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Samajwadi Party
Samajwadi Party or SP is a state party that has strong roots in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The party is represented through the election symbol 'cycle'. Mulayam Singh Yadav or 'netaji' founded the party and is its current chief. However, on January 1, 2017, his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, took over the party as its president in what is being termed as a coup. The party is currently in power in Uttar Pradesh and has five seats in the 16th Lok Sabha and 19 seats in Rajya Sabha. In 2014, ahead of Lok Sabha elections, there was a proposal to merge like-minded parties that include the JD(U) and RJD, but the plan did not materialise.
SAMAJWADI PARTY NEWS
In Uttar Pradesh, SP and BSP are following BJP's playbook. It's not so easy to pull off
May 08, 2024 4:13 pm
Both parties have given tickets to members of communities – non-Yadav OBCs and non-Jatav Dalits – they intend to bring into their fold. However, the BJP has been working on this model for a decade and has acquired the capacity to create a balance among these many social groups
SP leader Shivpal Yadav forced to leave Badaun as per Election Commission guidelines
May 07, 2024 3:12 pm
Shivpal Yadav, whose son Aditya Yadav is the SP candidate from Badaun, was booked for alleged derogatory remarks against BSP chief Mayawati.
At Sambhal, as SP coasts on legacy, Muslims say 'what choice do we have'
May 07, 2024 10:19 am
Zia ur Rahman Barq got SP ticket after grandfather and five-time MP Shafiqur's death. While voters seek “change”, campaign never got off beaten path, after BSP too fielded a Muslim.
In Yadav bastions won by BJP last time, a reconsolidation around Mulayam's nephews
May 06, 2024 2:38 am
Ram Gopal and Shivpal's sons are contesting from Firozabad and Badaun, respectively, seeking to prove a point for the party – and themselves
Around 100 SP workers booked for 'vandalising' Maharan Pratap statue in UP's Mainpuri
May 05, 2024 5:01 pm
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath condemned the alleged vandalisation.
Original pick’s nomination shaky, SP readies substitute candidate for Lucknow seat
May 04, 2024 7:18 am
The party’s original pick, Ravidas Mehrotra, filed his papers for the Lucknow seat Friday but polling officers pointed out some issues during the process.
‘BJP hasn't kept its promises. Public is fed up with its lies, but it isn't yet tired of speaking lies’: Dimple Yadav
May 04, 2024 11:43 am
“Lots of people are getting associated with the socialist ideology, as they know the Constitution is being attacked and democracy is being murdered across the country”
Every vote to Congress, SP will result in maha paap: Adityanath in Etah
May 03, 2024 6:10 am
Adityanath, while addressing a public meeting in support of the BJP candidate in Etah, urged the public to be “cautious” of the Congress and SP alliance. He also made a reference to cow slaughter being banned by his government in Uttar Pradesh,
Budaun SP nominee Aditya Yadav's student life pics go viral; cries foul play
April 30, 2024 5:59 pm
"It is possible that they (BJP) might release my obscene videos using AI (Artificial Intelligence)," Aditya Yadav said.
UP: Six get life-term for Samajwadi Party leader's murder
April 29, 2024 11:36 pm
The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 50,000 each on the convicts, Additional District Government Counsel Nitin Kumar Tyagi said.
SAMAJWADI PARTY PHOTOS
Remembering Mulayam Singh Yadav: A life in pictures
October 10, 2022 10:55 am
Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939- 2022)
As cops stop Samajwadi Party's march to Vidhan Sabha, Akhilesh & MLAs sit in protest
September 19, 2022 3:34 pm
During the protest march, SP leaders raised issues of law and order, unemployment, and farmers’ woes.
Mulayam Singh Yadav celebrates 79th birthday, showers blessings on Akhilesh
November 22, 2017 5:20 pm
Mulayam Singh Yadav also cut a cake on the occasion and offered the first slice to his son Akhilesh.
First SP-Congress roadshow in Lucknow in pictures
January 29, 2017 8:04 pm
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are due to start on February 3. SP and Congress have agreed to sharing the 403 assembly seats in the state, with SP contesting from 298 seats and Congress from 105 seats.
Mulayam's birthday bash: Rides imported buggy, cuts 75 kg cake
November 22, 2014 2:29 pm
Mulayam Singh Yadav marked his 75th birthday in style, riding an imported Victorian- style ‘buggy’ in Rampur on Friday. However, controversy followed when party leader and minister Azam Khan, when asked about the funding for the event, quipped that the money has come from the Taliban and Dawood Ibrahim.
SAMAJWADI PARTY VIDEOS
Samajwadi Party Government Moved To Bury 19 Cases Against Political Leaders For UP Polls
June 22, 2020 7:12 pm
An investigation of official records has revealed that over the years, the SP government moved to bury at least 19 cases against senior political leaders from the state.
UP CM Akhilesh Yadav Claims Samajwadi Party Would Have Won More Than 250 Seats On Its Own
June 22, 2020 7:12 pm
Speaking at Sultanpur, Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the SP would have won more than 250 seats on its own to form a majority government again but now that the alliance had been formed, the SP-Congress combine would win more than 300 of 403 seats in the House.
Samajwadi Party's First List Of Candidates Creates Uncertainty Over Alliance With Congress
June 22, 2020 7:13 pm
The Samajwadi Party released its first list of 191 candidates for the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Samajwadi Party Rules Out Alliance With Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal For Uttar Pradesh Elections
June 22, 2020 7:13 pm
National vice-president Kironmoy Nanda issued the official statement that the The Samajwadi Party ruled out any alliance with Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal for the upcoming assembly elections
Mulayam Singh Yadav Announces Akhilesh As CM Candidate For Samajwadi Party
June 22, 2020 7:14 pm
Declaring himself as the national president of Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav, took a softening of stand on Monday evening as he announced Akhilesh Yadav would be the Chief Minister candidate for the party
Samajwadi Party Soap Opera
June 22, 2020 7:15 pm
While Akhilesh Yadav has been declared the Samajwadi Party’s national working president, his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav has challenged the same calling it unconstitutional.
Shocking Remark By Samajwadi Party Leader Abu Azmi's On Bengaluru Mass Molestation
June 22, 2020 7:15 pm
Samajwadi Party Mumbai unit chief Abu Azmi courted controversy as he suggested that the reason behind 'mass molestation' of women in Bengaluru was because of them 'straying away' from Indian culture.
Ramgopal Yadav: 90 Per Cent Of Samajwadi MPs, MLAs, MNCs Are In Akhilesh's Favour
June 22, 2020 7:15 pm
The election symbol of Samajwadi Party formally came under dispute with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s camp telling the Election Commission that the party is “actually” headed by him now and not its founder Mulayam Singh.
Samajwadi Party Crisis: UP Congress MLAs In Favour Of Pre-Poll Pact With Akhilesh Yadav
June 22, 2020 7:15 pm
A majority of Congress MLAs in UP spoke in favour of a pre-poll pact with the SP under Akhilesh Yadav saying he is “popular”, has a “clean image” and that “secular parties should unite to defeat communal forces”
Samajwadi Party Symbol Is My Identity, I have Done Nothing Wrong: Mulayam Singh Yadav
June 22, 2020 7:15 pm
Claiming his authority over the Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav said the party symbol is his identity. He added that nobody can accuse him of doing anything illegal.
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