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  Mayawati to withdraw 1995 guest house case against Mulayam

  Politics | November 08, 2019 9:44 IST

  The guest house incident related to Mayawati had changed political equations in Uttar Pradesh and SP and BSP became sworn enemies till 2019 when Akhilesh Yadav struck an alliance with Mayawati, who later clarified that Akhilesh Yadav was not in politics when the 1995 incident had taken place.

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  Mayawati breaks ties with SP; announces to contest all elections independently

  India | June 24, 2019 12:30 IST

  Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday completely broke ties with Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party and announced to contest all elections alone.

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  Uttar Pradesh busts 'myth' of transferable votes

  India | June 04, 2019 14:55 IST

  In the elections, the BSP won 67 seats while Congress got 33. The alliance snapped a few months later when Mayawati formed a government with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  Split in SP-BSP alliance; Mayawati to go alone in UP bypolls

  Politics | June 03, 2019 16:43 IST

  In the aftermath of the Lok Sabha elections, the grand alliance stitched by the Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is likely to break up.

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  BSP-SP alliance: United they fall in UP

  India | May 24, 2019 23:30 IST

  The Samajwadi Party came off worse than its coalition partner BSP as the caste arithmetic by the “gathbandhan” in Uttar Pradesh failed before a BJP wave in the Lok Sabha elections.

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  UP: Mahagathbandhan fails, but BSP remains biggest gainer among constituents

  India | May 24, 2019 14:16 IST

  Mayawati, who has always been at loggerheads with Samajwadi Party, this time had put everything on stake and had joined hands with her arch rival. 

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  `Farzi' friendship between BSP, SP will end on May 23: PM Modi

  April 20, 2019 19:37 IST

  SP-BSP have forged an alliance in Uttar Pradesh. PM Modi, in his rally in Etah, said that the friendship is 'farzi' (fake).

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  BSP, SP allegation of Dalits being prevented from voting is baseless: Election Commission

  April 11, 2019 19:51 IST

  The BSP has alleged that they had received reports of Dalits being prevented from reaching polling booths in "various" places in the state.

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  CPI fields 9 Lok Sabha poll candidates in Uttar Pradesh, CPI(M) to extend support to SP-BSP-RLD alliance

  April 04, 2019 19:22 IST

  Apart from senior CPI leader Atul Kumar Anjan who will fight in Ghosi Lok Sabha seat, the party has fielded candidates in Robertsganj, Khiri, Banda, Bareilly, Ballia, Shahjahanpur, Lalganj and Gorakhpur.

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  Mayawati to create history, will seek votes for Mulayam in Mainpuri

  Politics | March 16, 2019 14:35 IST

  Burying her 25-year-old bitter feud with Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati will seek support for him at an election rally in Mainpuri on April 19, SP spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said on Friday.

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  Call me in case of emergency: Uma Bharti reminds Mayawati of Guest House incident

  Politics | March 15, 2019 17:28 IST

  The incident Uma Bharti referred to happened in 1995, when SP MLAs and workers reportedly threatened Mayawati with physical assault. She was saved after BJP MLA Brahm Dutt Dwivedi stepped in.

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  Mahagathbandhan: RLD gets three seats in Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh says Congress part of SP-BSP led alliance

  March 05, 2019 17:30 IST

  The Rashtriya Lok Dal will contest three Lok Sabha seats as part of an alliance with the SP and the BSP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Tuesday.

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  Congress should support SP-BSP alliance, says Akhilesh Yadav

  India | January 28, 2019 17:41 IST

  Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that if the Congress should support the SP-BSP alliance to fight against the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls.

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  BSP-SP can almost halve BJP seats in UP, according to 2014 poll data

  January 24, 2019 12:44 IST

  If Congress was to be a part of SP, BSP alliance, the BJP's numbers will be squeezed even further to 23 of 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

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  Congress 'best-equipped' to lead alliance against BJP: Tejashwi Yadav

  January 20, 2019 20:52 IST

    Speaking to PTI, the RJD leader said that since Congress is India’s oldest and currently the second-biggest political party having a pan-India presence, it is in a very strong position to win maximum number of seats among the opposition parties.

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  SP-BSP alliance led to wave of happiness; BJP worried, says Akhilesh Yadav at mega Kolkata rally

  India | January 19, 2019 17:06 IST

  Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the coming together of the SP and the BSP has led to a wave of happiness in the country and left a worried BJP to hold meeting after meeting to devise a strategy to win even one seat in Uttar Pradesh.

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  SP-BSP coalition working with Congress, alleges UP Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma

  India | January 17, 2019 9:00 IST

  "Congress, SP and BSP all work together. All these parties are scared of Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said the deputy chief minister.

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  UP Mahagathbandhan: RLD's Jayant Chaudhary wiggles another seat out of SP-BSP alliance

  January 16, 2019 23:23 IST

  Jayant Chaudhary today met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow to discuss seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

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  'Forget past differences, work for victory of all SP-BSP candidates in 2019 polls': Mayawati

  January 15, 2019 23:26 IST

  SP chief Akhilesh Yadav later visited the BSP chief and presented her with a bouquet and a shawl on her birthday.

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  Jolted by UP alliance, BJP workers now restless to join SP-BSP coalition for survival: Akhilesh Yadav

  India | January 13, 2019 14:56 IST

  The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday announced their coalition in Uttar Pradesh for upcoming Lok Sabha elections.