Akhilesh Yadav

The BSP has reminded SP President Akhilesh Yadav of the incident and said that he should remember June 2, 1995 when a 'Dalit ki beti' (Mayawati herself) was attacked at Lucknow State Guest House during the SP government tenure. The reminder comes at a time when Akhilesh is starting a campaign to win over Dalits and unveiled a statue of late Kanshi Ram on Monday.

The party will use the upcoming Ambedkar Jayanti to kick off its campaign. SP president Akhilesh Yadav will unveil a statue of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder Kanshi Ram at a function in Rae Bareli on April 3.

"There will be a game and we will also participate in that. In Uttar Pradesh, we will play the match jointly with (Samajwadi Party chief) Akhilesh Yadav. People from all religions will participate in this game to oust the BJP from power in 2024," she said during her sit-in agitation against the Centre over non-payment of dues, which will continue till 7 p.m. on Thursday.

He suggested that all the anti-BJP regional political outfits should come together. Akhilesh said, "Several regional parties -- giants in their respective states -- are strongly fighting the BJP. All these regional giants should come together. All these regional giants should come together. And the Congress party should decide its role.

The court also granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal in a higher court. Akhilesh, for the first time, has come out in Rahul's support, saying the BJP was defaming the country, public, harmony and the Constitution alike and cases of defamation were being filed against the opposition parties.

If political experts are to be believed, SP's National President Akhilesh Yadav these days is busy in building his image in central politics. He is not only fielding party candidates in various states, but is also participating in events organised by non-BJP parties. After the visit to Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, the SP's National.

This comes days after Akhilesh Yadav joined opposition leaders in accusing the BJP of using central agencies like ED and CBI to target its political opponents. Pathak said that the SP chief was 'trying to save his party' from a host of corruption charges. He squarely accused Akhilesh of 'patronizing' and 'shielding' scamsters who eventually got indicted by the Lokayukta.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said, "What is the government trying to conceal by eliminating the accused through encounters?' He further said, "The deceased was a BJP member, and a UP minister has been accused in a money deal. What is the government trying to hide in this case? Will the government initiate a probe against the minister?"

Akhilesh has added four upper caste members and another backward classes (OBC) leader to its national executive. The move comes amid purported talks in some sections of the party over "under-representation of upper castes in the executive". Those included in the national executive are Om Prakash Singh, Arvind Singh Gope, Vinay Tiwari, Neeraj Saxena and Ram Prasad Chaudhary.

According to the strategists of the SP, the party which has boosted its political fortunes with the victory in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha and Khatauli Assembly by-elections, wants to maintain this momentum among its party workers till the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Therefore, the SP has decided that till the 2024 Lok Sabha elections it will continue to intensify its political attacks against the BJP government.