Akhilesh Yadav is the national president of the Samajwadi Party. He served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. Born on July 1, 1973, Yadav became the youngest CM to assume office at the age of 38. He was elected the Member of Parliament from Azamgarh in the 17th Lok Sabha. For the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, he will be contesting from his stronghold Karhal seat in Mainpuri district and won. This is the first time Akhilesh will contest an assembly election. SP has always won a majority from Karhal since 1993, except once in 2002. Akhilesh Yadav is an important face for the upcoming UP assembly elections in 2022. The Samajwadi Party has formed an alliance with the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party for the polls. The parties have given the slogan ‘Khadeda Howe’, a call to “drive out” the BJP from the state. Akhilesh is the son of veteran politician Mulayam Singh Yadav, who served as the Chief Minister of UP for three non-consecutive terms. Akhilesh Yadav began his political career in the year 2000 when he got elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Kannauj in a by-election. During his tenure as the CM of Uttar Pradesh, the Agra-Lucknow Expressway was completed and inaugurated. When Akhilesh became CM, the party was divided into two groups, one of which supported him, and the other sided with his uncle Shivpal Yadav. Recently, Akhilesh Yadav received backlash from the opposition after he compared Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru to the likes of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He said that they all studied in the same institute, and fought for India's freedom.
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This is the fourth list of the Samajwadi Party for Madhya Pradesh. The state will go to polls on November 17 and the counting of votes is scheduled for December 3.
A war of words began between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) over the latter's posters describing Akhilesh Yadav as the "future PM" of India. The BJP took a jibe at the SP calling it "Mungeri Lal Ke Haseen Sapne", while Akhilesh's party said that only he can defeat the BJP.
Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections: Tensions between the two alliance partners rose after Akhilesh Yadav accused the Congress of 'betrayal', saying if its partner in the I.N.D.I.A bloc didn't want to set aside seats for his party in Madhya Pradesh, it should have made that clear before.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav hit out at Congress for "snubbing" his party for the upcoming Assembly election in Madhya Pradesh. He also raised questions on the I.N.D.I.A bloc asking whether the alliance is only for the Lok Sabha election.
I.N.D.I.A parties' letter: The letter was signed by 14 leaders including- Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, D Raja and others. It said that it was ironical that the parties had to write the letter in the birth anniversary month of Mahatma gandhi.
The security situation has been a major point of contention regarding the JPNIC. Previously, Akhilesh Yadav had shown the LKA's negligence in keeping the venue.
India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP had won 62 seats while its rival Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav was confined to 5 seats. BJP’s ally Apna Dal (S) won 2 and Congress settled with a single seat.
India TV-CNX conducted an opinion poll to gauge the mood of the voters as to who would they vote for if Lok Sabha elections are held today. So which bloc -- NDA or I.N.D.I.A. -- may have an edge. Let's take a look.
Who will become the Prime Minister if Lok Sabha elections are held today? Well, India TV-CNX conducted an opinion poll to predict which party is having an edge if general elections are conducted today. Let's take a look.
With a caste survey report released in Bihar, calls for a similar exercise by Opposition parties have gained momentum in Uttar Pradesh. The political parties including the Congress, Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and Apna Dal have pressed for the caste-based survey in the state.
Akhilesh Yadav addressed a rally in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and asked people to consider the forthcoming assembly election in the state as the election of the country and slammed the Centre over the issues such as farmers' income and inflation.
Ghosi bypoll: Singh further went on to say, "The Lok Sabha election will be held next year, and if I.N.D.I.A alliance has done well in the Ghosi bypoll, chances are high that it will do even better in Uttar Pradesh and in the country.
I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders, ahead of the upcoming meeting of their alliance, in a presser said that they have come together to fight against dictatorship and secure the country.
The Samajwadi Party's candidate Sudhakar Singh will contest against BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan in the Ghosi Assembly by-poll.
Shivpal Yadav is not going to contest from Firozabad seat this time. Earlier, Shivpal Yadav broke away from the Samajwadi Party and formed a separate Progressive Socialist Party.
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has been raising tomato prices issue in the last couple of weeks as the vegetable went up to Rs 200 per kg in some parts of the country.
The incident drew sharp reactions from Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and party leader Shivpal Yadav on the state of health services in Uttar Pradesh after a video of the same surfaced on social media.
The Samajwadi Party announced the formation of a 182-member state executive unit. The party has shared the list of this executive team on its official Twitter handle, which includes the appointment of Naresh Uttam Patel as the chairman.
Uttar Pradesh: Former CM of Uttar Pradesh accused the BJP government in the state of conducting fake encounters and said that people will encounter the BJP government in 2024 which is necessary for saving the constitution.
Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav slams the BJP government in the state and alleged that there is a rise in the number of deaths due to expired medicines in the hospitals.
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