New Delhi: BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani Prime Ministerial ambitions have received a severe jolt with the elevation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the 2014 election campaign in-charge. It is believed that it was Narendra Modi who prepared and implemented the plan to push Advani to the background.
Known as the iron man of BJP, Advani had never missed the party's National Executive but during the Goa conclave he had an upset stomach and did not attend the meeting. Political experts say that Advani was absent because Narendra Modi was being given one of the most important positions in the party. Advani had given enough hints that he would not accept his disciple-turned-rival Modi's elevation. But the rank and file of the BJP had been demanding that Modi be made BJP's PM candidate for 2014 elections and some people also protested outside Advani's house in Delhi for his refusal to attend the meet.
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12:08 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: A day after JD(U)'s bitter exit from the NDA, the BJP has now released a 2003 video which shows Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the then railways minister in the NDA government, praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. He is seen congratulating Modi for his electoral win and calling the Gujarat riots a sad incident which people must move on from. The video has now led to a...
11:40 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Mumbai: Television actress Rucha Gujarathi, who recently got divorced, says she came out of the rough phase with dignity. 'Kkusum' and 'Bhabhi' fame actress married businessman Mitul Sanghavi on Oct 24, 2010, and according to reports, in June last year she filed a complaint against her husband and in-laws for abusing her physically and mentally. Soon after that the couple filed for divorce, which came through in April this year....
05:32 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress on Saturday demanded resignation of state Cabinet Minister Babu Bokhiria after a court in Porbandar sentenced him to three years imprisonment in the Rs 54 crore illegal limestone mining case of 2006. "We demand immediate resignation of the Gujarat Water Resources Minister who has been convicted by a court in Porbandar for three years in an illegal limestone mining case," Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Shankarsinh...
12:31 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Water Resources Minister Babubhai B Bokhiriya was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in 2006 illegal mining case by Porbandar Sessions Court on Saturday. Bokhiriya was found guilty in the Rs 54 crore illegal mining case. The minister has been taken into custody and has seven days to appeal against the conviction in the High Court. The other three who have been sentenced to jail in the case...
01:23 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Rajkot: Amidst mounting speculation over the fate of JD(U)-BJP alliance, a Bihar Minister and BJP leader on Friday said Narendra Modi was the most popular politician in the eastern state and fit to be Prime Minister. "Narendra Modi is more popular than any other local leader in Bihar and he is fit to become Prime Minister of the country," Giriraj Singh, who holds the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries portfolio in...
02:36 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Anand: Expressing concern over malnutrition in Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the people to give attention to the health of their children to tackle the menace. Modi was speaking at a Shala Praveshotsav (school enrollment) function at Megalpur village in Sojitra taluka in the district in Anand. "This is the same district from where rivers of milk flows," Modi said apparently referring to Amul. "But I find...
12:06 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government bore the wrath of the High Court on Friday as it slammed the administration for "obstructing" the CBI probe into the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. CBI sources had said that the Gujarat government was opposed to one of its officers, Satish Verma, carrying out the investigations. The HC bench tore into the government asking whether its duty was to cooperate with the agency or create...
05:30 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Gujarat High court, hearing Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, has on Friday told the Central Bureau of Investigation that the focus should be on ensuring proper investigation. "For the CBI, the focus should be on ensuring proper investigation. Your investigation should not focus on whether the Intelligence Bureau data was genuine or false," said Justice Jayant Patel. The CBI wanted IPS officer Satish Verma to continue assisting...
02:45 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday blamed the past Congress governments for ignoring primary education in the state. "Past governments (Congress) in the state have sinned by keeping society in the dark and ignoring the primary education in the state," Modi said at the time of inaugurating the eleventh edition of 'Shala Praveshotsav' (school admission festival). Addressing parents and students in Lihoda village of Dehgam near in Ahmedabad,...
01:54 AM, Jun 14, 2013
If elections were to be held in the social media, Narendra Modi would almost certainly be 'crowned' Prime Minister. Modi has more than 17 lakh ...
12:01 AM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has questioned the Central Government's ambitious plan to provide food security to the poor. Modi said Gujarat has a food security scheme in place for the last 10 years, but the Centre has woken up to it just now. Modi expressed doubts about the Centre's intentions on his twitter account. Modi tweeted that the poor people in Gujarat were being provided wheat at...
02:49 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday clarified why it is probing Intelligence Bureau Special Director Rajendra Kumar's role in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. The agency publicly claimed that it has evidence which shows a senior IB officer colluded in the 2004 fake encounter by Gujarat Police. Sources say the CBI has call detail records to prove Kumar's role in the alleged encounter. Sources say the...
02:26 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: In yet another uncomfortable development for the Narendra Modi government, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday summoned former Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police KR Kaushik as an accused in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. The CBI said that Kaushik's name came up during questioning of suspended IPS officer DG Vanzara. Vanzara had been arrested from jail recently and questioned by the CBI in connection with the...
06:51 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has begun consultations with senior JD(U) leaders over continuing of ties with BJP after the anointment of Narendra Modi as its poll panel chief with a senior state minister claiming that the 'days of ties' between the two NDA partners seem to be numbered. "Days of JD(U) ties with BJP are numbered," a senior JD(U) minister, who participated in the consultation, told PTI on...
03:30 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Bhubaneswar: BJP on Tuesday alleged that BJD's remarks against Narendra Modi was allegedly because of a deal with Congress to escape possible CBI action in the state in the coal scam. "Naveen Patnaik is reported to have stated that Modi is not acceptable at the national level...his statement is obviously because of a deal between BJD and Congress," BJP Odisha unit general secretary and spokesman Suresh Pujary alleged at a...
12:32 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday night met BJP patriarch LK Advani whose resignation from key posts had created a flutter in the party. The Chief Minister, who flew to Delhi late at night, held a brief meeting with the octogenarian leader at his residence in Delhi. Advani had on Monday resigned from three main forums of the BJP-- national executive, parliamentary board and election...
12:08 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Nawada: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi on Tuesday hailed Narendra Modi's anointment as the poll campaign chief of BJP and said that the decision will boost party's prospects in the Assembly polls in several states as well as in the next General Elections. "The BJP stands to gain immensely in the ensuing Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, besides the next General Elections following the Gujarat...
05:25 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: Punching holes in the claims of state Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a Planning Commission working paper said that Gujarat has underperformed in health and education sectors. According to a Planning Commission's paper on 'Refining State Level Comparisons in India', "Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra have each underperformed in two of the three sectors analysed." The working paper 2012 series has analysed the performance of...
02:32 AM, Jun 11, 2013
In a big boost to Narendra Modi's political career, BJP President Rajnath Singh appointed the Gujarat Chief Minister party's election campaign committee chief for 2014 polls. ...
11:59 PM, Jun 10, 2013
