New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears to have made up its mind to expel Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani from the party, according to party sources.
"Jethmalani's open defiance seems to have forced BJP leadership to take action against him," BJP sources said.
This comes after Jethmalani asked the BJP's top leadership in Parliament to take a call on his suspension. He also accused the party brass of being soft on the UPA. Jethmalani, who has written a letter to Rajnath Singh, was suspended from the party for his attack on Nitin Gadkari earlier in 2012.
Jethmalani's tirade against the party leadership started with he and his son Mahesh seeking party president Nitin Gadkari's resignation over the Purti controversy. ...
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03:25 PM, Jan 23, 2013
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10:57 PM, Jan 21, 2013
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07:31 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Acting on a court order, the police on Thursday lodged a case against suspended BJP MP Ram Jethmalani for his controversial remarks on Lord Rama during a function in Delhi on November 8. ...
01:46 AM, Jan 18, 2013
Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani and Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari have reached a truce after over a month of former's suspension from the party, according to the sources. Senior party leader LK Advani mediated the truce after they met at his residence, sources added. ...
01:39 PM, Jan 11, 2013
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11:28 AM, Dec 29, 2012
A court on Wednesday directed Neredmet Police to investigate into allegations against suspended BJP MP Ram Jethmalani for outraging religious feelings by his controversial comments on Lord Ram. ...
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09:19 PM, Nov 27, 2012
The BJP's internal drama is becoming more bitter by the day. MP and veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani, who was suspended and then issued a show cause notice asking why he should not be expelled, has again written to Nitin Gadkari, this time, slamming senior leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj. ...
03:07 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Amidst the raging controversy over the appointment of the new CBI director Ranjit Sinha, the outgoing chief of the investigative agency AP Singh has gone on record to state that it was actually the CBI itself that had first mooted the idea of a collegium to appoint the CBI Director. Echoing the Opposition BJP's demand for a body, comprising of PM, the CJI and the Leader of Opposition in the...
02:34 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley has refused to comment on the scathing criticism of him by suspended party leader Ram Jethmalani in a letter addressed toe the party's parliamentary board earlier on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Jaitley said that Jethmalani's remark hinting at his involvement in the CBI director appointment row did not deserve any reply. ...
11:53 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Suspended BJP leader Ram Jethmalani remains defiant and says that the party's action against him will not have any effect on him. ...
11:19 AM, Nov 27, 2012
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08:42 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Suspended BJP MP Ram Jethmalani on Monday adopted a dismissive stance towards the show cause notice issued to him by the party asking why he should not be expelled and said he is too busy with his law practice to answer such documents. ...
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