Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav says the budget won't help the farmers and the rural folk but aid in the development of just 10% of the population.
After Rahul Gandhi targeted the Akhilesh Yadav-led government in Uttar Pradesh during a visit to Amethi, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav retaliated by launching a scathing attack on the Congress and the UPA government.
Incumbent CM Mayawati in her first media address after the polls, defends her governance in the state of Uttar Pradesh. UP was in a bad shape and it received no help from the Centre claims the queen bee of BSP.
SP celebrations turn violent as a 12-year old boy accidentally catches a stray bullet during the celebratory firing in Sambhal. SP men also attacked the police in Ferozabad, and held hostage some journalists in Jhansi.
SP celebrations turn violent as a 12-year old boy accidentally caught a stray bullet during the celebratory firing. SP men were also seen attacking polling personnel and journalists in Jhansi.
Rahul Gandhi campaigned extensively in UP, but failed to garner votes; Akhilesh Yadav, on the other hand, took the Samajwadi Party to a landslide victory.
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti feels that Samajwadi Party getting the maximum seats in Uttar Pradesh is a cause of worry and if it forms the government, crime will rise in the state.
It has been a rude awakening for the Congress, with big names of the party, such as Louise Khurshid, Rakesh Verma, Amita Singh, Supriya Aron, and the like, losing the elections.
It was sweet revenge for Mulayam Singh Yadav five years after Mayawati famously said 'why kill a dead man' after the Samajwadi supremo was ousted in 2007.
Congress leaders Rita Bahuguna and Sriprakash Jaiswal seek to absolve Rahul Gandhi of any responsibility for Party's poor show in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elecitons.
In view of the rout that the Congress has faced in the Assembly elections in almost all the states, the party will need to re-think its strategy for the national elections.
The Samajwadi Party cadre begins celebrations as the leading trend shows the party emerging as the single largest party in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
As counting of votes progresses, the Samajwadi Party is surging ahead in Uttar Pradesh, and expected to form the next government, with the help of other parties.
As the UP Assembly elections results emerge, the Congress has taken a back seat while the Samajwadi Party rise as the single largest outfit with the BJP trailing behind.
The assembly election in Uttar Pradesh is considered a mini general election, and all eyes are on the state as the counting is set to begin in a while.