New Delhi: With her remarks on Arun Jaitley regarding Bellary brothers threatening to snowball into a major row, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday stepped in to virtually snub Sushma Swaraj saying any debate on the choice of ministers in Karnataka in the media is "totally unnecessary". "Any debate about the choice of ministers in the Karnataka government at this stage in the media is totally unnecessary," Gadkari said. With...
08:13 AM, May 29, 2011
New Delhi: With her remarks on Arun Jaitley regarding Bellary brothers threatening to snowball into a major row, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday stepped in to virtually snub Sushma Swaraj saying any debate on the choice of ministers in Karnataka in the media is "totally unnecessary". "Any debate about the choice of ministers in the Karnataka government at this stage in the media is totally unnecessary," Gadkari said. With...
08:13 AM, May 29, 2011
New Delhi: In a view contrary to that of his party, BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday appeared to appreciate Rahul Gandhi's role in the on-going farmer agitation in Greater Noida, saying anyone supports the cause of peasants is doing good for them. Asked if he felt Congress and BSP were hand-in-glove as Gandhi was allowed to reach Bhatta Parsaul village, Advani said, "Whoever is supporting the cause of...
07:34 PM, May 12, 2011
New Delhi: BJP Parliamentary Party Chief L K Advani on Tuesday charged the UPA regime with trying to destabilise his party's governments in states and made a special mention of Gujarat, where Narendra Modi is Chief Minister. "In a planned manner, the Centre is unleashing an assault on the federal structure of the country. It is seeking to destabilise governments by rank abuse of CBI. Most prominent case is that...
09:57 PM, May 10, 2011
Kolkata: Campaigning ended on Sunday for the fourth phase of Assembly elections on May 3 in West Bengal covering 63 constituencies, including Nandigram and Singur which changed the political scene of the state in the last few years. The fate of 366 candidates including seven ministers in 63 seats spread over Howrah, Hooghly, East Midnapore districts and parts of Burdwan district would be decided by an electorate of 1.26,03,454 on...
05:58 PM, May 01, 2011
New Delhi: In the wake of comments by WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange about black money stashed abroad by Indians, BJP on Tuesday alleged that the UPA government was not making any effort to bring it back despite being pulled up by the Supreme Court. Speaking to reporters in Burdwan, West Bengal, after an election meeting, senior BJP leader L K Advani said "I have been stressing since 2008 that the...
06:46 PM, Apr 26, 2011
Nakashipara: Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday drew a comparison between West Bengal and Gujarat, saying while West Bengal failed to develop in the 34 years of Left Front rule, Gujarat in a short time forged ahead. ''Gujarat is now one of the most advanced states, while West Bengal under Marxist rule has lagged behind,'' Advani said in Nadia district where his party has put up a candidate...
03:30 PM, Apr 21, 2011
Kolkata: Amidst tight security, 54 assembly constituencies spread across six districts in West Bengal will go to polls in the first phase on Monday with 97.42 lakh voters expected to exercise their franchise. The main contest is between CPM-led Left Front and TMC-Congress alliance. BJP has also fielded candidates in 49 seats. Multi-cornered contests are on the cards in all 54 constituencies in the first phase which would decide the...
12:35 PM, Apr 17, 2011
Kolkata: With ruling Left Front facing its toughest challenge to retain power in 35 years, a high voltage campaigning for first phase of West Bengal polls ended on saturday evening in six districts marked by war of words between the Left and Trinamool Congress-Congress combine. The fate of 364 candidates including ten ministers in the Left Front government will be decided in the polling which will take place in 54...
11:51 AM, Apr 17, 2011
Falakata: Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday said if the people of West Bengal want a good government then they should vote for BJP candidates in the coming state Assembly election. "The Bharatiya Janata Party is the only party which can promise a good government in the state if elected to power," the former Deputy Prime Minister said while addressing a public meeting here in support of the...
10:38 AM, Apr 15, 2011
Siliguri: Thunderstorms in large parts of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts of West Bengal on Thursday poured water on the campaign plans of several political heavyweights. While senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders L K Advani and Nitin Gadkari were stranded in Siliguri, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's canvassing schedule for the upcoming assembly polls too was disrupted. The two north Bengal districts have been lashed by rain and thunderstorm since...
03:28 PM, Apr 14, 2011
Siliguri: With only three days of campaigning left in the first phase of assembly elections in West Bengal, senior political leaders from all major parties are set to address public meetings in the state. Canvassing for votes ends April 16 for the April 18 polls in 54 constituencies spread over six north Bengal districts - Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, North Dinjapur, South Dinajpur and Malda. Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will...
04:34 PM, Apr 13, 2011
Thiruvnanthapuram: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday hit back at BJP leader L K Advani over remarks against the government on Lokpal Bill, asking why NDA failed to get it enacted while in power and said UPA was ready to do away with referring the bill to Parliament's Standing Committee as per norms if the Opposition agreed. "What had Advani done? What prevented him from getting the Lokpal bill passed...
05:49 PM, Apr 10, 2011
Kolkata: The BJP on Thursday accused both the CPM and Trinamool Congress (TMC) of having Maoist links and held them responsible for disrupting peace in the state. "While CPM took help of the Maoists for area domination in places like Keshpur, Garbeta and Debra, the Trinamool Congress took help of this ultra outfit in Nandigram to oust its political opponents", BJP state President Rahul Sinha said here on Thursday at...
11:19 AM, Apr 08, 2011
Raha: BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday asked voters in Assam to see that their franchise did not give power to the corrupt, but to honest people who work for them and their state's welfare. "Voting is a sacred right given to you by the Constitution. Use it judiciously to elect only honest and corruption-free candidates," Advani said addressing an election rally in Raha. Asserting that problems of poverty,...
04:01 PM, Apr 06, 2011
Chennai: BJP president Nitin Gadkari and senior leader L K Advani will be among those campaigning for the party in Tamil Nadu for the April 13 elections. Gadkari will be campaigning at Madurai, Manamadurai and Aruppukottai on April seven while Advani is visiting the state on April 10. Advani's itinerary was being finalised, party sources said adding he was likely to address a rally at Chennai. Rajya Sabha MP Hemamalini...
11:19 AM, Apr 06, 2011
Guwahati: The high-voltage campaign for 62 Assembly constituencies in Assam going to the polls in the first phase on April 4 ended in Guwahati on Saturday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressing two rallies. The campaign was high pitched on the last day despite a bandh call given by the Paresh Barua-led anti-talk faction of ULFA to protest the Prime Minister's visit, bad weather in some areas and the World...
05:50 PM, Apr 02, 2011
Melamara: Giving a call for a jihad against corruption, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Friday said the menace has engulfed the UPA at the Centre and the Congress-ruled Assam. "Corruption has become a deep-rooted problem which has engulfed the UPA-led government at the Centre. People should be ready for a 'jihad' (war) to root out corruption from all levels of the government," he said. He was addressing an...
04:25 PM, Apr 01, 2011
Delhi BJP was on Saturday hit by the Wikileaks expose with US diplomatic cables stating that the party leadership had told them that its criticism of the US in public was to score "easy political points" against UPA and when in power, it would not harm the Indo-US nuclear deal. The expose, published by 'The Hindu', drew immediate strong reaction from ruling Congress which asked BJP to apply to itself...
04:36 PM, Mar 19, 2011
New Delhi: The winter session of Parliament was washed out, as the Congress was snowed in by the BJP-led call for a Joint Parliamentary Committee in the 2G spectrum scam. But now even the forthcoming budget session is in danger and this time the BJP might be on the backfoot. Charges have been leveled against BJP Party president Nitin Gadkari and senior leader Ananth Kumar that the two allegedly helped...
11:40 PM, Dec 25, 2010
