Joining Samajwadi Party was my mistake, says Nafisa Ali

May 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Saturday censured Akhilesh Das, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Lucknow constituency on a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ticket, for making derogatory remarks about his rival and Samajwadi Party candidate Nafisa Ali. 'Election Commission is of the considered opinion that Dr.

April 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Wednesday issued notice to Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Lucknow candidate Akhilesh Das for his objectionable remarks against his Samajwadi Party rival Nafisa Ali. 'In Nafisa Ali's case, after watching the video, the commission has decided to issue a notice to Akhilesh Das,' Deputy Election Commissioner J.P.

April 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Election Commission Saturday said it would study a speech by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Akhilesh Das in which he is alleged to have derogatorily called Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Nafisa Ali 'budhiya', or old woman. 'I am taking the CD of the speech made by the BSP candidate along with me.

April 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Remarks by Akhilesh Das, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from Lucknow for the Lok Sabha elections, against his Samajwadi Party rival Nafisa Ali have drawn flak from all quarters, including Priyanka Gandhi. At a poll rally here Monday evening, Das - who left the Congress to join the BSP - described Nafisa as a 'burhiya' (old woman) with 'white hair'.

April 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Former Miss India and Samajwadi Party candidate Nafisa Ali on Wednesday filed her nomination papers from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat. Hundreds of SP workers accompanied her on way to the district magistrate office where she submitted her nomination papers.

April 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Nafisa Ali, the Samajwadi Party's nominee for the Lucknow seat, is wealthier than Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul Gandhi put together, according to her affidavit filed here Wednesday along with the nomination papers. As per the affidavit, Nafisa Ali and her husband, an ex-army colonel, together own assets of about Rs.50 million (Rs.5 crores), as against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi's combined worth of less than Rs.40 million (Rs.4 crores).

April 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Samajwadi Party candidate and social activist Nafisa Ali filed her nomination for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat Wednesday. 'We all should work honestly for the progress and prosperity of the party and the people of the state,' she said before leaving for the district collector's office for filing her nomination.

April 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Uttar Pradesh's Congress unit chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi was Tuesday named the party's candidate for the prestigious Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency. She is the daughter of the late Hemavati Nandan Bahuguna, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister.

April 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Film actress and socialite Nafisa Ali is the Samajwadi Party candidate for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat. Nafisa's name was announced by party general secretary Amar Singh at a press conference here.

April 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Film actress and socialite Nafisa Ali was Sunday named the Samajwadi Party candidate for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat. Nafisa's name was announced by party general secretary Amar Singh at a press conference here.

April 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh ensured that actress-turned-social activist Nafisa Ali left the Congress and joined his party to contest from the Lucknow constituency, according to informed sources. The question comes up after Nafisa Ali's 'secret' visit to this Uttar pradesh capital 10 days ago, when she approached Maulana Khalid Rasheed, Lucknow's naib imam and head of the 300-year-old seminary Darul-Uloom Firangi Mahal, Idgah, and another leading maulana of the city.

March 29th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Former Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Neera Yadav Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here along with her husband former state minister Mahendra Singh Yadav and about 250 Samajwadi Party workers. Neera Yadav joined the party at a rally in Vaishali here in the presence of BJP president Raj Nath Singh.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh Monday ruled out the possibility of his party joining the Third Front, saying he saw no hope as long as Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secreatry Prakash Karat was at its helm. Amar Singh said Karat denied him an appointment to 'discuss my personal issue' recently only because of his proximity with the Congress.

January 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh's son Rajvir Singh joined the Samajwadi Party Wednesday, a day after the veteran leader quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 'Rajvir Singh's entry into our party will further reinforce the backward-caste base of our ranks,' Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav told reporters.

January 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - Ending speculation and ignoring objections from his family members, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt Friday night announced that he would contest the next parliamentary elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket. He also said that he was the eldest member of the Dutt family and so there was no need to discuss his political plans with anybody.