Shafiqur Rahman Barq: Imposing Muslim face of Sambhal, adjoining areas
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Shafiqur Rahman Barq: Imposing Muslim face of Sambhal, adjoining areas

Hindustan Times  

The demise of senior Samajwadi Party leader and Sambhal MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq, 94, has created a void for the party as the veteran dominated the politics of Sambhal and adjoining areas for over five decades. Javed Ali Khan, SP’s Rajya Sabha MP and a resident of Sambhal, said, “Barq Saheb was our veteran leader who always worked for raising the voice of the poor and the oppressed and his demise is indeed a big loss to the party.” Party’s former youth wing national secretary Ayub Ansari said, “Barq Saheb was a well wisher of the poor in true sense.” He recalled a joke about Barq that whenever someone asked about his location, people close to him would say “must be sitting at a barber’s shop”. Barq worked with Chaudhary Charan Singh and also remained a strong voice of Muslim politics who was also a member of Babri Masjid Action Committee. Barq passed on his political legacy to his grandson Zia ur Rahman Barq and worked hard to ensure his victory as a Samajwadi Party candidate from Kundarki constituency in the 2022 assembly election.

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Sambhal violence: Samajwadi MP approaches High Court, seeks stay on arrest
1 week ago

Sambhal violence: Samajwadi MP approaches High Court, seeks stay on arrest

India Today  

Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq has approached the Allahabad High Court seeking a stay on his arrest in connection with the violence that erupted in Sambhal during a court-mandated survey of a mosque. Denying any connection to the violence, which left five people dead and several injured, the Sambhal MP alleged that the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh was "vengeful" …

'Sambhal MP Zia Ur Rehman Barq was driving Scorpio that killed him': Deceased victim's father approaches police with grave allegations against SP MP
2 weeks, 5 days ago

'Sambhal MP Zia Ur Rehman Barq was driving Scorpio that killed him': Deceased victim's father approaches police with grave allegations against SP MP

Op India  

On Wednesday, police said that an investigation has been launched into claims that a vehicle driven by Samajwadi Party MP Zia ur Rehman Barq collided with a 30-year-old man, killing him. 5 महीने पहले संभल में तेज रफ्तार काली स्कॉर्पियो से युवक की मौत हुई थी। अब इस मामले में चौंकाने वाला खुलासा हुआ है। पीड़ित परिवार ने एसपी को …

Sambhal violence: SP MP Zia Ur Rahman Barq named in FIR for violent instigation, hateful speech aimed at triggering communal clash
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Sambhal violence: SP MP Zia Ur Rahman Barq named in FIR for violent instigation, hateful speech aimed at triggering communal clash

Op India  

On 24th November, violence broke out in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, when a team of local authorities went to Jama Masjid to conduct the second round of a court-ordered survey. Source: UP police In his complaint, SI Rathi said that a court-ordered survey was conducted under the supervision of Advocate Ramesh Babu Ragha as court commissioner and other team members on …

Samajwadi MP key accused, he provoked Sambhal mob for political gain: FIR
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Samajwadi MP key accused, he provoked Sambhal mob for political gain: FIR

India Today  

Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Warq, against whom a case has been filed for inciting a mob and orchestrating violence that killed four in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal on Sunday, provoked the crowd and disrupted communal harmony for political gain, police claimed in an FIR. The FIR alleges that a mob of 700–800 people armed with deadly weapons gathered to disrupt …

Sambhal: Case against Samajwadi MP, Akhilesh Yadav says riot by Yogi government
1 month ago

Sambhal: Case against Samajwadi MP, Akhilesh Yadav says riot by Yogi government

India Today  

A day after violent clashes over a court-ordered mosque survey in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal led to four deaths, a case has been filed against MP and Samajwadi Party leader Ziaur Rahman Barq and local MLA Iqbal Mehmood's son Sohail Iqbal. The two - among six named in seven FIRs filed in connection with the violence - have been accused orchestrating …

Hindu BJP candidate trounces 11 Muslims in UP. What led to his massive win?
1 month ago

Hindu BJP candidate trounces 11 Muslims in UP. What led to his massive win?

India Today  

Amid BJP's rallying cry of "ek hain to safe hain", the saffron party has pulled off an unprecedented poll stunner by winning the Uttar Pradesh Kundarki Assembly seat, a Muslim dominant region, in the recently-concluded by-election, courtesy - Ramveer Thakur. According to the Election Commission of India, Ramveer Thakur defeated 11 of his contenders from the Muslim community in Kundarki, …

BJP sweeps UP bypolls, wins seven of nine seats; SP suffers setback in Dalit, Muslim-majority seats
1 month ago

BJP sweeps UP bypolls, wins seven of nine seats; SP suffers setback in Dalit, Muslim-majority seats

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: After facing a humiliating defeat in recent Lok Sabha polls, the ruling BJP managed to salvage its pride by sweeping the bypoll to nine assembly constituencies winning seven of them on Saturday. While Moradabad’s Kundarki, the stronghold of senior SP leader late Shafiqur Rehman Barq, is a Muslim-dominated seat, Katehri in Ambedkar Nagar has a substantial chunk of Dalit …

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'Ram Ya Rozgaar?': The Real Winners & Losers of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

The Quint  

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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 …

Ex-BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman joins SP
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman joins SP

Hindustan Times  

Former Bahujan Samaj Party MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur Haji Fazlur Rehman joined the Samajwadi Party at a programme organised in the SP state unit office on Thursday. SP president Akhilesh Yadav inducting former BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman into the party fold in Lucknow on July 4. Welcoming Rehman into the SP fold, party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav said …

Muslims Failed to Understand BSP: Mayawati After Defeat
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Muslims Failed to Understand BSP: Mayawati After Defeat

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: After scoring a zilch in the Lok Sabha polls, Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Wednesday said that despite the party gave it a "proper representation" in elections, the Muslim community is not able to understand the BSP. Mayawati in a statement said that her party will do a "deep analysis" of the trouncing and will take whatever steps …

Election results 2024: Rozi roti and reservation trumps Ram and rations in Uttar Pradesh
6 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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Baramulla Election Results 2024: Omar Abdullah suffers shocking defeat by Independent candidate
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Baramulla Election Results 2024: Omar Abdullah suffers shocking defeat by Independent candidate

India TV News  

Baramulla Election Results 2024: Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency wintnessed a majour turnound as National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah was defeated by Independent candidate Sheikh Abdul Rashid. Baramulla Election 2024: Voter turnout Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, which was once militancy-infested, recorded its highest-ever voter turnout on Monday at 59 per cent on a violence-free polling day. The previous highest voter …

Baramulla Lok Sabha seat gears up for intense contest after Engineer Rashid's entry: Who is he?
7 months, 1 week ago

Baramulla Lok Sabha seat gears up for intense contest after Engineer Rashid's entry: Who is he?

India TV News  

Baramulla Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The contest in North Kashmir's Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency has become more intense after the entry of jailed independent candidate Engineer Rashid in the race. Awami Ittehad Party spokesperson Firdous Baba informed that the party has decided to field Engineer Rashid as its candidate from the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency. Baramulla Lok Sabha Election 2019 …

Akhilesh can’t see beyond family: Mayawati
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Akhilesh can’t see beyond family: Mayawati

Hindustan Times  

Kanpur: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party, alleging that it did not field a Muslim candidate from Kannauj as it could not see beyond SP president Akhilesh Yadav’s family. The BSP chief asked the deprived sections, including the dalits and Muslims, to not cast a single vote for Yadav’s party in …

Samajwadi Party names candidates for six U.P. seats, including Pilibhit
9 months ago

Samajwadi Party names candidates for six U.P. seats, including Pilibhit

The Hindu  

The Samajwadi Party on March 20 named six candidates from Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming parliamentary polls. The SP announced the candidatures of Zia Ur Rehman Barq from Sambhal, Manoj Chaudhary from Baghpat, Rahul Awana from Gautam Buddha Nagar, Rajeev Rai from Ghosi, Rajendra S. Bind from Mirzapur, and Bhagwat Sharan Gangwar from Pilibhit. The announcement of a candidate from …

BSP names four Muslims as Lok Sabha probables, likely to hit INDIA bloc strategy in Rohilkhand region
9 months, 1 week ago

BSP names four Muslims as Lok Sabha probables, likely to hit INDIA bloc strategy in Rohilkhand region

Hindustan Times  

The Bahujan Samaj Party has named four probable Muslim candidates as its in-charges for the Moradabad, Amroha, Saharanpur and Pilibhit Lok Sabha seats. The BSP has made Dr Mujahid Hussain in-charge of Amroha Lok Sabha seat, Irfan Saifi of Moradabad, Anish Ahmed Khan aka Phool Babu of Pilibhit and Majid Ali of Saharanpur. After the Election Commission of India issues …

'Akhilesh Yadav's Muslim vote bank is gone': All India Muslim Jamaat chief says SP has lost trust of Muslims
9 months, 2 weeks ago

'Akhilesh Yadav's Muslim vote bank is gone': All India Muslim Jamaat chief says SP has lost trust of Muslims

Op India  

On Tuesday, the National President of All India Muslim Jamaat, Maulana Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi said that the Samajwadi Party supremo’s MY equation has deteriorated and that his party is likely to get ‘zero’. He said due to the continued negligence of Muslims by Akhilesh Yadav, his party’s Muslim vote bank is upset and thus drifting away. Akhilesh Yadav moving …

Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal, dies at 93
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal, dies at 93

Hindustan Times  

Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, died during treatment at a private hospital in Moradabad on Tuesday, the party said. Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq, He breathed his last at the hospital Shafiqur Rahman Barq, who has been a four-time MLA, was elected MP from Sambhal for the fifth time in 2019. "The demise …

Controversial Samjawadi party MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq dies at 93
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Controversial Samjawadi party MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq dies at 93

Op India  

Controversial Samajwadi party leader, Shafiqur Rehman Barq, passed away on Tuesday. As per reports, Shafiqur Rehman Barq was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital in Moradabad due to health-related ailments. UP : जिला संभल से सपा सांसद शफीकुर्रहमान वर्क का 93 साल की उम्र में इंतकाल हुआ। वे संसद में सबसे अधिक उम्र के सांसद थे। …

Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Samajwadi Party's MP from Sambhal, dies at 94
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Samajwadi Party's MP from Sambhal, dies at 94

India TV News  

Samajwadi Party Sambhal MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq on Tuesday passed away after a prolonged illness. On February 21, SP President Akhilesh Yadav also went to the private hospital in Moradabad to inquire about the condition of the MP. Akhilesh Yadav also condoled his death and said, "The demise of senior Samajwadi Party leader and several-time MP Mr. Shafiqur Rahman Barq …

Even SP has wilted under the Hindutva wave, says party leader
10 months ago

Even SP has wilted under the Hindutva wave, says party leader

Hindustan Times  

Samajwadi Party member, five-time former Badaun MP and ex-Union minister, Saleem Sherwani, says things have reached such a pass that even a staunch secularist party like his, has wilted under the Hindutva onslaught. Last week, he quit the post of Samajwadi Party national general secretary over the party’s “inappropriate” selection of Rajya Sabha candidates and neglect of the Muslim community …

Samajwadi Party candidates for three Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh files nomination
10 months, 1 week ago

Samajwadi Party candidates for three Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh files nomination

The Hindu  

The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday announced the candidature of former MP Ram Ji Lal Suman, retired Indian Administrative Service officer Alok Ranjan, and renominated Jaya Bachchan to the Rajya Sabha for the three seats of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. All three candidates filed their nomination papers at the State Assembly complex, in the presence of the SP president …

Uttar Pradesh: Former SP leader Shalini Yadav, who fought against PM Modi in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, joins BJP
1 year, 5 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Former SP leader Shalini Yadav, who fought against PM Modi in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, joins BJP

India TV News  

In a major setback to Samajwadi Party, former SP leader Shalini Yadav, who contested for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat in 2019, against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party later on Monday. According to media reports, several leaders from other parties were scheduled to join the BJP today at the party headquarters in Uttar …

The course seems set for coming general election
1 year, 5 months ago

The course seems set for coming general election

Live Mint  

The first two days of the monsoon session of Parliament have made it abundantly clear that the course is set for the forthcoming general elections. Constituents of INDIA and the National Democratic Alliance seemed to be working together rather well. So, when Mayawati, the Bahujan Samaj Party leader, called a news conference, reporters already knew what was in the offing. …

Why Mayawati forgave Atiq in January despite guest house horror, Raju Pal's murder
1 year, 8 months ago

Why Mayawati forgave Atiq in January despite guest house horror, Raju Pal's murder

India Today  

In 1995, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was running his government with support from the BSP of Kanshiram and his successor, Mayawati. Mayawati welcomed Atiq’s wife, Shaista Parveen, into the BSP and said she would be the party’s candidate for the post of Prayagraj’s Mayor. After the police named Atiq, Ashraf, Asad, Shaista and others, for Umesh Pal’s murder, …

UP Polls 2022: Samajwadi Party releases list of candidates. Details
2 years, 11 months ago

UP Polls 2022: Samajwadi Party releases list of candidates. Details

Live Mint  

Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022: The Samajwadi Party of Akhilesh Yadav on Monday released the list of 159 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Star campaigners SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav and new entrant to the party Swami Prasad Maurya are among its 30 star campaigners for the first phase of the assembly election. The other …

BSP leader RS Kushwaha, former party MP Kadir Rana join Samajwadi Party ahead of UP polls
3 years, 2 months ago

BSP leader RS Kushwaha, former party MP Kadir Rana join Samajwadi Party ahead of UP polls

India Today  

Bahujan Samaj Party leader RS Kushwaha and former party MP Kadir Rana have joined the Samajwadi Party on Sunday ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls due next year. The former Uttar Pradesh Bahujan Samaj Party president had met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav earlier, which had fuelled speculation. He said, "As BSP deviated from the ideology of Baba Saheb, most …

Nine BSP MLAs meet Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow, may join Samajwadi Party
3 years, 6 months ago

Nine BSP MLAs meet Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow, may join Samajwadi Party

India TV News  

In a clear sign of disintegration in the Bahujan Samaj Party ahead of next year's Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, 9 MLAs on Tuesday met Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow. The MLAs are Hakim Lal Bind, Vandana Singh, Ramveer Upadhyay, Anil Kumar Singh, Aslam Raini, Aslam Ali, Mujtaba Siddiqui, Hargovind Bhargava and Sushma Patel. The meeting between …

Former Samajwadi Party MP Tabassum Hasan, her MLA son Nahid booked under Gangster Act
3 years, 10 months ago

Former Samajwadi Party MP Tabassum Hasan, her MLA son Nahid booked under Gangster Act

India TV News  

Former Kairana MP, Tabassum Hasan, 50, and her son Nahid Hasan, 32, the Samajwadi Party MLA from Kairana, have been booked along with 38 others under relevant sections of the Gangster Act by local police in Shamli district. In the 2018 bypoll, Tabassum Hasan of the Rashtriya Lok Dal became the first Muslim candidate from Uttar Pradesh to enter the …

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