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.
Read MoreIndia TV Samvaad: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remove nepotism. The BJP leader also attacked Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav for their remarks on the Ram Temple ceremony.
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Mayawati addressed a press conference on Monday and attacked Samajwadi Party, Congress and BJP. She announced that BSP will go solo in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Ram Mandir's Pran Pratishtha is set to take place on January 22. Vedic rituals for the Pran-Pratishtha (consecration) ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya will begin on January 16, a week before the main ceremony.
The Congress on Wednesday rejected the invitation to attend the Ram Mandir's 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony on January 22. The party declined the invitation saying it's clearly a BJP-RSS event.
Commenting on the seat sharing in the I.N.D.I.A bloc, Akhilesh Yadav in Ballia said, "It (I.N.D.I.A bloc) will take a decision very soon by taking the SP and other parties along. Let the Surya Uttarayan take place. All decisions will be taken as soon as the Surya Uttarayan occurs," he said.
In the General Election year, the Ram Temple consecration ceremony was politicised as the Opposition leaders, including Akhilesh Yadav accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of politicising the religious event. However, the BJP hits back at them calling them anti-Hindu.
I.N.D.I.A bloc meeting: However, the source said the Samajwadi party leaders during the meeting told the Congress leaders that it does not want the BSP as part of the alliance in the state and also asked if it was holding talks with the BSP or was in touch with it for an alliance.
Addressing the legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath slammed former CM Akhilesh Yadav saying the opposition should feel happy is the state is making progress.
Former Prime Minister VP Singh's statue stands near the memorial of late DMK president M Karunanidhi on Marina Beach. Stalin stressed the importance of teaching Singh's history to students and commended his firm implementation of the Mandal Commission recommendation.
Launching a scathing attack on Congress, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the Grand Old Party is the party that did not conduct the caste census after independence.
India's number one and the most followed Super Prime Time News Show ‘Aaj Ki Baat- Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
In a poll, India TV asked, 'Is there a rift in the I.N.D.I.A bloc after the statements of Akhilesh Yadav and Nitish Kumar?' Here is the public opinion.
Akhilesh Yadav asked the Uttar Pradesh government to reveal the number of deaths due to attack by stray cattle in the past five years under the BJP's rule.
The I.N.D.I.A. alliance, comprising various parties, faces strain over seat-sharing conflicts, with Yadav expressing confusion about the alliance's purpose.
Yadav also spoke about the recent incident of molestation of a student at IIT-BHU. He expressed his anger over the incident on social media platform X.
Uttar Pradesh has a total of 80 Lok Sabha seats. BJP had won 64 seats in 2019 Lok Sabha elections while SP-BSP alliance was able to manage 15.
The Yogi Adityanath government took this decision in a Cabinet meeting held today at Lok Bhavan. The development comes as a big shock to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.
The former BJP MP claimed that his son died shortly after Emergency medical officer did not do anything to help on the matter. Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the government over the incident. The state government has assured strict action.
Madhya Pradesh Assembly election will take place on November 17 and the counting of votes is scheduled for December 3. The key contest in MP is going to be between BJP and Congress.
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