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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicSamajwadi Party

Topic: Samajwadi Party

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.

EC exerting monopoly, working for govt, says SP MP Dimple Yadav on Bihar electoral revision

Nearly 50 lakh voters will be affected by the Special Intensive Revision announced by the election panel months ahead of Bihar polls, she adds.

‘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.

Even some BJP leaders are stumped by his arrest. All about Ashoka professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad

Khan, a Cambridge alumnus, was arrested over social media posts on Operation Sindoor and press briefings by Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh.

Mandal 2.0 begins—Modi govt gambles on caste census to stay ahead of Congress, SP, RJD

The Modi government doesn't want to jeopardise its hold on the backward caste vote, especially with Congress and Mandal-era parties like SP and RJD eyeing the same turf.

On Camera

Road building is a money-making racket in India. And we have a very short memory

We get very angry when rain disrupts our lives and brings our cities to a halt, but by the time the elections come around, we have forgotten how angry we were.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.