Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said his party's alliance with BJP would last as long as the latter did not forsake 'Hindutva'. Talking about his meeting with BJP president Rajnath Singh in Mumbai on Tuesday, Uddhav said, "Rajnath Singh said the alliance with Shiv Sena will remain intact. I said it will, as long as BJP does not leave the Hindutva issue."
Criticising Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar for severing ties with BJP and NDA, he said, "What secularism is Nitish Kumar talking about? Where were these secularists when Kashmiri Pandits were driven out of Kashmir? Where were these secularists when the Hindus were facing crises?"
The Sena President was addressing the cadres here on the occasion of the 47th foundation day of the party. Talking about Mahalaxmi Race Course land issue, he said it belonged to citizens of Mumbai first, and a garden, if developed there (as the lease of the Race Course has ended), would benefit the city.
Uddhav also asked his partymen to keep watch on the criminals who target women. "Every village should have Shiv Sena board, and perverts and rapists should know after seeing it that they won't get away with the crime here," he said....
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11:21 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday won the trust vote in the Assembly, proving his majority after dumping long-time ally the Bharatiya Janata Party. The JD(U), with its 118 MLAs, needed 122 to pass the floor test and they got through with 126 MLA votes. MLAs of the Congress, CPI and four Independents voted for the JD(U). All 91 MLAs of the BJP, with whom the JD(U) snapped...
03:22 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) launched a scathing attack on the BJP and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during his speech on the confidence motion in Bihar Assembly on Wednesday. During his speech Nitish said that Bihar and the country cannot be ruled by those who practised divisive politics while taking a dig at his erstwhile alliance partner the BJP and its leader Narendra Modi. Nitish said there...
02:59 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is likely to meet senior BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday and hold one-on-one meetings with other party leaders to discuss the recent political developments. This will be the first meeting between LK Advani and Mohan Bhagwat after the former had withdrawn his resignation from all party posts on June 11 at the behest of the RSS chief. Advani was...
01:20 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: 2:35 PM: Nitish Kumar's JD(U) wins vote of confidence in Bihar Assembly by 126 votes. 2:30 PM: Voting on trust vote begins in Bihar Assembly. 2:22 PM: Nitish Kumar says, "There was no problem with (Narendra Modi) becoming the committee chief. But, the way it was presented, there was no more doubt what was expected next." 2:19 PM: Nitish Kumar says that he will never accept divisive politics in...
12:22 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: It is a big day for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as his party will move a trust vote in the state legislature in what is being seens as a litmus after the BJP-JD(U) split. The voting is expected to take place around 2 in the afternoon and Nitish Kumar seems confident of proving his majority. JD(U) leaders said Nitish Kumar was "calm and cool" and spent the day...
04:15 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Raghogarh: Amid indications of growing bonhomie between Congress and JD(U), which has broken its alliance with the BJP-led NDA, AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the decision on any tie-up between the two parties would be taken by the AK Antony Committee. "Any decision on a tie-up between the Congress and JD(U) would be taken by the Antony Committee," Digvijaya said in response to a query on likely...
01:58 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: BJP Parliamentary Board on Tuesday appointed former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi as leader of the party in the Legislative Council and Nand Kishore Yadav as the head of the party in the state Assembly. Yadav will be the Leader of the Opposition in state Assembly as BJP is now the main opposition after JD(U) snapped ties with it. He was the Road and Highways minister...
12:42 AM, Jun 19, 2013
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10:42 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Seeking to put behind the acrimony witnessed last week, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met senior BJP leader LK Advani, who had resigned in protest against his appointment as head of the Election Campaign Committee. Modi, on his first visit to Delhi after his elevation, had a 45-minute interaction with Advani which was described by sources close to the BJP patriarch as "good and one that...
07:58 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: In the last few days, the ties between the BJP and the JD(U) have taken a turn for the worse. Both the parties have been talking potshots at each other. The BJP on Tuesday claimed that spontaneous support by people made 'Bihar bandh' called by it successful and held Chief Minister Nitish Kumar responsible for the violence during the shutdown, called to protest against the JD(U)'s 'betrayal'. The...
07:58 PM, Jun 18, 2013
After the dramatic split of the JD(U) and the BJP what does the future hold for both the parties as well as the NDA? Senior journalist Arati Jerath joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Mam, in your opinion, with Mr Modi ascendancy, where will the major gains/losses lie UPA or regional parties of UP & Bihar? Asked by: Kamal A. Even without Mr Modi's ascendance, I...
07:02 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Ahmedabad: In an apparent move to avoid stoking a fresh controversy as BJP comes to terms with a bitter separation from JD(U), Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has declined an invitation to visit Ayodhya, his office said on Tuesday. The Chief Minister's Office, in a press statement, clarified that Modi "politely declined" the invitation to attend the 'Amrit Mahotsava' being celebrated on the 75th birthday of president of Ram Janma...
05:40 PM, Jun 18, 2013
After the bitter political breakup, an open war erupted between the JD(U) and the BJP in Bihar on Tuesday. The party workers of the BJP and the JD(U) clashed in Patna as the bandh called by the BJP got a mixed response. ...
03:40 PM, Jun 18, 2013
"Nitish Kumar claimed he would do all he can to stop this bandh. Now you can see that men and women of the BJP are being attacked. JD(U) is responsible for this violence," said BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy. ...
03:36 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Patna: 4:27 pm: "JD(U) workers even attacked BJP women protestors. JD(U) leaders identified women BJP workers and attacked them. All this was done under instructions of Nitish Kumar and senior JD(U) leaders," alleges Mangal Pandey. 4:20 pm: "BJP will launch a statewide protest against Nitish Kumar government, says Mangal Pandey. 2:30 pm: After Rudy, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Sushil Modi and Shahnawaz Hussain have also been detained. 2:15 pm: Traffic on...
10:20 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Patna: The Bharatiya Janata Party has called a Bihar Bandh on Tuesday to protest the "betrayal of the people" by the Janata Dal United, which walked out of the National Democratic Alliance on Sunday. A day after the JD(U) and the BJP broke their alliance, the two political parties were busy taking potshots at each other on Monday. While Nitish claimed the BJP never made an effort to address the...
08:39 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Over the last few months, Nitish Kumar had given enough hints that elevation of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was not acceptable to him. ...
11:58 PM, Jun 17, 2013
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11:50 PM, Jun 17, 2013
The JD(U) walked out of the NDA alliance on Sunday, leaving the BJP with just Shiv Sena and Shiromani Akali Dal, while UPA is battling with a string of scams that has even dented the clean image of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. ...
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