Mumbai: Criticising the central government over the delay in the passage of the Lokpal Bill, BJP on Saturday said that the Bill should be passed before the Parliament session ends on Tuesday. "Four ministers from the government had met the Opposition leaders on the Lokpal Bill issue. BJP had given suggestions on it and the party is ready to support them in the Parliament. Two days are remaining for the...
01:58 AM, May 20, 2012
Mumbai: All the senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are likely to attend the two-day national executive meeting of the party, beginning in Mumbai on May 24. "340 leaders from the party have been sent invitation. All the leaders from BJP will be present at the meeting. We will not give any opportunity to our opponents to speak on it," BJP's national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said at a...
10:50 PM, May 19, 2012
Indore: BJP on Saturday reiterated its demand for snap polls citing the Congress-led UPA government's "failure" in securing a majority vote on the floor of Parliament on two occasions. "Congress-led UPA government has twice lost the majority on the floor of Parliament; once during Lokpal bill and second on the (Lok Sabha) Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj's amendment in which it could secure only 227 votes as against the required...
10:03 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission has postponed to Monday the hearing in the case against Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma for violation of model code of conduct over his minorities sub-quota remarks following a request from the complainant. The Commission on Monday had granted personal hearing to Verma on February 24 to explain his minorities sub-quota remarks for which the poll body had slapped a notice on him. Sources in...
08:50 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Stung by Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's criticism of its senior leaders LK Advani and Narendra Modi on the issue of corruption, BJP on Monday hit back saying he cannot see corruption at the Centre and has accepted defeat in Uttar Pradesh before the polls. "Neither the BJP nor corruption in Congress governments are visible to Rahul Gandhi. Those who are involved only with themselves and their family...
07:20 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: Amid reports that most its senior leaders are staying away from assembly poll campaigning in Uttar Pradesh, BJP on Friday cleared the air on the issue saying its top brass will "camp" in the state for a month beginning next week. Scoffing at suggestions that party President Nitin Gadkari has been left to handle the campaign following differences on a variety of reasons, BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said...
08:01 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: Anna Hazare's comments that a person has no option but to slap the corrupt when he runs out of tolerance and patience has stoked a fresh controversy. Hazare's comments have come in for sharp criticism from the political class with several leaders condemning it. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party and the Congress came out against Hazare's comment, saying that there are better ways to fight corruption...
12:31 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: Anna Hazare's comments that a person has no option but to slap the corrupt when he runs out of tolerance and patience has stoked a fresh controversy. Hazare's comments have come in for sharp criticism from the political class with several leaders condemning it. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party and the Congress came out against Hazare's comment, saying that there are better ways to fight corruption...
12:31 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Saturday reacted sharply to Rahul Gandhi's comments on tainted former Uttar Pradesh Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, saying he should first look within his own party which has become a "mine of corruption". "Rahul Gandhi should not give such sermons. He should remember that the Congress hand is with former telecom minister A Raja, with Commonwealth Games OC Chairperson Suresh Kalmadi, with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit,...
10:09 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: The NDA coalition on Thursday said that it will continue to boycott Home Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament and also sought his resignation over the 2G scam allegation made by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy. BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu, demanding Chidambaram's resignation, said that the trial court's order to allow Swamy to depose in the 2G case has strengthened the party's stand. "Chidambaram should have resigned when the...
11:44 AM, Dec 08, 2011
New Delhi: BJP on Monday attacked Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, saying he was selling big dreams to the people of Uttar Pradesh while the UPA at the Centre had failed to alleviate the sufferings of the poor. "UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi had said recently that mere speeches are not going to remove corruption. Similarly, the condition in Uttar Pradesh is not going to change with speeches. Congress General Secretary...
08:10 PM, Nov 14, 2011
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister has stated that it was the Prime Minister's Office which insisted on Home Minister P Chidambaram's name being included in the controversial note 2G note. Pranab has also written that the Cabinet Secretariat was in the know about the controversial finance ministry note on the 2G spectrum allocation. He further said that the note was issued...
12:13 PM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday termed the attack on Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal as 'most unfortunate' saying such acts are against the basic tenets of democracy. "This attack is most unfortunate. Such acts are against the basic tenets of democracy. But who is behind this? Who all are angry with Kejriwal? All these things should be fully investigated. Ever since he has been raising his voice against corruption, some...
09:10 PM, Oct 18, 2011
BJP Leader Shahnawaz Hussain welcomed Anna Hazare's game plan and said he is right to target the Congress. ...
02:10 PM, Oct 04, 2011
BJP spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was spreading the massage of love and harmony. ...
03:37 PM, Sep 18, 2011
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