UP grand alliance

No grand alliance in UP, says SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav

"If anyone wants to contest along with us, they will have to merge their party with ours," Mulayam Singh told the media.

Nov 10, 2016, 14:59 PM IST

No 'mahagathbandhan' in UP without Akhilesh: RLD, JD(U) tell Mulayam Singh Yadav

Amid talks of a grand alliance between secular parties to defeat BJP in the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, it has now emerged that the erstwhile constituents of 'Janata Parivar' - JD(U) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) – are not interested in any electoral alliance with the ruling Samajwadi Party without state's young CM Akhilesh Yadav.

Nov 04, 2016, 10:39 AM IST

Prashant Kishor to be chief architect of secular parties' 'Mahagathbandhan' against BJP in Uttar Pradesh?

Noted election strategist Prashant Kishor, who has been hired by the Congress party to design its campaign for the upcoming assembly polls, is most likely to be the chief architect of a grand alliance or 'mahagathbandhan' of secular parties in Uttar Pradesh where elections are likely to be held early next year.

Oct 28, 2016, 10:09 AM IST