The Samajwadi Party (SP) has emerged as the principal challenger to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh. As the countdown to the next state elections begins, it has its work cut out. In the Assembly polls in 2017, it tied up with the Congress Party; in the Lok Sabha elections in 2019, it aligned itself with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Both experiments
In a major development on Wednesday the Aam Adami Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh met with the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow. Both leaders held talks regarding possible tie-up for the coming assembly elections in UP.
Ahead of the UP Assembly polls, former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday invited poet and former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas to join Samajwadi Party.