New Delhi: Controversial NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra was among the many guests who attended the wedding of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Nitin Gadkari's son.
Mishra recently made headlines after his candidature for Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand divided the BJP with many senior leaders opposing giving a ticket to him.
Mishra was an Independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand and had BJP's backing. He had to, however, withdraw his nomination following charges by senior party leaders that money was being used to buy Rajya Sabha seats.
The controversy started after senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha attacked his own party for supporting Mishra. The tiff got murkier when Mishra also levelled allegations against some of the party leaders of seeking monetary help and other benefits from him. He, however, later retracted from his statements after party MP and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, threatened to file a defamation case against him....
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11:40 AM, Jun 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has declared SS Ahluwalia as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from Jharkhand. The decision was taken after several rounds of meetings between senior party leaders. Ahluwalia was earlier not being nominated as businessman Anshuman Mishra was being supported by BJP. Mishra had levelled serious allegations against senior party leaders, but had later offered unconditional apology. ...
01:30 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission has cancelled the Jharkhand Rajya Sabha election. The directive comes after allegations of horse trading and recovery of crores of rupees. The BJP MLAs have come under the scrutiny. After two marathon rounds of meetings, the Election Commission was convinced that there was indeed large-scale horse trading that had taken place. Not the first time Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand have always been contentious and...
06:20 AM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: Jharkhand is all set to conduct its Rajya Sabha polls on Friday amid allegations of horsetrading by Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) chief Babulal Marandi. The election comes at a time when the rift within the the ruling BJP-JMM-Ajsu alliance is said to be widening. The parties are seemingly divided over whose nominee to back. Marandi, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Kodarma in Jharkhand, had written a...
07:28 AM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Anshuman Mishra has apologised to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership for levelling allegations against some of the party leaders of seeking monetary help and other benefits from him. Mishra retracted his statements accusing the BJP leaders after party MP and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, threatened to file a defamation case against him. Mishra claimed that he decided to apologise after an appeal...
03:46 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: The row between NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra and the BJP turned uglier on Monday with veteran party leader Arun Jaitley serving a defamation notice against him, over his allegations that the Rajya Sabha Opposition leader had sought favours from him, including watching a cricket match at Lord's in a privileged seating. Jaitley has denied accepting any such favours. Mishra had on Sunday alleged that he introduced Public Accounts...
09:25 AM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra's allegations on Sunday he introduced Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi to senior executives of 2G scam accused companies when the panel was probing the 2G spectrum case, could create a storm in Parliament on Monday. Mishra had also said that Joshi called him seeking funds for elections. Mishra further claimed to have played a role in Joshi's poll campaign in 2004...
07:39 AM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Sunday hit out at NRI business Anshuman Mishra terming his allegations against party veteran Murli Manohar Joshi and some other leaders as "baseless" and an "expression of frustration" over his failure to make it to the Raja Sabha. "Anshuman Mishra's motivated and selective tirade against some of the top BJP leaders is nothing but an expression of frustration over his failure to make...
10:59 PM, Mar 25, 2012
Guna: Congress General Secretary, Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said that the BJP should respond to the allegations levelled by NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra, who was denied Rajya Sabha nomination from Jharkhand. "The statements of Mishra have exposed the BJP. In the 2G case, Mishra had introduced Shahid Balwa (Swan Telecom) to the senior BJP leader Dr Murli Manohar Joshi. He (Joshi) should have revealed this earlier," Singh told reporters in...
09:43 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday said allegations made by NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra against PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on the 2G issue needed to be looked into "by a Parliamentary set-up or outside". "The allegations are in public domain. ....Whether to be looked into by Parliamentary set-up or outside, they certainly deserve to be looked into," party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said. Mishra, who withdrew from the Rajya Sabha...
02:29 AM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: Embarrassed over allegations against senior party leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi that he sought meetings with corporates involved in the 2G scam, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said the charges were baseless and were an attempt to malign the parliamentary panel. "These allegations are baseless. This is an attempt to malign the PAC's image. Actually the BJP raised the 2G scam first...
05:24 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam said if theres even an iota of truth in the charge, Joshi must step down immediately. ...
02:54 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said that a probe should be conducted into Anshuman Mishra's allegations. ...
12:01 PM, Mar 24, 2012
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Saturday said that the Anshuman Mishra's allegations were 'fabricated' and whatever he was saying with regard to him is absolutely wrong and a 'concoction'. "I will cooperate with the agencies and I contradict the allegations. I deny it. I never asked for funds from anybody like him," Joshi said. The senior BJP leader said that everybody knows how the 2G probe...
08:22 AM, Mar 24, 2012
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha mystery candidate Anshuman Mishra on Friday claimed that he was a prime fund raiser of the BJP and alleged that he introduced senior BJP leader Dr Murli Manohar Joshi to 2G accused while Dr Joshi was investigating the 2G spectrum scam case. The independent Rajya Sabha candidate from Jharkhand who withdrew his nomination at the last moment, has levelled serious charges against top BJP leader, Dr...
09:22 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Ranchi: Confusion continues over the BJP's Rajya Sabha nominee from Jharkhand. UK-based businessman Anshuman Mishra is scheduled to withdraw his name on Thursday after opposition from senior BJP leaders, while the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has threatened the BJP with consequences if its MLAs abstain from voting. But the state BJP is adamant on keeping Mishra away. "The BJP will not support Anshuman Mishra in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections....
09:27 AM, Mar 22, 2012
LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj are opposed to the move but BS Yeddyurappa has BJP President Nitin Gadkari's support. ...
10:12 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Facing strong protests from within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its Rajya Sabha candidate from Jharkhand, Anshuman Mishra, has said that he will withdraw his nomination on Thursday. The decision came hours after BJP MLAs from Jharkhand decided to dump Mishra and abstain from voting in the Rajya Sabha elections following his attack on veteran leaders L K Advani and Yashwant Sinha. BJP leader Ananth Kumar said that...
07:49 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs in Jharkhand have decided to abstain from voting in the Rajya Sabha elections. The MLAs wont vote for Anshuman Mishra. According to BJP leader Ananth Kumar, no MLA from the party will participate in the voting as "there is rampant horse trading". Earlier on Wednesday, Mishra dismissed reports of him giving up his nomination for Rajya Sabha following objection by senior BJP...
05:03 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: The controversy within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Rajya Sabha nominations continues to simmer with the party-backed independent candidate Anshuman Mishra hitting out at LK Advani. Without naming Advani, he said that it's time for those who admire Paksitan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah to plan their retirement. "BJP leaders who are 85 years old and are admirers of Jinnah should think of their retirement now," said Mishra. ...
02:21 PM, Mar 21, 2012
