Lucknow: BJP president Rajnath Singh will lead the party's 'jail bharo' agitation in Lucknow on June 2, 2013 against corruption under the UPA rule. BJP state unit president, Laxmi Kant Bajpai, who reviewed the preparation for the week-long agitation starting May 27, said that besides the national president, newly appointed in-charge of the state affairs, Amit Shah will also be present in Rampur during the agitation on May 29.
Claiming that there was an atmosphere against the UPA government, Bajpai said that his party would maintain the momentum both inside and outside Parliament against its "wrong policies". Meanwhile, former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh, who has yet to formally join BJP, was on Tuesday seen in the party office.
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01:38 AM, May 22, 2013
In a dramatic late night twist on Tuesday, Nitin Gadkari opted out of the BJP presidential race and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rajnath Singh is now the consensus choice and will be elected later on Wednesday. Nitin Gadkari's backers in RSS had come under intense pressure from within the BJP when the Income Tax department turned the screws on the party president over his controversial dealings with the Purti...
09:25 AM, Jan 23, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Uttar Pradesh unit will be carrying out a yatra in Lucknow on Monday to protest against the diesel price hike and general price rise. ...
09:15 AM, Jan 21, 2013
The BJP on January 13 said it will not have a tie-up with any party in Uttar Pradesh for the next Lok Sabha elections. "BJP would not enter into an alliance with anyone for the Lok Sabha polls in UP. We are no more ready to face betrayal from anyone," state unit president of BJP Laxmikant Bajpai said here. ...
04:10 PM, Jan 12, 2013
New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh is all set to return to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Singh met the BJP president Nitin Gadkari recently and sources say Singh may be reinducted in the party in January next year. His reinduction is seen as an effort by the party to bolster its presence in Uttar Pradesh. Singh had left the BJP in 2009 after the party rejected his...
07:53 AM, Dec 17, 2012
Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, who met BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday, is all set to return to the party. According to sources he may be re-inducted in the party in January. Kalyan's re-induction is seen as an effort by the party to bolster its dwindling presence in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan had left the BJP in 2009, and joined hands with the Samajwadi Party in the...
10:10 PM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed a Rae Bareily court to expeditiously hear Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leader LK Advani and 19 others against whom charge of criminal conspiracy was dropped by the trial court. Expressing deep anguish over non appearence of the counsel for CBI, which has moved the apex court against dropping of conspiracy charges against the top politicians in the apex court,...
03:48 PM, Dec 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed a Rae Bareily court to expeditiously hear Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leader LK Advani and 19 others against whom charge of criminal conspiracy was dropped by the trial court. Expressing deep anguish over non appearence of the counsel for CBI, which has moved the apex court against dropping of conspiracy charges against the top politicians in the apex court,...
03:48 PM, Dec 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed a Rae Bareily court to expeditiously hear Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leader LK Advani and 19 others against whom charge of criminal conspiracy was dropped by the trial court. Expressing deep anguish over non appearence of the counsel for CBI, which has moved the apex court against dropping of conspiracy charges against the top politicians in the apex court,...
03:48 PM, Dec 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed a Rae Bareily court to expeditiously hear Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leader LK Advani and 19 others against whom charge of criminal conspiracy was dropped by the trial court. Expressing deep anguish over non appearence of the counsel for CBI, which has moved the apex court against dropping of conspiracy charges against the top politicians in the apex court,...
03:48 PM, Dec 06, 2012
New Delhi: With an eye on the next elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has initiated an exercise to put its house in order and accommodate regional satraps. Two days back, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok, under instructions from the party, met former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. The BJP has been trying to reach out to Karnataka leader as he threatens to quit and...
09:28 AM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will be hearing a Central Bureau of Investigation petition seeking restoration of conspiracy charges aganist senior BJP leader LK Advani, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case on July 25. The apex court had on March 4, 2011 issued notice to 21 people including LK Advani, Bal Thackeray, Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti, Satish Pradhan, CR Bansal, MM Joshi, Vinay...
12:42 PM, May 04, 2012
Lucknow: Days after Uma Bharti described herself as his 'heiress', former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on Saturday said he will campaign against the BJP leader and claimed that she does not stand a chance of winning from Charkhari assembly constituency. "Uma Bharti is in the race for third or fourth spot in Charkhari... It is a certainty that she will not win," Singh, convenor of the newly-formed Jan...
11:48 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Lucknow: Days after Uma Bharti described herself as his "heiress", former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Friday said he will campaign against the BJP leader and claimed that she does not stand a chance of winning from Charkhari Assembly constituency. "Uma Bharti is in the race for third or fourth spot in Charkhari... It is a certainty that she will not win," Singh, convenor of the newly-formed Jan...
08:59 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Babri Masjid demolition is just an incident and there is nothing famous or infamous about it, the Supreme Court said on Monday while listing Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea for levelling charges of criminal conspiracy against senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and 18 others to March 27. "What is famous about it. It was an incident which happened...
04:29 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Ballia/Deoria: Targeting SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused him of misguiding Muslims on the reservation issue and urged the people to give a chance to Congress to usher in a corruption-free and development-oriented government in UP. Addressing election rallies in Ballia and Deoria, Gandhi said the SP chief sometimes demands 18 per cent reservation quota and at other times 28 per cent quota for them. Gandhi...
02:43 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Lucknow: Alleging a 'financial deal' behind inclusion of former BSP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha in BJP, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Jan Kranti Party patron Kalyan Singh on Friday demanded a CBI probe into the matter. "Joining of Kushwaha against whom there are serious allegations of corruption, which are being probed by CBI in BJP raises suspicion. It seems that there was a financial deal of crores for his...
07:30 PM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: The row over Babu Singh Kushwaha's induction into the party is refusing to die down with many senior BJP leaders jumping the bandwagon to criticise the decision in a bid to project the non-corrupt image of the party. While some leaders criticised the moves, other hailed it saying Kushwaha will help in exposing corruption in the Mayawati government. The day saw Uma Bharti fall in line after a...
07:24 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Tuesday said the re-induction of Uma Bharti into the BJP would not make any difference to electoral fortunes of the party in the upcoming assembly polls in the state. "The BJP in Uttar Pradesh is on ventilator and neither the return of Uma Bharti nor of any other face can boost its poll prospects," Singh, a former BJP leader said. A...
05:21 PM, Jun 07, 2011
The Samajwadi Party chief says he sought the help of wrong forces to keep communal forces away from power at the Ce ...
01:07 PM, Jul 15, 2010
