Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Friday targeted the BJP-led central government, saying the Padma Vibhushan award doesn't do justice to the persona and standing of the late party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav as he deserved the Bharat Ratna.
Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Sunday demanded the deletion of "insulting comments and sarcasm" targeted at particular castes and sects in Ramcharitmanas, a poem based on the epic Ramayana.
Samajwadi Party leader and former state minister, Pawan Pandey, has accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of "looting" commission in the name of "compensation", and in the process neglecting the traders of Ayodhya.
A Special Court on Thursday imposed a fine of ten thousand on SP National General Secretary Azam Khan, his MLA son Abdullah and his wife former MP Dr Tazin Fatma.
A case was registered against Bhadauria by police for allegedly making "derogatory" statements against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a TV debate.
The bypoll to Mainpuri parliamentary seat was held on December 5, and over 56 per cent of voting was recorded. The parliamentary seat had fallen vacant after the demise of SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a veiled attack on Samajwadi Party leaders, referred to them as "opportunists" and said that Rampur would no longer be a toy in the hands of those who sought to ruin the heritage of the place.
The Uttar Pradesh police on Friday booked Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan for stirring another controversy by giving a loose remark while campaigning for the bypoll election for the Rampur seat in Uttar Pradesh.