Quami Ekta Dal

Yadav family feud: Shivpal made sacrificial goat by Mulayam to save Akhilesh's image, says Mayawati

Alleging that the SP government has failed on all fronts, Mayawati said that Shivpal has been made a sacrificial goat by brother Mulayam to establish Akhilesh's supremacy in the party before Assembly polls

Samajwadi Party drama: Akhilesh Yadav's truce with uncle Shivpal says little, hides more

There is no clarity on the issue despite Mulayam Singh Yadav’s otherwise vague observation that all is fine within the family, the party and the government.

Shivpal Yadav-Akhilesh Yadav strife: 'Will abide by Mulayam Singh Yadav directives'

As open strife in the ruling Yadav clan pushed Uttar Pradesh into political crisis, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday cancelled some official engagements, while his uncle Shivpal Yadav, who was stripped of key portfolios, said he will abide by the directions of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.

UP elections: Akhilesh Yadav inducts 3 new faces, re-instates sacked minister Balram Yadav

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday inducted three new faces and sacked minister Balram Yadav in the cabinet.

2017 UP Assembly election: How a gangster will change UP's political narrative

Like Sarjoo Pandey in the nineties, senior leaders cutting across the party lines would describe their criminals as revolutionaries ahead of 2017 UP polls

Akhilesh sacks Balram Yadav for facilitating merger of Mukhtar Ansari's party with SP

Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Balram Yadav was on Tuesday sacked by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, for apparently facilitating the merger of Quami Ekta Dal (QED) of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari with the ruling Samajwadi Party.

UP polls 2017: Quami Ekta Dal merges with Samajwadi Party

Quami Ekta Dal (QED), having two MLAs, merged with ruling Samajwadi Party on Tuesday ahead of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh due next year.

Mukhtar Ansari released on custody parole to campaign for LS polls

Controversial UP legislator Mukhtar Ansari was on Saturday released on custody parole from Central Jail here for a day to campaign in Lok Sabha election.

Varanasi: Ansari exits, says he won't split anti-Modi vote

Quami Ekta Dal's Ansari, a gangster-turned-politician and four-time MLA from Mau, is currently lodged in Agra jail in the BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai murder case.