Even as there have been big names that could have been considered for the post of the President in the party, Gadkari remains the frontrunner with a strong Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) backing. RSS has endorsed Gadkari despite him facing corruption charges and at a stage wher the BJP looks to compete with the Congress, the party would not want to lose RSS's support. ...
02:00 PM, Jan 21, 2013
In more trouble for Nitin Gadkari, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mahesh Jethmalani on Monday threatened to contest for the post of the party chief if the former were given another chance to be the party president. ...
08:26 AM, Jan 21, 2013
Despite reservations by party veteran LK Advani, Nitin Gadkari is likely to be reappointed as the president of main Opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party, with a strong Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) backing. Notification for the elections has been issued while Gadkari is likely to file his nomination on January 23. ...
11:15 PM, Jan 20, 2013
The fight for the post of the BJP president seems to have gotten a new twist. Sources said on Saturday that party veteran LK Advani had suggested senior party member and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj's name for the post. ...
06:39 PM, Jan 20, 2013
The BJP on Sunday issued the notification for its Presidential election. Sources said that Nitin Gadkari is likely to file his nomination papers on January 23, and will be elected unopposed if no other nomination is received. ...
03:24 PM, Jan 20, 2013
The notification for the BJP presidential elections is likely to be announced on Sunday. While the RSS is backing Nitin Gadkari, sources say that veteran leader LK Advani has proposed Sushma Swaraj's name for the post. ...
01:50 PM, Jan 20, 2013
The fight for the post of the BJP president seems to have gotten a new twist. Sources said on Saturday that party veteran LK Advani had suggested Sushma Swaraj's name for the post. ...
08:07 AM, Jan 20, 2013
The entire country is outraged over the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops on the LoC. The ceasefire violations along with the killing and mutilation of Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops have turned into a political war of words in India with the BJP being very vocal and demanding tough action against Pakistan. ...
11:47 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Congress on Tuesday criticized BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's "heads-for-head" remarks saying "it is not proper to do politics on such a sensitive issue. Asked to comment on Swaraj's remarks yesterday that India should get at least ten heads from the other side if Pakistan does not return the head of martyred soldier Hemraj, Congress spokesman Rashid Alvi said while there is no doubt that India will "it is not proper...
03:39 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari slammed senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj saying tactical response and not jingoism is the need of the hour. ...
12:19 PM, Jan 15, 2013
There seems to be a political war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the killing of Indian soldiers by the Pakistan Army. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari slammed senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj saying tactical response and not jingoism is the need of the hour. ...
10:37 AM, Jan 15, 2013
If Pakistan does not return the head of martyred soldier Hemraj, India should get at least ten heads from the other side, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said on Monday and asked the Centre to take tough action against that country. ...
04:27 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Amid tension with Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday spoke to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj and assured them that the Opposition would be kept in loop over the situation. ...
09:26 PM, Jan 14, 2013
BJP on Thursday asked the Centre to take tough steps against Pakistan in the wake of the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers and pledged support to it on the issue even as it rued that the country has a "weak government" which may not be capable of such decisions. ...
08:21 PM, Jan 10, 2013
BJP leaders on Monday held a condolence meeting for the Delhi braveheart and questioned her 'secret' cremation. ...
03:07 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Mounting pressure on the government over the Delhi gangrape issue, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of Opposition Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Monday reiterated her party's demand for a special Parliament session over the issue. ...
03:52 PM, Dec 24, 2012
As protests against the gangrape incident turned violent, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on December 23 called for an all-party meeting and made an appeal to youths not to resort to violence, saying this is not the solution. Swaraj said she had spoken to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in the evening on the need for convening the meeting to "resolve the situation." ...
07:25 PM, Dec 23, 2012
The Shiv Sena executive president said in the party mouthpiece Saamna that Modi had more or less repeated his past performance. ...
11:42 AM, Dec 21, 2012
BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said that the Delhi bus gangrape case should be tried in a fast-track court. ...
11:50 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said that the Delhi bus gangrape case should be tried in fast-track court. "We demand that the case be tried in 30 days and the guilty be hanged," she said. ...
11:19 AM, Dec 19, 2012
