'Humiliated' Quami Ekta Dal blames Akhilesh Yadav for cancellation of merger
Announcing QED's decision to field candidates in 44 seats in 18 districts of eastern UP for Assembly elections in 2017, Ansari said his party would show SP its "real place".
Jun 28, 2016, 17:46 PM ISTSP calls off merger with Mukhtar Ansari's Qaumi Ekta Dal, Balram Yadav to be inducted back in UP Cabinet
Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ramgopal Yadav announced on Saturday that the merger with gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's Qaumi Ekta Dal and Samajwadi Party has been called off.
Jun 25, 2016, 17:28 PM ISTWe don't need people like Mukhtar Ansari in party: Akhilesh Yadav
Without mincing words, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday expressed his resentment over the merger with gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's party saying he will not be welcome in Samajwadi Party.
Jun 25, 2016, 15:29 PM ISTSacked UP minister breaks down, says my relations with 'Netaji' can't change
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has sacked Balram Yadav, who is believed to have negotiated the merger of Samajwadi Party and Quami Ekta Dal.
Jun 22, 2016, 13:48 PM ISTAkhilesh Yadav sacks minister behind merger with don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's party
In a late night development, apparently a fall-out of the merger of the Quami Ekta Dal (QED) with the ruling Samajwadi party (SP), Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sacked his cabinet colleague Balram Yadav, said to be instrumental in the decision.
Jun 21, 2016, 23:47 PM IST