New Delhi: Former Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari has denied reports that he assured Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will not be the Prime Ministerial candidate. Gadkari said he met Nitish along with senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, but did not say that Modi won't be the PM candidate. In his statement, Gadkari has said that he and Jaitleyhad in 2012 told Nitish...
11:37 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Udaipur: Former BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday expressed confidence that his party will come back to power in poll-bound Rajasthan. Gadkari, who was here to address a public meeting of the first phase of the Suraj Sankalp Yatra, told reporters that "if people want to see Rajasthan as a developed state, then they must bring back BJP to power". Campaigning for the party during the yatra along with state...
11:16 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Nagpur: Former Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari on Friday claimed that a "senior leader" of the UPA-II wanted his support to topple the Congress-led alliance government in New Delhi. "The UPA leader who had approached was capable of bringing down the government. However, after that, the kind of assurances which they wanted, we were not in a position to give," Gadkari contended. Gadkari added that he had outrightly rejected...
05:58 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Nagpur: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari has revealed that he was approached by "an influential leader" who sought his help in bringing down the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) but he turned down the request. "An influential political leader had approached me seeking help in pulling down the Central government. But I had to turn down that request," Gadkari said while speaking at a private function in...
10:17 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Nagpur: Former BJP national president Nitin Gadkari has equated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with one of the three monkey's of Mahatma Gandhi. On the occasion of party's foundation day, Gadkari on Saturday quoted an SMS received on his cell phone saying Gandhiji had asked Chitragupta from his heavenly abode as to how his three monkeys were doing on earth. Gadkari said the blindfolded monkey is like the blind law in...
08:40 PM, Apr 07, 2013
BJP president Rajnath Singh and LK Advani are among the key party leaders who will be campaigning for the May 5 Karnataka Assembly elections. "Our national leaders LK Advani, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj will be descending in the city for poll campaign by attending Sankalpa Convention on April 8," state party spokesman CT Ravi said. ...
08:19 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Former BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday night met MNS chief Raj Thackeray at the latter's residence in Dadar area in Mumbai. ...
10:20 AM, Mar 13, 2013
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the party was looking up to LK Advani to guide it through the challenges being faced by the country. ...
02:25 AM, Mar 03, 2013
On this episode of The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha takes a look at the two-day Bharat Bandh. ...
10:45 AM, Feb 24, 2013
In a major setback for former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, a Nagpur court on Thursday rejected the closure report of the CID in the Yogita Thakre murder case. The body of Yogita Thakre was found in a car in the residential compound of Gadkari in Nagpur. ...
04:31 PM, Feb 21, 2013
The Bombay High Court judge who was handling the Purti case against former BJP president Nitin Gadkari has stepped down and refused to hear the matter anymore. The case will now be transferred to a new bench. ...
02:59 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Clarifying his statements that prompted the Income Tax officers' body to seek an apology from him, former Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday denied threatening I-T officers who are probing allegations of dubious funding of his firm, Purti Group. "I never threatened the IT Department or its officials. I have full faith in the professional integrity of the department." Gadkari said in a statement. ...
07:38 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met newly-appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh at his residence in the capital. Though the meeting was described as a courtesy call, it may fuel talks over a possible greater role for the Gujarat Chief Minister at the Centre in the run up to the next General Elections. ...
01:59 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Income Tax officers' body has demanded an apology from former Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari for his alleged threat to its officials claiming that the remarks aimed at hindering a fair and free into Purti Group investments. It also sought security for the officials handling the investigation. ...
12:50 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Newly elected President of the BJP, Rajnath Singh, on Thursday threatened to disrupt Parliament's Budget Session if Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is not sacked for alleging that the BJP and RSS have been running terror camps. ...
11:58 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Newly elected President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rajnath Singh, on Thursday threatened to disrupt Parliament's Budget Session if Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is not sacked for alleging that the BJP and RSS have been running terror camps. ...
05:11 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The newly-elected BJP President Rajnath Singh has rubbished the speculations that senior party leader LK Advani was behind Nitin Gadkari opting of the party chief's race. Declaring that he would maintain an aggressive stand towards the Congress, Rajnath Singh said that he had been hurt and surprised to see the way Gadkari had to resign. ...
03:06 PM, Jan 24, 2013
A day after Rajnath Singh took his place as the Bharatiya Janata Party President, Nitin Gadkari is out but not down. In an open threat, he has in fact warned Income Tax officials of consequences when the BJP comes to power. "I know the names of the officials who are trying to target me. They are trying day and night to frame me. But they should know that the Congress...
02:25 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, newly appointed BJP chief Rajnath Singh said that he is a popular leader. About Nitin Gadkari withdrawing his name from the party presidency, Rajnath said that all the allegations against former party chief were false. ...
01:39 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rajnath Singh was elected as the Bharatiya Janata Party President on Wednesday as Nitin Gadkari opted out of the race following corruption allegations against him. ...
11:58 PM, Jan 23, 2013
