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Amid speculated ‘rift’ within Uttar Pradesh BJP, Akhilesh brings ‘monsoon offer’

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference during the joining of former District Panchayat President Vijay Bahadur Yadav in the party, at the party office in Lucknow on July 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday made a cryptic ‘monsoon offer’ amid the speculation of a ‘rift’ within the Uttar Pradesh unit of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “Monsoon offer: Sau lau, sarkar bano, [bring 100, form government],” Mr. Yadav, posted on X. The short post appeared to be a refined version of Mr. Yadav’s past “offer” to Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, where he said “Keshav Prasad Maurya dreamed of becoming the CM, if he brings 100 MLAs, the SP will support him for the CM post,” Mr. Yadav made the offer in ...
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The resurgence of the Samajwadi Party

The Samajwadi Party (SP), forged on October 4, 1992, by Mulayam Singh Yadav, arose from the shards of a schism within the Janata Dal. After its peak in 2012, the party faced a steady decline. In the 1993 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the SP allied with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), audaciously challenging the hegemony of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This coalition succeeded and Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav became Chief Minister, marking the rise of backward caste politics in U.P.In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the SP grew stronger, winning 110 seats in the 1996 Assembly polls. Despite internal conflicts, Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav returned as Chief Minister in 2003 through coalitions. However, in 2007, the SP lost to the BSP under Mayawati. The party rebounded in 2...
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TMC Backs Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad For Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Post: Reports

Trinamool Congress (TMC) has urged the Union government to nominate Awadhesh Prasad, the recently elected Member of Parliament from Faizabad, as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, media reports say. The move comes amid ongoing discussions within the opposition ranks to fill the vacant post, which remained unoccupied throughout the 17th Lok Sabha. According to The Hindu, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee proposed Awadhesh Prasad for the role, emphasising his significant victory in the recent elections from Faizabad, which includes the revered city of Ayodhya. Prasad, a Dalit leader, secured his seat by defeating BJP's Lallu Singh, attracting attention as a symbolic win against the BJP's political narrative, despite the inauguration of the Ram T...
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SP mouthpiece has a message in English. Focus on non-Hindi states & breaking from Mulayam’s mould

Apart from the party’s growing ambitions under the foreign educated Akhilesh Yadav, it also marks a generational change for the party founded by socialist leader Mulayam Singh Yaday in October 1992. Mulayam, in the 1990s, had launched a tirade against the use of English as a medium in education as well as protested against the introduction of computers. While Akhilesh still restricts himself to Hindi when it comes to connecting with the masses much like his father who was known as son of the soil, the SP chief — who holds a Master’s degree in environmental engineering from University of Sydney — seems to have taken the plunge for reaching out to non-Hindi speakers and, more importantly, young voters. Young Minds On The Rise !https://t.co/HOXHZk8n9I pic.twitter.com/4WZ78oGJmN— Samajwadi ...
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SP MP’s sengol jibe shows lack of respect for our culture: Yogi | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A day after Samajwadi Party MP R K Chaudhary demanded the removal of 'sengol' from Lok Sabha, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said it revealed the ignorance of the SP leader and demonstrated lack of respect for Indian history and culture."Sengol is India's pride and PM Modi has bestowed upon it the highest honour in Parliament. Samajwadi Party has no respect for Indian history and culture.The comments of its top leaders on the sengol are reprehensible," Adityanath said in a post on X."It shows their ignorance and also reflects the hatred of the INDI Alliance towards Tamil culture," he added.Minister of state for parliamentary affairs L Murugan, a former president of the Tamil Nadu BJP, said the sceptre was the pride of every Tamilian. "It is also mentioned in Tirukkural (by ...
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SP eyes deal with Congress to contest Haryana assembly polls in exchange for UP seats

Gurugram: The Samajwadi Party (SP) is preparing to contest the Haryana assembly elections scheduled for later this year, a move that may benefit the Congress as the Akhilesh Yadav-led party can potentially eat into the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ahir votebank — most Ahirs identify themselves as part of the Yadav community.The SP is eyeing six to eight constituencies that have sizeable populations of Muslims and Ahirs. Dr Sanjay Lathar, a former leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad, told ThePrint that Yadav had asked him to identify six to eight winnable seats. Show Full Article “Ten seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly are likely to go for bypolls soon. Since the Congress contested the Lok Sabha polls with the SP as an all...
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Sengol a ‘symbol of monarchy in Parliament’ — SP MP’s demand to remove sceptre sparks row
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Sengol a ‘symbol of monarchy in Parliament’ — SP MP’s demand to remove sceptre sparks row

New Delhi: The much talked-about sengol is back in the news, with Samajwadi Party MP R.K.Chaudhary demanding the sceptre be replaced with the Constitution in Parliament and calling it an anachronistic symbol of monarchy in a democratic India.His letter to pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab sparked a war of words between the INDIA and NDA leaders. After taking oath as MP, Chaudhary submitted a letter to Mahtab questioning the presence of the sengol next to the Speaker’s chair.  Show Full Article “The Constitution is the symbol of democracy while the sengol is the symbol of monarchy. Our Parliament is a temple of democracy, not a place of royalty. I request the Sengol be removed and replaced by a large replica of the Constitution,” the Mohanlalganj MP wrote. ...
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Expect opposition voice won’t be crushed: Akhilesh Yadav’s appeal to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief and Kannauj MP Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday congratulated Om Birla after he was elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha and urged him to give equal opportunities and respect to every member and party in the House."I congratulate you and extend your best wishes on behalf of all my colleagues. The post that you are occupying has glorious traditions attached to it.We believe that this will continue without any discrimination and as Lok Sabha Speaker you will give equal opportunities and respect to every member and party. Impartiality is a great responsibility of this great position," Yadav said."We expect that no public representative's voice will be stifled, nor will an action like expulsion take place again. Your control is on the Opposition but it should be o...
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Constitution in hand, Rahul, Akhilesh and others make a point | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi took oath as MP from Rae Bareli, immediately followed by Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi, and Akhilesh Yadav from Kannauj, as the triumphant INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh of Samajwadi Party and Congress cornered the focus on the day which rounded off the formality of swearing-in the newly elected members to the Lok Sabha.As 43 members of UP, 40 from Tamil Nadu, 31 of Maharashtra, 8 from Telangana, and 10 from Punjab belonging to the opposition took oath, the waving of the Constitution, in covers red, white and blue, as a mark of protest against the Modi govt, firmly held centrestage.Rahul held up the copy of the Constitution, took oath, and rounded it off with "jai samvidhan". The Congress members broke into "jodo jodo, bharat jodo", the chant of his two Bharat Jodo...
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Giant-killer Akhilesh Yadav draws attention in 18th Lok Sabha

Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav being greeted by Congress MP K.C. Venugopal at the Parliament House complex on the first day of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, on June 24, 2024. SP MPs Dimple Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav and Awadhesh Prasad are also seen. | Photo Credit: PTI Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav was the centre of attention in the Lok Sabha on Monday as his party emerged as the giant-killer in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) in the recent Lok Sabha election.With 37 MPs, the SP has become the third largest party in the Lok Sabha, after the BJP and the Congress. In U.P., the SP emerged as the single largest party, and together with the Congress, the INDIA bloc won 43 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats. This has been the best performance of the SP in the past two de...
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‘EVMs In India Are A Black Box’: Rahul Gandhi Seconds Elon Musk’s Concerns Amid Fresh Debate

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raised serious concerns over the transparency of India's electoral process on Sunday, criticising Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) as opaque systems that lack scrutiny. Gandhi’s comments come amidst a debate on the integrity of EVMs in elections in India and now abroad with Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk calling for a ban on the devices in the context of US Presidential elections as well as recent irregularities reported in Puerto Rico polls. "EVMs in India are a black box which nobody is allowed to scrutinise them. Serious concerns are being raised about transparency in our electoral process. Democracy ends up becoming a sham and prone to fraud when institutions lack accountability," Gandhi asserted, sharing a media report on so...
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Did BSP dent SP-Congress LS prospects in multiple seats? Here’s what seat-wise analysis shows

Of the 37 seats won by the SP, its margin of victory over the NDA counterpart in 18 seats was lower than the total number of votes secured by the BSP candidate in the fray — excluding seats reserved for SCs since each party has to field a member from the community in these seats, leaving little room for caste permutations and combinations. In 10 of these 18, BSP fielded upper caste and OBC candidates — Brahmins in five, and a Thakur, Kayastha, Kurmi, Prajapati and Patel in the remaining five – which may have led to a division of votes within these communities. These 10 seats were Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Kheri, Dhaurahra, Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur and Basti.In the remaining eight, BSP fielded Muslims. These were Sambhal, Firozabad, Etah, Badaun, Aonla, Ambedkar Nag...
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Afzal Ansari hails Purvanchal success as victory of ‘poor, marginalised, and pro-democratic forces’

Afzal Ansari. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Afzal Ansari, who won the Ghazipur Parliamentary seat in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, described the success of the Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance bloc in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Purvanchal region as a victory of poor, marginalised, and pro-democratic forces. Mr. Ansari defeated Paras Nath Rai of the BJP by 1,24,861 votes.Mr. Ansari added that the victory of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress across the Purvanchal belt showcased the unity of people across caste and religious lines against the “cold-blooded murder” of his younger brother Mukhtar Ansari inside Banda jail. He stated that despite the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders’ attempts to create a Hindu-Muslim binary, his victory highlights the...
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Who Is Awadhesh Prasad? Dalit Leader From Samajwadi Party Defeating BJP In Ayodhya’s Faizabad

The Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, consecrated in January, marked the completion of one of the saffron party's long-waited promises and was initially expected to boost the BJP's prospects in the Lok Sabha elections. However, the BJP suffered a major setback in Uttar Pradesh, with its tally almost halved. One of its huge heartbreaks came from the results of the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency, which includes Ayodhya. The Samajwadi Party defeated the BJP and the man who made it possible was Awadhesh Prasad. A Dalit leader from the "Yadav party" emerged victorious from Ayodhya's land, an unreserved seat. Here's all you need to know about Awadhesh Prasad:  Veteran MLA Awadhesh Prasad clinched the seat from the BJP in a high-profile contest. Prasad, a prominent Dalit...
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How Akhilesh Yadav trumped Modi-Yogi in Uttar Pradesh — ‘sway of caste over communal politics’

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party’s social engineering strategy of fielding non-Yadav OBCs and Dalit candidates has paid off, capturing an unprecedented 37 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. This performance, in the state that sends the maximum number of MPs to Parliament, is not only the SP’s best showing in a Lok Sabha election yet but has also made it the third-largest party in the country.The winning formula for the party—which had managed only 5 seats in 2019— included a line-up of 32 OBC, 16 Dalit, 10 upper caste, and 4 Muslim candidates. Overall, the SP contested 62 out of UP’s 80 Lok Sabha seats, with its INDIA alliance partners Congress and TMC fielding candidates in 17 and 1, respectively. Out of the SP’s victories, 20 and 7 seats were clinched by OBC and Dalit candidates respective...
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Election results 2024: BJP down from 77 to 55 on reserved seats as Congress, SP make windfall gains

Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra with party leaders celebrate the gains it made in the Lok Sabha polls during counting of votes, in Jaipur, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Results from the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which saw social justice and reservation take centre stage over the last two months, have now revealed that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has been reduced to 55 seats (from 77) out of the total 131 reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People.While the BJP lost 19 SC seats where it had incumbent MP’s across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, Karnataka, Bihar, Punjab and West Bengal, it lost 10 of its ST seats across Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Rajasthan and West Bengal – with the Indian National...
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Samajwadi Party to bag majority of SC seats in UP as Dalit politics shifts, Chadrashekhar Azad leads
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Samajwadi Party to bag majority of SC seats in UP as Dalit politics shifts, Chadrashekhar Azad leads

New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party is leading in eight of the 17 SC reserved constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, while Chandrashekhar Azad is ahead in Nagina by a margin of over 64,000 votes as of 12.30 pm, according to Election Commission data.The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which held two of the reserved seats — Nagina and Lalganj — seems to be drawing a blank. Meanwhile, the BJP, which had swept 15 of these 17 seats in 2019, has been reduced to seven, according to the early trends. A Congress candidate is leading in one seat. The numbers spell a major disruption in UP’s Dalit politics. Show Full Article To begin with, early trends across the reserved constituencies suggest that the Samajwadi Party’s attempt to expand from its core Muslim...
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Varanasi election results 2024 live updates: After trailing in early trends, PM Modi overtakes Congress’s Ajay Rai | Varanasi News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Varanasi, one of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, is among the nation's most high-profile constituencies as it is represented by PM Modi. It falls under the unreserved category and comprises five assembly constituencies which are Varanasi North, Varanasi South, Varanasi Cantt, Sevapuri and Rohaniya.After trailing in early trends, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has overtaken Congress's UP chief Ajay Rai.PM Modi is running ahead of Rai with over 9000 votes.Also See: Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Live UpdatesThe Varanasi parliamentary constituency has a total of 19,62,948 voters, including 10,65,485 men, 8,97,328 women, and 135 third-gender individual. The constituency went to polls in the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections on June 1 and the voter turnout was recor...
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Data | BJP had the edge in recent bipolar contests in Karnataka

Elections in Karnataka have increasingly become bipolar, with 77% of the seats recording bipolar contests in 2018 In the 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections, 77% of the seats witnessed bipolar contests, which meant that only two parties were effectively fighting the election in those constituencies. This marked a shift from the 2013 and 2008 elections when less than 50% of the seats witnessed a bipolar contest. Moreover, multi-cornered fights involving more than three parties have become a rarity.Table 1The table shows the percentage share of seats which witnessed uncompetitive (less than two effective parties), bipolar (two), triangular (three) and fragmented (more than three) contests in 2008, 2013 and 2018Chart appears incomplete? Click to remove AMP modeThe share of bipolar seats inc...
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