Akhilesh Yadav

As announced, ’Agnipath’ or ’Agniveer’ is a scheme for recruiting soldiers in the Army, Navy and Air force, to be hired for a term of four years on contract.

Sibal, a member of Congress' dissenting 'G-23 group', represented senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in the Supreme Court. Sibal said he quit the Congress on May 16

Mayawati’s remarks come a day after Akhilesh Yadav said in Mainpuri that the "BSP has transferred its votes to the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh polls. Now it will be interesting to see whether the BJP makes Mayawati President or not) in return”.

There has been a growing resentment among the Muslim rank and file of the SP over party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘silence’ over the issues related to the community

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav attacked the BJP-led state government over the incident. "Under the rule of BJP government 2.0, UP has drowned in crime. Today's crime list," he tweeted in Hindi.

“In today’s time of inflation, companies are recovering the increasing cost from the public but are not reducing their profits. The role of the government in a democracy is not to rule, but to make policies, which are in the public interest, so that no one can exploit and oppress the people. BJP has become a company,” Akhilesh said in a tweet in Hindi.

While Yogi Adityanath won the recent state polls from the Gorakhpur Urban seat, Akhilesh Yadav was elected as an MLA from the Karhal assembly constituency.

Akhilesh Yadav had won the Karhal assembly seat in the recently-held assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Besides him, the Samajwadi Party (SP) has four other members in the Lok Sabha, including his father Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre while domestic cooking gas prices were increased by Rs 50 per cylinder, ending an over four-and-a-half month election-related hiatus in rate revision.

In these 35 seats, which in a way are representative of the SP’s overall strength in the state, the Akhilesh Yadav-led party failed to make big strides in 2022.

The BJP, which won 273 seats along with its allies, scripted history by retaining power in Uttar Pradesh, where a party hasn’t won a successive term since 1985.

Aparna Yadav applied tilak on Yogi Adityanath's forehead with her daughter after the BJP's thumping victory in UP.

In SP stronghold, Akhilesh Yadav had been pitted against MoS SP Singh Baghel

UP Assembly Elections Result 2022 Highlights: Uttar Pradesh is considered to be the most bellwether state, as its outcome may determine the voter sentiment ahead of the 2024 general elections.

The ECI added that the EVMs are kept under 3-layer security and under 24×7 CCTV supervision. Also, serial number of of each EVM has been shared with political parties, the commission added.

Akhilesh Yadav, the chief of the state's primary opposition Samajwadi Party, had demanded the Election Commission to launch in inquiry into the manner in which the EVMs were transported in Varanasi.

"Exit polls are creating a perception that the BJP is winning," the Samajwadi Party chief claimed, adding that the election in Uttar Pradesh is the "final fight for democracy".

Yogesh Verma, the SP candidate from Hastinapur assembly seat, is seen in videos shared by news agency ANI monitoring EVMs from his jeep with binoculars.

Meanwhile, Rita Bahuguna Joshi said that she will remain in the BJP and has full faith in the national leadership, according to her media in-charge of Abhishek Shukla.

The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), which is fighting the UP assembly elections in tie-up with Yadav's SP and is its major ally for western region of the state, made the announcement on social media Wednesday.