Mumbai, Oct 1 : Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh today met Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane, causing rumours in the state political circles.

Singh’s meeting comes in the backdrop of the Congress high command giving a cold shoulder to Rane''s plea for removal of Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.

The former Shiv Sainik has been eyeing Deshmukh''s chair ever since he joined the Congress party in 2005, but his repeated attempts to dislodge the veteran Congress leader have failed.

New Delhi, Sept 01 : The Samajwadi Party and Congress today decided to jointly contest the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.

The SP is also seeking alliance in four other states including Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka

After a marathon four-hour long talk with a Congress delegation led by party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, SP general secretary Amar Singh said that the seat-sharing would be carried out with winnability as the criteria in the state.

New Delhi, Sep 1: The Congress and the Samajwadi Party are to hold seat sharing talks for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh today.

The Congress side, which is to be led by Rahul Gandhi, will consist of the party General Secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh, Digvijay Singh, and the State Congress president, Rita Bahuguna Joshi

The Samajwadi Party side will be represented by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, General Secretary Amar Singh and Mulayam''s brother Ram Gopal Yadav, also a General Secretary of the party.

Digvijay Singh expressed confidence about reaching an agreement on seat sharing arrangement, and added that it would be pragmatic, realistic and honourable for both sides.

New Delhi, July 25 : Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh today said that t

New Delhi, July 24 : Both the Janata Dal (United) and the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) today expelled two of their MP’s for violating the party whip in the vote of confidence on July 22.

The UPA Government won the trust vote by 275 to 256.

In the July 22 trust vote won by the UPA Government by a margin of 19 votes, as many as 21 MPs belonging to different political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress cross-voted. Ten members remained absent or abstained from voting.

New Delhi, July 20 : Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Shahid Siddiqui''s defection to the Bahujan Samaj party (BSP) just three days before the crucial trust vote in the Lok Sabha, has left Muslim community leaders dismayed.

Criticizing Siddique for his political about turn and his use of his opposition to the India-US civilian nuclear cooperation deal as a tool, the Muslim leaders are of the unanimous view that he has communalized the deal issue.