After the dramatic split of the JD(U) and the BJP what does the future hold for both the parties as well as the NDA? Senior journalist Arati Jerath joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. Mam, in your opinion, with Mr Modi ascendancy, where will the major gains/losses lie UPA or regional parties of UP & Bihar? Asked by: Kamal
A. Even without Mr Modi's ascendance, I think the Congress is declining in popularity because of scams, policy paralysis, food inflation, etc in UPA 2's tenure. I think regional parties are gaining ground. The BJP should have put together an anti-Congress platform with regional parties on issues like corruption and mismanagement of the economy. Instead, it has retreated into "majestic isolation"....
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07:02 PM, Jun 18, 2013
As the UPA readies itself for the poll year, the Cabinet reshuffle is expected to be the last for the current term. What does it indicate about Congress' strategy for the general elections? Business Standard's editor AK Bhattacharya joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. How much of this reshuffle infuse their cadres leading into the 2014 elections?...do the names doing the rounds have more credibility on...
05:45 PM, Jun 17, 2013
As sources close to JD(U) chief and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar say that he is close to mooting the idea of a federal front of regional parties including the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and of course the JD(U), it is pertinent to take a look at how the numbers stack up for a possible regional front going by the tally of the last general elections....
01:16 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Lucknow: BJP National General Secreatry Amit Shah, a close aide of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, is in Lucknow on Wednesday. This is his first visit to the state after being made the party in-charge of Uttar Pradesh. "I have come to UP for the first time today. I can assure you that UP will be a key contributor to the NDA that will come to power in 2014 under...
12:01 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will be in New Delhi Wednesday to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but is unlikely to meet disgruntled BJP stalwart LK Advani, a BJP leader in Panaji said on Tuesday. BJP's Goa vice president Wilfred Mesquita said: "He (Parrikar) will be in New Delhi tomorrow (Wednesday) for a meeting with the prime minister. We don't know if he will meet Advani. We do not...
05:52 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said regional parties will do well in the next Lok Sabha election, but evaded a question on whether Trinamool will lead any non-Congress and non-BJP alliance at the Centre. "I feel that regional parties would do well in the next Lok Sabha election. I will be happy if they (regional parties) come together," Banerjee told reporters. Asked if she is ready to...
06:29 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu has said a "Third Front" would form the next government at the Centre and his party would play a decisive role in that. "The Congress-led UPA is down and on the way out. The NDA is in no position to pick up. A third alternative (front) will emerge at the Centre and form the next government," Chandrababu said, delivering the inaugural address at...
06:09 PM, May 27, 2013
Haridwar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi found support in seers as yoga guru Ramdev on Friday backed and rooted for him in Haridwar. Modi, who inaugurated Ramdev's new school Acharya Kulam, said that India has been built by saints and religious leaders, and not by any politician. "I want to announce from this stage that not a single religious leader has ever asked for anything from me. Today I am...
04:48 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Patna: Apparently distancing himself from suggestions that he was targeting Narendra Modi, Senior JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said his comment made at the recent party conclave that triggered a controversy was not against anybody. "I had also praised former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the successful run of NDA coalition...How can it (the comment) be construed as comment against somebody," Kumar said, addressing...
01:45 AM, Apr 24, 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
Narendra Modi is widely held as a dictatorial person who likes no second power centre and has been able to cut the RSS and VHP machinery in Gujarat to its size. But leading a national coalition is a different ball game. Is Modi up to it? Senior associate editor of The Hindu Mukund Padmanabhan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. If Modi becomes PM, does it...
06:15 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Panaji: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will approach opinion makers from all religions and talk to them about the party, a strategy it adopted during Goa polls, for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, a senior party official said on Wednesday. The BJP workers will sit with opinion makers from all the religions and talk to them about the organisation, which has been "wrongly labelled" as a communal party, BJP's national...
02:39 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP was not in favour of toppling a stable (UPA) government but it could go due to its own internal contradictions, party president Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. "The BJP doesn't want to destabilise a stable government but we would not be responsible if it goes due to its internal contradictions. It is a loss to exchequer if there are frequent polls," Rajnath Singh told a TV...
06:02 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Patna: BJP on Monday categorically ruled out any tussle among top leaders over the prime minister's post and said parliamentary board of the party will take a decision on it. "There is no no tussle within the BJP over the prime ministerial candidate and the party's top leadership stands united behind the president Rajnath Singh," the party general secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters. He also sought to downplay speculation...
02:47 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP will set the agenda for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, emerge victorious and the people will get a "Congress-free India", Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. In an interview to TV news channel, Modi expressed confidence about his Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) victory in the next Lok Sabha polls, but remained tight-lipped over his own candidature for the prime minister's post. "In 2014, the...
05:22 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Varanasi: SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday heaped praise on BJP leader LK Advani for the third time in as many weeks, but ruled out any alliance with BJP "People get angry when I say Advaniji is an honest person, he has suffered a lot during the country's partition and has spent a life in hardship. "But, if a person is truthful and honest, irrespective of the party he...
04:05 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Nagpur: Union Minister and NCP president Sharad Pawar on Sunday ruled out the formation of a Third Front for the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. "There is no possibility of a Third Front as talked about by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh," Pawar, who is the Union minister for Agriculture, told reporters at Wardha near Nagpur. When asked about his recent meeting with Mulayam Singh, Pawar said that not much...
02:30 AM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: BSP supremo Mayawati has said that conditions signal early elections in the country. Responding to questions, the former UP chief minister said though she does not favour early polls, the current political conditions suggest the elections could be held early. The BSP Chief, whose party gives outside support to the UPA government, was responding to a question. "No matter when the elections are held, my party is ready....
02:11 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh met his party MLAs and MPs in Lucknow on Saturday. The meet was held to review the progress on 2014 Lok Sabha election preparations. Earlier, meeting of the presidents of district and city units were also held. The Samajwadi Party has declared candidates on 71 Lok Sabha seats. Meanwhile, party leader Ram Ashrey Khushwaha did not ruled out the possibility of a Third Front...
02:47 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday did not rule out the possibility of a third term while saying that he will welcome Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as the prime minister of the country any day. When asked on the sidelines of the Padma Awards ceremony in New Delhi on Friday if he welcomed Rahul Gandhi as prime minister, Manmohan said, "oh yes, any day." Manmohan did not...
01:59 PM, Apr 05, 2013
