New Delhi: The BJP on Friday took exception to CBI director Ranjit Sinha's remarks that former minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has a strong defence in the case of alleged bribery involving his nephew. BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Sinha's remarks were "very unfortunate".
"The matter is sub judice and the investigative agency is saying that there may not be concrete evidence," Naqvi told IANS. "The matter should be properly investigated," he said.
Sinha had told a newspaper on Wednesday that it would be difficult to prove that Bansal was involved in the cash-for-jobs controversy as the former minister has a strong defence.
Bansal was forced to quit as railway minister earlier in May 2013 after a bribery controversy surrounding his nephew Vijay Singla....
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04:40 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Signalling apossible realignment of his party's alliance in Haryana, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday met INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala at a hospital in Delhi, party sources said. They said Rajnath Singh, accompanied by party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, met Chautala at the Ram Manohar Hospital in Delhi. The leaders of two parties are learnt to have discussed current political developments during the meeting which lasted...
04:46 AM, May 17, 2013
Many political parties on Thursday condemned the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Lahore hospital and demanded the government should pressurise Pakistan to hand over the body to his family. ...
11:44 PM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Many political parties on Thursday condemned the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Lahore hospital and demanded the government should pressurise Pakistan to hand over the body to his family. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said "the country was angered" with Sarabjit's death and demanded that the government takes some strict action against Pakistan. "This is condemnable. This is a shameful incident. This is a heinous...
07:30 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: After stalling Parliament, the main opposition BJP has decided to hold nationwide protests on May 4 and 5 to "expose" the scams of the UPA government. "These protests will unmask the misuse of constitutional institutions to cover up scams, corruption and sins of the Congress," BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters here. "BJP leaders including LK Advani, party chief Rajnath Singh, Leader of Opposition in the...
11:50 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: BJP members of a Parliamentary Committee have demanded that officials of the Defence Ministry and the Army be called before it. They are seeking explanation on the issue of Chinese incursion, to get a clear picture of the situation and on how the government is handling it. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Prakash Javadekar, members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, have written to Chairman Raj Babbar, seeking...
04:00 PM, Apr 25, 2013
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12:55 AM, Apr 07, 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
In the backdrop of the DMK withdrawing support to the UPA, the BJP on Wednesday said it has no plans to bring a no-confidence motion in Parliament against the government. ...
01:10 PM, Mar 20, 2013
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon on Thursday as AIADMK members sought an immediate reply from the government on the alleged harassment of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. ...
12:30 PM, Mar 14, 2013
After promising prompt legislation to curb crime against women, the Cabinet failed to take a stand on the anti-rape law. The bill did not come up at the Cabinet meeting on Thursday. ...
05:42 PM, Mar 07, 2013
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12:12 PM, Feb 23, 2013
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02:38 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Amid talks within BJP over prime ministerial candidate, party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on February 1 called Narendra Modi a "towering symbol of nationalism" having country-wide appeal, but said there were a number of "capable leaders" and decision will be taken at appropriate time. ...
05:10 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Amid talks within BJP over prime ministerial candidate, party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday called Narendra Modi a "towering symbol of nationalism" having country-wide appeal, but said there were a number of "capable leaders" and decision will be taken at appropriate time. ...
03:39 PM, Feb 02, 2013
As protests continued in Hyderabad for the second day in demand for separate statehood for Telangana, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that if voted to power, his party would form Telanagna state within 24 hours of forming the government. The government had earlier promised to announce a decision on Telangana issue on January 28 but on Sunday it said that it still needed time to...
02:39 PM, Jan 28, 2013
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02:03 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Trinamool Congress party supremo Mamata Banerjee lashed out at prime minister Manmohan Singh's remark in which he called those opposing government's reform 'outdated'. "If the PM feels we are outdated then maybe we are. But we have the people's mandate so it means even the aam aadmi is outdated," Banerjee said. Vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also hit back saying current economic situation is due to ...
02:25 PM, Dec 15, 2012
By openly endorsing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's name for the post of the prime minister, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj has revived the debate of who will be the prime ministerial candidate of the BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections. ...
11:20 AM, Dec 02, 2012
Yoga expert Ramdev is in the spotlight again after he made a statement comparing the hanging of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab with that of freedom movement revolutionary Bhagat Singh's execution. ...
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