New Delhi: Ahead of BJP's Parliamentary board meeting on Tuesday, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi met senior party leader LK Advani in the national capital. Modi, who was inducted into the BJP's Parliamentary board in March this year, will attend his first board meeting on Tuesday. The board is likely to clear the agenda for the two-party national executive slated to be held in Goa in the second week of...
12:06 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: In a move that is being seen as Narendra Modi's clout growing within the BJP, the party president Rajnath Singh appointed the Gujarat Chief Minister's aide Amit Shah as general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh for 2014 elections. The indications are loud and clear as Uttar Pradesh with 80 Lok Sabha seats will be critical to the BJP's preparations for 2014 elections. The BJP in its prime has...
09:12 AM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: In a run up to the Lok Sabha elections, BJP President Rajnath Singh on Sunday reorganised the party's poll machinery. Rajnath made Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah in charge of the party's affairs in key state Uttar Pradesh. Shah will be assisted by party members Trivendra Singh Rawat, Rameshwer Chaurasiya and Satyendra Kushwaha. The BJP President also made Varun Gandhi in charge of the...
07:41 PM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party has come out strongly in the defence of Rajasthan leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria. Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje has described the allegations against Kataria as baseless. "Allegations against Kataria are baseless. The party stands behind Kataria and will contest the matter both in courts and politically," she said. The CBI had on Tuesday booked Kataria for murder in its supplementary chargesheet...
10:42 AM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Days after Congress's sweeping victory in Karnataka, senior BJP Leader LK Advani in his blog has called his party's decimation in the state a matter of no surprise. In his latest blog post, Advani wrote, "I feel sorry that we have lost in Karnataka. But I am not surprised. The surprise would have been if we had won. It's a profound lesson for the BJP and Congress, let's...
11:40 AM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: As pressure builds on the Prime Minister to sack the Law Minister following the Supreme Court's observation on the affidavit filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the coal scam, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani has hit out at Manmohan Singh alleging he is defending Ashwani Kumar to save himself. "Having decided to brazenly defend its two ministers, more particularly its...
11:29 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Opposition members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), which is examining the 2G spectrum allocation scam, have submitted a memorandum to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar expressing no confidence against panel chairperson PC Chacko. Fifteen members of the 30-member JPC submitted the memorandum on Thursday saying they have lost trust in Chacko. Those pressing demand for Chacko's removal are members from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the...
02:09 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Opposition members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), which is examining the 2G spectrum allocation scam, will meet Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar at 2 pm to seek removal of committee's chairperson PC Chacko. Earlier, the JPC meet, which was scheduled for Thursday, was postponed with Chacko saying the next date will be finalised after consulting other members. The meeting is likely to take place next week,...
01:01 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday sharpened its attack on the UPA government demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the 2G spectrum scam and coalgate. Even as the Opposition appeared divided over seeking PM's resignation, for the Congress these are worrying times. The passage of crucial bills in the Budget Session including the Finance Bill are at stake if the deadlock persists. The NDA is upping the...
09:40 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The tussle over talk of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's PM candidature is threatening to split the NDA wide open. A day after JD(U) leader and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar virtually vetoed Modi, a section of the Bihar BJP is now pushing for a break with the JD(U) - but in a bid to buy some time, BJP president Rajnath Singh has asked partymen to wait till December....
09:12 PM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party is scrambling to tackle Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's ultimatum on its Prime Ministerial candidate. The Bihar BJP core group will meet party chief Rajnath Singh on April 18 in Delhi. The BJP will discuss Nitish's ultimatum on keeping out Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from the PM race. Top state leaders of the BJP will join the meeting, including Sushil Modi, Mangal Pandey,...
09:55 AM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) drama played out on Sunday with the Janata Dal United (JDU) giving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a year-end deadline to declare its Prime Ministerial candidate. By Sunday evening, the BJP hit back saying that the key NDA ally should rather focus on targeting the UPA than its own allies. Hoping to gain some advantage of this BJP-JD(U) squabble, the Bihar Congress tried...
07:52 AM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) has set the terms for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), giving out a stern message on the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) prime ministerial nominee. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not name the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but made it very clear he is not acceptable as a PM candidate. The JD(U) has set a deadline till the end of the year to...
05:39 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) on Saturday made it clear that party leader Nitish Kumar was not in the race for the PM post. It also made its opposition to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi loud and clear. "Modi failed to tackle the Gujarat riots," JD(U) General Secretary KC Tyagi said at a press conference in Delhi. At the party conclave on Sunday, the JD(U) resolution is expected to...
09:16 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) key ally Janata Dal (United) on Saturday reiterated its demand for a "secular" prime ministerial candidate and said the announcement of the candidate should be made before the Bihar Assembly elections, sources told CNN-IBN. The JD(U) has made it clear that there will be no question of compromising on the basic principals of the alliance with the BJP, sources added. The JD(U) will...
04:18 PM, Apr 13, 2013
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