
Aurangabad: Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde on Thursday said here that instead of nominating the master cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha, the Union Government should award him the Bharat Ratna award. Munde was talking to media in the city during his visit to attend the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Marathwada Mukti Sangram Museum. He was answering a question about the government's nomination of Tendulkar to the upper...

01:02 AM, Apr 27, 2012

New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday criticised the Railway Budget presented by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, calling it 'anti-aam aadmi' and an 'annexure budget'. "It is an annexure budget. Everything has been hiked. The common man will be severely affected," said Ananth Kumar. "There is no vision in the budget. It is an anit-aam aadmi budget. It's a budget by an annexure minister of Mamata Banerjee. Where is the aam...

02:18 PM, Mar 14, 2012

Mumbai: BJP leader Gopinath Munde on Wednesday dared Maharashtra home minister RR Patil to stop LK Advani's anti-corruption Jan Chetna Yatra. "I dare RR Patil. If he has courage, he should try and obstruct the rath yatra. It will come to Maharashtra and BJP will welcome it," Munde said. Munde refuted Patil's reported statement that Advani's rath yatra was aimed at creating divisions in the society. "Its aim is to...

07:09 PM, Oct 12, 2011

New Delhi: Senior BJP Leader Gopinath Munde has accused Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar of causing a rift in his family. Madhusudan Kendre, son-in-law of Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde's brother was inducted into the NCP by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Kendre's move from the BJP to the NCP has set off a war of words with Munde accusing Pawar of causing a rift in his family....

10:12 AM, Sep 20, 2011

New Delhi: Accusing the Government of not acting after the last blast at Delhi High Court four months back, BJP on Wednesday said this has resulted in a deadlier blast at the same spot on Wednesday. The comments were made by Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj who along with three other party leaders Gopinath Munde, SS Ahluwalia and Ananth Kumar visited Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where treatment of the injured...

05:59 PM, Sep 07, 2011

Rajdeep Sardesai speaks to Gopinath Munde, who, on Wednesday, made it clear that he is not leaving the BJP. ...

08:59 PM, Jun 22, 2011

New Delhi: The storm over disgruntled BJP leader Gopinath Munde has blown over it appears. Munde, after meeting Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday declared he will remain in the BJP. Munde refuted reports that he was offered a Cabinet berth to switch to the Congress. He also flatly denied reports that he was actively in touch with top Maharashtra Congress leaders and was considering switching over. All is well that ends...

08:09 PM, Jun 22, 2011

New Delhi: After much speculation of Gopinath Munde's differences with the BJP, the leader on Wednesday made it clear that he is not leaving the party. The BJP seems to have had some success in keeping the Deputy leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde in its fold. After a meeting with Sushma Swaraj, Munde announced that he is still with the BJP and claimed that he had not...

04:24 PM, Jun 22, 2011

Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde's exit from the party won't have any impact on the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra, Sena chief Bal Thackeray said on Wednesday. "Munde's leaving the BJP is not going to have any effect on the alliance," Thackeray told reporters at his residence Matoshree in suburban Bandra. "How come Munde realised so late that he was being humiliated within BJP," Thackeray asked. "Anyway, this is...

02:45 PM, Jun 22, 2011

New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde will meet Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday even as the crisis within the party's Maharashtra unit shows no signs of abating. Munde arrived in Delhi on Tuesday night after skipping a meeting earlier in the day in Mumbai, which was called by Maharashtra BJP chief Sudhir Mungantiwar to work out a compromise. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the BJP has hardened...

11:32 AM, Jun 22, 2011

New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde will meet Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday even as the crisis within the party's Maharashtra unit shows no signs of abating. Munde arrived in Delhi on Tuesday night after skipping a meeting earlier in the day in Mumbai, which was called by Maharashtra BJP chief Sudhir Mungantiwar to work out a compromise. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the BJP has hardened...

11:32 AM, Jun 22, 2011

New Delhi: The BJP's deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, Gopinath Munde, has arrived in Delhi amidst the speculations that he may join the Congress. Munde landed in Delhi on Tuesday night after skipping a meeting called by the Maharashtra BJP chief to work out a compromise. The buzz was growing on whether Munde is now planning to take the ultimate step of quitting the party that he helped set...

07:51 AM, Jun 22, 2011

Mumbai: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde is in Mumbai for a show of strength after his meeting with top party leaders in New Delhi failed to yield results in his favour. Following Munde's dissent, the BJP called a meeting of all its Maharashtra MPs, MLAs, MLCs and office bearers. Munde was not present at the meeting even though he is the Lok Sabha MP from Beed in...

11:39 AM, Jun 21, 2011

New Delhi: Disgruntled senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde could be heading towards Congress if he is not able to sort out problems with his party leadership. Though the Congress has not said anything formally, indications are that the party leadership was considering the pros and cons of the issue. Reports were rife of Munde having met Congress in-charge of Maharashtra Mohan Prakash twice during the last 24 hours, even though...

10:01 PM, Jun 20, 2011

New Delhi: The crisis within Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Maharashtra unit continues with senior party leader Gopinath Munde reported to be in touch with Congress leaders, sources have told CNN-IBN. Sources say that although Munde has met Congress leader Mohan Prakash, the Congress hasn't showed any keenness yet. Earlier on Sunday, a sulking Munde met party president Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi. He also met LK Advani. But talks remained...

01:12 PM, Jun 20, 2011