Samajwadi Party gives president letter of support to UPA government

September 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Samajwadi Party has said that it would deliberate on its relationship with the ruling Congress Party. General Secretary Amar Singh said the Samajwadi Party will have to be cautious on extending support to the Congress again as it has appointed a BJP leader L K Advani's close aide Sudheendra Kulkarni in a Railway Ministry Committee.

August 19th, 2009 AGRA - The opposition Samajwadi Party on Wednesday criticised the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre and the Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh on issues of rising prices, suicides by farmers and foreign policy. Addressing the inaugural session of the party's Special National Conference here, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav called on party workers and activists to take part in a state-wide "Jail Bharo" (fill jails) agitation against the Mayawati government.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday said his party's decision to support the Congress-led United Progress Alliance (UPA) government in 2008 was "a blunder" and those who supported the Congress have been "betrayed". "We feel that our decision to support you last year was a blunder," Mulayam said while concluding his Lok Sabha speech on demands for the grants for the home ministry.

June 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Adopting a softer stand on the women's reservation bill, Samajwadi Party MP and Uttar Pradesh state unit chief Akhilesh Yadav Sunday said his party could support the move if the reservation is brought down to 25 from 33 percent. "The percentage should be decreased from 33 to 25.

May 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will today meet President Pratibha Patil to discuss the details of swearing in ceremony.

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress leader Manmohan Singh will Friday be sworn in as prime minister of India for the second consecutive term after President Pratibha Patil invited him to head the government and asked him to advise her on the council of ministers. Armed with the support of 322 MPs, including the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) met the president at Rashtrapati Bhavan Wednesday evening to stake claim to form a government.

May 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party (SP) General Secretary Amar Singh on Tuesday submitted a letter pledging support for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil. "I have been authorised and directed by the SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to offer our support for the formation of new UPA Government under the leadership of Dr.

May 7th, 2009 MAINPURI - Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday said his party would extend support whoever dismisses the Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh. After casting his vote, Mulayam said, "The youth, farmers and traders, all are disheartened with the Uttar Pradesh Government.

April 26th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Samajwadi Party Sunday said it was open to a tie-up with the Congress after the Lok Sabha polls but ruled out any truck with the Third Front and the Left as they were aligned with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). 'As long as our arch rival BSP chief Mayawati is with the Left parties or the Third Front, we are not going for any post-poll tie-up with them,' said Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, in the city to canvass for his party candidates.

April 19th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday attacked former ally Samajwadi Party, calling it a changeling, and also targetted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its promise to establish a Ram Rajya if voted to power. 'The Samajwadi Party is such a party that befriends someone at one moment and then becomes its enemy in the next moment,' Gandhi told an election rally here.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Wednesday finalised its first list of 24 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. This includes seats the Samajwadi Party wants to contest.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Wednesday released its first list of 24 candidates from Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha elections, including its president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi. The list includes some of the rebels of the Samajwadi Party, with which the Congress has been trying to work out a pre-poll alliance in the state.

February 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Tuesday blamed Congress leader Digvijaya Singh with misguiding the Congress high command and causing strain in the relations between the two parties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. 'Leaders like Digvijaya Singh are misguiding the Congress high command.

February 6th, 2009 BHOPAL - Narayan Tripathi, a former president of Samajwadi Party's Madhya Pradesh unit, has resigned from the party's primary membership to protest its growing ties with former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh. He said in a statement Saturday that he was quitting as he was hurt at party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's new ties with Kalyan Singh, who, according to Tripathi, was not only responsible but also involved in the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Wednesday threatened to withdraw support from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government if strong action was not taken against Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack. 'My party is under intense pressure from party MPs and legislators who want stern action to be taken against Pakistan with immediate effect,' Amar Singh told reporters after meeting External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.