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Seat demand declined, Rajbhar to float new front to fight Bihar polls

SBSP chief Rajbhar (File)
Published on Oct 15, 2025 03:16 am IST

Abbas Ansari’s membership of Uttar Pradesh assembly restored

Abbas Ansari. (FILE PHOTO)
Published on Sept 09, 2025 03:08 am IST

SBSP revives liquor ban campaign in UP, reaffirms support for caste census

SBSP national general secretary Arun Rajbhar holding a meeting with party workers in Ballia (HT)
Published on Sept 06, 2024 08:49 pm IST

SBSP reviews Ghosi defeat, dissolves state executive

SBSP reviews Ghosi defeat, dissolves state executive (file)
Updated on Jun 23, 2024 06:20 am IST

Still waiting for cabinet re-entry, Rajbhar plans OBC quota movement

Rajbhar had planned to visit New Delhi to meet Shah and Nadda on November 7 but it was postponed due to the festive season. (HT FILE)
Updated on Nov 11, 2023 07:58 am IST

Purvanchal to witness SBSP-BJP sweep in 2024, SP won’t be able to open account: Rajbhar

Omprakash Rajbhar (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 12, 2023 09:37 pm IST

Rajbhar exposed, quips Shivpal; SBSP says all SP candidates will lose deposits

Months before the 2022 UP Assembly elections, the SBSP joined the Samajwadi Party alliance and won six seats. (Sourced)
Updated on Jul 18, 2023 12:57 am IST

OP Rajbhar, ex-ally of Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party, returns to BJP-led NDA

Union home minister Amit Shah with OP Rajbhar (right)
Updated on Jul 16, 2023 11:38 am IST

SBSP chief meets U.P. Dy CM Pathak, fuels tie-up speculations

SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar with U.P. deputy CM Brajesh Pathak. (Sourced)
Updated on Jul 12, 2023 12:08 am IST

Civic polls: From PhD to matric pass & from millionaires to middle-class, candidates from all walks of life in fray

Some candidates own assets worth crores, others come from a modest background (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:11 am IST

Women’s quota to be major election issue, says OP Rajbhar ahead of LS poll

Rajbhar slammed SP leader Swami Parsad Maurya for kicking off a controversy over certain verses of Ramcharitmanas. (HT File)
Updated on Feb 05, 2023 01:18 am IST

Apna Dal (S) plays down its chief’s non-inclusion in Yogi ministry

Apna Dal (S) president Ashish Patel with his wife Anupriya Patel.
Updated on Aug 23, 2019 10:51 am IST

Rajbhar’s party says MLAs not joining BJP

SBSP’s state unit general secretary, Shashi Pratap Singh, said the three, Triveni Ram, Ramanand Baudh and Kailash Sonkar, are very much with the party.
Updated on May 23, 2019 07:49 am IST

Back to office after poll campaign, Adityanath sacks BJP ally from cabinet

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Updated on May 20, 2019 03:54 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: OP Rajbhar, sulking BJP ally, sees huge win for SP-BSP in eastern UP

Rajbhar, who has considerable clout in eastern Uttar Pradesh, asserted that his party has not campaigned for the saffron party in these elections.
Updated on May 19, 2019 05:04 pm IST

SBSP chief booked after asking supporters to thrash BJP workers with shoes

The case was registered after Rajbhar, a disgruntled ally of the BJP, allegedly urged supporters to thrash ruling party workers with shoes if they spread “misinformation” about his party.
Published on May 18, 2019 11:41 pm IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP names Ghosi candidate as ally SBSP sticks to its guns

The BJP has named its candidate for the Ghosi Lok Sabha seat in UP after waiting for its ally SBSP to accept its offer of contesting the Lok Sabha poll on its symbol from this constituency.
Published on Apr 22, 2019 03:28 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: UP BJP ally SBSP declares candidates against PM Modi, Rajnath Singh

UP BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey said, “There is no ulterior motive in getting SBSP to contest election on our symbol from Ghosi. It is just that the chances of win would be certain on our symbol,” he said.
Updated on Apr 17, 2019 01:10 am IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: How BJP’s ‘last-minute’ move won over disgruntled allies in Uttar Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President Amit Shah
Updated on Mar 12, 2019 12:21 pm IST

UP minister OP Rajbhar calls himself a descendant of Hanuman, goes soft on BJP

UP cabinet minister OP Rajbhar called himself ‘a descendent of Lord Hanuman’ at a rally in Varanasi on Sunday, Feb 24, 2019.
Updated on Feb 25, 2019 09:29 am IST

BJP ally in Uttar Pradesh threatens to join Mayawati-Akhilesh alliance

On February 6, SBSP said it was “open” to going with SP-BSP alliance in the general election that must be held by May this year.
Updated on Feb 10, 2019 01:08 pm IST

Option of going with SP-BSP open: BJP ally SBSP

Lucknow: Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) leader and NDA partner Om Prakash Rajbhar
Published on Feb 06, 2019 11:52 am IST

Rajbhar threatens to snap ties with NDA on Feb 24

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) leader and NDA partner Om Prakash Rajbhar
Published on Jan 30, 2019 09:57 am IST

BJP’s UP ally, SBSP, threatens to go it alone on quota demand; Apna Dal (S) wants caste census

Apna Dal (S) leader Anupriya Patel with party President Ashish Patel addresses a press conference, in Lucknow, Monday, Jan 7, 2019.
Published on Jan 08, 2019 12:19 pm IST

‘Parrot has been used’: BJP ally stings CBI on probe against Akhilesh Yadav

BJP’s ally in Uttar Pradesh Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar questioned the timing of reports that the CBI might quiz Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in connection with an illegal sand mining case.
Updated on Jan 08, 2019 11:02 am IST

BJP ally threatens to boycott PM Ghazipur rally

SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar addresses a gathering in Lakhimpur Kheri on Thursday
Updated on Dec 14, 2018 10:31 am IST

‘If you have courage, dump us’: UP BJP ally, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, dares the saffron party

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief and senior UP minister Om Praskash Rajbhar is upset over non-allotment of an accommodation to run the party office despite BJP chief Amit Shah’s assurance.
Updated on Nov 19, 2018 01:47 pm IST