Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went on the offensive on Wednesday as he presented his reply to a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks to the President for his address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament. ...
11:41 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that he was not interested in becoming the Prime Minister of the country. ...
09:49 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went on the offensive on Wednesday as he presented his reply to a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks to the President for his address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament. Singh, known for his quiet demeanour, unleashed scathing attacks on the BJP on all fronts. He did not spare Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi either, remarking, "jo garajte...
06:50 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Is the Budget 2013-14 drafted, keeping the 2014 general elections in mind? IBN7's Managing Editor Ashutosh shared his perspective in an interaction with IBNLive readers. ...
06:17 PM, Mar 01, 2013
BJP leaders have consistently maintained that party parliamentary board will decide on its PM candidate. However, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has made his intentions clear. He has shown a marked alacrity in seeking a role for himself in national politics. ...
11:11 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday told CNN-IBN that the state will protect the girls if they wanted to continue performing. ...
10:24 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Two weeks before Budget Session of Parliament, the Samajwadi Party gave the strongest indication so far that it was itching for General Elections this year. Speaking at a party function in Lucknow, party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said, "Congress is the master of double speak and is misleading people. After not governing for four years, Congress will use the forthcoming Budget Session to implement populist measures. Still smarting from the...
09:27 PM, Feb 04, 2013
In fresh trouble for the UPA, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh was reportedly contemplating pulling out of the government. Sources said that the Congress ally had asked his party members to prepare for general elections in September 2013. ...
08:28 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Congress will hold its first crucial meeting on February 8 to explore pre-poll political alliances and chalk out strategy for the next general elections in 2014. This will be the first meeting of the sub-group on pre-poll alliances headed AK Antony, which was constituted days after party's Samvad Baithak in Surjakund on November 9. The sub-group is part of the Congress Coordination Committee headed by Rahul Gandhi for 2014 Lok...
10:16 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said that the party would give its full backing to the BJP's choice of PM candidate. ...
07:15 PM, Jan 30, 2013
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said that the party needed to be prepared for 2014 General Elections and that the Gujarat Chief Minister was the party's best bet. ...
10:20 PM, Jan 29, 2013
In yet another indication that he is being groomed for a larger role, Gujarat Chief Minster Narendra Modi now has the open backing of senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha. Sinha has pitched hard for Modi as the party's Prime Ministerial candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...
04:44 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who met Rajnath Singh in Delhi on Sunday, discussed 2014 Lok Sabha elections "in detail" with the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party President. Modi was visiting the national capital to congratulate Rajnath for taking over as the BJP chief. ...
02:42 PM, Jan 27, 2013
At the final day of the Congress' Chintan Shivir in Jaipur, the party came out with a 56-page draft declaration in which it stated that the Congress will boldly and fearlessly take on political parties which are elitist, parochial, sectarian or exclusionary. The declaration said that the party will go into elections on the basis of nationalism, social justice, economic growth for all - especially the aam aadmi and the...
11:27 AM, Jan 20, 2013
Rahul Gandhi was appointed as the Congress Vice President on Sunday at the Chintan Shivir in Jaipur. ...
09:48 AM, Jan 20, 2013
The Congress has played its 'brahmastra'. Its 'yuvraj', for long a PM-in-waiting, has officially become the second in command of the grand old party as it gears up for 2014 polls. However, high hopes have regularly turned to disappointment when it comes to Rahul Gandhi. At 42, he's two years older than his father Rajiv when he became Prime Minister and there are fears that the youth icon's charisma is...
07:25 AM, Jan 20, 2013
The Samajwadi Party's Ram Gopal Yadav has said that both the party and the BJP will not be able to form a government on their own. ...
01:54 PM, Jan 19, 2013
The clamour within the Congress to name Rahul Gandhi as the party's Prime Ministerial candidate refuses to die down. On Saturday, on Day Two of the Congress's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur, party leader Sanjay Nirupam put it straight. He said clearly, "Rahul Gandhi is our prime ministerial candidate for 2014." ...
11:03 AM, Jan 19, 2013
Even as senior Congress leaders on Friday sought to dismiss rumours about the possibility of Rahul Gandhi being made the party's Prime Ministerial candidate, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor sparked fresh debate on Saturday with a statement. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Tharoor said, "We will be in very capable hands if Rahul Gandhi takes over." ...
10:00 AM, Jan 19, 2013
On Day One of the Congress's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur on Friday, Rahul Gandhi occupied the centrestage as a majority of the Congressmen said he should be named as the Prime Ministerial candidate. Seniors within the party, however, were quick to play it down. ...
07:28 AM, Jan 19, 2013
