Rejecting the prospect of the Peace Party making dent in the Samajwadi Party’s chances in the 2012 UP elections, state SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has asserted that his party is very much in the reckoning

The bonhomie between Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is likely to be extended to Bihar elections as well, after the two leaders joined hands to build pressure on the government on the issue of salary hike for MPs.

The Samajwadi Party is working on a plot to make deep inroads into the dalit vote base of BSP supremo Mayawati to script her defeat in 2012 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The SP think tank is of the opinion that if the dalits vote against the BSP, as they did in last year’s General Elections, Ms Mayawati would have least chance of forming the government again in the state.

In his zeal to ensure that the LJP did not move to the Congress, the RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav appears to have conceded to the demand Ram Vilas Paswan to contest across Bihar in 2010 Assembly elections. The seat-adjustment detail, which has not yet been made public, reveals that Mr Paswan-led LJP will be contesting at least on

In a bid to test the political waters ahead of the coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, BSP supremo Mayawati has tasked her trusted lieutenants to gauge the public mood in the state by soliciti

In a bid to test political water ahead of the UP Assembly elections, the BSP supremo Mayawati has tasked her trusted lieutenants to gauge public mood by soliciting their “free and frank” opinion on th

After over a month long hard negotiations, the RJD and LJP have reportedly clinched the seat-adjustment for this year’s Bihar elections. Finally, the consensus that the two parties have arrived at gives the Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP 63 Assembly seats, while the RJD will pocket about 173 seats.

The ruling JD(U) has called a two-day conclave of the party cadres to gear them up for the upcoming Bihar state elections amidst reports of growing unrest among the party workers. The two days conclave will be attended by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, JD U) chief Sharad Yadav, and all the party MPs, who would be meeting party cadres from the block level and higher in the hierarchy.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar doesn’t want either Gujarat CM Narendra Modi or Pilibhit BJP MP Varun Gandhi to campaign in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections, fearing this could have a negative

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is not in favour of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and BJP MP Varun Gandhi campaigning in Bihar during the forthcoming Assembly polls.