New Delhi: The BJP hit out at the UPA government after the CBI registered an FIR against Congress MP Naveen Jindal and former union minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao in the coal blocks allocation scam. BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar accused the Congress of looting the country. "Naveen Jindal and Dasari Narayan's name has come up in the coalgate scam. It has proved how the Congress is looting the country," said Javadekar.
The BJP also demanded the details of the money trail in the coal scam. "The PMO, Coal Ministry and Congress changed the coal report. The PMO should permit questioning as the CBI is demanding of the coal secretary immediately. PMO should not interfere in the functioning of the CBI," said Javadekar.
Congress MP Naveen Jindal and former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao were on Tuesday named as accused in the fresh FIR filed by CBI in connection with the coal allocation scam. The agency has also booked Jindal Steel and Power and four other companies in the scam.
This is the 12th FIR registered by the agency in connection with its probe in coal allocation scam. The sources said Rao has already been questioned by the agency....
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01:11 PM, Jun 11, 2013
The BJP rejected media reports on RSS's involvement in the LK Advani controversy. BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, "Congress and some other vested interests are drawing the name of RSS into the controversy. RSS has not taken or given any instructions or decisions in this matter. We condemn this effort to defame the RSS." ...
12:56 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said his heart goes out to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran LK Advani, who skipped the ongoing BJP national executive meet in Goa citing ill health. "My heart goes out to Advani-ji. He brought the BJP from two to 182 in the Lok Sabha. But then the ungrateful BJP is a party with differences," tweeted Digvijaya. BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told...
12:29 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Panaji: Amid reports of a rift within the BJP, especially after LK Advani's decision to skip the National Executive Meeting, party president Rajnath Singh said the conclave would end on a positive note and everyone will go back "happy". In his inaugural address at the national executive meeting here, Rajnath Singh said everyone will go home "happy, energised and enthusiastic", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters. The...
06:00 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Panaji: Hitting out at the Centre, BJP on Saturday said the clean chit to Vincent George, aide of Sonia Gandhi, in a disproportionate assets case, is another example of "use, abuse and misuse" of CBI and charged that it is using the premier agency to wind-up cases against its people. "The clean chit to Vincent George by the CBI is yet another example of the political misuse of the agency...
05:50 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Shillong: BJP on Tuesday alleged that government's rejection of CBI plea to question former coal secretary HC Gupta was to "shield" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during whose tenure as Coal minister, coal blocks were allotted to private companies. "This is being done to save the Prime Minister," BJP leader Prakash Javadekar told PTI in Shillong. He said CBI plea to question the former coal secretary was to obtain clues as...
01:20 AM, Jun 05, 2013
Siliguri: The BJP will put up candidates in almost all the seats in the coming panchayat polls in West Bengal, senior party leader Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday. "We will put up candidates in all the seats in the panchayat polls in West Bengal. We will also do well in the polls," Javadekar, the BJP official Spokesperson told reporters in Siliguri. We will do well in the panchayat polls as...
01:24 AM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) termed the UPA's report card as a "non-report card" that hid all the scams and revealed only what was convenient to the ruling dispensation. The Opposition party also lashed out at the UPA for "blaming it for its own failures". "The UPA's report card is a non report card. It hides all the scams and reveals only the convenient. More importantly, Congress is...
11:17 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that the Opposition was responsible for the UPA's failure to pass the Food Security Bill, saying the UPA government should emulate the Chhattisgarh Food Security Act. The Bharatiya Janata Party said the Chhattisgarh Food Security Act covers a higher proportion of the population and provides foodgrain at a cheaper cost. "If the Congress...
04:12 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: The main Opposition the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch an agitation against the government in all state capitals on May 4 and 5, attacking the UPA regime on various issues such as the 2G scam and the coal scam. "BJP has decided to take the fight against the massive cover up of Congress regime from Parliament to the people of country. On May 4 and 5, we...
12:07 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: BJP members of a Parliamentary Committee have demanded that officials of the Defence Ministry and the Army be called before it. They are seeking explanation on the issue of Chinese incursion, to get a clear picture of the situation and on how the government is handling it. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Prakash Javadekar, members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, have written to Chairman Raj Babbar, seeking...
04:00 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said it was ready for an early Lok Sabha election. The party's statement came a few days after BJP's senior party leader LK Advani predicted early polls in the country. "We are ready for elections for Lok Sabha and the six scheduled (assembly) elections...it was Advaniji who guided the deliberations and he gave that good governance, prudent politics and ideal image...
05:30 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: BJP on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments of neither ruling himself in or out for a third term in office as "day-dreaming", saying the general sentiment of the country was against Congress and ruled the possibility of it coming back to power. Everybody has a right to day-dream. But people have already ruled out possibility of any return of Congress or UPA government again as people...
10:25 PM, Apr 05, 2013
The opposition slammed Rahul Gandhi's attempt to woo India Inc, saying that it was "confusion confounded". ...
08:44 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday slammed Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's address at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) calling him a 'confused leader'. The BJP went on to say the fear of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is clear in Rahul Gandhi. "Rahul should have answered what he did in the past nine years. Instead he himself is asking questions," BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said. "One...
12:45 PM, Apr 04, 2013
BJP on Monday said it is open to all steps by the Election Commission for electoral reforms, including making public all donations to political parties, and maintained it will abide by any change in rules the poll panel seeks on the issue. Asked about reports that the Election Commission and the government have differences over making it mandatory for political parties to declare all donations before it, BJP says it...
03:10 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Union Public Service Commission's decision to scrap regional language test in its exams has led to a controversy and the BJP and the Shiv Sena are calling the decision anti-people. ...
11:59 AM, Mar 07, 2013
BJP on Tuesday expressed its disagreement with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over repealing of Armed Forces Special Powers Act, saying the state should not speak against this law as it has already passed a similar legislation in its Assembly. ...
07:28 PM, Mar 05, 2013
The main Opposition BJP called for an inquiry into the farm debt waiver scheme after CAG report highlighting government's lapses and irregularities in implementing the scheme. "There are things rotting somewhere and that is why we want an in-depth inquiry because without that you won't be able to prove the nexus," said BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar. ...
03:25 PM, Mar 05, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party has finally reacted to the cancellation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's keynote address at the Wharton India Economic Forum. Calling it a 'small incident', BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said, "It's not foreigners who will be voting for Modi, it's the Indian people." ...
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