Mumbai: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said a BJP nominee will be the National Democratic Alliance's candidate for the Prime Ministerial post. "Six out of the seven NDA allies have no aversion if the candidate does not meet the secular standards of Janata Dal (United)," Swamy said in response to questions after addressing the Global Patriotic Tweeples' Conference.
Swamy also said the leadership issue can be discussed and decided at the NDA meeting, but added that it is not necessary to have such a meeting at this stage. Earlier, addressing the conference, Swamy said the UPA was on its way out and if the NDA plays its cards well, it will definitely form the next government.
An NDA ally, the Janata Party leader criticised the UPA for proposing to bring the Prevention of Communal Violence Bill. "Let them act foolishly and bring it in this budget session itself. I will move the court because the provisions are shocking...," he said.
In his speech, Swamy said India was on the verge of a new revolution based on social media. He asked the delegates to participate as "soldiers" in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections by working at the booth level and ensuring people in their localities come out and vote....
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03:36 PM, Apr 13, 2013
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05:28 PM, Apr 09, 2013
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03:53 PM, Apr 08, 2013
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11:05 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Rampur: Hitting back at the Congress, which compared Narendra Modi to 'yamraj', the Lord of Death in Hindu mythology, the BJP on Saturday said the Gujarat Chief Minister will prove fatal for the ruling party in the next Lok Sabha polls. "Yes, Narendra Bhai is yamraj but only for those who had and have been adopting terrorism, corruption and conspiracies against the nation. Congress has rightly seen Modi in the...
07:04 PM, Apr 06, 2013
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06:39 PM, Apr 03, 2013
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10:39 PM, Mar 29, 2013
The Congress gets back to BJP after the speech of Narendra Modi by saying that, BJP lacks a national leader. The Congress leader Narayanaswamy said, "Sri Narendra Modi doesn't know the political culture. It is unfortunate BJP leaders were climbing to be national leaders, but now they are trying to reach the state leaders for the sake of 2014 elections." ...
10:20 PM, Mar 03, 2013
The three-day conclave of BJP kicked off on Saturday with the spotlight on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, projected by some as the party's Prime ministerial face, amid voices in the party that his popularity has grown significantly to make a mark on the national polity. ...
12:30 AM, Mar 02, 2013
BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday voiced her prime ministerial ambitions by asking party workers to ensure a "big victory" for it in the next Lok Sabha elections so that she can deliver the Independence Day speech from the Red Fort. ...
09:06 PM, Feb 17, 2013
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09:14 PM, Feb 10, 2013
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04:18 PM, Feb 07, 2013
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08:04 PM, Jun 22, 2012
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12:07 PM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: "Dum hai ya nahi, 2014 mein pata chalega. (Whether the movement still has the steam, we will come to know in 2014)." This was how Anna Hazare on Wednesday responded to queries whether his anti-corruption movement still has the support and not fizzled out. The 74-year-old activist, a veteran of several protests, was releasing a book titled 'Anna: 13 Days That Awakened India' written by TV journalist Ashutosh...
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03:15 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: Even as Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi chose to skip the National Executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), talks about the party's prime ministerial candidate for the next elections gained momentum on Friday. While Gujarat BJP in-charge Balbir Punj said that Modi was the best prime ministerial candidate, party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that there were several strong PM candidates in the party. Further, taking...
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