Dehradun: BJP leader BC Khanduri who skipped the party's national executive in Goa has hailed Narendra Modi's appointment as the party's campaign committee chief even as he said LK Advani's eligibility as a prime ministerial candidate cannot be doubted.
"At a time when UPA has crossed all limits of corruption, BJP has done the right thing by making Modi the campaign panel head as he has never faced charges of corruption and is known for his administrative efficiency," Khanduri told reporters here yesterday.
The party will benefit from this decision in 2014 Lok Sabha polls, he said.
However, he said assigning Modi the responsibility of running the affairs of the party's campaign panel and the importance and stature of Advani in the party are separate issues....
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05:11 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Dehradun: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BC Khanduri resigned as the Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Wednesday. He submitted his resignation to the Uttarakhand Governor on Wednesday evening. Uttarakhand is still anybody's game. Even as the BJP is one short of the Congress' tally, it said it will stake claim to form the government. The ruling BJP, which got 31 seats, one short of the Congress, in Uttarakhand Assembly elections, on...
06:09 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which got 31 seats, one short of the Congress, in Uttarakhand Assembly elections, on Wednesday began efforts to form the government with its senior leaders trying to establish contact with Independent MLAs and the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD). The BJP is also in touch with UKD (P) MLA (who is actually close to senior Congress leader Satpal Maharaj) but was denied ticket....
05:12 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: In the battle for Uttarakhand, both the Congress and the BJP are attempting to form the government after a photo finish on Tuesday. It's a classic cliff hanger that Uttarakhand has thrown up in which the Congress has an edge of just one seat over BJP. The party still believes it can form the next government with support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, the BSP and independent candidates....
12:00 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Three independents, Mantri Prasad Netani, Dinesh Dhanai, and Harish Durgapal are the Congress rebels who the party will try and woo. ...
09:01 AM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: One state that hasn't thrown up a decisive verdict in the Assembly Elections 2012 verdict is Uttarakhand - the Congress and the BJP are running neck to neck in the state. One of them needs to cross the halfway mark of 35 in order to form the government. It is a close call in Uttarakhand where Congress emerged as the single largest party with 32 seats, one seat...
06:36 AM, Mar 07, 2012
Dehradun: Uttarakhand proved to be a cliff-hanger of a contest with the Congress emerging as the single largest party winning 32 seats, securing a wafer-thin lead over ruling BJP's 31 in the 70-member Assembly. As the counting progressed during the day, the state witnessed a see-saw battle in which the leads shifted continuously. BSP won three seats and three independents emerged successful, thus positioning themselves as possible kingmakers. Uttarakhand Kranti...
10:10 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Dehra Dun: Having lost to Congress in Kotdwar, Uttarakhand chief minister BC Khanduri on Tuesday tried to put up a brave face as he thanked the voters for giving BJP their "blessings" in the state and admitted that he could not devote "due time" to his constituency. "I am really thankful to the people of the state for giving my party their blessings in the elections," Khanduri told reporters in...
09:36 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister BC Khanduri of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost from the Kotdwar assembly constituency. Khanduri was defeated by his nearest rival SS Negi of the Congress by 4,623 votes. Soon after, Khanduri said that he was not in the race of Chief Minister's post. "I had only 3 months and 14 days till the EC model code came into force. This was almost an impossible task....
07:01 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Dehradun: The leads keeps on swinging between the two main political parties in Uttarakhand where the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress are locked in a nail-biting see-saw battle. The trends indicate that Uttarakhand is poised for a hung assembly. The ruling party has won 25 seats, including Sitarganj and Nanakmatta seats, and was leading in another 7. However, its Chief Minister BC Khanduri has lost from Kotdwar. The Congress...
04:57 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Dehradun: The contest in Uttarakhand has gone to the wires with BJP and Congress in a neck and neck race with advantage to the saffron party ruling the state at the moment. The trends show, it's the BSP and Independents who would hold the key in the formation of the government. Latest reports indicated that the state may be heading towards a hung Assembly with BJP leading on 32 seats...
12:27 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Dehradun: In Uttarakhand, a sea-saw battle was being witnessed between the ruling BJP and Congress. Latest trends showed that Congress was leading in 29 seats in the 70-member Assembly and BJP followed closely with 28. Others were leading in 13 seats. Clearing indicating a hung assembly in Uttarakhand, ETV projects 31 seats for the Congress, 28 for the BJP, 3 for BSP and 6 for others. It also shows that...
11:09 AM, Mar 06, 2012
Dehradun: Uttarakhand is headed for a hung Assembly after the initial trends indicated that both the Congress and the ruling BJP are neck-and-neck. ETV projects 31 seats for the Congress, 27 for the BJP, 6 for BSP and 6 for others. In Uttarakhand, the polling was held on January 30. The elections will decide the fate of Chief Minister BC Khanduri who is locked in a tussle against Surendra Singh...
09:00 AM, Mar 06, 2012
Dehradun: Initial trends indicated Congress in a neck-and-neck fight with BJP with the Congress leading at 2 seats while the BJP at 1. Others are ahead at 2 seats. Counting of votes for Uttarakhand assembly elections began amid tight security on Tuesday. The results of an election are being declared after a gap of more than one month. All arrangements of the counting of votes have been completed and the...
07:33 AM, Mar 06, 2012
Uttarakhand Chief Minister BC Khanduri said he would take responsibility if the BJP does not come to power in the state. ...
06:31 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: In Uttarakhand, there is a positive inclination among the voters towards the opposition Congress, according to the post-election survey conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) ) in association with The Week and CNN-IBN. The party is projected to win 31-41 seats, a massive improvement upon its 2007 performance when it won 22. The ruling BJP, on the other hand, may end up with...
07:14 PM, Mar 03, 2012
In a survey conducted by CNN-IBN, 33 per cent people want BC Khanduri as the Uttarakhand Chief Minister followed by Harish Rawat with 13 per cent. ...
07:01 PM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday wrote to the DGPs and Chief Secretaries of all the states, and invited them for a meeting to resolve the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) row on March 9. The anti-terror cell was supposed to be operational from March 1 but has been put on the backburner following objections by several states. The appointments of the Director and three joint Directors...
12:47 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Dehra Dun: Accusing the Centre of "infringing" on federal rights of the states, Uttarakhand Chief Minister BC Khanduri on Sunday opposed the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). "Be it NCTC or any other issue, it is very sad that some of the important decisions are being taken by the Centre unilaterally. The states must be taken into confidence on all important decisions," he said. Expressing his anguish over Centre...
01:20 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Dehradun: Nearly 70 per cent polling was recorded in the Uttarakhand Assembly elections, which sealed the fate of 788 candidates including Chief Minister BC Khanduri and state Congress president Yashpal Arya. The polling to elect 70 legislators to the state Assembly largely remained "incident-free". About 70 per cent of the 63 lakh voters exercised their franchise till the end of polling at 5PM, state Chief Electoral Officer Radha Raturi told...
02:59 PM, Jan 30, 2012
