Samajwadi Party

NCP chief favours tieup with Cong

By Akshaya Kumar Sahoo Bhubaneswar Nov. 18: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is in favour of forming an alliance with the Congress and other members of the UPA for the upcoming general elections. Speaking to reporters here,...

Voters lukewarm in Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal: Campaigning is picking up in Madhya Pradesh, where the Assembly elections will be held on November 27 but in the run-up the electors are hardly enthused by either the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party or the Congress. While...

Knotty contests in Raipur

RAIPUR (Chhattisgarh): It is an extremely tough contest for the 13 Assembly seats in Raipur district, almost all of which are high-profile segments. With voters preferring to remain silent on their preferences, it is difficult...

UDF to take collective decision on SP

Thiruvananthapuram: United Democratic Front (UDF) convener P.P. Thankachan has said the coalition will take a collective decision on whether any new party, including the Samajwadi Party which has found a new outlet in Kerala,...

Civic polls: 41 candidates withdraw nominations

Campaigning to begin from today Election for post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor to be held on Dec.10 and Dec.26 BHUBANESWAR: As many as 41 candidates on Monday withdrew their nomination papers leaving 383 candidates to contest the...

Smaller parties may play crucial role in MP polls

Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is hard selling its development and welfare initiatives in Madhya Pradesh to beat the anti-incumbency factor, fend off corruption charges levelled by the Congress party and deflect the...

Assembly results to have bearing on Cong-SP seat sharing

NEW DELHI: The outcome of assembly elections is set to impact the fate of seat-sharing between Congress and Samajwadi Party in UP, with indications that a victory may see AICC push its new-found al...

RSP(M) merges with SP in Kerala

NEW DELHI: The Revolutionary Socialist Party (Marxist), a constituent of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala, merged with the Samajwadi Party on Sunday. This signalled renewed efforts by the Samajwadi Party...

Congress may find the going tough in this tribal belt

AMBIKAPUR (CHHATTISGARH): A one-time Congress stronghold that the Bharatiya Janata Party wrested in the 2003 Assembly elections, the tribal belt of northern Chhattisgarh is once again posing a threat to the main Opposition...

‘SP better partner than Left’

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New Delhi Nov. 16: The Congress on Sunday said the Samajwadi Party was a "better partner" than the Left parties. "Certainly, till now Samajwadi Party has been a better partner than the Left,"...

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