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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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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.