayam Singh Yadav birth anniversary today

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to lay foundation for a grand memorial in memory of his father; the family has already gathered in the village while many party leaders will attend the event at the Saifai Mahotsav Ground

A giant rangoli prepared near the stage where the Samajwadi Party will hold a grand event to mark the birth anniversary of Mulayam Singh Yadav in Saifai on Wednesday (Pic by Sughar Singh ‘Saifai’)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2023 05:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Grand memorial will be built in Mulayam’s honour in Saifai: Akhilesh

The memorial will be built on 8.3 acres, on which there is a plan to build a grand park and public facilities on 4.5 acres.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav with other party leaders on Tuesday (Sourced)

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Updated on Nov 01, 2023 05:44 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Akhilesh becoming restless without power: U.P. deputy CM

Akhilesh Ji must also provide a clear explanation for his alliance with the Congress, said deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

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Published on Oct 11, 2023 10:32 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Family, SP workers pay homage to Mulayam in Saifai on first death anniv

A three-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister and also country’s former defence minister, the SP founder had passed away after prolonged illness on October 10 last year at the age of 82

P national president Akhilesh Yadav, other family members and party leaders paying tribute to Mulayam Singh Yadav at his Samadhi in Etawah’s Saifai village on October 10. (HT photo)

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Published on Oct 10, 2023 09:16 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Kanpur

In post-Mulayam era, SP sheds ‘anti-Cong tag’ to pursue national ambition

Now a constituent of the Congress-led India Alliance, Akhilesh’s party has come up with PDA formula and added caste census to its agenda

Now, Akhilesh is trying a fourth formula -- India bloc -- the national alliance of opposition parties. How it pans out will be seen in the days to come. (File photo)

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Published on Oct 10, 2023 12:07 PM IST

ByPankaj Jaiswal

In post-Mulayam era, SP sheds ‘anti-Congress tag’ to pursue national ambition

Now a constituent of the Congress-led India Alliance, the Samajwadi Party helmed by Akhilesh Yadav faces the challenge of trying to overcome the domination of the Bharatiya Janata Party

In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Akhilesh took a leaf out of Mulayam’s experiment of 1993 and allied with the BSP. (File Photo)

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Updated on Oct 10, 2023 06:56 AM IST

ByPankaj Jaiswal

SP to observe Mulayam Singh Yadav's first death anniversary across Uttar Pradesh

Samajwadi Party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav, other leaders, workers and family will gather at Mulayam Singh Yadav's ancestral village to pay tributes.

Mulayam Singh Yadav, who served three terms as Uttar Pradesh chief minister and also as country’s defence minister, had passed away after prolonged illness on October 10 last year. (HT file)

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Updated on Oct 10, 2023 10:45 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Mulayam Singh's statue installed 'without permission' at SP party office removed

Mulayam Singh's six-foot-tall statue was installed at the Samajwadi Party office in UP's Hardoi district without permission and was later removed.

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Published on Sep 26, 2023 02:54 PM IST

PTI | | Posted by Neha Yadav

Keeping up with UP | A small party plays a big role

Apna Dal is now split between a daughter, a BJP ally, and a mother, an SP poll partner. Both the big parties are aware of the smaller party's political heft

Apna Dal founder Sone Lal Patel contented that Kurmis were lagging politically, which led him to start a political party that today plays an important role in UP politics(HT Archive)

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Published on Jul 05, 2023 05:35 PM IST

BySunita Aron

Cong leader detained for placing Tricolour on Atiq’s grave

City Congress committee president expels the leader for six years, saying that Rajkumar Singh’s statement on Atiq is his personal view and the party has nothing to do with it

In the viral video, Rajkumar Singh Rajju is purportedly seen calling Atiq Ahmed a martyr, demanding Bharat Ratna for him and later spreading the Tricolour on his grave. (Sourced)

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Updated on Apr 19, 2023 11:47 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Distantly Close | A history lesson from past coalitions

Amid talks of Opposition unity, it'll do us well to remember that political fronts take time maturing. Their best chance is in straight contests with BJP

A wise beginning has been made by assigning Nitish the task of reaching out to non-BJP outfits unenthusiastic about the Congress’s centrality to the Opposition’s scheme. (HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 18, 2023 06:14 PM IST

By Vinod Sharma

BJP’s ‘cadre’ candidates file nominations in ministers’ presence

BJP candidates file nomination papers for the first phase of civic polls in Uttar Pradesh. The ruling party has fielded its cadre this time over ?parachute candidates?.

BJP’s Lucknow mayor candidate Sushma Kharkwal, the wife of a retired army personnel and an old party hand, also filed her nomination in the presence of senior party leaders (HT photo)

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Updated on Apr 18, 2023 01:27 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

28 years later, the State Guest House incident is back to the fore

The 1990s saw the incident change UP politics, but has since lost traction — until last week. What happened in 1995? And does it still hold relevance today?

Mayawati fires Lucknow guesthouse incident salvo at Samajwadi Party (file)

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Updated on Apr 12, 2023 11:34 AM IST

BySunita Aron

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Congress remains inactive, BSP indecisive as a new version of Mandal vs Kamandal politics sways the state

Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, the nephew of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav who is contesting upcoming Karhal (in Mainpuri) assembly bypoll as the SP candidate, in an interview to Hemendra Chaturvedi spoke on SP prospects and other issues

The chief minister also said the BJP now plans to respect public sentiments for Lord Krishna in Mathura

Earlier in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the SP president had taken recourse to “Pichde, Dalit and Alpasankhyak (PDA) formula that paid rich dividends to the party

The yatra will pass through Bilariyagnj, Maharajganj, Kaptanganj, Atrauliya, Jalalpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Katehri and culminate in Milkipur (Ayodhya), where a Samajwadi PDA Panchayat will be organised

With a focus on coalition-building and outreach, Yadav aims to counter the BJP's narrative in the region and consolidate support from diverse communities.

The Etawah Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh has not been any party’s stronghold. The Congress and the SP have won this seat four times each, the BJP thrice and the BSP once

The SP chief is up against Subrat Pathak who came through the ranks of the BJP and defeated Dimple Yadav by 12,000 votes in 2019 to breach the SP bastion

While Dimple Yadav is aiming to retain the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, Akshay Yadav, son of Ram Gopal Yadav, will try to reclaim the Firozabad seat.

Mainpuri, a stronghold of the late Mulayam Singh Yadav, faces a crucial election without him.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath criticized SP for lack of condolence on Kalyan Singh's death, focused on Mathura, accused SP and Congress of neglecting people's interests.

Mukhtar Ansari death news: In 2004, Shailendra Singh had to resign under political pressure and a case of vandalism was slapped against him later.

It seems the seeds of the present discord were sown soon after Akhilesh Yadav met senior leader Azam Khan in Sitapur jail on March 22.

Sanjay Nishad first joined Kanshi Ram’s All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation in 2008

The UP government had left no stone unturned in adorning Ayodhya. Is the Vatican for Hindus on the horizon?

The politicians whose role during the Babri Masjid demolition caused a series of events to unfold and have brought us to this moment in history

SP national president lLays foundation of Mulayam Singh Yadav Memorial in Saifai on 85th birth anniversary of party founder

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to lay foundation for a grand memorial in memory of his father; the family has already gathered in the village while many party leaders will attend the event at the Saifai Mahotsav Ground

The memorial will be built on 8.3 acres, on which there is a plan to build a grand park and public facilities on 4.5 acres.

Akhilesh Ji must also provide a clear explanation for his alliance with the Congress, said deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

A three-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister and also country’s former defence minister, the SP founder had passed away after prolonged illness on October 10 last year at the age of 82

Now a constituent of the Congress-led India Alliance, Akhilesh’s party has come up with PDA formula and added caste census to its agenda

Now a constituent of the Congress-led India Alliance, the Samajwadi Party helmed by Akhilesh Yadav faces the challenge of trying to overcome the domination of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Samajwadi Party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav, other leaders, workers and family will gather at Mulayam Singh Yadav's ancestral village to pay tributes.

Mulayam Singh's six-foot-tall statue was installed at the Samajwadi Party office in UP's Hardoi district without permission and was later removed.

Apna Dal is now split between a daughter, a BJP ally, and a mother, an SP poll partner. Both the big parties are aware of the smaller party's political heft

City Congress committee president expels the leader for six years, saying that Rajkumar Singh’s statement on Atiq is his personal view and the party has nothing to do with it

Amid talks of Opposition unity, it'll do us well to remember that political fronts take time maturing. Their best chance is in straight contests with BJP

BJP candidates file nomination papers for the first phase of civic polls in Uttar Pradesh. The ruling party has fielded its cadre this time over ?parachute candidates?.

The 1990s saw the incident change UP politics, but has since lost traction — until last week. What happened in 1995? And does it still hold relevance today?

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