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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicSamajwadi Party

Topic: Samajwadi Party

2 birds, 1 stone: Cross-voting by SP MLAs queers pitch for Gandhis in Amethi, Rae Bareli

3 of 8 SP MLAs who cross-voted or abstained from voting in Rajya Sabha polls represent assembly segments in Amethi & Rae Bareli from where Gandhi siblings are expected to contest.

SP chief whip Manoj Kumar Pandey resigns from post amid voting for 10 Rajya Sabha seats

Pandey submitted his resignation amidst voting for 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh with eight BJP candidates and three from the Samajwadi Party in the fray.

Bahubali, seven-time MLA, ex-minister — why BJP, SP made beeline for Raja bhaiya’s Kunda mansion

Kunda strongman will be key to ensuring victory of BJP's eighth candidate. Similarly, SP needs outside support for its third nominee. RS polls to take place Tuesday.

OBC leader who stirred Ramcharitmanas row, serial party hopper — who is Swami Prasad Maurya

Lucknow: The last time Swami Prasad Maurya launched a new political party, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) less than a month later....

What prompted SP to seal an alliance with Congress in UP & MP for Lok Sabha polls

SP to contest in 63 seats & Congress in 17 in UP. Alliance will give SP an advantage in Muslim-dominated seats in the state. SP will also get one seat in MP as part of seat-sharing deal.

SP & Congress announce poll tie-up in UP & MP, Congress gets 17 seats in UP

In MP, the SP will contest just one seat, supporting Congress candidates in the rest.

‘This is no family drama’ — after RLD set-back, ally Apna Dal (K) calls SP’s RS candidate list a ‘fraud’

Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)’s Pallavi Patel has objected to SP’s nominations of Jaya Bachchan & Alok Ranjan. For SP, this comes less than a week after former ally RLD joined NDA fold. 

Amid BJP tie-up buzz, RLD accepts Yogi govt invite for Ram Lalla darshan as ally SP declines it

UP CM Yogi Adityanath has invited all members of assembly to visit Ayodhya for darshan of Ram Lalla’s idol at Ram temple. MLA delegation to visit temple on 11 February.

Throat-cutting, land grabbing—How UP’s Lady Dabang became a millionaire politician

Through intimate stories of the lives of powerful and aspiring bosses, this book illustrates their personal struggles for sovereignty as they climb the ladder of success.

‘Like Sudama & Krishna’ — who are ‘Mahabrahmanas’ now throwing weight behind Akhilesh Yadav

Rashtriya Karyarat Party, which claims to represent this subset of Brahmins, is set to organise 'Mahabrahmin Mahapanchayat' on 1 Feb, with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav as chief guest.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?