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BJP govt in UP spent 4 years hiding behind rhetoric, lies: Akhilesh

People are counting days as they have decided to remove the BJP from power, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav claimed Monday.

Govt should make public coronavirus vaccine data, says Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav demanded that the Centre should share Covid-19 vaccine data, saying many nations have shown that sharing the data saves lives

State boards too should cancel exams as well, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday demanded that state boards should also cancel examinations like those of the CBSE

BJP 'imposing' officer from Delhi on Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of "imposing" an officer on Uttar Pradesh, in an apparent reference to retired IAS officer A K Sharma who is overseeing Covid relief in Varanasi

BJP, RSS missing on ground in helping people affected by Covid-19: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday alleged that the BJP and RSS workers were missing from work in providing relief to the people facing hardships amid the second wave of coronavirus

UP needs strong leadership to build back economy post-Covid: Akhilesh

Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday asked the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government to shed politics and make operational the health centres opened during his regime

Samajwadi Party looking to build on its gains in the UP panchayat polls

The SP has claimed the party supported candidates on 1,500 of the 3,050 seats to elect district panchayat members, and over 800 won

Akhilesh Yadav, UP minister Ashutosh Tandon test positive for Covid-19

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh minister Ashutosh Tandon have tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet in Hindi on Wednesday, Yadav said, "My corona test report has come positive. I have isolated myself and started treatment at home itself. People who have come in contact with me in the past few days should get themselves tested. They are requested to stay in isolation for some days." Yadav had recently visited Haridwar where the Kumbh Mela is underway and met various religious leaders, including Akhara Parishad chairman Mahant Narendra Giri who had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier. On reaching Lucknow, Yadav got himself tested on Tuesday. Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Tandon tweeted, "After observing initial symptoms of corona, I got myself tested, and the report has come positive. On the advice of doctors, I have isolated myself at home. People who have come in contact with me in the past few days should get themselves tested.

Assam and Bengal Assembly election results could stir up national politics

Whichever way the elections go, they should energise the anti-BJP parties to act concertedly. But there is no single national party that could play the sheet-anchor of a broad-based anti-BJP alliance

Akhilesh Yadav slams govt on issue of small savings interest rate

SP's supremo Akhilesh Yadav asked the BJP government at the Centre to withdraw forever any decision on slashing interest rates on small savings, saying its decisions have created fear among people

Akhilesh-Shivpal hold separate Holi functions, signalling returning cracks

The warring factions within the Yadav clan gave clear indications of their future in Etawah when Samajwadi president Akhilesh Yadav and his estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav held separate Holi functions

Yogi govt trying to tilt panchayat polls in BJP's favour: Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav accused the Uttar Pradesh government of planning to make administrative interference into the upcoming panchayat elections on the pretext of the Covid spread

Women feeling unsafe under BJP govt in Uttar Pradesh, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday alleged that women were feeling unsafe under the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh. He said the Hathras incident has moved the entire world but no worthwhile step has been taken by the state government for the safety and security of women. While talking to reporters in Vrindavan, Yadav said the state government has "failed" to launch any new work in its four-year tenure. The projects launched during the SP regime are being re-inaugurated by the UP government, he alleged. The former chief minister criticised the government for insulting the farmers by calling them "terrorists". Yadav slammed the BJP government for the "ruthless" imposition of the COVID-19 lockdown last year and not providing any transport to migrant workers for their journey to their hometown even though the dispensation had a fleet of 90,000 buses. The SP chief claimed that his party has provided financial relief of Rs 1 lakh to each of the bereaved families who lost

Akhilesh Yadav blames Adityanath govt for high level of pollution in UP

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused the Adityanath-led UP government of stalling environment-related works initiated by the previous government

Voices of dissent have started surfacing within UP BJP: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav claimed on Tuesday that voices of dissent have started surfacing within the Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP

Adityanath got Uttar Pradesh CM's post by chance, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav attacked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, saying he got the CM's post by chance

Akhilesh Yadav, 20 SP workers booked over alleged assault on journalists

A case has been registered against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and 20 party workers

Akhilesh Yadav targets Adityanath, says due not given to SP regime for work

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of taking credit for works done in the SP regime

Government treating farmers as enemies, says Akhilesh Yadav

Yadav on Friday said the arrogance of power has made the government sitting in New Delhi 'blind and deaf' to the suffering of millions of farmers

Yogi Adityanath misleading people, SP will campaign for TMC: Akhilesh

Akhilesh Yadav accused UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday of misleading the people in West Bengal and said the party would campaign in favour of the TMC for the Assembly election.