While speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh ruled out an apology from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 Gujarat riots. Below is the full text of the transcript: Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. Could Narendra Modi be the great savior of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or its biggest problem? That is the key issue I shall...
08:30 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Rashid Alvi said it is NDA's internal matter to select LK Advani or Narendra Modi as its PM candidate, but there is not much of a difference between the two. ...
07:24 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: As its ally Janata Dal (United) prepares to adopt its crucial political resolution on Sunday, Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh has expressed hope that any anti-Narendra Modi resolution brought by the JD(U) would be amended. He added that it was not the party president but the BJP's Central Parliamentary Board which will decide on the prime ministerial candidate. Singh was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate....
07:35 AM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) key ally Janata Dal (United) on Saturday reiterated its demand for a "secular" prime ministerial candidate and said the announcement of the candidate should be made before the Bihar Assembly elections, sources told CNN-IBN. The JD(U) has made it clear that there will be no question of compromising on the basic principals of the alliance with the BJP, sources added. The JD(U) will...
04:18 PM, Apr 13, 2013
The top leadership of JD(U), a key constituent of NDA, met in Delhi for a conclave amidst indication that it may not set a deadline for BJP to announce its Prime Ministerial candidate for next Lok Sabha elections. JD(U) President Sharad Yadav spoke about the meet and said that, "A political resolution will be taken on Sunday. Political members from different states will only put forward their resolutions today." ...
04:03 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday indicated that top party leaders had spoken to Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav of ally Janata Dal (United) amidst reports that it will make a strong demand for the early projection of the next Prime Ministerial candidate of the National Democratic Alliance. The JD(U)'s antipathy to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is well-known and reports of him being projected...
09:07 PM, Apr 12, 2013
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Monday said that though Narendra Modi's popularity could not be denied, the party would decide if the Gujarat chief minister would be its prime ministerial candidate. ...
05:30 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Is the BJP national executive meet's overwhelming praise of Narendra Modi a clear sign of things to come in 2014? BJP's National Executive member Sheshadri Chari joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
03:21 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Senior associate editor of The Hindu Mukund Padmanabhan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on whether the 2014 national elections will dwindle down to a fight between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. ...
06:44 PM, Feb 08, 2013
The RSS chief while speaking at a gathering of the VHP at the Mahakumbh hinted at support to Narendra Modi as the PM candidate of the BJP, saying, "everyone is speaking the same thing about who should be the PM". Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts whether the Kumbh Mela should be used for politics. ...
11:49 AM, Feb 08, 2013
The RSS chief while speaking at a gathering of the VHP at the Maha Kumbh hinted at support to Modi as the PM candidate of the BJP, saying, "everyone is speaking the same thing about who should be the PM". ...
11:59 PM, Feb 07, 2013
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat hinted at support to Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the BJP, saying, "everyone is speaking the same thing about who should be the Prime Minister". ...
11:50 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday hinted at support to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying, "everyone is speaking the same thing about who should be the Prime Minister". ...
05:24 PM, Feb 07, 2013
BJP leaders have consistently maintained that party parliamentary board will decide on its PM candidate. However, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has made his intentions clear. He has shown a marked alacrity in seeking a role for himself in national politics. ...
11:11 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia on Tuesday ducked queries on the likelihood of VHP pressing for projection of Narendra Modi as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate. ...
05:58 PM, Feb 05, 2013
It is now confirmed that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be going to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on February 12 after the Dharam Sansad of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ends there. "Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Allahabad on February 12 to take a holy dip in the river Ganga during the Kumbh Mela," sources in the Chief Minister's office said. ...
04:42 PM, Feb 05, 2013
Any of eight leaders in the BJP, including Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, could be the prime ministerial candidate, party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday. ...
02:38 AM, Feb 05, 2013
BJP appears to have come under pressure from Sangh Parivar on the choice of Narendra Modi as its next Prime Ministerial candidate, with VHP demanding announcement of the Gujarat Chief Minister's name. However, NDA allies like JD-U have indicated that his name is not acceptable to them. ...
02:59 AM, Feb 04, 2013
The battle within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) continues and this time, it's been triggered by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) making a pitch for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Modi is likely to visit the Maha Kumbh Mela on Thursday as the VHP holds its Dharam Sansad or the congregation of saints and religious leaders, with a section pushing for the endorsement of Modi as the party's PM candidate....
09:29 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) including newly elected party president Rajnath Singh are meeting meeting RSS leaders in the capital for the first time after the BJP presidential crisis, which led to Rajnath being made the party chief. ...
11:40 AM, Jan 31, 2013
