Bangalore: BJP leader LK Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged on Monday. The BJP rubbished the allegations. "I have documents and will release them at the appropriate time," V Dhananjaya Kumar, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and junior central minister in the BJP-led National...
05:09 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Bangalore/Ranebennur: Top BJP leaders LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Rajnath Singh on Sunday held public rallies across Karnataka seeking to give a big thrust to the party which is seeking a renewed mandate in May Assembly polls. Advani addressed meetings at Ranebennur and Davangere, Rajnath Singh in Chikkodi and M Venkaiah Naidu at Sindhanoor and Gangavathi in north Karnataka, from where the party draws much of its strength. Swaraj addressed...
11:42 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: BJP on Sunday charged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his government lack the courage and the sensitivity needed to deal with issues like security of women and increasing frequency of rape cases in the capital and the rest of the country. Addressing a public meeting in New Delhi, BJP President Rajnath Singh said the UPA government is inching towards "zero sensitivity" towards the plight of women. "The...
10:23 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Bangalore: Top BJP leaders will kickstart their party campaign for the May 5 assembly polls in Karnataka on Sunday. Senior party leaders including LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Rajnath Singh among others will hold simultaneous public meetings at 10 places across the state. While Advani will campaign at Ranebennuru and Davangere, Sushma Swaraj will hold a public meeting in Bangalore. Meanwhile, in light of the bomb blast near the BJP...
09:17 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: BJP is set to corner the Government in Parliament over the leakage of JPC report on 2G Spectrum allocation, coal scam and the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi as the second phase of the Budget Session begins on April 22. The executive committee of the BJP Parliamentary Party on Saturday held a meeting at the residence of LK Advani to evolve its strategy in Parliament....
06:00 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Bangalore: The capital of Karnataka once again faced a terror strike when a bomb exploded near the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Malleshwaram on Wednesday morning injuring at least 16 people including 11 police personnel. Two temples are also located near the blast site and at the moment of explosion, several devotees were on their way to the places of worship. Fortunately there were no deaths even as the...
04:41 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: BJP on Wednesday termed as unfortunate the bomb blast outside its office in Bangalore and maintained that this "terror act" appeared to be the job of some sleeper cells active due to "lack of efforts" in fighting terror by the Centre. BJP President Rajnath Singh refused to react to Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed's contention that the blast would help the right-wing party in the forthcoming Assembly elections in...
04:35 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Are the ties between the Janata Dal United and the Bharatiya Janata Party reaching breaking point over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate? Senior leaders from Bihar will meet party chief Rajnath Singh on April 18 in Delhi. The Bihar BJP leaders say Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's veiled threat over Narendra Modi is not acceptable. "The Chief Minister's attack on Narendra Modi is against...
11:22 AM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party is scrambling to tackle Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's ultimatum on its Prime Ministerial candidate. The Bihar BJP core group will meet party chief Rajnath Singh on April 18 in Delhi. The BJP will discuss Nitish's ultimatum on keeping out Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from the PM race. Top state leaders of the BJP will join the meeting, including Sushil Modi, Mangal Pandey,...
09:55 AM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday hit out at Congress for doing "nothing for Dalits" in the country and "using" them as mere "vote bank". "Congress ruled the country for 54 years out of the 65 years since independence. This is not little time, but it made no effort to lift your status," Singh said while addressing a gathering on the occasion of BR Ambedkar's 122nd birth anniversary....
03:58 AM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: In the backdrop of NDA ally JD(U)'s attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Rajnath Singh on Sunday said relationship with coalition partners will "remain good". "Our relationships with all the coalition partners were good, are good and will remain good," he told reporters in Delhi without elaborating when asked about his reaction to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's criticism of Modi. Singh was speaking on...
02:00 AM, Apr 15, 2013
While speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh ruled out an apology from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 Gujarat riots. Below is the full text of the transcript: Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. Could Narendra Modi be the great savior of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or its biggest problem? That is the key issue I shall...
08:30 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh has ruled out an apology for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 Gujarat riots. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Rajnath said Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister had to apologise for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots because of the comments Rajiv Gandhi had made then. Below is the transcript of an excerpt from the interview: Karan Thapar: Both...
09:30 AM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: A day after the Janata Dal (United) - a key ally of Bharatiya Janata Party - made it loud and clear that it will not support Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the NDA's prime ministerial candidate, it is set to further press its demand in its resolution which will be passed on the second day of the JD(U) National Executive Meeting on Sunday. The party in its...
08:49 AM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: As its ally Janata Dal (United) prepares to adopt its crucial political resolution on Sunday, Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh has expressed hope that any anti-Narendra Modi resolution brought by the JD(U) would be amended. He added that it was not the party president but the BJP's Central Parliamentary Board which will decide on the prime ministerial candidate. Singh was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate....
07:35 AM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday met BJP chief Rajnath Singh at his residence where the two leaders were understood to have held consultations on NDA's strategy ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Nitish is in the capital to attend the two-day national executive and council meeting of JD(U) that began on Saturday in which a number of state chiefs of his party complained of being ignored and...
11:25 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: With the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) national meeting expected to dwell on the issue of prime ministerial candidate of the NDA, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Saturday said any issues between the two parties would be sorted out. He was referring to reservations that the JD(U) have expressed over the clamour within the BJP to project Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the alliance's prime minister candidate, ahead of...
03:36 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: A new poster of upcoming Punjabi film 'Rangeelay' was launched on the occasion of Baisakhi. The poster showcases its lead actors - Jimmy Shergill and Neha Dhupia, wishing everyone 'Happy Baisakhi' in Punjabi. The poster is very colourful, very much in accordance with the movie's title. Directed by Navaniat Singh, the movie is produced by Jimmy in association with Eros International. It marks the debut of Neha Dhupia...
03:10 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal United national executive meet is set to be held in the national capital on Saturday. JD(U) office bearers met party chief Sharad Yadav on Saturday morning ahead of the meeting. The JD(U) has already raised pitch on the Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate. It has clearly said that it wants the name to be announced at the earliest. JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari though said...
10:31 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ally Janata Dal United JD(U) is set to raise the pitch over the Prime Ministerial candidate issue at its national executive meet that starts on Saturday. It is likely to demand that the BJP names its Prime Ministerial candidate within a specific time frame, insisting that the nominee should have secular credentials. With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's rising graph and some BJP...
07:50 AM, Apr 13, 2013
