New Delhi: After a stern warning from the Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) prime ministerial candidate, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit out at its biggest ally saying it should refrain from targeting its allies and instead focus on removing the "corrupt" United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. Nitish had, in a veiled threat to the BJP, made it clear that his party will not accept the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the NDA's prime ministerial nominee.
"It is unfortunate if they (JD(U)) concentrate their energies on our chief ministers and dilute focus on ousting UPA. We reject all unfounded inference against Narendra Modi," said BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman, targeting Nitish, who said only someone who can take all sections of society together can become take the top post.
The BJP also hinted that since Modi has been praised for Gujarat's development, Nitish might have felt it unfair and that may be the reason for his criticism. "Though Nitish is developing Bihar, he may feel Gujarat has progressed more," BJP leader Kalraj Mishra said.
"We want to remain together. When did we say that we want to part ways? But when we want to stay together, there are some fundamental issues," Nitish had said earlier on Sunday, making no bones about his reservations on Modi....
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07:15 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Day two of the BJP's National Executive where the party is putting together its strategy for the 2014 General Elections. Sources say the Gujarat Chief Minister is likely to be made the chairman of the BJP election committee but a formal decision unlikely to be taken till the end of March. ...
12:21 PM, Mar 02, 2013
A fact-finding team of National Human Rights Commission, led by commission member Nirmala Sawant-Prabhawalkar, on Thursday visited Murwadi village in Lakhani taluka where three minor sisters were found to have been killed after sexual abuse in February, 2013. ...
04:05 AM, Mar 01, 2013
BJP on Thursday asked the Centre to take tough steps against Pakistan in the wake of the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers and pledged support to it on the issue even as it rued that the country has a "weak government" which may not be capable of such decisions. ...
08:21 PM, Jan 10, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday turned the spotlight on the Congress's chief ministerial candidate for Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh and sought an inquiry into Singh's tax returns and alleged land scams ahead of the elections. The BJP also hit back at the Congress by raking up the corruption accusations against Singh. "Surprised and shocked by the news about my income and Income Tax returns. Surprised and...
12:37 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday ruled out the resignation of Union Law Minister over the controversy surrounding his trust. Hitting out at the television channel that conducted the sting operation sparking the controversy, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh said its claim that no camps were held have been proved wrong. Speaking to CNN-IBN, the Congress general secretary said, "The channel has been proved wrong that no camps were heldthree...
01:24 PM, Oct 15, 2012
BJP demanded Congress and UPA ministers TO stop defending Robert Vadra and order a fair, free and comprehensive inquiry into his business dealings. ...
07:20 PM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: In the wake of fresh charges levelled by social activist Arvind Kejriwal against Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, BJP on Tuesday demanded Congress and UPA ministers stop defending him and order a fair, free and comprehensive inquiry into his business dealings. BJP alleged Congress has not gone for any proper inquiry or ensured that the guilty are brought to book in several scams, including the Commonwealth Games and...
06:55 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Relatives of popular southern actress Soundarya, who died in a plane crash in 2004, are fighting a legal battle over her property, which is estimated to be worth Rs 50 crore. Soundarya was campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Andhra Pradesh ahead of the Lok Sabha elections when her plane crashed on April 17 and she died along with her brother Amarnath. Her mother KS Manjula and her ex-husband...
02:40 PM, Oct 04, 2012
BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharam on Friday said that the downward revision of growth forecast by Fitch is a reflection of the government's inaction. Fitch Ratings on Friday cut its 2012 growth forecasts for India to 6 per cent from 6.5 per cent on deteriorating global growth outlook with diminished willingness or capacity to respond with domestic policy loosening, compared with 2009. India's economic outlook remains challenging. Investment rose just 0.7 ...
11:52 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Hyderabad: BJP would organise programmes across the country to explain to the people its stand in Parliament and the irregularities committed by the UPA government in allocation of coal blocks, said party spokesperson Nirmala Sitaraman on Saturday. "We will take the issue to the people and various programmes would be organised in every corner of the country to tell the people about the huge loss caused by allocation of coal...
04:41 AM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday criticised the National Commission for Women (NCW) saying its members were randomly passing statements on the Guwahati molestation incident. "Without the report being approved, it is made public by the members," said party spokesperson Nirmala Sitaraman in a scathing criticism of the commission. "The NCW has gone to Guwahati and done a disservice to the victim," she added. She further said that the Assam...
03:32 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: Dismissing Law Minister Salman Khurshid's statement that he will take the 4.5 per cent sub-quota issue to the Supreme Court, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said religion based reservation was not legally sustainable and Congress had misled the minorities with the politically-motivated step. Asked about the government decision to file a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court on the issue, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said...
08:06 PM, May 29, 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
Bhopal: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Nirmala Buch, who has been named as one of the two mediators to hold talks with Maoists to secure the release of abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, said in Bhopal on Wednesday that she was optimistic about her mission. "I am by nature a very optimistic person and I am very hopeful that I would be able to work out something with...
04:18 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Five years ago, one 'almost' broke the story of India's next President. Amidst feverish speculation, a source sent an sms: "Congratulations! India is getting its ...
12:06 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the controversy over troop movement towards the national capital in January, BJP on Thursday batted for Army Chief VK Singh, saying his loyalty should not be questioned even as it demanded the government remove the trust deficit with the army and improve defence preparedness. "There cannot be any room for speculation on our armed forces. There cannot be any occasion to question the army...
02:41 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Finance Minister Pranab Mukharjee is all set to present his 7th Budget in Parliament on Friday. ...
09:15 AM, Mar 16, 2012
BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said that the entire credit for BJP's good show goes to party President Nitin Gadkari. ...
11:23 AM, Mar 06, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday took strong exception to Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's reported remark that the next UP Chief Minister will be from Congress whose "remote will be in Rahulji's hands", saying that the constitutional posts should be spoken of with respect. "Chief Minister's post is a constitutionally provided post...where is the respect for the institution when words like remote-control are used," BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said at...
10:39 PM, Feb 09, 2012
