Will it be another son-rise in SP this LS poll in Uttar Pradesh?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Will it be another son-rise in SP this LS poll in Uttar Pradesh?

Hindustan Times  

The Samajwadi Party may see another ‘son-rise’ this Lok Sabha poll season in Uttar Pradesh as the party is likely to change its Budaun candidate yet again, replacing party national general secretary Shivpal Yadav with his son Aditya Yadav. The proposal will now go to the national leadership.The national leadership is likely to give its nod.” Former Budaun MP Dharmendra Yadav accompanied Shivpal on the occasion. Two days earlier, Shivpal also commented: “The party should give opportunity to young leaders.” Aditya Yadav has been a constant companion of off his father in the latter’s 2017 and 2022 Jaswantnagar assembly polls campaign. Sources say after over three weeks of constant campaigning by the father-son duo in Budaun, the local SP unit and former Budaun SP MP Dharmendra Yadav have also supported the Shivpal’s idea.

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Bihar: RJD MLA in tears after Tej Pratap Yadav announces to contest assembly polls from his seat | WATCH
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Bihar: RJD MLA in tears after Tej Pratap Yadav announces to contest assembly polls from his seat | WATCH

India TV News  

Bihar Assembly Elections 2025: As Bihar gears up for next year’s assembly elections, the political dynamics in the state are intensifying. Tej Pratap Yadav, RJD leader and son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, has announced his intention to contest from the Mahua assembly seat, instead of his current Hasanpur constituency. Watch video here Tej Pratap Yadav on connecting from Mahua seat …

No hope of SP coming to power till 2047: UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya
1 month ago

No hope of SP coming to power till 2047: UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party is not expected to come to power in Uttar Pradesh till 2047, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said on Sunday, taking a dig at the opposition party chief Akhilesh Yadav over its dismal performance in the assembly bypolls. Referring to the Samajwadi Party's PDA formula, Maurya, in a post on X, said, "The SP's fake …

Maharashtra polls: Will Marathwada spoil Mahayuti’s game again?
1 month ago

Maharashtra polls: Will Marathwada spoil Mahayuti’s game again?

Hindustan Times  

Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar/Beed: Marathwada, comprising eight districts in central Maharashtra, played a significant part in skewing the numbers against the ruling Mahayuti in the Lok Sabha elections six months ago. Marathwada, which has 46 assembly seats, has seen many stalwart leaders such as Raosaheb Danve, Pankaja Munde and Pratap Chikhalikar, backed by former chief minister Ashok Chavan, lose their seats …

Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls: Amid fight for Muslim votes, BJP aims to breach SP fort Kundarki
1 month, 1 week ago

Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls: Amid fight for Muslim votes, BJP aims to breach SP fort Kundarki

Hindustan Times  

The Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party are vying for Muslims votes in Kundarki assembly constituency, an SP stronghold, in Moradabad district. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav at a rally in Kundarki assembly constituency in Moradabad district. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen led by Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party led by Chandra Shekhar Azad …

UP Bypolls 2024 Karhal Bypoll SP Tej Pratap Yadav vs BJP Anujesh Yadav Battle In Akhilesh Yadav Family Fortress
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UP Bypolls 2024 Karhal Bypoll SP Tej Pratap Yadav vs BJP Anujesh Yadav Battle In Akhilesh Yadav Family Fortress

ABP News  

The Karhal constituency in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district has turned into a political battleground for the Samajwadi Party family, with the by-election considered crucial for Tej Pratap Yadav, the SP candidate and grandson of the late Mulayam Singh Yadav. Karhal Bypoll 2024: Caste Dynamics Vital As Yadav Family Puts Its Weigh Behind Tej Pratap Amid BJP Challenge Karhal has around …

Dynastic politics in focus with kin of MPs in fray in Assam bypolls
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dynastic politics in focus with kin of MPs in fray in Assam bypolls

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The issue of 'dynastic politics' has taken the centre-stage in Assam by-elections with both the ruling alliance and the main opposition party fielding candidates from political families, and the parties engaging in a sparring match targeting each other over it. If it is Barpeta MP Phani Bhusan Choudhury's wife Diptimayee contesting as ruling alliance candidate on an Asom Gana …

Karnataka Bypolls: The Next Generation Takes Center Stage
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka Bypolls: The Next Generation Takes Center Stage

India Today  

Karnataka's upcoming bypolls see father-son duos vying for assembly seats. Two former chief ministers, Basavaraj Bommai and H.D. Deve Gowda, are hoping to hand their sons the opportunity to serve in the state legislative assembly. Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Bharath Bommai are the candidates in Channapatna and Shiggaon respectively, both seeking to secure their party's ticket to power. While Basavaraj Bommai …

Dynasts continue to dominate Haryana’s electoral scenario
3 months, 1 week ago

Dynasts continue to dominate Haryana’s electoral scenario

Hindustan Times  

When a Congress ticket aspirant, Shweta Dhull expressed her angst on social media by saying “Raja Ka Beta hi Raja Banta hai” after being denied a party nomination from Kalayat assembly seat, she wasn’t much off the mark. Similarly, another great grandson of Devi Lal, Digvijay Chautala, son of Ajay Chautala, is contesting against his uncles, Aditya Devi Lal and …

Karnataka: No bypolls yet, but suspense on over three seats
4 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka: No bypolls yet, but suspense on over three seats

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: As the Election Commission of India did not announce the dates for the bypolls to three Assembly constituencies in Karnataka on Friday, the three major political parties will now have ample time to prepare for the elections. The BJP high command will decide on Sandur and Shiggaon, while Union Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy, who is …

Akhilesh Yadav takes ‘pawn’ dig at Keshav Maurya amid speculations of rift in UP BJP, deputy CM hits back
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Akhilesh Yadav takes ‘pawn’ dig at Keshav Maurya amid speculations of rift in UP BJP, deputy CM hits back

Hindustan Times  

Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the speculated rift in the party's Uttar Pradesh unit, reported PTI. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and UP's deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. Talking to reporters in Lucknow, Yadav said that he had heard that UP's deputy …

Lok Sabha election result signifies negative politics ending, verdict belongs to PDA: Akhilesh Yadav
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election result signifies negative politics ending, verdict belongs to PDA: Akhilesh Yadav

The Hindu  

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on June 8 said the 2024 Lok Sabha polls verdict signified that negative politics ended with the issues and concerns of common people taking centre stage. Mr. Yadav, while speaking to media after chairing the parliamentary board meeting of his party in Lucknow, said the victory belongs to the PDA and other marginalised social groups …

We all fought historic battle: Priyanka Gandhi thanks SP for INDIA bloc's historic performance in UP
6 months, 2 weeks ago

We all fought historic battle: Priyanka Gandhi thanks SP for INDIA bloc's historic performance in UP

India TV News  

Amid the INDIA bloc's massive gain in Uttar Pradesh during the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday congratulated the Samajwadi Party leaders, including party supremo Akhilesh Yadav and the Karyakartas, for the historic verdict in the state. Taking to X, the Congress general secretary congratulated Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, his wife, and Mainpuri …

Akhilesh Yadav man of the moment, Samajwadi Party single-largest party in Uttar Pradesh, third in country
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Akhilesh Yadav man of the moment, Samajwadi Party single-largest party in Uttar Pradesh, third in country

Hindustan Times  

After a string of poll reverses since 2017, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has finally delivered with his party putting in its best-ever performance in the Lok Sabha elections to win 37 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh and emerging as the single-largest party in the country’s most populous state where it reduced the ruling BJP to 33 seats …

Akhilesh Yadav: What the next five years hold for key leaders
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Akhilesh Yadav: What the next five years hold for key leaders

Hindustan Times  

If there is one leader who learnt the right lessons from BJP’s Hindi heartland success over the past decade, and managed to reshape his own party based on the success of its rival, it is Akhilesh Yadav. In 2019, Yadav joined hands with his arch rival, Mayawati; yet, the BJP managed to comfortably win over 60 seats from the state. …

Samajwadi Party registers best-ever performance in Lok Sabha elections
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Samajwadi Party registers best-ever performance in Lok Sabha elections

Hindustan Times  

Former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party has registered its best performance in the Lok Sabha elections, winning or leading on 38 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh after a string of electoral reverses since 2017. The SP, which increased its tally seven-fold, won 35 seats in 2004 when SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav headed the government in Uttar …

Bihar's Patliputra Lok Sabha seat: RJD's Misa Bharti leading with 3,04,635
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bihar's Patliputra Lok Sabha seat: RJD's Misa Bharti leading with 3,04,635

Hindustan Times  

RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Misa Bharti on Tuesday is leading in the Lok Sabha elections from Bihar’s Patliputra constituency, a seat where she had tasted defeat twice before. Follow Bihar Lok Sabha election LIVE coverage here RJD MP Misa Bharti BJP’s Ram Kripal Yadav, a former close aide of the RJD supremo who joined the saffron party ahead …

Election results 2024 | Samajwadi Party makes comeback in Uttar Pradesh as INDIA bloc leads over NDA
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election results 2024 | Samajwadi Party makes comeback in Uttar Pradesh as INDIA bloc leads over NDA

The Hindu  

The Samajwadi Party and Congress of the INDIA bloc are leading in 34 and 7 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission's data for polls to the 80 parliamentary constituencies showed. Among the prominent leaders who have taken comfortable leads over their rivals is Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Lucknow, Samajwadi Party …

Election results 2024: Akhilesh, Dimple Yadav leading from Kannauj and Mainpuri, show early trends
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election results 2024: Akhilesh, Dimple Yadav leading from Kannauj and Mainpuri, show early trends

Hindustan Times  

Akhilesh Yadav, the chief of the Samajwadi Party, and his wife Dimple Yadav were leading from Uttar Pradesh’ Kannauj and Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituencies respectively in early election trends on Tuesday. Yadav, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 members to the lower house of Parliament, first won the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in 2000 and later represented …

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav wins Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav wins Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj

Hindustan Times  

Akhilesh Yadav, the chief of the Samajwadi Party, who has previously won three Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj, won again by a margin of 1,70,922, according to the Election Commission of India website. Yadav, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 members to the lower house of Parliament, first won the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat …

Mainpuri Election Results 2024: SP candidate Dimple Yadav wins Mainpuri by margin of 2,21,639 votes
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mainpuri Election Results 2024: SP candidate Dimple Yadav wins Mainpuri by margin of 2,21,639 votes

India TV News  

Mainpuri Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav has won election in Mainpuri by margin of 2,21,639 votes. In 2024, the key contest in Mainpuri is between Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav and BJP's Jaiveer Singh and BSP's Shiv Prasad Yadav. However, in 2022 by-election, after Mulayam’s death, Dimple Yadav contested the election from this seat and defeated …

Azamgarh Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: SP's Dharmendra Yadav leading against BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Azamgarh Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: SP's Dharmendra Yadav leading against BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav

India TV News  

Azamgarh Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh. Azamgarh Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 | UPDATES Samajwadi Party's Dharmendra Yadav leading against BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav in early trends. In 2024, the key contest in Azamgarh is between BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' and Samajwadi Party's Dharmendra Yadav. Uttar …

Giriraj Singh To Misa Bharti & Ravi Shankar; List Of Top 5 Lok Sabha Candidates From Bihar
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Giriraj Singh To Misa Bharti & Ravi Shankar; List Of Top 5 Lok Sabha Candidates From Bihar

ABP News  

The voting has been conducted in the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar, where the voting in seven phases concluded on Saturday. Here are some of the top candidates this election: - Giriraj Singh: BJP firebrand leader and Union Minister Giriraj Singh is seeking a second term from Begusarai Lok Sabha seat in Bihar. - Ravi Shankar Prasad: BJP leader …

Lok Sabha polls: Multiple political legacies at stake in UP's Purvanchal region during Phase VI
7 months ago

Lok Sabha polls: Multiple political legacies at stake in UP's Purvanchal region during Phase VI

New Indian Express  

Sultanpur Uttar Pradesh's constituency No. This is despite SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s nephew Dharmendra, who is the party's 2024 candidate, losing to the BJP's Dineh Lal Nirhaua in a by-poll two years ago. 2019: Akhilesh Yadav ; Resigned on March 22, 2022 Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua ; Elected on June 26, 2022 2014: Mulayam Singh Yadav 2009: Ramakant Yadav …

OPINION | LALU, TEJASHWI AILING: WILL IT DAMPEN RJD CAMPAIGN?
7 months, 1 week ago

OPINION | LALU, TEJASHWI AILING: WILL IT DAMPEN RJD CAMPAIGN?

India TV News  

With his ailing father Lalu Prasad Yadav restricting his movements under medical advice, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav has been suffering from low back pain for the last ten days and both the sisters, Misa Bharti and Rohini Acharya are busy campaigning in their constituencies Patliputra and Saran respectively, and the regional party is now facing an acute shortage …

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections: Voting timings, key candidates and phase 4 seats
7 months, 1 week ago

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections: Voting timings, key candidates and phase 4 seats

Hindustan Times  

As many as 13 parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh will vote on Monday in the fourth of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections. After tomorrow, 39 of the state's 80 seats will have voted, while polling for the remaining 41 seats will be held in fifth, sixth, and seventh phases. List of candidates Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is the most …

LS polls 2024: Stakes high for Kharge, BSY, NCP in Phase 3
7 months, 2 weeks ago

LS polls 2024: Stakes high for Kharge, BSY, NCP in Phase 3

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: The electoral fate of half-a-dozen Union ministers and two former chief ministers will be sealed on Wednesday in the third phase of the general elections is 93 constituencies in 11 states and Union territories. Prominent among the heavyweight candidates in this phase are Union home minister Amit Shah in Gandhinagar, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya, civil aviation minister …

Lok Sabha Polls, Phase 3: High-Octane NDA, I.N.D.I.A Campaigns End As 12 States, UTs Set To Undergo Voting On Tuesday
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Polls, Phase 3: High-Octane NDA, I.N.D.I.A Campaigns End As 12 States, UTs Set To Undergo Voting On Tuesday

ABP News  

Ahmedabad/Bengaluru, May 5 The high-octane campaign for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections that saw the BJP-led NDA and the INDIA bloc fiercely attacking each other on issues like reservations and sexual harassment charges against JD leader Prajwal Revanna concluded on Sunday evening in 92 seats spread over 11 states and Union Territories. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge along with …

MP LS Polls: In 2 LS Constituencies in MP, “Raja Saheb” Digvijay and “Maharaj” Scindia ‘Fight for Pride’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

MP LS Polls: In 2 LS Constituencies in MP, “Raja Saheb” Digvijay and “Maharaj” Scindia ‘Fight for Pride’

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: It is ‘fight for pride’ for Congress veteran Digvijay Singh and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in their respective Lok Sabha constituencies of Rajgarh and Guna in Madhya Pradesh, in this poll. Two-time chief minister Mr Singh, famously known as ‘Raja of Raghogarh’, had lost to BJP’s Pragya Singh Thakur, a greenhorn in politics then, in Bhopal LS seat in …

Lok Sabha election: In ‘Suhag Nagari’ Firozabad, issues on ground wedded to larger poll picture?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election: In ‘Suhag Nagari’ Firozabad, issues on ground wedded to larger poll picture?

Hindustan Times  

Located on the Delhi-Kanpur highway, Firozabad was earlier a part of Agra but became a separate district in 1989. Raj Babbar moved to Ghaziabad in the 2014 Lok Sabha election and senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav’s son Akshay Yadav won the 2014 election despite the Modi wave sweeping the nation. The traditional Samajwadi Party votes were divided between Shivpal …

Son Campaigning Against Dy. CM Budi Mutyala Naidu
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Son Campaigning Against Dy. CM Budi Mutyala Naidu

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Budi Ravi Kumar, son of Deputy Chief Minister Budi Mutyala Naidu, has launched a campaign against his father on both social media and via hoardings scattered in the Madugula constituency. Ravi Kumar is the son of Budi Mutyala Naidu and his first wife Ramanamma. Ravi is contesting from Madugula as an independent candidate, while Anuradha, daughter of Budi Mutyala …

Improving Budaun-Delhi connectivity will be my priority: Aditya Yadav
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Improving Budaun-Delhi connectivity will be my priority: Aditya Yadav

Hindustan Times  

Aditya Yadav, a member of the Yadav clan of Saifai and son of Shivpal Yadav, has entered the fray for the first time in this Lok Sabha election. During his hectic election campaign, Aditya spoke to Pawan Dixit about his action plan, strengths and weaknesses and priority for Budaun. Samajwadi Party leader and Shivpal Yadav’s son Aditya Yadav addressing the …

Parties stick to tested formulas as 5 seats of north Bihar gear up for polls
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Parties stick to tested formulas as 5 seats of north Bihar gear up for polls

The Hindu  

“Rome Pope ka, Madhepura Gope ka,” goes a saying in Bihar’s Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency, one of the five in north Bihar that would go to polls in the third phase of the 2024 general election on May 7. In Madhepura, National Democratic Alliance candidate and sitting MP Dinesh Chandra Yadav of the Janata Dal is contesting against the Opposition …

Samajwadi Party nominates Akhilesh’s nephew from Kannauj
8 months ago

Samajwadi Party nominates Akhilesh’s nephew from Kannauj

The Hindu  

The Samajwadi Party on Monday named former MP Tej Pratap Singh Yadav as the candidate from the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Yadav, 36, is the nephew of party president Akhilesh Yadav and son-in-law of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad. Mr. Tej Pratap represented the Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency in 2014, after late Mulayam Singh Yadav, …

Mainpuri Lok Sabha elections 2024: Dimple Yadav vs Thakur Jaiveer Singh vs Shiv Prasad Yadav
8 months ago

Mainpuri Lok Sabha elections 2024: Dimple Yadav vs Thakur Jaiveer Singh vs Shiv Prasad Yadav

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024:: The Mainpuri parliamentary seat is witnessing intense competition ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party vying for a win. Following the demise of Mulayam Singh Yadav on October 10, 2022, Dimple Yadav was fielded as his successor in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, where she …

Campaigning ends for 12 Raj LS seats going to polls in phase 1
8 months, 1 week ago

Campaigning ends for 12 Raj LS seats going to polls in phase 1

Hindustan Times  

The high-decibel campaign by the parties for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan’s 12 constituencies came to an end on Wednesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party focusing on the guarantees of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Congress attacking the former over issues such as unemployment and inflation. The party’s national president Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Aditya Yadav replaces father Shivpal in Badaun in SP's new list of UP candidates
8 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Aditya Yadav replaces father Shivpal in Badaun in SP's new list of UP candidates

India TV News  

Samajwadi Party on Sunday replaced Shivpal Yadav and fielded his son Aditya from the Badaun Lok Sabha seat. In the "rectified" list of candidates released on Sunday evening, the party declared the names on two seats --Badaun and Sultanpur. The Congress and Samajwadi Party are contesting the elections in Uttar Pradesh under the Opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc, as part of which …

Keeping up with UP | Analysts predict Muslim consolidation, say the community will vote en bloc in UP
8 months, 1 week ago

Keeping up with UP | Analysts predict Muslim consolidation, say the community will vote en bloc in UP

Hindustan Times  

In the 1991 film Silence of the Lambs, Clarice Starling, the detective played by Jodie Foster, tells Dr Hannibal, a psychopathic killer played by Anthony Hopkins, about how when she was young and staying at an aunt's place, she would be terrified of the sounds from a slaughterhouse nearby. SM Yasin, the joint secretary of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, …

I am Congress soldier: Bihar’s Purnea Independent candidate Pappu Yadav
8 months, 1 week ago

I am Congress soldier: Bihar’s Purnea Independent candidate Pappu Yadav

The Hindu  

Despite throwing his hat into the ring as an Independent candidate from Bihar's Purnea Lok Sabha seat, former MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav asserted that he still considers himself "a soldier of the Congress" and will remain with the party till his last breath. Mr. Yadav, who recently joined the grand old party, blamed Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu …

2024 Lok Sabha polls: Nomination process begins for 3rd phase, focus shifts from Jat belt to Yadav land in Uttar Pradesh
8 months, 1 week ago

2024 Lok Sabha polls: Nomination process begins for 3rd phase, focus shifts from Jat belt to Yadav land in Uttar Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

The third phase of the Lok Sabha elections featuring 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh marks the shift of focus from Jat belt in the first two phases to Yadav land where Yadav-Muslim equations will be tested. The 10 Lok Sabha seats going to polls in the third phase are Sambhal, Hathras, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Aonla and …

Pappu gets a push as Purnea RJD leader workers vow support
8 months, 1 week ago

Pappu gets a push as Purnea RJD leader workers vow support

Hindustan Times  

Five-time MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, who is in the fray for the Purnea Lok Sabha seat as an Independent, appears to be gaining in support from the local cadres of the RJD, who have ditched their party’s nominee Bima Bharti in his favour. Pappu Yadav on way to file his nomination for Purnea Lok Sabha seat on April …

UP minister Jaiveer Thakur to take on Dimple Yadav in Mainpuri: BJP's 10th list
8 months, 2 weeks ago

UP minister Jaiveer Thakur to take on Dimple Yadav in Mainpuri: BJP's 10th list

India Today  

The BJP on Wednesday announced its 10th list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, pitting Uttar Pradesh Minister Jaiveer Singh Thakur against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri. A lawyer, Tripathi is the son of former Uttar Pradesh Assembly speaker and West Bengal ex-governor Kesari Nath Tripathi. Paras Nath Rai will contest on a BJP …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Shivpal Yadav declares his son Aditya the SP candidate from Budaun
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Shivpal Yadav declares his son Aditya the SP candidate from Budaun

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Samajwadi Party's national general secretary Shivpal Yadav, who is the party's official candidate from the Budaun Lok Sabha seat, declared on Wednesday that his son Aditya Yadav will be contesting from this constituency instead, citing the demand of the people. It is pertinent to mention that for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, Dharmendra Yadav was initially …

Pappu Yadav ignores Congress advice, remains in fray from Purnea Lok Sabha seat
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Pappu Yadav ignores Congress advice, remains in fray from Purnea Lok Sabha seat

Hindustan Times  

Purnea: Bihar leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav’s refusal to withdraw his candidature from Purnea Lok Sabha seat on Monday, the last day of withdrawing nomination, has put the Congress party in a fix. The Purnea Lok Sabha seat has gone to Congress alliance partner, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, in the seat-sharing formula in the Mahaghatbandhan, a coalition comprising the …

Tejashwi Yadav questions BJP over dynastic politics ahead of Modi rally
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tejashwi Yadav questions BJP over dynastic politics ahead of Modi rally

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first election rally in Bihar at Jamui on Thursday, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party over dynastic politics. Yadav said Arun Bharti, BJP-led National Democratic Alliance candidate from Jamui, is the brother-in-law-of Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan and son of former legislator Jyoti. The BJP has attacked RJD …

Family feud over, can a united Samajwadi Party, reclaim the glass city Firozabad?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Family feud over, can a united Samajwadi Party, reclaim the glass city Firozabad?

Hindustan Times  

Refined craftsmanship and “handle with care” are the two most distinguished aspects of Firozabad’s iconic glass industry. Despite the dominant show in the surrounding seats, the BJP lost in Firozabad in 2014 as Akshaya Yadav, defeated BJP heavy weight and present Union minister SP Singh Baghel by a margin of over one lakh votes. Five years later, in 2019, Shivpal …

LS polls: Swami Prasad Maurya to contest from Kushinagar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

LS polls: Swami Prasad Maurya to contest from Kushinagar

Hindustan Times  

GORAKHPUR: Former UP minister and Rashtriya Shoshit Samaaj Party president Swami Prasad Maurya announced on Sunday that he will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Kushinagar. Rashtriya Shoshit Samaaj Party chief Swami Prasad Maurya Maurya, who has served as a three-time MLA from the Padrauna, contested the Lok Sabha election from Kushinagar in 2009 but was defeated by then Congress …

All in family! Dynastic politics not a slur now in Karnataka
8 months, 3 weeks ago

All in family! Dynastic politics not a slur now in Karnataka

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Unlike in the 2023 assembly polls, dynastic politics is likely to be a non-issue in the Lok Sabha elections, with all parties equally guilty of fielding family members -- sons, daughters and even sons-in-law -- of top leaders. This time, AICC president Mallikarjuna Kharge’s son-in-law Radhakrishna Dodmani is contesting from Kalaburagi, and former prime minister and JDS supremo H …

Amid discontent in Karnataka BJP over LS candidates, Yediyurappa says efforts on to resolve issues
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Amid discontent in Karnataka BJP over LS candidates, Yediyurappa says efforts on to resolve issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru, Mar 26 Amid simmering discontent within the BJP in various constituencies, following the announcement of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, the party's veteran leader B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said efforts are on to resolve all the issues and there are no complications. The former chief minister said he will be visiting Davangere and Belagavi today and March …

‘Even if PM Modi comes and tries to…’: Karnataka BJP leader K S Eshwarappa
9 months ago

‘Even if PM Modi comes and tries to…’: Karnataka BJP leader K S Eshwarappa

Hindustan Times  

Senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa, whose son was earlier denied a ticket for the Haveri-Gadag Lok Sabha seat, said he will contest independently and win the elections even if Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes and attempts to change his mind. READ | FIR booked against BJP's CT Ravi over his social media post: Election Commission Replying to her, the former …

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