UP Polls 2022: Purvanchal battle to test strength of caste-based partiesBJP has partnered with the Apna Dal (S) and Nishad Party. SP has allied with several smaller parties like RLD, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Part...
26 Feb, 2022, 12.21 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh polls: Smaller parties try to play bigAs past trends in UP indicate, a party needs the support of more than two dominant castes communities -the full support of two and a sectio...
20 Jan, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
Akhilesh, seven allies to name candidates jointly, first list soonSP has entered into a tie-up with seven parties -- the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Mahan Dal, Janwadi Party (Socialist), Apna Dal faction led ...
12 Jan, 2022, 11.52 PM IST
Akhilesh's immediate challenge: Balancing new and old leadersThose who have switched to the SP have done so because they have been given an assurance that they will be fielded by the party in the poll...
12 Jan, 2022, 11.47 PM IST
SP and BJP rallies differ by people coming on their own and those brought: Akhilesh YadavSamajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday claimed the surging crowd in his rallies and thin attendance in BJP's show the difference ...
09 Dec, 2021, 06.18 PM IST
After burning fingers with Congress and BSP, SP banks on smaller partiesParties like Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), Mahan Dal and Janwadi Party - who have pockets of influence in ...
23 Oct, 2021, 06.41 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh polls: Caste-based political parties bargaining hard with major partiesThese caste-centric parties add heft to the bigger parties like the BJP, SP, BSP and Congress in the election as even a few thousand votes ...
25 Aug, 2021, 01.37 PM IST
BSP allies with RSLP for Bihar polls, endorses Upendra Kushwaha as CM candidateThe objective of this alliance will be to provide equal rights to Dalits, adivasis, minorities, upper casts and the marginalised sections o...
29 Sep, 2020, 09.54 PM IST
BJP reaches out to Yadav supporters to take on SP’s EBC candidateJanwadi Party chief Sanjay Chauhan faces the BJP’s state president and sitting MP Mahendra Nath Pandey in the constituency.
16 May, 2019, 07.10 AM IST
Small, yet not insignificant: Minor players of big battleground statesThese small parties, with their pockets of influence, can swing outcomes in some constituencies
14 May, 2019, 12.38 PM IST
Revived cadre bases helping both BJP and opposition alliance in eastern UPWhat is common with the BJP & BSP-SP alliance in eastern UP is their strong organisational base in eastern UP.
06 May, 2019, 10.37 AM IST
SP announces tie-up with Nishad Party, 2 other outfits for Lok Sabha pollsYadav alleged that the BJP was using governor, government agencies and the media for its campaign.
26 Mar, 2019, 04.12 PM IST
Nihalchand should be sacked from Cabinet: Woman organisationAn organisation of woman affiliated to Left parties today demanded that Nihalchand be sacked from the Modi Cabinet and arrested.
19 Jun, 2014, 05.19 PM IST
UP elections: Small parties to test their might in the second roundSignificant smaller players such as Peace Party, Apna Dal and Qaumi Ekta Dal will get to test their might in the second round of polling on...
11 Feb, 2012, 04.51 PM IST
UP elections: Uma Bharti, Rahul Gandhi battle for BundelkhandUma Bharati is contesting from Mahoba district's Charkari seat in the underdeveloped Bundelkhand region.
20 Jan, 2012, 07.15 PM IST
- UP polls: BJP goes with Janwadi Party, to contest on 399 seats
BJP has entered into an alliance with Janwadi Party and decided to contest on 399 seats out of a total of 403 Assembly seats in the upcomin...
17 Jan, 2012, 03.26 PM IST
- Ajit Singh forms small parties’ front in UP
Rashtriya Lok Dal Chief Ajit Singh has formed a front comprising his party and several small outfits that have varying degrees of influence...
24 Feb, 2011, 05.42 AM IST