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Lok Sabha elections: SP, Congress to focus on Muslim votes in Uttar Pradesh

Looking to consolidate Muslim votes, SP and Congress have joined hands for the parliamentary polls. Radhika Ramaseshan explains what it means for their LS prospects

SP-RLD-BSP alliance a pact among 'goons', says Keshav Prasad Maurya

UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya alleged that the opposition alliance is forged among the goondas and mafia of the state.

Mayawati ends alliance with SP, says BSP to contest all future polls solely

SP's behaviour after the elections has forced the BSP to think, will it be possible to defeat the BJP in future, said Mayawati

Akhilesh Yadav underplays LS poll debacle, calls it 'failed experiment'

The SP chief said the experiment exposed the weaknesses of such an association, but also offered some valuable lessons

SP-BSP alliance ends: Mayawati, Akhilesh look at fighting UP bypolls alone

Eleven assembly bypolls are due in UP after the respective MLAs won the Lok Sabha polls

Why give away half the seats?: Mulayam slams Akhilesh on SP-BSP alliance

Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati had jointly announced the alliance in January, saying the SP and the BSP will contest 38 seats each out of the 80 in Uttar Pradesh

Is BJP so afraid of SP-BSP pact: Mayawati after Akhilesh's airport claim

Akhilesh claimed he was stopped at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in a bid to prevent him from visiting Allahabad to attend an oath-taking ceremony at Allahabad University

SP-BSP alliance poses no challenge for BJP in UP, says Adityanath

Mayawati and Akhilesh had announced the pre-poll alliance, which gave the two parties 38 seats each of the total 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in UP to fight

Out of SP-BSP pact, Cong to hold meeting on UP poll strategy on Sunday

The parties kept the Congress out of the alliance, but said they will not field candidates in Amethi and Rae Bareli, represented by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi

You know who is my choice: Akhilesh on Mayawati for PM candidate

The alliance was in my mind since the day BJP leaders made obscene comments on Mayawati, says Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh ready to give up Lok Sabha seats to keep alliance with BSP alive

SP-BSP alliance played a big role in the recent Lok Sabha by-elections in Kairana and Noorpur in Uttar Pradesh

Half of UP comes under one roof: Ruling BJP is rattled by SP-BSP alliance

The ruling BJP is rattled by the SP-BSP alliance because the two represent over 50 per cent of the state's population

Let bygones be bygones: SP's Akhilesh Yadav on rivalry with BSP

On ties with the Congress, with which SP had an electoral truck in the last Assembly elections, Yadav said the good relations would continue

Putative SP-BSP unity will be tested in the next few months

Mayawati's Rajya Sabha term ends in April 2018, and she will need the SP to get re-elected