New Delhi: A day after the Congress party revamped its organisation, it is now likely that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will reshuffle the Cabinet on Monday. The swearing in for the new set of Cabinet Ministers is scheduled for 5:30 pm on Monday at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. It is possibly the last such change before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
The exit of the DMK and the TMC, as well as the resignations of Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar over the Railway bribery case and coalgate scandals has forced the Congress to make changes in the Cabinet portfolios. Minister Mallikarjun Kharge is likely to be shifted to the Railways.
CP Joshi, who had taken charge of the Railway Ministry after Pawan Bansal's resignation, resigned on Sunday. "Whatever new role the party assigns me I will perform that to the best of my ability," Joshi tweeted.
Sis Ram Ola from Rajasthan will most probably be taking over Labour Minister and Girija Vyas could be stepping in for Ajay Maken, who resigned as Urban Affairs Minister to focus on the party. Maken's resignation comes ahead of Assembly elections in Delhi later this year....
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09:03 AM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United divorce is becoming inevitable. The crucial decision is likely to be taken in the next 24 hours. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will again be hinting at a JD(U)-BJP divide at his public rally in Katihar on Friday. Nitish Kumar has also called a meeting with his confidants in Patna on Friday where the crucial decision may...
07:45 AM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is confident of sailing through even if he splits with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. The process of garnering support in the Bihar Assembly is on so that JD(U) government stays in power in Bihar. JD(U) leaders have reportedly been asked to contact independent MLAs and get their support. Three MLAs have already vouched to back the JD(U), say sources. The JD(U)...
02:08 PM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat played peacemaker on Tuesday and averted the Bharatiya Janata Part's crisis by convincing LK Advani to come back into the party fold. Advani withdrew his resignation and has now returned to all party posts. The announcement was made by BJP President Rajnath Singh at a press meet on Tuesday evening. Flanked by several senior leaders including Uma Bharti and Sushma Swaraj,...
07:47 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: As the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party battle it out over the coal scam and internal crisis, Third Front leaders are stepping up. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told CNN-IBN that both Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi don't make the prime ministerial cut and that the Third Front's time has come. "Let me make it quite...
03:48 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has now officially become the man who will pilot the Bharatiya Janata Party's electoral fortunes in the next general election. Just hours after being anointed the BJP's poll campaign chief, Narendra Modi reached Ahmedabad to a rousing welcome. Supporters and party workers in Gujarat turned out in full strength to welcome the Chief Minister home. On Sunday, BJP President Rajnath Singh named Modi...
11:27 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who had once courted controversy by indicating that politicians should retire at the age of 65, on Sunday said there was nothing called as era in BJP and it was time for younger generation to take over the party's reins. "There is nothing called era in the BJP but I feel it is the time for younger generation to take over the reins of...
04:40 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) remains divided on appointing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. In fact senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, speaking to CNN-IBN, has hinted that the national executive in Goa may not be the appropriate forum to make any such announcement. "The BJP national executive is too large a body to decide on leadership issues....
01:55 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: The clamour for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to be made Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections has grown. With only a day to go for the national executive meet, sources tell CNN-IBN that BJP President Rajnath Singh is willing to concede to the popular demand. Even as Modi's role in the 2014 polls awaits a formal approval, senior BJP leader Arun...
08:36 AM, Jun 06, 2013
After Nitish Kumar's clear assertion that the JD(U) would not be comfortable with the BJP projecting Narendra Modi as the NDA's candidate for the position of Prime Minister, Shiv Sena has also echoed similar sentiments. Shiv Sena spokesperson Rahul Narvekar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the matter. Q. By opposing Modi are the allies trying to push BJP to name a weaker candidate and later squeeze BJP to...
05:44 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Mumbai: There seems to be more trouble for the National Democratic Alliance as the Shiv Sena has now said that the Bharatiya Janata Party should make it clear as to who will be its Prime Ministerial candidate. An editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece, Saamna, says an NDA meeting should be called and a decision should be taken. In reference to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the editorial further says...
09:20 AM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha has vouched for senior party leader LK Advani to be the Prime Ministerial candidate. He said if Advani is available to be the PM candidate, it will end the debate on NDA's PM nominee. "Advaniji is the senior-most, most respected leader and if he is available to lead the party and government, then that should end all discussion. Everyone should fall in...
01:42 PM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: Are the ties between the Janata Dal United and the Bharatiya Janata Party reaching breaking point over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate? Senior leaders from Bihar will meet party chief Rajnath Singh on April 18 in Delhi. The Bihar BJP leaders say Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's veiled threat over Narendra Modi is not acceptable. "The Chief Minister's attack on Narendra Modi is against...
11:22 AM, 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: A compromise between the Janata Dal United and the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be in the offing, according to sources. The JD(U) may not insist on the BJP immediately announcing its Prime Ministerial candidate, sources say. The JD(U) may give the BJP six to eight months to decide on a PM candidate. The JD(U) resolution on the NDA's PM candidate that was to come up in the...
11:54 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: In the 2012 US presidential election Facebook was called the "the real presidential swing state" and helped Barack Obama win a second term. This influence of Facebook in determining which button voters press at the polling booth is likely to affect results in as much as 30 per cent of the Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 general elections, says a study by IRIS Knowledge Foundation and the...
04:37 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: Social media is likely to influence 160 Lok Sabha seats in the next general elections, a study has said. "There are 160 high impact constituencies out of the total of 543 constituencies, which are likely be influenced by social media during the next general elections," the study by IRIS Knowledge Foundation and Internet and Mobile Association of India has said. The state of Maharashtra has the maximum 21...
12:52 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party is upset with party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife for making the party's internal issues public, say sources. Navjot Kaur Sidhu has said that her husband will not contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Amritsar. Sources have indicated that the BJP may field senior leader Arun Jaitley from Amritsar. Navjot SIngh Sidhu, a former cricketer, has been elected MP thrice from Amritsar. News...
09:13 AM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: Tensions are rising between the Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the JD(U) national executive in Delhi. The JD(U) is likely to adopt a political resolution asking the BJP to name its Prime Ministerial candidate before the Lok Sabha polls. The resolution will also state clearly that Prime Ministerial candidate must have impeccable secular credentials. JD(U) sources say that if Modi is named as...
10:28 AM, Apr 11, 2013
