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 won as many as 57 seats out of 85 in undivided Uttar Pradesh, but since nineties the party's fortunes have dwindled with each passing Lok Sabha polls. With its tally now reduced to mere ten, UP will be the focus state for the party.
"Modi did not suggest any name. I have taken the decision to induct Amit Shah because of his skills," Rajnath said.
While Varun Gandhi has been made in-charge of West Bengal, in states where the BJP could scout for potential allies Rajnath has deputed political light weights....
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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
Jammu: The BJP on Friday accused the ruling Congress of "misusing" CBI against its rival parties and said that the case filed against Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly Gulab Chand Kataria in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case was "politically motivated". "If people will leave the public life considering the CBI charge sheet is true, then nobody apart from Congress will survive. Neither DMK nor SP (Samajwadi Party) or BSP...
07:52 PM, May 17, 2013
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday dismissed BJP's allegations that CBI has chargesheeted Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Gulab Chand Kataria in Sohrabuddin encounter case at the behest of Congress. "Congress has no role in the case and law will take its own course," Gehlot told reporters here. On Kataria's announcement on Thursday that he would resign as MLA if arrested in the case, Gehlot said,...
05:20 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday lashed out at the Central Bureau of Investigation and questioned its investigations into the Sohrabuddin and Tulsi Prajapati fake encounter cases. The BJP defended Leader of the Opposition in Rajasthan Gulab Chand Kataria saying allegations against him were politically motivated. He also said that the Congress was misusing the CBI to target Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. "Charges against Gulab Chand Kataria...
01:48 PM, May 15, 2013
Jaipur: There is a new twist in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. Former Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria has been named in the chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Kataria is the second high profile politician to be named in the case after former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of course, is crying foul. Kataria, presently leader of the Opposition in...
10:20 AM, May 15, 2013
Ahmedabad: Rubabuddin Shaikh, brother of alleged slain gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, has demanded that CBI should investigate phone call records of the office of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and senior IPS officers in connection with the Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case. "Rubabuddin Shaikh has sought probe of telephone calls between the office of Chief Minister and senior IPS officers under Sec 173 (8) of the CrPC," his lawyer Mukul Sinha...
10:42 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the trial in Prajapati murder case will be conducted together with Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, granting some relief to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's aide Amit Shah. The apex court said that the Central Bureau of Investigation's chargesheet in Tulsiram Prajapati case should be treated as a supplementary chargesheet in the Sohrabuddin case. "Killings of Prajapati and Soharabuddin were part...
11:03 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Narendra Modi is the only Chief Minister to have been inducted into the BJP Parliamentary Board. ...
11:20 PM, Apr 01, 2013
A day after the BJP announced its new team for the 2014 general elections, the focus has shifted to the newly appointed General Secretary, Amit Shah. Shah faces murder charges in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and is out on bail. So will Narendra Modi's trusted aide become an embarrassment for the BJP? ...
10:51 PM, Apr 01, 2013
New Delhi: BJP President Rajnath Singh finally unveiled his team for the 2014 general elections. Gujarat Chief Minister and party strongman Narendra Modi is back in the Parliamentary Board after a gap of six years. He will also be a member of the central election committee. Modi's close aide Amit Shah, the former Gujarat Home Minister who is out on bail in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and accused...
10:01 PM, Mar 31, 2013
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday charged the BJP with buckling under pressure of Narendra Modi by including him in its top decision making parliamentary board, and said the Gujarat Chief Minister will pose a challenge to his own party. "The real challenge is Modi's challenge to the BJP. It is Modi who is seeking to take over the party and once Modi takes over the party there...
09:36 PM, Mar 31, 2013
New Delhi: In a major boost to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's prime ministerial ambitions, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to reinduct him in party's Parliamentary Board, which is expected to be finalised on Sunday. Modi, if selected for the Parliamentary Board, will be returning to the panel after a gap of six years. He was earlier appointed as a member of the board by Rajnath Singh in...
08:09 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Ahmedabad: Amit Shah, former Gujarat minister of state for home and an accused in the Soharabuddin Sheikh and Tulsi Prajapati staged shootout cases, won from his constituency on Thursday. Shah contested from the Naranpura constituency in Ahmedabad, and won by more than 30,000 votes. In the previous elections, Shah had won from the Sarkhej assembly constituency, with a margin of over 2.50 lakh votes. Known to be a close aide...
02:37 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat is set for the second and final round of polling on Monday. The Bharatiya Janata Party has left no stones unturned as it remains apprehensive of a possible dent in its bastion of Saurashtra, courtesy rebel Keshubhai Patel's new party, the Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP). The first phase of voting saw a record 70.75 per cent turnout, with the Congress confident that the high turnout meant a certain...
07:32 AM, Dec 17, 2012
Ahmedabad: A complaint was filed on Sunday against BJP leader and former Gujarat minister Amit Shah for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by taking out a procession after the poll campaign deadline had ended. Shah is contesting from Naranpura constituency in Ahmedabad. Gujarat Congress legal cell's advocate Nikunj Ballar filed the complaint against the former Minister of State for Home with officials of Election Commission in Gandhinagar. "Shah...
11:21 PM, Dec 16, 2012
With just a few days to go for polls, one of the most controversial candidates - former state Home Minister Amit Shah, is raising the pitch for Narendra Modi as PM. ...
11:37 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah is probably the most controversial candidate in the battle for Gujarat. But those don't seem to matter as Shah hits the campaign trail in Ahmedabad. Shah, known as Chief Minister Narendra Modi's closest confidant, is a chargesheeted accused in two fake encounter case. But in this electoral battle, Shah knows it's his boss Modi who's the focus and he even...
09:12 AM, Dec 06, 2012
Ahmedabad: Accused, arrested and released on bail in two fake encounter cases, Gujarat's former home minister Amit Shah will now contest as the BJP's candidate from the Narayanpura seat in Ahmedabad. It was certain that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's close aide would be given ticket a despite those allegations and that's because Modi himself has often portrayed Shah as a victim of a CBI witch hunt on the political...
07:18 AM, Nov 29, 2012
