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Topic: Samajwadi Party

When Sasmit Patra snapped at fellow BJD MP & an ‘all-new’ Shivakumar

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty, and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Delhi Congresswalas make most of Siddaramaiah-Shivakumar tussle & big, fat Saifai wedding

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty, and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

How opposition parties are trying to work around govt ban on caste-based rallies in UP

UP govt issued notification Sunday banning caste references in police documents, vehicles and rallies, in compliance with HC order that described caste glorification as 'anti-national'.

Chaupals, Mihir Bhoj & more tickets–Gurjars at centre of Akhilesh’s non-Yadav OBC strategy

Samajwadi Party's outreach to Gurjars in western UP is an attempt to counter the BJP's growing influence on the Jat voter.

The widow who turned rebel: UP MLA Pooja Pal, who was expelled from SP hours after praising Yogi

Lucknow: Of all the reasons to enter politics, hers was the strangest: Murder. And it was BSP leader Mayawati who encouraged Pooja Pal to...

‘A for Akhilesh’, ‘M for Mulayam’: Yogi govt cracks down on ‘PDA ki pathshala’, SP workers booked

UP govt cracked down on Samajwadi Party’s 'PDA pathshalas' after videos emerged of children being taught the 'politicised alphabet'. CM accused SP of spreading propaganda.

Who is Maulana Sajid Rashidi, slapped by SP workers over inappropriate remark on Dimple Yadav

Maulana Rashidi is at the centre of a political storm over his comments on Dimple Yadav’. The remarks have led to political outrage, FIRs and an assault by Samajwadi Party workers.

‘PDA’ politics at play—Why Akhilesh expelled only three of eight ‘rebel’ SP MLAs

Action against Abhay Singh, Rakesh Pratap Singh & Manoj Pandey comes over a yr after they & others cross-voted in RS polls. Party monitoring actions of all rebel leaders, spokesperson says.

In closed-door meet, Akhilesh sets record straight on alliance with Congress, Azam ‘sahab’

SP chief Akhilesh was addressing the concerns of minority leaders over tensions between Saharanpur Congress MP Imran Masood and Saharanpur Dehat SP MLA Ashu Malik.

In eastern UP, tug of war between BJP & SP over Raja Suheldev’s legacy. The prize—Rajbhar votes

Hours after Yogi Adityanath unveiled a bronze statue of King Suheldev, the Samajwadi Party announced a gold statue after it comes to power in the future.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

IAF achieved air superiority in Op Sindoor, forced Pakistan to seek ceasefire—Swiss think tank

Authored by military historian Adrien Fontanellaz, the study reveals the drone strategy used by Pakistan & how they tried to hit S-400 air defence system, both of which failed.

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.