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<ul><li><keyword id="6354265" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="samajwadi-party" source="Orion">Samajwadi Party</keyword> founder and veteran politician <keyword id="6357168" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="mulayam-singh-yadav" source="Orion">Mulayam Singh Yadav</keyword> passed away today after a prolonged illness.</li><li>The SP patron was 82-years-old and was on life support system since the past one week.</li><li>Yadav was facing difficulty in breathing and was on life-saving drugs since Sunday.</li></ul>Veteran Samajwadi leader and MP, <keyword id="42422" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="mulayam" source="Orion">Mulayam</keyword> Singh Yadav, died here on Monday after a prolonged illness. His son and former Chief Minister <keyword id="6355031" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="akhilesh-yadav" source="Orion">Akhilesh Yadav</keyword> tweeted about his demise. Mulayam Singh Yadav was 82 and had been on life support system since the past one week. He was admitted to the <keyword id="488355" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="medanta-hospital" source="Orion">Medanta hospital</keyword> in Gurugram on August 22. According to hospital sources, he breathed his last at 8.15 a.m. on Monday. The 82-year-old Samajwadi Party patriarch was facing difficulty in breathing and was under the supervision of an internal medicine expert at the Medanta Hospital, as per sources. Singh was suffering from a urinary infection as well, hospital sources had said. On Sunday, Medanta Hospital had put out a health bulletin stating that the veteran leader's condition was quite critical and that he was on life-saving drugs.

Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav passes away at 82

From wrestler to veteran politician – Life and times of ‘Netaji’ Mulayam Singh Yadav

Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>’s <keyword id="58687" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bharatiya-Janata-Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</keyword> (<keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword>) couldn’t have asked for a better time than now to take their massive election campaign in <keyword id="6357713" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uttar-Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</keyword> forward and Modi used it to the fullest. He slammed the entire opposition, including state parties, and said growth and development stalled in the state because the BJP was out of power for 14 years. 
 He hit out at the ruling <keyword id="6354265" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="samajwadi-party">Samajwadi Party</keyword> (SP), which split yesterday, and <keyword id="6356515" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bahujan-Samaj-Party">Bahujan Samaj Party</keyword> (<keyword id="6355170" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BSP">BSP</keyword>), which is grappling with black money allegations, and the Congress which has been having trouble regaining its lost glory in Uttar Pradesh. 
 
"There is one party with minimal presence in UP, that is trying for 15 years to establish their leader but with little success. There is another party trying to save money and there is one more party trying to save their own family," the PM said at what the BJP has dubbed the 'Parivartan Rally' or the rally for change. 
 
He also made a point that he made sure that his party wants to work for the people and not hoard black money or save their family. 
 
“Some want to save their black money, some want to save their 'parivaar'. But BJP is the only party that will work to save the people,” he said. 
 
He also said that all the parties, for the first time has come together against him as they are intimidated by what he is doing and it will harm them. 
 
“For the first time in years, SP and BSP share the same opinion on one issue: 'Modi hatao'. But I say 'corruption hatao, kaala dhan hatao'. Now, it's up to the people to decide what they want,” PM modi said. 
 
The first party he referred to was the Congress, which has seen its political fortunes wane compared to its glory days in Uttar Pradesh in the 1970s and the 1980s. 
 The second party he referred to was Mayawati's BSP which has not been able to shake off the taint of corruption allegations. The third party he was referring to was the Samajwadi Party, which split yesterday following months of bickering between father <keyword id="6357168" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mulayam-Singh-Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</keyword> and his chief minister son Akhilesh. 
 
The PM also said that even though the BJP has not been in power in Uttar Pradesh, that doesn't bother him and his party but the fact that there has been minimal development in UP. 
 
“Kuch log kehte hain BJP ka 14 saal ka vanvaas khatam hoga, mudda BJP ke vanvaas ka nahin hai. Mudda 14 saal ke vanvaas ka nahin, 14 saal ke liye Uttar Pradesh mein vikaas ka vanvaas ho gaya hai,” he said. 
 
India, he said, can't prosper and grow unless Uttar Pradesh prospers and grows. 
 
The PM also predicted a win for the BJP in the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh. 
 
“Political pundits pontificate on the outcome of the UP elections. But after seeing this crowd gathered here, there's no need for them to expend further efforts. It is clear which way the wind is blowing,” PM said.

PM Narendra Modi addresses massive rally in UP. Here are key takeaways from his speech

A day after his expulsion, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister <keyword id="6355031" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Akhilesh-Yadav">Akhilesh Yadav</keyword> has been revoked in to the <keyword id="56" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Party">party</keyword>. After a high voltage drama yesterday, <keyword id="6354265" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="samajwadi-party">Samajwadi Party</keyword> chief <keyword id="6357168" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mulayam-Singh-Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</keyword> had ousted his son and cousin <keyword id="199443" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ram-Gopal-Yadav">Ram Gopal Yadav</keyword> for anti-party activities. 
 "As per the directions of Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav), the expulsion of Akhilesh Yadav and Ram Gopal Yadav has been revoked with immediate effect," Samajwadi Party leader <keyword id="269977" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shivpal-Singh-Yadav">Shivpal Singh Yadav</keyword> tweeted. He also added that the party will fight assembly polls together. 
 
Earlier today, Akhilesh had met SP legislators where more than 200 MLAs out of 229 turned up and expressed their loyalty to him.

Akhilesh Yadav revoked into the
party a day after expulsion

<keyword id="6354265" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="samajwadi-party">Samajwadi Party</keyword> chief <keyword id="6357168" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mulayam-Singh-Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</keyword> expelled his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister <keyword id="6355031" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Akhilesh-Yadav">Akhilesh Yadav</keyword> and his cousin <keyword id="199443" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ram-Gopal-Yadav">Ram Gopal Yadav</keyword> from the party for six years. 
 
Mulayam Singh Yadav said he had taken the action against Akhilesh and Ramgopal to save the party which he had built through hard efforts. He also said the party will decide on the new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. 
 
The timing of the matter is of utmost importance as the assembly elections are ahead and the SP chief accused Ram Gopal of indulging in anti-party activities and also weakening the party ahead of the assembly elections. 
 
Not only that he also accused Ram Gopal Yadav of hurting the interests of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and misleading him. Angered by the Ram Gopal yadav’s action Mulayam said "no one has the right to call national executive meeting" other than the party chief. 
 
The SP supremo took a jab at his own son Akhilesh Yadav for siding with Ram Gopal Yadav in the party infighting. 
 
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Mulayam Singh Yadav expels Akhilesh Yadav and Ram Gopal Yadav from Samajwadi Party for 6 years

<keyword id="6357713" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uttar-Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</keyword>’s Assembly elections are just around the corner and in order to become voters’ favourite candidates, political parties have already started doing everything they can do. In a bid to woo voters, Akhilesh Yadav-led UP Government, yet again played the caste card, and gave a nod to include 17 Other Backward Castes in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list. 
 The cabinet meeting, presided by Chief Minister <keyword id="6355031" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Akhilesh-Yadav">Akhilesh Yadav</keyword>, cleared the proposal in this regard. 
 
As per the officials, the proposal that is aimed at wooing the OBCs in the coming elections, will now be sent to the Centre for clearance. 
 
There are 17 sub-castes which the government wants included in the SC category are Kahar, Kashyap, Kewat, Nishad, Bind, Bhar, Prajapati, Rajbhar, Batham, Gaur, Tura, Majhi, Mallah, Kumhar, Dheemar and Machua. 
 Before this, in March 2013, the <keyword id="396713" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uttar-Pradesh-assembly">Uttar Pradesh Assembly</keyword> had passed a resolution asking the Centre to include 17 castes of the state into the list of Scheduled Castes (SC) category. 
 In the resolution presented by Social Welfare Minister <keyword id="1401615" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Avdhesh-Prasad">Avdhesh Prasad</keyword> and passed by the voice vote in the House, it was stated that in a detailed study by UP SC/ST Research and Training Institute, these 17 castes have been found "deserving" to be included in the list of Scheduled Castes (SC). 
 The <keyword id="6357168" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mulayam-Singh-Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</keyword> government too had passed the resolution in the state Cabinet in February 2004 and had sent recommendation to the Centre for inclusion of these castes in SC list in December 2004. 
 
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are likely to be held early next year.

Akhilesh Yadav plays caste-based politics in run up to UP polls, presses to get 17 OBCs on the SC list

A group of eight fighter jets will descend on Agra-Lucknow expressway on the day of its grand opening on November 21, which is also the eve of party supremo <keyword id="6357168" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mulayam-Singh-Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</keyword>'s 78th birthday .The aircraft will then take off and do aerobatics in the skies. 
 UP expressways industrial development authority (UPEIDA) CEO <keyword id="3976511" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Navneet-Sehgal">Navneet Sehgal</keyword> told TOI, “All arrangements have been made to conduct the grand inauguration.A group of eight fighter jets will land and then take off from the newly-constructed expressway .“ 
 The 302-km expressway , which is chief minister <keyword id="6355031" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Akhilesh-Yadav">Akhilesh Yadav</keyword>'s dream project, has been completed in a record time of 22 months and has cost Rs 13,200 crore. It will get operational by December. The longest expressway in the country is currently a six-lane project, expandable up to eight lanes. 
 The expressway which will pass through Unnao, Kannauj, Etawah, Mainpuri and <keyword id="55697" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Firozabad">Firozabad</keyword>, will reduce the travel time between <keyword id="6356295" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Agra">Agra</keyword> and Lucknow to just four hours, nearly half of what it takes now. Two farm mandis, a logistics hub, an IT City and a residential town are planned to be built along the expressway. 
 <keyword id="4855" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sehgal">Sehgal</keyword> along with Air <keyword id="3844676" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="vicemarshal-rajesh-issar">ViceMarshal Rajesh Issar</keyword> and other senior officers of <keyword id="6705798" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Central-Air-Command">Central Air Command</keyword> inspected the expressway stretch in <keyword id="3844677" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="bangarmau-of-unnao">Bangarmau of Unnao</keyword> district on Saturday . 
 “Indian <keyword id="6354954" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Air-Force">Air Force</keyword> planned the special air show as a tribute to the rapid completion of the expressway before its 26-month deadline,“ Sehgal said. The expressway was planned and constructed in a way that in the case of emergency or war, <keyword id="6355075" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="IAF">IAF</keyword> could land its fighter planes using the road as a runway.

Eight fighter jets to land on Agra-Lucknow expressway

The <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> today struck down the hugely controversial Section 66 A of the <keyword id="6354751" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Income-Tax">Income Tax</keyword> Act, stating that the Act was not only ‘vague’ in the way it was worded, but it was also ‘unconstitutional’. So what does <keyword id="823722" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="the-section">the Section</keyword> say that created such a huge backlash from the public in general? Since the Section came to power, several petitions were filed at various courts challenging the section on the basis of what constituted ‘grossly offensive or menacing character’? The main contention has been that who is it that will decide what action or ‘post’ or ‘comment’ constituted ‘offensive’ enough to be put behind bars. Many an individual and political party has on several occasions used or rather misused the provisions within the section to jail individuals who aired their opinion on social media websites such as <keyword id="6354576" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Facebook">Facebook</keyword> and <keyword id="6354616" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword>. 
 
Cases in point: 
 · <keyword id="6361218" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jadavpur-University">Jadavpur University</keyword> <keyword id="6356384" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Professor">professor</keyword>, <keyword id="1009588" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ambikesh-Mahapatra">Ambikesh Mahapatra</keyword>, was arrested in <keyword id="6354925" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Kolkata">Kolkata</keyword> for forwarding a cartoon about <keyword id="5269" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Chief-Minister">Chief Minister</keyword> <keyword id="43868" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Mamata-Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</keyword>. · A class 11 student from UP was jailed for posting on Facebook a comment on UP <keyword id="6356245" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="minister">minister</keyword> <keyword id="6355085" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Azam-Khan">Azam Khan</keyword>. Khan belonging to the ruling <keyword id="6354265" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="samajwadi-party">Samajwadi Party</keyword> ensured he was behind bars in no time. · In UP again, a Varanasi <keyword id="299752" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="tourism-officer">tourism officer</keyword> was arrested for uploading “objectionable” pictures of Mulayam Singh Yadav, <keyword id="6355031" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Akhilesh-Yadav">Akhilesh Yadav</keyword>, and Azam Khan on Facebook. 
 So what exactly does Section 66 A of the <keyword id="6379296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="IT-Act">IT Act</keyword> say? 
 The Information Technology Act, 2000 was amended in 2008. The amended Act which received the assent of the <keyword id="2540" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="President">President</keyword> on February 5, 2009, contains section 66A. 
 
66A-Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc. 
 
Any person who sends, by means of a computer resource or a communication device,— 
(a) any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character; or 
(b) any information which he knows to be false, but for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred or ill will, persistently by making use of such computer resource or a communication device, 
(c) any electronic mail or electronic mail message for the purpose of causing annoyance or inconvenience or to deceive or to mislead the addressee or recipient about the origin of such messages, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine. 
 
For the purpose of this section, terms “electronic mail” and “electronic mail message” means a message or information created or transmitted or received on a computer, computer system, computer resource or communication device including attachments in text, images, audio, video and any other electronic record, which may be transmitted with the message.

What is Section 66A of the IT Act?

As it is clear from the early trends that the BJP is heading towards forming the government single-handedly, there is no likelihood of regional parties playing the role of kingmakers in the current scenario. 
 
In fact, BJP seems all set to form the government on its own, without even requiring the help of its National Democratic Alliance partners like Akali Dal and Shiv Sena. 
 
BJP was leading in 271 constituencies in the initial trends and its other NDA partners – TDP, Shiv Sena, Akali Dal and LJP – leading in 16, 17, four and five seats, respectively. 
 
As on 12 March 2014, there are 1616 parties registered with the election commission, out of which the numbers of national parties was six and that of state parties was 47. 
 
Just after independence, in the 1950s and 60s, the Congress party dominated the national political scene. But the opposition started gaining some space during late 60s and early 70s, with the Janata Party even wresting power from the Congress in 1977. This event set the ball rolling for the mushrooming of a number of small parties. 
 Most small parties are one-man shows, who exercise absolute control over the party. While the coming up of new parties reflects more democratisation, these have tended to become internally less democratic. Leaders <keyword id="2243296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="like-Jayalalitha">like Jayalalitha</keyword>, <keyword id="6357690" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="mayawati">Mayawati</keyword>, <keyword id="6357168" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mulayam-Singh-Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</keyword>, <keyword id="43385" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Naveen-Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</keyword> and <keyword id="18656" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lalu-Prasad-Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</keyword> have been running their respective parties single-handedly, without giving much room to internal dissent. 
 
Even in the run up to the 2014 elections, they were widely projected to play the role of kingmakers. But all these parties would be left high and dry if these initial trends get converted into results.

Kingmakers Left High And Dry

NEW DELHI: <keyword id="2540" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="President">President</keyword> Pranab Mukherjee may not invite the single largest pre-poll combination to form the government unless it provides letters of support from more parties to prove that it has the required numbers. 
 
After extensive consultations on how to ascertain who is best suited to provide a stable government in a hung House scenario, Mukherjee seems to have concluded that the contenders for power ought to back up their claims of majority support by producing letters of support from their post-poll allies. 
 
“He wants to make sure that those who stake claim to form government actually enjoy majority support in the House,” said a source familiar with the details of the deliberations Mukherjee has been holding in order to ensure that the next regime turns out to be a stable one. 
 
He has been advised that this could be done only by seeking letters of support from post-poll alliance partners, as was done on an earlier occasion. 
 After Rajiv Gandhi refused to form government despite <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> emerging as the single largest party in 1989, the then president R Venkataraman invited V P Singh to form government as the leader of Janata Dal, which managed to cobble together a post-poll alliance. 
 
The precedent was followed by Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1996 to invite Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led BJP to form the government even though it had only 161 members and absolutely no chance of reaching the magic figure of 272. BJP was surprised by the invite, though it grabbed the opportunity to form the first-ever saffron regime at the Centre. With the “secular” parties combining against him, Vajpayee’s government quit after 13 days. 
 
Sharma’s successor KR Narayanan chose to play safe when Vajpayee staked his second claim two years later, and insisted on seeing letters of support even when the BJP-led NDA pre-poll alliance had won the majority. 
 The use of the same yardstick by Narayanan a year later resulted in huge embarrassment for Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The Congress president had claimed she had the support of 272 but with SP chief <keyword id="25541" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mulayam-singh">Mulayam Singh</keyword> Yadav backing out at the last minute, came short when the President asked for letters of support. 
 
 
 
 
 
When contacted by TOI, noted constitutional expert and former attorney general Soli J Sorabjee suggested that producing letters of support may not be necessary if the President is satisfied that the single largest party or pre-poll coalition holds the prospect of providing a viable government after an election which fails to throw up an outright winner. 
 
“If the President is satisfied on that count, then there is no need to seek letters of support from post-poll alliance partners. After inviting the largest coalition or party to form government, he could given them reasonable time, say a week or two, to prove its majority on the floor of the House,” Sorabjee said. 
 “The President need not test the strength of the party or coalition in the <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> before inviting it to form government. The test of strength is in the House and not in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Though, there is nothing in the Constitution which bars the President from seeking letters of support from post-poll alliance partners, it sounds a little unethical,” he added.

President To Seek Allies’ Support Letters If Nobody Gets Majority

NDA is likely to get between 212 and 232 seats if the <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> elections were held today, with BJP alone winning between 193 and 213, according to an opinion poll done for a TV channel. The poll, based on a survey of six states, puts the UPA a distant second with 119 to 139 seats, of which <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> was projected to win between 94 and 110. 
 The CNN-IBN poll, conducted by CSDS and Lokniti, made these projections based on surveys in Uttar Pradesh, <keyword id="30033" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Bihar">Bihar</keyword>, Maharashtra, <keyword id="37102" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Andhra-Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</keyword>, <keyword id="20154" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="tamil-nadu">Tamil Nadu</keyword> and Delhi. While the seat figures are more or less the same as the projections done by the same pollsters in January, the popularity rating of <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> has dipped significantly. 
 In January, 36% of respondents to the survey had chosen Modi as their preferred PM. That figure is now down to 31%. In contrast, there has been an uptick of one percentage point each in those picking <keyword id="5268" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</keyword> (now 13%), <keyword id="689" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sonia-Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</keyword>, <keyword id="6357690" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="mayawati">Mayawati</keyword>, Mulayam Singh and <keyword id="6359397" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Manmohan-Singh">Manmohan Singh</keyword>. 
 
The poll also shows BJP’s projected vote share down marginally from the January estimate and the Congress vote share too down marginally. The saffron party continues to enjoy a significant lead with 33% compared to Congress’ 26%. 
 Apart from the NDA and UPA, the <keyword id="43826" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Trinamool-Congress">Trinamool Congress</keyword> is likely to be the biggest party winning between 20 and 28 seats, according to the survey. <keyword id="120271" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="The-Left">The Left</keyword> with 15-23, AIADMK with 14-20, YSR Congress and <keyword id="6355032" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="SP">SP</keyword> with 11-17 seats each, BJD, TDP and DMK with 10-16 each and BSP with 8-14 could be the other significant players in the 16th Lok Sabha, it projected. 
 
If these projections turn out right, it would almost certainly mean that the next government in New Delhi would be headed by Modi and would be cobbled together by the existing NDA joining hands with smaller regional parties. Neither Congress nor the ill-defined Third Front/Federal Front would really be in a position to take a meaningful shot at forming a government in such a scenario.

Modi's Popularity Dips But NDA Still Leading: Survey

<keyword id="19894922" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uttar-Pradesh" source="keywords">Uttar Pradesh</keyword> has strong and established women leaders but, ironically, the majority of this '<keyword id="19911646" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nari-Shakti" source="keywords">Nari Shakti</keyword>' does not belong to this state. Barring a few, most of the women leaders have come from other states and after contesting several elections, they have consolidated their position in Uttar Pradesh. Senior Congress leader <keyword id="19935990" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sonia-Gandhi" source="keywords">Sonia Gandhi</keyword> leads the brigade of political talent imported from outside Uttar Pradesh. A native of Italy who was living in New Delhi with her in-laws, the Gandhi bahu made her political debut from Amethi in 1999 and then contested and won the Rae Bareli seat from 2004 to 2019. Sonia Gandhi began campaigning in Amethi from 1984 when her husband Rajiv Gandhi made his political debut. When Sonia Gandhi finally took a plunge in politics after the former Prime Minister's demise, she chose the family turf, Amethi. The former Congress President was at one time seen as a prime ministerial candidate, though she never claimed the position. Another woman politician who was seen as a prospective prime ministerial candidate is BSP supremo, <keyword id="19897516" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mayawati" source="keywords">Mayawati</keyword>. Mayawati was born in Delhi but her political 'karambhoomi' became Uttar Pradesh when the first SP-BSP government came into existence in 1993 in the state. Circumstances propelled Mayawati into the Uttar Pradesh chief minister's chair in 1995 and over the years, she has emerged as a politician who cannot be ignored. Actor-turned-politician, <keyword id="19968072" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hema-Malini" source="keywords">Hema Malini</keyword>, who is seeking her third term from Mathura, belongs to Tamil Nadu and has spent most of her life in Mumbai. She contested and won the 2014 and 2019 elections from Mathura. Hema Malini calls herself 'Krishna ki gopi' and claims to have a divine connect with Mathura. Among others in this list is Smriti Irani, who is seeking her second term from Amethi and originally belongs to Delhi. However, after winning Amethi in 2019, she calls herself 'Amethi ki bitiya'. She has even built her home in Gauriganj in Amethi and is well versed with local politics and the local people. Maneka Gandhi, who originally belongs to Delhi, is the senior-most MP among these women, having won her first election in 1989 on a Janata Dal ticket. She later joined the BJP and has always chosen Uttar Pradesh to contest elections - first Pilibhit and then Sultanpur. Jaya Prada, another actor-turned-politician, was born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh but chose Uttar Pradesh to kickstart her political career even though she had earlier joined the TDP. Jaya Prada successfully contested the Rampur Lok Sabha seat in 2004 and 2009 elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket. Later, she joined the BJP in 2019. Dimple Yadav, senior SP leader and wife of Akhilesh Yadav, originally belongs to Uttarakhand but made Uttar Pradesh her home after her marriage to Akhilesh. Dimple Yadav began her career by losing a bypoll to Raj Babbar of the Congress from Firozabad in 2009 but won the Kannauj seat in a 2012 bye-election. She won the Kannauj seat in 2014 but lost in 2019. However, Dimple Yadav won the Mainpuri bye-election after the demise of Mulayam Singh Yadav in 2022. Among all these women leaders, it is only Union Minister Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal (S) who was born and brought up in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Interestingly, even in the past, several women leaders who made a mark in Indian politics were born outside Uttar Pradesh but chose to contest polls from the state. Former Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, made her debut in politics when she won a bye-election from Bijnor in 1985. Meira Kumar, who is the daughter of late veteran politician Jagjivan Ram, was born in Bihar. Former Delhi Chief Minister, late Sheila Dikshit, won her first election from Kannauj in 1984. She was born in Kapurthala in Punjab. Freedom fighter Sucheta Kripalani, the first woman Chief Minister in India, who headed the Uttar Pradesh government, also belonged to Punjab but won the Assembly polls from Mehdawal in Sant Kabir Nagar. --IANS amita/rad

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<ul><li>One of the highest points in Singh's career was cracking a deal with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in 2005.</li><li>The India-US nuclear deal had just been signed and the dissenting Left Front decided to drop out of the alliance. </li><li>The then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would have been dethroned had it not been for the support from the Samajwadi Party, thanks to a deal brokered by Singh. </li></ul>Member of the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Indian Parliament) and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, one of the key political figures in North India, passed away at the age of 64 after a prolonged illness for which he was being treated in a Singapore hospital. One of the highest points in Singh's career was cracking a deal with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in 2008. The India-US nuclear deal had just been signed and the dissenting Left Front decided to drop out of the alliance. The then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would have been dethroned had it not been for the support from the Samajwadi Party, thanks to a deal brokered by Singh. In 2015, <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/book-claims-amar-singh-was-conduit-for-indo-us-n-deal/story-cBbyrNPkA6aTcFxyRp2vtJ.html" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">a book by the American author US writer Peter Schweizer</a> accused that Hillary Clinton's foundation got a cash donation from Amar Singh ⁠— anywhere between $1 million and $5 million in 2008 ⁠— to seal the landmark India-US civilian nuclear deal. This charge was used by Donald Trump in his election campaign against Clinton in 2016. Born in Aligarh on 27 January 1956, and brought up in North Kolkata, Singh was a crucial player in Uttar Pradesh politics for at least a couple of decades. From politics to show business, at his peak, Singh was ubiquitous in all influential circles. <div type="image" title="amar singh and amitabh" msid="77303454" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Amitabh Bachchan and Amar Singh at Lilavati Hospital on December 22, 2006&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> His flaunted his friendships with the rich and powerful ⁠— including the likes of superstar Amitabh Bachchan, and the now beleagured billionaire Anil Ambani to name a few ⁠— and often put them to good use, politically. <div type="image" title="Amar Singh and Anil Ambani" msid="77303088" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh and Anil Ambani in Silver Harmony award 2007 function held at Ravindra Natya mandir on October 04, 2007.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> The media has often dubbed him as the 'king maker' in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state and one that has produced the most of the country's Prime Ministers. That would make Amar Singh important in the national context too. <div type="image" title="amar singh and sanjay dutt" msid="77303064" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Friday January 16, 2009: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt quelled all speculation about his entry into politics. &amp;#8220;Yes, I am contesting elections from Lucknow,&amp;#8217;&amp;#8217; he said at a press conference on Friday in his Bandra residence, flanked by Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> He was expelled from his home party by the chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in January 2010. He spent a brief period in judicial custody in 2011. He retired from politics only to return in 2016. But this stint was a short after a fallout with Mulayam's son Akhilesh Yadav. These are some of the other controversies that Singh survived in his long political career: July 2008: <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/2008-cash-for-vote-scam-amar-singh-sudheendra-kulkarni-and-3-bjp-mps-discharged/articleshow/26220261.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Cash-for-votes scam</a> where he allegedly bribed three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha members to vote for the UPA government in the floor test in the parliament. 2011 <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/phone-tapping-controversy-anurag-singh-from-spy-to-a-convict/articleshow/18783740.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">phone tapping controversy</a>: Taped phone conversations revealed Singh allegedly fixing deals with politicians, businessmen, bureaucrats and celebrities. 2011 <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/-2128927.html" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">‘fix-a-judge’ controversy</a>: A compact disc allegedly showed Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav in conversation with former law minister Shanti Bhushan. 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<table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#b7b7b7;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Constituency </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#b7b7b7;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Winner Candidate Name </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#b7b7b7;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Winning Party </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#b7b7b7;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Margin </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Azamgarh </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Akhilesh Yadav </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">SP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">259874 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Mainpuri </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">MULAYAM SINGH YADAV </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">SP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">94389 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Moradabad </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Dr. S.T. HASAN </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">SP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">97878 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Rampur </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Mohammad Azam Khan </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">SP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">109997 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Sambhal </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">DR. SHAFIQUR REHMAN BARQ </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">SP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">174826 </td></tr></tbody></table> SP has won 5 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha elections 2019. Former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav has won the elections from the Azamgarh lok sabha seat with a margin of more than 250,000 votes. Azam Khan has also defeated Jaya Prada from the Rampur seat by more than 100,000 votes. The Samajwadi party led by Akilesh Yadav faced the elections as part of the Mahagathbandhan involving SP, BSP and RLD. The exit poll results for the SP as per Axis IndiaToday-Axis MyIndia predict that the alliance made up by the three parties might win from 16 seats only. The Chanakya predictions for 2019 Lok Sabha seats presume only 2 seats for SP and its alliance. The other predictions for SP for the Lok Sabha elections 2019 include 17-19 by News18, 13 seats by India Today, 40 constituencies by CVoter and 41 seats by NewsX. The total number of parliamentary seats in UP is 80. In 2014 general elections for the parliament, SP got only 4 seats out of 80 from Uttar Pradesh. In 2009 elections, SP won from 22 constituencies. The winning statistics for SP during 2004 was 35 seats. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Akilesh Yadav is fighting from Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat. Dharmendra Yadav fights from Badaun, Devendra Yadav from Etah, and Mulayam Singh Yadav seeks election from Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency. The other important candidates for SP in UP are Azam Khan from Rampur and S.T. Hassan from Moradabad Lok Sabha seat. SP has nominated Shafiq-ur-Rehman from Sambhal ruling out the speculations that the party might field Aparna Yadav from here. In Maharashtra, SP was interested to form an alliance with the Congress party. The Congress did not heed to the demands of SP for any one seat among Mumbai South, Mumbai South Central, Bhiwandi, Mumbai North West, or Mumbai North Central seats. Following that, SP entered into an alliance with the BSP and they both agreed upon the seat sharing formula at the rate of 4 seats for SP and 44 seats for BSP. In Maharashtra, SP contested from four seats namely Mumbai North West, Bhiwandi, Beed, and Nanded.

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