Union minister Beni Prasad Verma on Monday accused Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav of conniving with Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani in the run-up to the demolition of Babri Masjid, while debunking a debate on whether he or Narendra Modi would be a better prime ministerial choice.
In his address to the joint sitting of the state legislature, Rajeswar, while outlining the priorities of Mayawati government, said that an atomosphere of "anarchy" prevailed in UP during the last four years.
He said the poll panel had the backing of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress.
Accusing the Congress party of doublespeak, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday demanded that the party either sack general secretary Digvijaya Singh or take action against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram on the Batla House encounter case.
There was no immediate reaction from the PSPL on the inclusion of Shivpal Singh Yadav's name in the SP's list of campaigners.
Apparently upset with the media's coverage of the strike of junior doctors in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday snapped at journalists when questioned about the deaths that took place due to the agitation, asking them "Has someone in your family died"?
With government gearing up to face the opposition onslaught in winter session of Parliament on foreign direct investment in retail issue besides hike in diesel price, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday night hosted a dinner for Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Ram Gopal Yadav said that the CBI inquiry was into a "non-existent" issue as the Chief Minister has not purchased any land or property in the past six years.
It has been issued based on a petition alleging that they have amassed wealth exceeding than their known sources of income.
The reports of Sachar and Ranganath Misra committees on minority welfare on Thursday generated heat in the Lok Sabha, with RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his SP counterpart Mulayam Singh Yadav charging the government with being anti-Muslim and leading walkout by their party members.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday said his party will firm up its position on the issue of presidential elections after holding discussions with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee
Many feel that the government does have a special regard for the Bachchan family.
Yadav and Chaudhry will be presented the awards on May 28 at a ceremony in London by Right Hon'ble Lord Phillips, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Former defence minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday claimed that China could attack India soon and the threat needed to be taken seriously against the backdrop of the 1962 invasion."China is laying claim on several of our states including Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand besides Ladakh region. It is going to attack us soon. The attack can take place any time," the Samajwadi party supremo said in the Lok Sabha during Zero Hour.
Lecturer Kavita Rani had alleged in letters before her disappearance on October 24 that she had received threats from various people including Babulal.
Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday pointedly accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of hounding his party MLA Vijay Misra, prime accused in the life attempt on UP Registration and Stamps Minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi in Allahabad three month ago.
The EC has asked both factions to show strength of MLAs, MPs and MLCs supporting them through signed affidavits.
Mulayam said his son had promised to leave the post of party president after staying at the helm for three months, but he did not do so.
The demand comes in the backdrop of the UPA government granting a special Rs 3,225 crore package to Bihar, ruled by key UPA constituent Rashtriya Janata Dal, in the Union Budget 2004-05 ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
The confidence vote in the UP assembly is scheduled for September 8.
The rebels have formed a separate outfit, the Loktantrik BSP, and sought its merger with the Samajwadi Party.
Against the backdrop of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's attacks on the United Progressive Alliance and the Congress, Union minister Manish Tewari on Friday said the ruling party and the alliance know how to run a coalition. "The UPA and Congress have always shown that they know how to run a coalition and the current UPA government will complete its full term," the Congress leader told reporters.
Mulayam announced that sacked minister Gayatri Prajapati will be taken back in the UP cabinet.
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's reprimand of his son Akhilesh Yadav for his 'unsatisfactory' performance as Uttar Pradesh chief minister has provoked Yadav junior to pull up his socks.
The CM claimed that the state government had cleared the payment dues for the previous year and the current fiscal year.
The Samajawadi Party leader pointed out that foreign companies were being paid twice the amount that was paid to their India counterparts, and demanded that farmers' loans be waived off.
"The presidential elections have not been announced yet. There are no candidates. We will decide on whom to support after considering merits and de-merits (of candidates)," Mulayam Yadav said addressing a press conference in New Delhi after the party's parliamentary board meeting
Mulayam sparks controversy; says government is tapping Amar Singh's phone. Government hits back with grit.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad and Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, two prominent opponents of Women's Reservation Bill, had a nearly 20-minute interaction with Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, but both sides appeared to have failed to convince each other.
Amid speculation that the Samajwadi Party is trying to woo former Uttarakhand Chief Minister N D Tiwari, Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh on Saturday met the veteran Congress leader in Lucknow.
Fernandes said there was 'no contradiction' in his stand because the NDA was a 'platform of political parties.'
The move is directed at strengthening Samajwadi Party's weakening hold over a section of the OBCs, who have traditionally remained the most deprived lot. Sharat Pradhan reports
Speaking at a special function organised at the Lohia Park in Lucknow to mark the 45th death anniversary of his party ideologue and highly rated socialist leader Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, the SP patriarch said, "I am keeping a vigilant eye on the activities of all ministers; and let it be loud and clear that any behaviour unbecoming of the high office they are holding, will not miss my attention."
Yadav said she initially felt like Eklavya in the BJP family but now (with this responsibility) she hopes to work like Arjuna.
A city court has reserved judgment for Saturday 2 pm on a criminal complaint against withdrawal of a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into alleged "benami" properties held by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh in the name of his two sons and daughter-in-law, Dimple, wife of MP son Akhilesh.
Union minister Beni Prasad Verma on Saturday justified the sub-quota within quota for Muslims saying their condition was even worse than backwards.
Ruling alliance members heartily cheered Yadav with chants of 'Jai Shri Ram'.
In Bharatana, the Samajwadi Party chief seems to have an easy ride.
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, who backed United Progressive Alliance Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee, on Thursday mistakenly cast his vote in favour of BJP-backed P A Sangma, but realised it in time and took remedial steps.
Not only the variety of corporate interests are putting the pressure on every little detail regarding the 2G auction process, but even Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is lobbying for it openly, reports Sheela Bhatt.
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