Rahul Gandhi takes on the Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government heads on by saying the government has failed to deliver its promises. However, the Samajwadi Party retorts by saying that Rahul should look into the central government's problems instead of ...
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Terming the meeting fruitful, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav says that he has discussed several issues with the Prime Minister, including the law and order situation in UP.
The Congress party's performance in the Assembly polls has no bearing on the UPA government and that the party's focus is now the 2014 general elections, says UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Marring the spectacular show of the Samajwadi Party, some party workers resort to violence in Firozabad as they protest against the loss suffered by a party candidate.
Akhilesh Yadav, the star of the UP Assembly polls, has made the country sit up and take notice -- Rahul Gandhi, on the other hand, has lost face in view of the big defeat.
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.
Now that the mandate of the people is clearly in Samajwadi Party's favour, Akhilesh Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav will now have to get down to work to eliminate the 'goonda' elements from the party's cadre.
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.