Apna Dal News

Apna Dal is contesting Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in alliance with the BJP. Apna Dal is a constituent of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Apna Dal had contested 11 seats and managed to win nine. 

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are to be held next year, but looking at the preparations of the political parties, it seems that the elections are going to be held in a few days. With this exclusive report of Vishal Pandey, understand how the role of small parties has increased in the coming elections.

Soon after finalisation of the seat-sharing deal, Krishna Patel`s son-in-law Pankaj Niranjan Singh Chandel joined the Congress.

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The BJP today announced that it will remain in alliance with the Apna Dal in Uttar Pradesh for 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Watch full video to know more.

Apna Dal has said that it does not have seat-sharing issues with BJP.

Apna Dal (S) has accused BJP of not respecting it in the state of Uttar Pradesh. "Change your behaviour," the party has warned its alliance partner.

Apna Dal is miffed with how Union Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel is being neglected and is not being invited to events related to her ministry.

This segment of Zee News brings to you latest from UP where NDA ally Apna Dal has expressed disappointment over BJP’s ‘big-brotherly attitude’. Watch full video to know more.

A week after Bihar ally Upendra Kushwaha quit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), BJP's partner in Uttar Pradesh, Apna Dal (Sonelal), has expressed discontent, saying the party is not getting respect from the state BJP leadership. The party's chief Ashish Patel - whose wife Anupriya Patel is the Union Minister of State for Health - said BJP's partners in Uttar Pradesh are upset and the party must address the issue.

The BJP and its allies consolidated their position in Uttar Pradesh by surging ahead in 290 of the 403 seats, going by trends available from 386 constituencies in the first three hours of counting.

In a region having a substantial Kurmi population, Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to its ally Apna Dal more than twice.

Allahabad (North), which covers a major part of the city, has the highest number (26) of candidates while Handia in trans-Ganga region of the district has the lowest (9).

Miffed over its alliance partner BJP deciding to contest on seats allotted to it, the Anupriya Patel led Apna Dal (Sonelal) has fielded candidates on four assembly seats in eastern Uttar Pradesh against the saffron party.

At least 158 people have been booked for allegedly misbehaving with BJP MP and Union Minister Anupriya Patel during a road show in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh.

The pictures of the 20-year-old's father-in-law carrying her in arms have gone viral on social media.

Apna Dal, led by Union Minister Anupriya Patel's mother Krishna Patel, on Thursday snapped ties with BJP accusing the latter of not following the decorum of alliance.

 The inclusion of Anupriya Patel, the Mirzapur MP from Apna Dal, in the Narendra Modi ministry is purely aimed at Uttar Pradesh politics and the assembly elections next year, sources said.

Anupriya Patel, the 35-year-old Lok Sabha member from Mirzapur won on the ticket of Apna Dal, a party founded by her father and Kurmi leader Sonelal Patel which later split.

Prakash Javadekar was in Berlin for a Climate Change Conference when he was told by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reach Delhi "immediately".