New Delhi: It now appears to be a fight to the finish between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As the BJP continued to paralyse Parliament for over a week on Tuesday over the coal blocks allocation, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi asked her MPs to be ready for a street fight. And this, even as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) refused to join a public debate over...
11:12 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, on Tuesday fired another salvo at the Congress saying that the ruling party got 'Mota Maal' (kickbacks) from Karnataka's Reddy brothers too. Sushma had on Monday alleged that Congress party had received hefty kickbacks in the coal blocks allocation. "Laloo Yadav wants to know as to who got 'Mota Maal' from Reddy Bros?...
07:10 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The coal war between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress stalled Parliament for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday. Both the Houses were adjourned till Thursday as the Opposition MPs continued to demand Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the CAG report on coal blocks allocation, alleging that he was morally responsible for the huge loss to the state exchequer due to the faulty policy of giving...
03:38 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Hitting back at Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who on Tuesday condemned BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's choice of words at a press conference where she said Congress had gained "mota maal" or massive profits in the coal blocks allocations, BJP leaders said that she should first look within. "We don't need lessons from Sonia. She was the one to use the term 'maut ka saudagar' for Narendra Modi. Was...
12:22 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi finally broke her silence on Tuesday to exhort her party members to fight the "intemperate criticism and negative politics" of BJP over the coal blocks allocations. "We need to fight the intemperate criticism and negative politics of BJP. They are holding Parliament to ransom," she told party members at an early morning meet. She further condemned the Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj for her...
10:20 AM, Aug 28, 2012
While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed the Opposition-ruled states for the coal blocks allocations, the BJP dismissed the allegations and demanded a SIT probe. ...
10:10 AM, Aug 28, 2012
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11:48 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday took charge of the government's defense on coal blocks allocation, saying that he took full responsibility for the decisions of the Coal Ministry. An unusually reclusive Singh recited a couplet to claim that there was no impropriety or irregularity in coal blocks allocation, contrary to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report. While the Prime Minister said that the observations of the...
06:19 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Rejecting the Prime Ministers statement on the issue of coalgate, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday took a tough stand against the government demanding Manmohan Singhs resignation and cancellation of all 142 coal blocks allocated during the UPA rule. The principle Opposition also hit out at the government that despite losing revenues, Congress earned massive profits from the coal allotments. The BJP said that the Congress profited...
05:15 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Bhopal: Amidst the ongoing stalemate in Parliament, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said he was ready for an open debate on the coal scam issue with Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj. "I am ready for an open debate with Swaraj," the Congress General Secretary said in a statement. Swaraj, being the Leader of Opposition, should in fact have a debate on the floor of the...
06:57 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: With the impasse in Parliament continuing, Government on Thursday reached out to the main Opposition with Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde meeting BJP leader Sushma Swaraj after which he hoped the matter could be resolved by Monday. "Yes, I have talked to her a little bit," Shinde said outside Parliament while referring to his meeting with the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Asked by when the...
04:39 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and BJP member Sushma Swaraj said that the coal scam was the UPA's biggest yet. "The UPA is full of corruption. The PM is directly responsible for the scam. He cannot hide behind any argument now. No A Raja or Chidambaram can be used as shield like in the 2G spectrum scam case," she said. Leader of Opposition in the Rajya...
03:56 PM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha adjourned its Question Hour while the Lok Sabha was in uproar. The reason: the Northeast exodus from Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai and Hyderabad. While an adjournment motion was passed in Lok Sabha over the issue, it was disallowed, following which BJP leader Sushma Swaraj took the centrestage, exhorting the parties to forget their differences and come together on this issue. "Lakhs of people are leaving their...
11:30 AM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: In the wake of veteran leader Keshubhai Patel's resignation from the party, the BJP on Saturday said it will try to prod him to rethink his decision as he is a respected leader who has worked for the party. "Keshubhai Patel is a veteran and very respected leader. He has resigned from the party. We will persuade him not to take any such step in the interest of...
08:06 PM, Aug 04, 2012
New Delhi: With the stand-off between her party and the NCP continuing, Congress President Sonia Gandhi was on Monday heard asking NCP leader Praful Patel to "do something" to end the crisis. Gandhi's remark in half-jest at the tea party after the farewell function held for outgoing President Pratibha Patil drew an instant reaction from Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, who was also having a chat with the Congress chief....
09:59 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: Faced with rebellion in the party's state unit on the issue of portfolio distribution, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Saturday met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari and other central leaders to seek guidance on Cabinet expansion. Accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok, Shettar also met senior BJP leaders including L K Advani, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj at Gadkari's residence in New Delhi. BJP's...
10:51 PM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: Hamid Ansari will be the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate in the Vice Presidential elections for second term, Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced in New Delhi on Saturday. "Ansari will shortly finish his term as Vice President. He has presided over the Rajya Sabha with dignity. UPA is honored to nominate him for a second term as Vice President," Sonia said. Sources say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke...
05:55 PM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: The NDA's Presidential candidate PA Sangma on Thursday filed his nomination papers in the presence of senior leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Subramanian Swamy. Also present for the event were Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik and SAD Chief Parkash Singh Badal. The UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee filed his nomination papers earlier in the day. Going by...
02:45 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday dismissed as "irrelevant and unfortunate" Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's objection to his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi becoming NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate in 2014 general elections but said that the "mature" coalition is not under any threat. "It is an irrelevant and unfortunate debate," Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said in reply to a question on Kumar's comments against Modi. She...
05:07 PM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: Expressing gratitude to the BJP for supporting his Presidential bid, former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma on Thursday appealed to NDA allies JD(U) and Shiv Sena, which are opposed to his candidature, as well as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to back him in the July 19 poll. Soon after the BJP announced its support for him, the 64-year-old on Thursday said that his candidature was sponsored...
01:40 PM, Jun 21, 2012
