United Progressive Alliance
Defunct political coalition in India
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The United Progressive Alliance was a political alliance in India led by the Indian National Congress. It was formed after the 2004 general election with support from left-leaning political parties when no single party got the majority.
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Union Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman blasts opposition in Parliament, says 'if a state is not named...'She recalled that in the past Budgets by the UPA government also did not mention names of all states in their Budget speech.DNA - Published | |
PM Modi calls ex-president Pratibha Patil; former PMs Manmohan Singh, HD Deve Gowda for blessings for his third termPratibha Patil and Manmohan Singh were in office during the UPA government, while HD Devegowda served as prime minister during the United Front government, with Congress support. Devegowda's party,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Bad loans during UPA stifled credit needs of startups and small businesses: SitharamanIndiaTimes - Published | |
PM Modi's 'mazboot' govt replaced 'majboor' UPA: JP NaddaAddressing back-to-back election rallies in Bihar's Arrah and Jehanabad constituencies, Nadda mocked the UPA for having sent "dossiers to Pakistan when the nation was rattled by terrorist attacks..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Like UPA in 2004, INDIA bloc will decide PM face after polls: KhargeCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced INDIA bloc to select PM candidate after Lok Sabha election results on June 4. Alliance partners will decide the leader. Dr. Manmohan Singh, from Punjab,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Falsely framed under UPA govts' pressure: Malegaon blast accusedAccused Ramesh Upadhyay alleges false framing by ATS in 2008 Malegaon blast case under political pressure from UPA govt. He claims evidence was fabricated to please political masters, leading to..IndiaTimes - Published | |
UPA govt faltered on free ration, ours giving succour to 80cr: BJPIndiaTimes - Published | |
Congress-led UPA decided 'not to do anything' post 2008 Mumbai attacks: S JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar criticized the previous Congress-led UPA government for choosing not to retaliate after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, citing the reasoning that attacking..IndiaTimes - Published | |
ED arrests in 2014-24 under NDA up 2,500% over 9 yrs of UPAThe Enforcement Directorate's activity escalated under the Modi government, marked by a surge in arrests, convictions, and asset confiscations. Despite challenges, the agency's efforts have..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Cong's quota vow aims to fulfil long-standing promisesThe Congress Manifesto 2024 proposes job and education quotas in the private sector to fulfil UPA-era promises. A 'diversity commission' will oversee diversity, with a focus on SC/ST/OBC categories...IndiaTimes - Published | |
'10 years like appetizer': PM Modi says 'main course' to unveil in 3rd termIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the INDIA bloc for corruption cases under the Congress-led UPA government. He highlighted the BJP-led NDA's accomplishments in the last decade at a rally..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Even as Rahul Gandhi promises MSP for all crops, Congress note of 2010 rejecting Swaminathan Commission surfacesCongress leader Rahul Gandhi, reacting to the ongoing farmer protest, asserted that the party, if voted to power, would give a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) to every farmer as per the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Finance minister's white paper on economy mentions Adarsh scamInterestingly, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman last week tabled a 'white paper on the Indian economy' in the Lok Sabha. The centre's white paper on Indian economy details UPA's failings, NDA's..IndiaTimes - Published | Tamil Nadu got 2.5x central funds from BJP govt than in UPA era: PM ModiContinuing the comparison, PM Modi said the BJP government spent more than three times on national highway construction in Tamil Nadu and 2.5 times more on the railways in the state. "Lakhs of families..IndiaTimes - Published |
TRS becoming BRS, UPA taking the name of INDIA alliance does not change their corruption: PM ModiThough the TRS changed its name to BRS and UPA renamed itself as INDIA alliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said their corruption and misrule can never be changed. Addressing an election..IndiaTimes - Published | Rahul Gandhi targets BJP, claims people didn't even get Re 1 from Bundelkhand package approved by UPA governmentCongress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP government of corruption in spending money from the Rs 7,000 crore package for Bundelkhand region, approved during the previous UPA rule, and claimed people..IndiaTimes - Published |
BJP govt gave over 9 lakh jobs so far as against 6 lakh by UPA: Union minister Jitendra SinghIndiaTimes - Published | 'The truth is...': Rahul Gandhi demands immediate implementation of Women's Reservation BillRahul Gandhi also demanded that the government should conduct a caste census and make public its findings along with that of the previous caste census conducted during the United Progressive Alliance..DNA - Published |
Women Reservation Bill was initiated by UPA: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok SabhaAfter the Cabinet approved the Women Reservation Bill, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has said that demand for the Women Reservation Bill was initiated by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)..IndiaTimes - Published | "Bill was initiated by UPA": Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Women Reservation BillCongress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has expressed support for the Women Reservation Bill, which was recently approved by the Cabinet. He credited the demand for the bill to the United Progressive..IndiaTimes - Published |
'Living in world of hallucinations': P Chidambaram slams FM Nirmala Sitharaman for 'UPA wasted decade' remarkIntervening during the debate on the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha on Thursday, Sitharaman had said the UPA "wasted a decade because of corruption and cronyism".DNA - Published | Change of alliance's name won't wash off opposition's sins: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Monday the opposition alliance might have changed its name from UPA to INDIA but it will not be able to wash off its "sins of corruption and..IndiaTimes - Published |
ED attaches assets linked to Lalu Yadav's family in land for job scamThe alleged scam pertains to the period when Lalu Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government.DNA - Published | Greed for power overrode national interest under previous govt, destroyed banking system: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that greed for power overrode national interest during the UPA government, wreaking havoc on the banking sector, but his dispensation has nursed it back to..IndiaTimes - Published |
UPA coalition of compulsions, NDA alliance of regional aspirations: PM ModiPM Narendra Modi launched a blistering attack on the constituents of the opposition combine in his two speeches on Tuesday — one while inaugurating the new integrated terminal building of the airport..IndiaTimes - Published | PDA means Protection of Dynasties’ Alliance: BJP president JP Nadda in JaipurBJP president JP Nadda on Sunday tore into the opposition parties which are trying to form a Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) and said they were trying to forge an alliance in order to protect..IndiaTimes - Published |
Nadda targets Congress govt in Rajasthan, says UPA stands for 'utpidan, pakshpat, atyachar'IndiaTimes - Published | UPA-3 'very much possible' in 2024, Opposition parties must be ready for 'give and take' to fight BJP: Kapil SibalIndiaTimes - Published |
Stop politicising Balasore train accident: BJP on opposition demand for railway minister's resignationThe BJP on Sunday asked opposition parties to not politicise the Balasore train accident and said the track record of the Congress-led UPA government's railway ministers was nothing short of a..IndiaTimes - Published | 'It's a rejection of divisive politics, corruption': Sonia Gandhi thanks Karnataka people for historic mandateThanking the people of Karnataka for electing the Congress to power in the southern State, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said that the newly-formed government..IndiaTimes - Published |
'Make me Karnataka CM or...', Shivakumar tells Congress president Kharge: ReportsCongress sources said that Kharge will take a final call on the name of the next Karnataka CM after discussions with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi.DNA - Published | CBI, ED working impartially, most cases being probed registered during UPA time: Amit ShahIndiaTimes - Published |
ED searches premises linked to Tejashwi, Lalu’s 3 daughtersThe “scam” pertains to a period during 2004-09 when Lalu was railways minister in the Congress-led UPA government and involves his alleged misuse of office to hand out jobs to persons in exchange..IndiaTimes - Published | VP Dhankar, Congress in war of words over Sonia Gandhi's 'deligitimising judiciary' remarkVice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday defended his comments on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's "delegitimise judiciary" remark, asserting that he would have "adjudicated his oath" and failed in his..IndiaTimes - Published |
2G scam case: CBI files first chargesheet after over 10 years, ex-Union Minister A Raja named as 'mastermind'DMK leader A Raja, who was the Union Minister during the UPA government's reign, has been named as the prime accused in the 2G scam case.DNA - Published | Manmohan Singh was extraordinary but India economically stalled during UPA's regime: Narayana MurthyExuding confidence in the potential of the young generation to make India a worthy competitor of China, IT czar and Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy on Friday lamented that economic activities in..IndiaTimes - Published |
NR Narayana Murthy criticises UPA government, says Manmohan Singh is extraordinary but somehow...Narayan Murthy exhorted the students to take the Indian economy at par with that of China.DNA - Published | UPA MLAs from Jharkhand staying in Raipur resort fly back to RanchiAround 26 MLAs of the ruling UPA coalition in Jharkhand, who were sequestered in a resort in Chhattisgarh's Raipur since August 30, boarded a chartered plane back to Ranchi on Sunday. The MLAs had been..IndiaTimes - Published |
UPA govt never summoned Modi, Shah through its agencies or any SIT formed by it: CongressThe assertion came a day before Congress president Sonia Gandhi is expected to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for her second round of questioning in the money laundering case..IndiaTimes - Published | Not interested in becoming UPA chairman: PawarNCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday put to rest the suggestion that he should lead UPA as part of an effort to put up a united fight against BJP at the Centre, by saying “I’m not interested”...IndiaTimes - Published |
Manmohan Singh attacks BJP, says nation now appreciating UPA’s ‘good work’IndiaTimes - Published | Economy saw 'andh kaal' in UPA era: FM in Parliament debateIndiaTimes - Published |
India facing highest unemployment in 50 years: Rahul Gandhi in Lok SabhaThe Congress MP also said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government had pulled 27 crore people out of poverty in 10 years.DNA - Published | No opposition alliance sans Congress possible at national level: Bhupesh BaghelDays after Mamata Banerjee's "no UPA" jibe, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said no opposition alliance is possible at the national level without the Congress which has to be the main pillar of the bloc..IndiaTimes - Published |
‘Fascistic mindset’, says Congress after Mamata’s ‘what UPA?’ remarkA day after TMC chief Mamata Banerjee declared that UPA was dead and Congress was not fighting BJP with Rahul Gandhi often going abroad, a virtual war of words broke out with the grand old party..IndiaTimes - Published | Mamata Banerjee meets Sharad Pawar, says ‘no UPA now’West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee targeted the Congress on Wednesday saying “what is UPA, there is no UPA now” amid signs that her party is opposed to a Congress-led opposition front to..IndiaTimes - Published |
Mamata Banerjee has become BJP's 'oxygen supplier': CongressThe Congress on Wednesday reacted strongly to Mamata Banerjee's remarks against the UPA and accused the West Bengal chief minister of helping the BJP by becoming its "oxygen supplier." Congress leader..IndiaTimes - Published | |
