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Etah/ Jahnsi, Feb 20: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has accused the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) for derailing development of Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a rally in Etah on Sunday, Gandhi questioned the people of Uttar P
With two more phases to go in the Uttar Pradesh [ Images ] assembly polls, Chief Minister Mayawati [ Images ] is confident of returning to power. "We would do better than the 2007 elections," said a beaming 'Behenji' after she cast her vote in Lucknow [
Samajwadi Party supporters listen to party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav at an election rally in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state assembly in elections starting next week. View Photo »
If voted to power, I will make such a law that a rickshaw puller will not have to sleep hungry in case he did not have income in the day. Also, motors will be installed in rickshaws on government expenses so that a man should not have to pull a man
Sheela Bhatt in Amethi Image: Priyanka Gandhi with Kishorilal Sharma, an associate of the Gandhi family, and Ameeta Singh, candidate from Amethi assembly constituency Some New Delhi political pundits were startled by Sheela Bhatt's reportage on Priyanka
Alleging that SP and Congress were hand in glove as Mulayam Singh has several times bailed out Congress, BJP said the two parties would form a post-poll alliance to keep the saffron party out of power in Uttar Pradesh. “BSP and SP bail out the Congress w
Back in 1978, long before Twitter taught the world how to converse in less than 140 characters, a mischievous but mirthful message had rippled across India by word of mouth. Ek sherni, sau langur Chikmagalur, Chikmagalur , so went the slogan that captur
A policeman baton charges Samajwadi Party activists to control the crowd during an election rally addressed by party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state... View Photo »
If Mulayam Singh (Samajwadi Party chief) is talking of giving 18 percent reservation to minorities, then he will have to minus 18 percent from the rights of OBCs (other backward classes), for whom he had always fought. And if Congress party talks of giving nine percent reservation to minorities, then th...
ETAWAH/ KANPUR: A cautious Rahul Gandhi on Sunday sought to ensure that he stayed within the limits set by the EC even as he insisted that the original author of the quota-for-Muslims pledge was the Congress. Mulayam Singh Yadav was merely doing a me-too
On a day, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav tried to hijack Congress party’s pet theme of Muslim quota, saying that his party, if voted to power, will provide reservation to Muslims even if UPA government at the Centre fails to do so, Congress general secreta
Mulayam Singh Yadav (born November 22, 1939) is an Indian politician and has influence mainly in Uttar Pradesh state of India. Full Article
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, wearing red cap, walks towards a chopper as he leaves after addressing an election rally in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state assembly in elections starting next week.
View Photo »Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav alights from a chopper as he arrives to address an election rally in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state assembly in elections starting next week.
View Photo »A policeman baton charges Samajwadi Party activists to control the crowd during an election rally addressed by party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state assembly in elections starting...
View Photo »Samajwadi Party workers sit on a podium during an election campaign rally to be addressed by the party's president Mulayam Singh Yadav ahead of state assembly elections in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 31, 2012. India's northern Uttar Pradesh state goes to the polls from...
View Photo »A Samajwadi Party worker gestures in front of a banner with the party's electoral symbol, the bicycle, during a campaign rally to be addressed by its president Mulayam Singh Yadav, ahead of state assembly elections in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 31, 2012. India's...
View Photo »Supporters wave at a helicopter carrying Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav after he addressed an election campaign rally ahead of state assembly elections in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 31, 2012. India's northern Uttar Pradesh state goes to the polls from...
View Photo »Samajwadi Party supporters raise their hands as they listen to party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav at an election rally in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state assembly in elections starting next week.
View Photo »Samajwadi Party supporters listen to party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav at an election rally in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state assembly in elections starting next week.
View Photo »Samajwadi Party activists shout slogans during an election rally addressed by party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state assembly in elections starting next week.
View Photo »Indian Members of Parliament including Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh (seated 2nd L in third row, wearing white) and Ram Vilas Paswan (seated 4th row 2nd L, wearing black) chant slogans during a demonstration at Parliament house demanding reservation for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes,...
View Photo »People hold chairs to shield themselves from the rain during an election campaign rally to be addressed by Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, for next year's state elections in the northern Indian town of Azamgarh January 1, 2012. The election commission said voting in the...
View Photo »Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) listens to opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani as Samajwati Party (SP) Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav (R) looks on at parliament house in New Delhi on March 23, 2011. The ruling government and opposition clashed over the...
View Photo »Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, wearing red cap, walks towards a chopper as he leaves after addressing an election rally in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. India's biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, will be choosing its state assembly in elections starting next week.
View Photo »If voted to power, I will make such a law that a rickshaw puller will not have to sleep hungry in case he did not have income in the day. Also, motors will be installed in rickshaws on government expenses so that a man should not have to pull a man
If Mulayam Singh (Samajwadi Party chief) is talking of giving 18 percent reservation to minorities, then he will have to minus 18 percent from the rights of OBCs (other backward classes), for whom he had always fought. And if Congress party talks of giving nine percent reservation to minorities, then th...
If the SP is voted to power in UP, we will provide free electricity to weavers and farmers besides waiving all loans of kisans up to Rs 50000
Congress party, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party are hand in glove. When UPA Government was in crisis, then Mayawati came out in support of the government and Mulayam Singh also supported the government from outside. When the Public Accounts Committee slammed the government and Congress party fac...
We will double unemployment allowance for youths and provide flood allowance to farmers. Our government will also initiate an inquiry into misuse of government funds by the present regime
I would also like to tell you that this is the same Congress Party that forced to change the affidavit twice, which was filed by CBI against Mulayam Singh and Mayawati. So, Mulayam Singh and Mayawati follow the policy of friendship in Delhi and fight in Lucknow
I have firm views on granting Muslims reservation in education and employment. Based on the reservation provided to them in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, I will try to give them reservation to the extent nobody has provided so far as soon as my party comes to power
I would also like to tell you that this is the same Congress Party that forced to change the affidavit twice, which was filed by CBI against Mulayam Singh and Mayawati. So, Mulayam Singh and Mayawati follow the policy of friendship in Delhi and fight in Lucknow
We congratulate Mamata Banerjee for opposing the FDI decision. We are totally opposed to it because the government decision will adversely affect thousands of retail traders
Since my childhood days, I have been a follower of Mulayam Singh Yadav. There is no reason why I should have shifted by loyalties even after my candidature was cancelled
We have requested Soniaji to withdraw it. We will continue our protest unless it is withdrawn
Brahmins went for Mayawati as they wanted to defeat Mulayam Singh Yadav and neither the Congress nor the BJP were in a position to do so...they did not want to waste their votes
this is a good thing that she is also opposing. But our stand is that we will burn any such shop in the state and we will not allow it.
Even today at 10am this was again agreed to by the government and the Left. However, when there was pandemonium in the house and it did not run, I went to the speaker. A meeting was held in which Bansal, Pranab Mukherjee, Dasgupta, Acharia, Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP), Lalu Prasad (RJD) and Dara Singh Chau...
What was the urgency to pass such a contentious policy so quickly
Mulayam Singh Yadav did not even bother to join hands with (former BJP leader) Kalyan Singh in an attempt to retain power.
If the government ensures that all procurement of agri-products, milk, fruits and vegetables are done directly from farmers then our party wont object
When Mayawati was grabbing your land who came to protest? It was Congress and not Mulayam Singh Yadav
While replying to the Calling Attention Motion of Gurudas Dasgupta (lawmaker), Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee himself told Parliament that 'we will consult the states and hold wider consultations before taking the decision (FDI in retail). We are not in hurry'. I have failed to understand what caused...
Taking into account the regimes of Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav, the people of Uttar Pradesh have lost hope for all-round development of the state
We will oppose the FDI decision both inside and outside parliament
I think Hindustan Times should seize the initiative by getting top leaders of prominent political parties to make suggestions, debate it before reaching a consensus
I came planned to the event to slap the minister
We are going to take a decision regarding Chidambaram in our party, along with the consultation of our ally, BJP
We will discuss the issue in our party and decide on it
