Action against Jethmalani is an internal matter of BJP: Rashid Alvi

The BJP on Sunday suspended senior leader and Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani from the party using power vested under Article 25 of BJP's constitution. ...
11:38 PM, Nov 25, 2012

Digvijaya attacks RSS for supporting Gadkari Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday accused RSS of supporting BJP president Nitin Gadkari even as corruption charges against him were being probed. ...  
10:39 PM, Nov 25, 2012

BJP suspends Jethmalani from party with immediate effect In a surprising move, the BJP on Sunday suspended senior leader and Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani from the party using power vested under Article 25 of BJP's constitution. ...  
08:59 PM, Nov 25, 2012

Shatrughan backs Jethmalani's view on CBI director After supporting Ram Jethmalani and Yashwant Sinha's demand of resignation by Nitin Gadkari as BJP chief, party leader Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday sided with Jethmalani again on appointment of Ranjit Sinha as new CBI director, saying there was no ground to initiate disciplinary action against the lawyer-turned politician. ...  
08:19 PM, Nov 25, 2012

No one has the courage to take action against me: Jethmalani Senior Supreme Court lawyer and BJP leader Ram Jethmalani on Sunday challenged the party leadership to take action against him for his stand on the appointment of the new CBI director and party president Nitin Gadkari. ...  
07:26 PM, Nov 25, 2012

Pressure from within BJP on Gadkari to resign The trouble for BJP President Nitin Gadkari is more within than outside. One after the other, senior party MP's have sought his resignation in the wake of allegations against Gadkari's Purti group. ...  
05:30 PM, Nov 25, 2012

Probe Gadkari or stop making claims: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says either a probe should be ordered or the allegations must stop against Nitirn Gadkari. ...
02:07 PM, Nov 25, 2012

Gadkari's wife, sons hold shares in 3 Purti cos: Report BJP president Nitin Gadkari finds himself in more trouble after a Times of India report on Sunday carried details mentioning that his wife and two sons held shares in three Purti Group's shareholding companies. The report added that there were at least six instances which directly linked the BJP chief to the holding companies through his wife Kanchan, sons Nikhil and Sarang, nephew Sandip Bhurchandi, Vice-Chairman of Purti Power and...  
09:20 AM, Nov 25, 2012

BJP hints at disciplinary action against Ram Jethmalani The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday indicated it may take disciplinary action against Ram Jethmalani who has demanded party president Nitin Gadkari's resignation and disagreed with the party's stand over the appointment of new CBI director. ...  
08:43 AM, Nov 25, 2012

BJP stops short of taking action against Jethmalani A day after the two leaders of opposition questioned the appointment of Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police Ranjit Sinha as the new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), support for the government came from unexpected quarters. Senior Supreme Court lawyer and BJP leader Ram Jethmalani congratulated the PM for "averting a national disaster" by appointing Sinha instead of the "other person who wanted to become the CBI chief"....  
08:18 AM, Nov 25, 2012

BJP cautions Jethmalani; Shatrughan says Gadkari should quit
by IANS
The Bharatiya Janata Party's internal troubles resurfaced on Saturday with the party taking a serious note of Ram Jethmalani questioning the stance over appointment of new CBI chief and Shatrughan Sinha joining those who have asked party president Nitin Gadkari to step down as party chief. ...  
07:57 AM, Nov 25, 2012

I'm with Jethmalani, Yashwant on Gadkari issue: Shatrughan

BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday said he was 'ideologically' with Ram Jethmalani and Yashwant Sinha who have sought the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari over allegation of corruption. ...
07:17 PM, Nov 24, 2012

I'm with Jethmalani, Yashwant on Gadkari issue: Shatrughan BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday said he was 'ideologically' with Ram Jethmalani and Yashwant Sinha who have sought the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari over allegation of corruption. ...  
07:17 PM, Nov 24, 2012

Will resign from BJP by month end, says Yeddyurappa Kunigal: Stating that he would resign as BJP legislator from the Assembly by the month end, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday said he would focus on building his new party. "By month end I will tender my resignation as BJP legislator in the state assembly and focus on building my new party," he told reporters after worshipping at Yedyur Siddalingeshwarswamy Temple in Kunigal. Yeddyurappa said BJP ministers...  
01:05 AM, Nov 23, 2012

Yashwant, who took on Gadkari, called corrupt in poster
by IBN7
New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha faced the ire of some party activists, who launched a poster war against him for demanding the resignation of BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who is facing allegations of corruption. Some BJP workers allegedly put up a huge poster in New Delhi in which Sinha has been shown as a corrupt leader. The poster seen on Thursday morning in the national...  
04:34 PM, Nov 22, 2012

Gadkari should not lead anti-corruption march: Petitioners New Delhi: A 16-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making has called on the BJP to stop its party president Nitin Gadkari from leading an anti-corruption march in New Delhi. The march is scheduled for Tuesday, November 21, 2012. The funding behind Gadkari's business - the Purti Sugar and Power Group - is currently under investigation and...  
12:39 PM, Nov 21, 2012

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

Hours after Yashwant Sinha fired a salvo at party president demanding his resignation, sources in the party said that the BJP is not willing to sacrifice Nitin Gadkari at this stage. ...
11:59 PM, Nov 20, 2012

News 360: Yashwant Sinha asks Nitin Gadkari to quit

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday said that those in public life should be beyond reproach. ...
11:19 PM, Nov 20, 2012

BJP not ready to sacrifice Nitin Gadkari at this stage New Delhi: Hours after senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha fired a salvo at party president demanding his resignation, sources in the party said that the BJP is not willing to sacrifice Nitin Gadkari at this stage. The party, however, remained cautioned in its response to initiating disciplinary action against Sinha. Speaking to CNN-IBN, BJP disciplinary committee chairman OP Kohli said that since Yashwant Sinha was an MP,...  
06:21 PM, Nov 20, 2012

BJP chief Nitin Gadkari should quit: Yashwant New Delhi: Just two day before Parliament meets for winter session, Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yashwant Sinha has fired a salvo at his party President Nitin Gadkari and demanded his resignation. Sinha on Tuesday took on Gadkari and said that those in public life should be beyond reproach while referring to the alleged irregularities in investments in Gadkari's Purti Group. "Whether our party president is guilty or not is...  
04:47 PM, Nov 20, 2012