New Delhi: Demanding Manmohan Singh's resignation for allegedly shielding former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and former Railways Minister PK Bansal, the BJP on Sunday said that the Prime Minister has become 'a great burden on the country'.
BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said, "His (Prime Minister) approach is see nothing, hear nothing, do nothing. We want this government to go."
On Karnataka Assembly polls defeat, the BJP leader said, "Central leadership has told state leaders to give a detailed report on karnataka's loss."
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07:16 PM, May 12, 2013
Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday resigned as Railway Minister. ...
09:44 PM, May 10, 2013
Bangalore: The BJP on Saturday described the attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail as the "most unfortunate episode" and slammed the alleged "weak and meek" response of the government on this and other issues, including Chinese incursion. "It is a spineless government. Not just this episode. Even when two Indian soldiers were beheaded (by Pakistan), the government did not utter a single word," BJP senior leader...
04:53 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Hyderabad: In an indirect reference to JD(U) raising objections on announcing Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate of BJP, senior saffron party leader M Venkaiah Naidu said it is not appropriate for the ally to comment on the Gujarat Chief Minister now. "BJP has not discussed about Prime Ministerial candidate. The alliance partners have got every right to have their own view. They can also suggest (on the Prime...
05:35 PM, Apr 17, 2013
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon on Thursday as AIADMK members sought an immediate reply from the government on the alleged harassment of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. ...
12:30 PM, Mar 14, 2013
In wake of the Delhi gangrape case, the BJP today accused UPA government at the Centre of being "arrogant" while in power by refusing its demand for a special Parliament session on the issue, thus sending a wrong message to nation that our system fails to react aptly to such sexual crimes, prompting people to come out on streets. ...
05:48 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Blaming the Prime Minister and Congress for the present stalemate in Parliament, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu has said unless BJP's demand for a debate and voting on FDI in retail are conceded, the protest will go on. ...
04:21 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Hyderabad: BJP on Sunday accused the Congress-led UPA government of adopting double standards on the issue of FDI in multi-brand retail. "(During the NDA regime), the Congress party and its senior leaders like Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi had opposed the FDI in multi-brand retail. However, the same party and its leaders are now supporting it saying that it would not harm the interests of farmers," BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said....
12:31 AM, Nov 05, 2012
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said the UPA Government at the Centre was on a "ventilator" supported by the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) which were always talking about mid-term polls, and termed it as the "worst and corrupt government". BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said the UPA Government was "worst and corrupt government" and the country hadn't had such a government since...
10:13 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: A delegation of BJP MPs from Karnataka on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demand that the order asking the state to provide Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu be withdrawn as the state is suffering from a shortage of water and facing drought-like conditions. The delegation comprising 16 BJP MPs from Karnataka met Singh at his office in New Delhi to inform him that the water level...
02:05 PM, Oct 08, 2012
Hyderabad: Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said his party would decide and announce its prime ministerial candidate ahead of the 2014 general elections, after due discussions. "We will announce at the time of polls who is the prime ministerial candidate. Congress, which is in power, itself has not announced. Today, the situation is such that we have to say who is the leader. People see who the...
06:06 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Hyderabad: A day after controversial author Salman Rushdie hit out at Congress and Rahul Gandhi, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said on Sunday that the Congress was adopting a "selective approach" in this regard. "That was unfortunate... Congress and pseudo-secular parties were selective in their approach," he told reporters in Hyderabad. Venkaiah was reacting to Rushdie's comment that his presence at the Jaipur Literary Festival held in January was...
06:29 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Hyderabad: Alleging that Congress has been "deceiving" people on separate Telangana issue, BJP on Saturday said the UPA government should move a Bill on the formation of the state in the coming budget session of the Parliament. Addressing a public meeting organised at the Nizam College Grounds on the conclusion of 24-day 'Telangana Poru Yatra' (struggle for Telangana), former BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu said the Congress party should have...
12:30 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Vijayawada: Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday demanded that both the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram step down in the wake of Supreme Court's Thursday's ruling in the 2G scam case. "The Supreme Court has indicted the Government, and the PM and the Home Minister have no moral right to continue," Naidu said in Vijayawada. The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled 122 2G...
10:08 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday held the UPA's policies responsible for Delhi High Court blast, saying that a message has gone to terrorists both inside and outside the country and that India is a "soft" state. "After every big terrorist incident, the UPA government repeats its previous statement that we will fight terrorism. We will not tolerate terrorism. When Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram give statements like this, people...
12:47 AM, Sep 09, 2011
Krishnagiri: Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said his party was against offering freebies to voters to win elections. Addressing an election meeting in Krishnagiri, he said, "We are against offering freebies like mixie, grinder or washing machine. Instead we will create adequate job opportunities to raise the income levels of people." The party would take steps to improve basic amenities and economic condition of the people, he...
01:43 PM, Apr 07, 2011
Tezpur/Mariani: Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday claimed that the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre would have to go within six months and a mid-term Lok Sabha polls are imminent. "The Congress government has to go on the issue of corruption and the people will have to face election as they are fed up with the number of scams during the rule of the present UPA government,"...
03:23 PM, Mar 30, 2011
New Delhi: Congress on Sunday accused BJP of politicising the CVC issue after the main opposition party demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's apology for the controversial appointment of P J Thomas to the post, a decision struck down by the Supreme Court. "BJP is trying to fish in troubled waters and sensationalising and politicising a legal issue. He (Prime Minister) has already accepted responsibility for a bona-fide legal error. The...
07:23 PM, Mar 06, 2011
JD-U and BJP leaders want to the sources of his income to be traced. ...
03:23 PM, Nov 22, 2009
Naidu emphasised that the party needs to get a new leadership. ...
03:31 PM, Oct 08, 2009
