Samajwadi Party
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| Samajwadi Party | |
|---|---|
| Party Chairperson | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| General Secretary | Amar Singh |
| Parliamentary Party Chairperson | |
| Leader of Lok Sabha | Ram Gopal Yadav |
| Leader of Rajya Sabha | |
| Founded | October 4, 1992 |
| Headquarters | |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | |
| Political Ideology | Democratic Socialism |
| Political Position | Fiscal: Social: |
| Publications | |
| Website | |
Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party) is a political party in India. It describes itself as a democratic socialist and anti-English language party.[citation needed] It was founded on October 4, 1992. It is one of several parties that emerged when the Janata Dal (People's Party), India's primary opposition party prior to the BJP, was fragmented into several regional parties. Samajwadi Party is led by Mulayam Singh Yadav, the former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Samajwadi Party is primarily based in Uttar Pradesh, where it bases its support largely on OBCs (Other Backward Castes) and Muslims, particularly Mulayam Singh Yadav's own Yadav caste. It has made strong attempts to gain national status, by contesting Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections around the country, but it has been unsuccessful thus far.
In the 14th Lok Sabha, it currently has 38 members, and is the fourth largest party in that house, its best ever tally. Besides 36 members from Uttar Pradesh, it won one seat from Uttranchal (formerly part of U.P.). In 2005, former Karnataka Chief Minister Bangarappa resigned from the BJP to join the Samajwadi Party. He successfully held on to his Lok Sabha seat from Shimoga under a new party ticket.
At present, the Samajwadi Party's main ally is the Rashtriya Lok Dal, a small party which is supporting its government in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress is also providing vital support to that government, and likewise, the Samajwadi Party is providing outside support to the minority Manmohan Singh government at the Centre. Despite this, there is deep-seated public enmity between the two parties. This was evident during the March 2006 political fall-out which followed the expulsion of Samajwadi Party parliamentarian Jaya Bachchan on grounds of holding an "office of profit." SP leaders blamed the move on the Congress high-command, and tensions have increased since then, although neither has revoked its support.
The S.P. has been also known to be friendly with the BJP, mostly because their primary enemy is common: Mayawati, leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party, who has emerged as a major political force in the state. The installation of Mulayam Singh Yadav's government in 2003 was widely-perceived to be the result of such a friendly agreement. Given their drastically different vote-bank's, they never publicly align.
In the recently conducted 2007 Uttar Pradesh legislative elections, the S.P won only 96 seats as opposed to 146 in the previous elections. As a result, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav had to resign, with his bete noir Mayawati, leader of the Bahujan Samaj party(which won a majority of 207 seats) being sworn in as the Chief Minister.
Samajwadi Party is spreading its roots to the south too. S.Bangarappa (Former Chief Minister of Karnataka) has taken up the leadership in the south with the support of Jagdeesh Yadav in Andhra Pradesh and P.M.Harris a known left - socialist leader of Kerala.
List of Senior National Leaders and State Leaders Samajwadi Party
- Mulayam Singh Yadav, Former Union Defence Minister and Chief Minister UP (Founder & National President)
- Jnashwar Mishra, Former Union Minister, One of the Seiormost Socilalists in India (National Vice President)
- Ram Gopal Yadav M.P. LS Leader LS, General Secretary
- Amar Singh, General Secretary Samajwadi Party and Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
- Joe Antony, General Secretary, Samajwadi Party
- Ramji Lal Suman MP (LS) General Secretary
- Mohammed Azam Khan General Secretary
- Mushir Sayed, General Secretary Maharashtra State and President Nashik city,Samajwadi Party, Municipal Corporator and Member of Education Council, Nashik.
- Kunal Ajbani , Youth Vice President , Samajwadi Party, Nashik.
- Shahid Siddique General Secretary
- Shivpal Singh Yadav Former PWD Minister in UP Government
- Akhilesh Yadav, Member of Parliament (LS)
- S. Bangarappa , former Chief Minister of KarnatakaMP (LS) State President, Karnataka
- Dr. Sunilam,Natioanl Sacretary and MLA, M.P.Dr.Sunilam is elected from Multai(Baitul)(M.P.)
- Deepnarayan Singh (Deepak Yadav), Jhansi UP, National President Samajwadi Party (Lohiyawahini)
- Devendra Yadu,Former President, Samajwadi Party, Chhatisgarh
- Rajendra Singh Yadav, Senior Leader, Samajwadi Party, Village-Syawani khurd, Via-Ranipur, District Jhansi(U.P.)
- Vijay Bahadur Singh Yadav alias Bangali babu,District president of Samajwadi Party,Chhatarpur,(M.P.)
- P.M. Harris, State President Kerala
- Jagdeesh Yadav, State President Andhra Pradesh
- Abu Hashim Asmi, M.P. (RS) State President Maharashtra
- Kamal Akthar M.P. (RS) President, Samajwadi Yuv Jan Sabha
- Sanjay Latter, President, Samajwadi Chathra Sabha
- Raja Rai Swareshwar Bali alias Raja Sanjai Bali , Barabanki Distt Head of Committee Under Samajwadi Party, Ex-MLA , Now .
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- ^ See the List of recognised political parties in India.
- ^ To gain recognition as a state party, the party must have some kind of political activity for at least five continuous years, and send at least 4% of the state's quota to the Lok Sabha (India's Lower house), or 3.33% of members to the state assembly. If the above conditions are not fulfilled, then a party may gain recognition by garnering not less than 6% of the total votes in a state or national election, polled in by all its contesting candidates. If a party is recognised in four or more states, it is automatically recognised as a national party by the EC.
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