Srinagar: The BJP on Saturday said that the party is in no hurry to name its prime ministerial candidate for 2014 Lok Sabha elections. "We still have two years to go for the next general elections. What is the hurry (of naming the prime ministerial candidate)?" BJP leader Rajnath Singh, who is heading a party delegation on study tour of Jammu and Kashmir, told reporters in Srinagar. The former BJP...
02:39 PM, Jun 02, 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
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday passed an amendment to its constitution which will now enable party president Nitin Gadkari's term to be extended by another three years. The amendment was brought by former party president Rajnath Singh, and seconded by another former president M Venkaiah Naidu. Announcing the amendment, party's general secretary JP Nadda said it will also enable extending the tenure of district and state presidents...
01:14 AM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: Decks were cleared for a second consecutive term for Nitin Gadkari as BJP President with the national executive on Thursday amending the party constitution to facilitate the move. Gadkari's current term as president ends in December when he is expected to get a second term, thereby giving him a tenure upto December 2015. A resolution amending the party constitution was moved at the national executive meeting here by former...
11:10 PM, May 24, 2012
Bangalore: Joining issue with senior party leader Rajnath Singh over his "no vacancy" comment, beleaguered BJP Karnataka strongman BS Yeddyurappa on Monday said his comments were "unwarranted" and maintained that he had never clamoured for any party position. "I have never clamoured for any party position or chief minister's post.. the comments are unwarranted," Yeddyurappa said in Bangalore. The former Karnataka chief minister, who recently pushed the party government in...
03:56 PM, May 21, 2012
Lucknow: Former BJP national president Rajnath Singh on Tuesday stressed on the need for an intense debate of the economic model that has been adopted to accelerate reforms in the country. "The model adopted is not suitable keeping in mind the socio-economic and geographic situation of the country and a debate on the issue is must...," Rajnath said. "The main reason (for the debate) is because income disparity is increasing,...
11:46 PM, May 15, 2012
Ghaziabad: In case the Congress fails to prove majority in Uttarakhand Assembly the Governor should invite the BJP to form the government, BJP leader Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. "In Uttarakhand, BJP will form the government if Congress does not prove the majority in the House and in case of failure of Congress in proving the majority the Governor should invite BJP to form the government," the former BJP president...
11:12 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Even as Akhilesh Yadav claims his father Mulayam will be the UP CM, clamour within SP has been growing for Akhilesh. ...
11:15 PM, Mar 07, 2012
After a spectacular victory of his party, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is all set to become the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. ...
10:12 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which got 31 seats, one short of the Congress, in Uttarakhand Assembly elections, on Wednesday began efforts to form the government with its senior leaders trying to establish contact with Independent MLAs and the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD). The BJP is also in touch with UKD (P) MLA (who is actually close to senior Congress leader Satpal Maharaj) but was denied ticket....
05:12 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Rajnath Singh said that if the BJP does not get a clear majority in the UP Assembly polls, it will not form a coalition government in the state. ...
04:56 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Panaji: BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Thursday claimed that his party was the front-runner in the Assembly elections in five states, including Goa. Singh said the common man was fed up with Congress, and BJP would do well in the polls in five states. "The man on the street is exasperated with the anti-people policies and poor performance of the Congress-led governments at the Centre and the states," Singh, who...
06:06 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Sultanpur: Attacking both SP and BSP for supporting Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday charged both parties with supporting it for "saving" their leaders from CBI probe. "The SP and BSP have supported Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to save their leaders from the probe by CBI, which is under direct control of the Centre," Singh said while addressing an election meeting....
04:39 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Rae Bareli: Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday said her stand on not joining active politics remains unchanged even as she took on the BJP for attacking her, asking if it preferred her venturing into politics. "I have been answering this question since I was 15 years old. And the answer is constant and the same. If you do not want to accept my answer to this, and of course, if I...
06:19 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Ghaziabad: BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday said his party has strong chances of winning the elections in Uttar Pradesh and dismissed the idea of forming a coalition government in case it is unable to muster a majority in the Assembly. "BJP is in a very good position of winning the election and forming the government in UP and if any situation arises against it, the party will sit in...
12:03 AM, Jan 30, 2012
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