Mumbai: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at the latter's residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra. The meeting comes a day after the national executive meeting of BJP concluded in Mumbai. BJP sources described the meeting as a courtesy call by Gadkari. The BJP chief had also met Thackeray last month, in an apparent effort to remove the "misunderstanding" that had crept into their relations...
03:27 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: As controversies dogged BJP's national executive meeting in Mumbai, Congress on Friday took a dig at the principal opposition terming it a "splintered and fractured" party. Party spokesperson Manish Tewari said the meet exposed the "spectre of one President, one super President and a couple of hyper Presidents, which make up the quorum of BJP". Trashing the resolutions passed by the BJP's national executive, he said the entire...
02:40 AM, May 26, 2012
Mumbai: The divide within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is out in the open with veteran leader Lal Krishna Advani and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, skipping the national executive meeting in Mumbai. They have also decided to not attend a rally of the party. The absence of the senior leaders came as the BJP decided to extend Nitin Gadkari's tenure as the party president while some...
05:43 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: Despite a new found bonhomie between Narendra Modi and Nitin Gadkari, differences in BJP seem to be far from over at its National Executive meeting in Mumbai on Friday with leaders LK Advani and Sushama Swaraj set to stay away from a rally scheduled for Friday evening. "Advani's schedule was fixed earlier so he won't be there and Swaraj has to attend a programme in Ghaziabad tomorrow morning," party...
04:14 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: The war within the BJP is out in the open. A day after skipping the BJP national executive meet where a resolution was passed extending Nitin Gadkari's term as president, senior leader LK Advani is unlikely to attend Friday's rally. Advani is reportedly upset with party's state of affairs and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. The senior BJP leader will return to Delhi instead. Sources have told CNN-IBN...
12:20 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: BJP leaders and rivals Narendra Modi and Nitin Gadkari will share the stage on Friday on day two of the BJP national executive in Mumbai. In a show of strength vis-a-vis the party President, the Gujarat Chief Minister on Thursday forced the resignation of his critic Sanjay Joshi from BJP national executive, as an apparent price for his participation in the meet. The Modi issue dominated the first day's...
07:29 AM, May 25, 2012
Bangalore: Showering encomiums on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for good governance, Karnataka BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday said the ongoing party national executive at Mumbai should deliberate on promoting him as Prime Ministerial candidate, among other issues. "The national executive should deliberate on the issues rocking Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan and promote Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate," he said. "According to a survey, Modi is the most popular...
03:40 AM, May 25, 2012
Bangalore: In a U-turn, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has decided to attend the BJP national executive meet at Mumbai. "Yeddyurappa will fly to Mumbai tomorrow morning to attend the BJP national executive meeting after he had a telephonic conversation with Nitin Gadkari (BJP president) and senior party leader Arun Jaitley," a source close to Yeddyurappa said. Yeddyurappa, who is sulking over the party central leadership for 'sidelining' him,...
10:05 PM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attended the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive meeting. The leader attended the meeting only after he forced arch rival Sanjay Joshi, a close aide of party president Nitin Gadkari, to resign from the national executive. A vociferous Modi detractor, Joshi's exit saved the BJP the embarrassment of Modi skipping the party meet. Party chief Nitin Gadkari said that Modi would attend...
05:35 PM, May 24, 2012
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday showered praises on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. ...
05:02 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the BJP national executive meet after he spoke to the party president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday. Modi got his way once again as he forced the resignation of arch rival and critic Sanjay Joshi from the BJP national executive in exchange for his presence at the party meet. A vociferous Modi detractor, Joshi's exit saved the BJP the embarrassment of...
12:06 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has his way as his critic and BJP National General Secretary Sanjay Joshi has resigned from the party. This comes on a day when the party is set to begin its two-day national executive meet in Mumbai. "Joshi, who was invitee member of the National Executive, has in a letter to party president Nitin Gadkari said that he is relinquishing his post in...
08:47 AM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: As the BJP national executive meeting begins in Mumbai on Thursday, all eyes are at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who has yet not confirmed his participation. While there has been no word of confirmation from Modi, the party leaders are worried that his absence from the meeting may overshadow the entire executive agenda. Reports suggest that instead of travelling to Mumbai from Ahmedabad, Modi might visit Udaipur, where...
08:17 AM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: All the senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are likely to attend the two-day national executive meeting of the party, beginning in Mumbai on May 24. "340 leaders from the party have been sent invitation. All the leaders from BJP will be present at the meeting. We will not give any opportunity to our opponents to speak on it," BJP's national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said at a...
10:50 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is likely to skip the national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to be held in Mumbai. Reportedly, the Gujarat Chief Minister is upset at being overlooked for the post of BJP president. This comes after reports suggested that current president Nitin Gadkari is set to get an extension till 2014 at the national executive meeting. Nitin Gadkari was given a...
06:42 PM, May 15, 2012
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