Kalraj Mishra

Modi among top contenders to be PM candidate: BJP V-P

The clamour is growing within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to be the Prime Ministerial candidate for 2014. BJP Vice President Kalraj Mishra has admitted that Modi is among the top contenders even as allies JD(U) and Shiv Sena insisted that the alliance must make its candidate public. ...  

'Nitin Gadkari may get a second term as BJP President'

With speculations making the rounds over the new potential candidate for the post of Bharatiya Janata Party president, sources on Friday said that there are high chances that Nitin Gadkari gets a second term. According to BJP sources, Gadkari remains the first choice of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for the top post. ...  

Ranchi: Stone hurled at BJP vice president Kalraj Mishra

Ranchi: A stone was hurled at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national vice president Kalraj Mishra when he was addressing a meeting at Dhurwa in Ranchi but the stone hit the mike, party sources said. However, it could not be found out who had hurled the stone, according to a police officer posted at Dhurwa police station. He said an FIR was filed in connection with the incident. BJP's state unit...  

CD row: Virbhadra offers to quit Union Cabinet

New Delhi: Union minister Virbhadra Singh is under pressure after a Shimla court framed corruption charges against him on Monday for allegedly misusing office when he was the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in 1989. According to the charges framed against the former chief minister, he allegedly granted favours to industrialists. The prosecution had filed a chargesheet in 2010. Sources say that Virbhadra had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and...  

Political leaders beat the blues ahead of D-day

Lucknow: After days of gruelling campaigning and with just 24 hours left for the vote counting to begin, political leaders are keeping themselves busy in myriad ways. While some are praying for divine intervention, others are simply relaxing and waiting for the D-day. Senior BJP leader Kalraj Misra was out for a quick power walk when CNN-IBN caught up with him. He said he started the day with a silent...  

UP is ready for a change: Kalraj Mishra

BJP leader Kalraj Mishra the BJP will get more votes and you will see a revolutionary change in UP. ...

Uma an outsider in UP, won't be CM: BJP leader

Lucknow: BJP Vice-President Kalraj Mishra, who is one of the front-runners for the chief ministership of Uttar Pradesh if some miraculous results give his party the mandate, has ruled out Uma Bharti occupying the post in the state. Though Mishra is all-praise for Bharti, he does not agree that she is a prospective chief ministerial candidate of BJP if the party comes to power. BJP President Nitin Gadkari has hinted...  

Rahul indulging in communal politics: BJP

Lucknow: The BJP on Wednesday accused Rahul Gandhi of indulging in communal politics, saying that it was at his "insistence" that the government proposed a sub-quota of 4.5 per cent for minorities within the existing 27 per cent reservation for other backward classes. "Rahul is not here for development of the state, but he is here to do politics of religion. His politics is of hatred and vitiating the atmosphere,"...  

Mayawati misleading Muslims: BJP

Mirzapur: Criticising UP Chief Minister Mayawati for advocating quota for Muslims, the BJP on Sunday alleged that she was misleading the community and also insulting Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, who was opposed to reservation on religious grounds. "The state government is misleading the Muslims by talking about reservation to them," BJP national vice-president Kalraj Mishra on Sunday said. "Both, the Centre and state governments are talking about 15 per cent reservation...  

A is for Aishwarya, A is for angry minister

MP Kalraj Mishra says names of actors to teach alphabet must be stopped. ...  

Mulayam slams BSP, BJP over Varun Gandhi issue

LK Advani and BJP chief Rajnath Singh will campaign for Varun Gandhi. ...