'It is a very big political development. Its outcome and public mandate will be only clear in future after the 2019 election,' said Aparna Yadav.

SP- BSP alliance is a major political development: Mulayam's daughter-in-law

Ahead of the crucial joint press conference by Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati, photographs of both the leaders in the same poster have sprung up in Lucknow.

Ahead of joint press conference, Akhilesh-Mayawati posters spring up in Lucknow

Call it political compulsion or an eye on the maximum number of seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the coming together of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party only proves the adage that in politics, there are no permanent friends or foes.

The SP-BSP alliance: How 2 sworn enemies became friends again

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is playing a pivotal role in building a strong opposition front against the ruling BJP, welcomed the SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Parliamentary polls on Saturday.

Engaged in building anti-BJP front, Mamata hails SP-BSP alliance in UP

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said citizens should bring the BJP government back to power in 2019, as coalition governments do not last for long due to a conflict in ideologies.

Coalition governments don't last long: Arun Jaitley

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief on Saturday gave a rather cryptic response when he was asked whether he would support BSP chief Mayawati for Prime Minister after 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

'You know who is my choice,' says Akhilesh on whether he will support Mayawati for PM

A day before his joint press conference with Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said the alliance will get the math right in the upcoming Lok Sabha election and the BJP will face defeat.

SP-BSP alliance will get its math right in Lok Sabha polls: Akhilesh Yadav

The former UP CM stressed that the reservation should also be extended to the poor, who belong to the various minority religious groups.

10% reservation for upper caste poor a 'political stunt': BSP chief Mayawati

The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have agreed to an alliance ahead for the Lok Sabha elections, an SP leader said Saturday. A formal announcement on the "gathbandhan" between the two key parties in Uttar Pradesh is likely later this month, SP's national spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary told PTI.

SP, BSP agree on alliance for Lok Sabha polls: SP leader

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday called Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's comment on jobs given to people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh as "divisive.

BJP, SP slam Kamal Nath for saying UP and Bihar people take away locals' jobs

It's not only the geographical and social features that sets the Bundelkhand region apart from the rest of Madhya Pradesh, leaders believe the electoral politics is also much different here with the fight not being limited to the arch-rivals BJP and Congress.

Madhya Pradesh: No straight fight for Cong, BJP in Bundelkhand; SP, BSP add new twists and turns

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Friday announced a fresh list of six candidates for the December 7 Rajasthan Assembly elections. Party president Sitaram Meghwal released the list on directions of BSP chief Mayawati.

Rajasthan polls: BSP releases fresh list of candidates

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has said it will play a key role in the formation of the next government in Madhya Pradesh as it expects a fractured verdict in the November 28 assembly polls.

Mayawati's BSP says it holds 'key' to next government in Madhya Pradesh

In the run-up to the polls in Chhattisgarh, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Sunday asserted that if her party emerges victorious, minority communities, the poor and Muslims residing in the state will be uplifted.

Chhattisgarh polls: Naxals will shun violence if BSP regains power, says Mayawati

Ordinarily speaking, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati’s decision to not ally with the Congress for the upcoming Assembly elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, should not have caused a ripple, much less led to a raucous debate it did in the media.

Mayawati upsets Congress calculations;  will this impact 2019 scenario?

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is planning to contest on all 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan, which is going to polls on December 7. The party won three seats in the 2013-assembly elections by securing 3.

BSP plans to contest on all 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan

The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a complaint against a former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP's son after a video of him brandishing a pistol at a five-star hotel went viral on social media.

Delhi: Ex-BSP MP's son booked after brandishing gun outside 5-star hotel

Before the 2015 Bihar state assembly elections, a new concept was introduced in India’s already crowded political lexicon, the ‘mahagathbandhan’. Loosely translated, it stood for a grand alliance of many parties who did not share too many commonalities except for one driving factor — the incessant desire to stop the then seemingly unstoppable Narendra Modi juggernaut in its tracks.

Grand alliance comes to haunt

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said Saturday that he would speak with the BSP about a possible tie-up for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh elections. "Congress has made us wait for long.

Cong has made us wait for long, will hold talks with BSP on alliance in MP: Akhilesh Yadav

Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday reacted to BSP chief Mayawati calling him a BJP agent stating that he has been "one of the bitterest critics of PM Modi.

I am biggest Modi critic: Digvijay Singh on Mayawati's 'BJP agent' jibe 

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday announced that the BSP will contest assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on its own sans any alliance, news agency ANI reported.

Watch: Mayawati says BSP will fight assembly elections alone in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh

The Congress in Chhattisgarh has hit out at Mayawati-led BSP for allying with former chief minister Ajit Jogi's party for the upcoming state assembly election and claimed the pre-poll tie-up has the support of the ruling BJP.

Congress slams BSP over Jogi alliance, sees BJP role in tie-up

Yadav said,'Our alliance with BSP will continue, in 2019 even if we have to give up a few seats we will do it. We have to ensure BJP is defeated'

Ready to sacrifice our own seats to continue alliance with BSP: Akhilesh Yadav

Fourteen ministers are from the Congress, nine from its ruling coalition partner JDS and one each from the BSP and the KPJP.

Karnataka: Kumaraswamy ministry expanded, 25 ministers inducted

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