In an apparent snub to ally Congress a day after assembly poll results in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday announced candidates for six of the 10 Uttar Pradesh asse

The Samajwadi Party has released candidates for six Uttar Pradesh bypolls without consulting the INDIA bloc, sparking discontent within the alliance.

Naseem Siddiqui, wife of disqualified SP MLA Irfan Solanki, will be fielded from the Sisamau seat and Ajeet Prasad, son of Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad, announced as candidate on the most sought-after

Lucknow: A day after the declaration of assembly poll results of Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday released a list of its candidates for six of ten assembly seats

The SP, which is a part of the INDIA bloc, has said it will contest the bypolls with the Congress, which is demanding five seats from the party. The Congress did not share any seat with the SP in the just-concluded Haryana assembly elections in which the BJP stunned with a victory third time in a row,

Haryana Assembly poll fallout was witnessed in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday when the Samajwadi Party announced candidates for six of the 10 assembly bypolls without ignoring the demand of Congress.

Sources said that the SP might leave Ghaziabad and Khair assembly seats for the Congress. These seats were considered to be BJP strongholds.

Addressing the people in Nagpur virtually, PM Modi said that the Congress tried to spread lies among the people of the Dalit community, adding that his government is committed to the welfare of all the actions of the society.