New Delhi: Congress leader Harish Rawat on Sunday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader LK Advani is talking about the country's electoral system just to divert media's attention from his party's internal fighting issue. Noting that the present selection process is vulnerable to "manipulation and partisanship," Advani had earlier in the day asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to introduce a broad-based collegium system to appoint Election Commissioners and...
06:10 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Noting that the present selection process is vulnerable to "manipulation and partisanship," BJP leader LK Advani has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to introduce a broad-based collegium system to appoint Election Commissioners and Comptroller and Auditor General. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the BJP Parliamentary Party said the present system where members to the Election Commission are appointed by the President, "solely on...
11:32 AM, Jun 03, 2012
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11:43 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh said he agreed with senior leader LK Advani's remarks on party president Nitin Gadkari and the mood within the party. "Advaniji is the seniormost leader of the BJP and I accept whatever he says with all regards to him," Rajnath Singh said. Advani criticised party president Gadkari over the crucial decisions taken during UP elections and also the handling of...
02:33 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst reports of a rift within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Delhi to attend a Planning Commission meet. Just a day after senior party leader LK Advani's blog criticised Nitin Gadkari, the party's mouthpiece Kamal Sandesh has slammed Narendra Modi. An editorial article calls the Gujarat Chief Minister a man in a hurry, who is damaging the fabric of...
11:30 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be split wide open. A day after senior leader LK Advani attacked party president Nitin Gadkari in his blog, BJP mouthpiece Kamal Sandesh has slammed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a man in a hurry, who is damaging the fabric of the party. Kamal Sandesh in its editorial on the just concluded BJP National Executive has lamented the lacuna...
07:37 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The rift between the BJP top brass is out in the open with senior leader LK Advani criticising party president Nitin Gadkari over the crucial decisions taken during UP elections and also the handling of the crisis in Jharkhand and Karnataka units of the party. Advani took on Gadkari in his blog, saying that the mood in the BJP is not upbeat. "The mood within the party these...
01:02 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Senior leaders LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj skipped the BJP national executive meet in Mumbai on Friday raising several eyebrows. But the man who really stole the show was Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. After two days of high political drama at the national executive a temporary truce has been called between Narendra Modi and Nitin Gadkari with Sanjay Joshi's exit from the meet, but not all issues...
07:17 AM, May 26, 2012
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11:52 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: Despite a new found bonhomie between Narendra Modi and Nitin Gadkari, differences in BJP seem to be far from over at its National Executive meeting in Mumbai on Friday with leaders LK Advani and Sushama Swaraj set to stay away from a rally scheduled for Friday evening. "Advani's schedule was fixed earlier so he won't be there and Swaraj has to attend a programme in Ghaziabad tomorrow morning," party...
04:14 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani is not upset and is not attending the party rally on Friday evening because of some prior engagement, party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said. Claiming that Advani is not angry over the BS Yeddyurappa episode, she said that there is no dissent in the party over any issue. "Advani is not angry. He had a prior engagement and therefore is not attending...
02:04 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: The war within the BJP is out in the open. A day after skipping the BJP national executive meet where a resolution was passed extending Nitin Gadkari's term as president, senior leader LK Advani is unlikely to attend Friday's rally. Advani is reportedly upset with party's state of affairs and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. The senior BJP leader will return to Delhi instead. Sources have told CNN-IBN...
12:20 PM, May 25, 2012
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled white paper on black money in Parliament on Monday. ...
09:52 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled white paper on black money in Parliament on Monday. According to the white paper black money in bank accounts in Switzerland has reduced from Rs 23,373 crore in 2006 to Rs 9,295 crore in 2010. Here's the full text of the document: ...
04:42 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled white paper on black money in Parliament on Monday. According to the white paper black money in bank accounts in Switzerland has reduced from Rs 23,373 crore in 2006 to Rs 9,295 crore in 2010. Apart from the five per cent stamp duty and NOC from the tax department on property deals, the government has suggested tax incentives on use of credit/debit cards...
12:31 PM, May 21, 2012
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