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TopicOm Prakash Rajbhar

Topic: Om Prakash Rajbhar

Soft on Mayawati, tough on Akhilesh, uneasy with Yogi: Om Prakash Rajbhar’s political manoeuvring

In 2017, SBSP was allied with BJP and Rajbhar was made minister. He quit Yogi cabinet after 2019 LS polls and teamed up with Akhilesh in 2021, but that too didn’t last long.

‘Abbas Ansari was SP candidate who fought on SBSP symbol because Akhilesh said so’, says OP Rajbhar

Lucknow: Days after returning to the NDA fold, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar sought to blame his former ally and...

‘SP doesn’t need anyone’s advice’ — BSP tie-up latest sore point for Akhilesh & ally Rajbhar

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav dismissed ally SBSP's suggestion of tie-up with BSP for 2024 Lok Sabha polls Tuesday. SBSP chief O.P. Rajbhar has criticised Akhilesh over election losses.

Om Prakash Rajbhar leads in UP’s Zahoorabad, fighting off challenge from BJP’s Kalicharan

SBSP chief and SP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar has a lead over his rivals with 34,667 votes, and a voteshare of over 44 per cent. Kalicharan Rajbhar has got 22,838 votes.

Why OP Rajbhar’s alliance with SP could prove significant to poll outcome in eastern UP

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar last week announced the alliance with the Samajwadi Party for the 2022 UP polls, saying this would ‘wipe out the BJP’.

SBSP chief Rajbhar hints at renewing alliance with BJP for UP polls, but conditions apply

At a press conference Friday, Om Prakash Rajbhar listed several conditions, including prohibition of liquor, which will induce him to form an alliance with the BJP.

The man from UP who can take away BJP’s OBC votes. He’s not from Congress, SP, or BSP

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Suheldev museum, tourist circuit, medical college — BJP’s Rajbhar ‘project’ to woo UP community

PM Modi virtually laid the foundation stone for museum and tourist circuit in honour of Maharaja Suheldev this week. Rajbhars claim they’re descended from him.

Owaisi visits UP after Bihar success, teams up with BJP’s ex-ally SBSP for 2022 polls

Asaduddin Owaisi meets Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief O.P. Rajbhar, joins Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha — a proposed anti-BJP alliance in UP.

Why Yogi Adityanath sacked UP ally and minister Om Prakash Rajbhar

Om Prakash Rajbhar’s SBSP and BJP had been at loggerheads in UP for months. The last straw was when Rajbhar asked his supporters at a rally to thrash BJP workers.

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India & EU announce “mother of all trade deals”. This is why it matters

Two sides also announce signing of a Security & Defence Partnership, launch negotiations for an intelligence sharing agreement & explore India’s addition to Horizon Europe programme.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.