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
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday virtually named Vasundhara Raje its Chief Ministerial candidate in Rajasthan. Following a meet in the capital, BJP president Rajnath Singh declared Vasundhara Raje as the state BJP chief and her rival within the party, Gulab Chand Kataria, as the Leader of Opposition. ...
06:50 PM, Feb 02, 2013
With the Bharatiya Janata Party being constantly targeted over Gujarat riots, party president Rajnath Singh on Saturday alleged it was being defamed and maligned continuously under a "planned conspiracy". He said the BJP did not believe in politics of divide and creating differences among people, and appealed the Muslim community to help removing the "widespread confusion". ...
05:53 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Congress on Friday night regretted BJP's plans to boycott all public programmes of Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to protest against his Hindu terror remarks, saying the opposition party should not politicise the issue. ...
02:40 AM, Feb 02, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that it will boycott all meetings called by Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde from now. It added that it will show black flags to Shinde. ...
09:11 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The BJP core group will meet on Friday at 5.30 pm to decide on the National Council meeting which will ratify Rajnath Singh's election as party chief. This will be the first core group meet after Rajnath's election as party president. ...
09:16 AM, Feb 01, 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
Amid calls for Narendra Modi to be made the BJP's PM candidate, senior party leader Rajnath Singh has now asked BJP leaders to exercise restraint while making statements in public. ...
12:15 PM, Jan 30, 2013
A day after the meeting between BJP president Rajnath Singh and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, senior party leader Yashwant Sinha pitched hard for him, saying that the party should name Modi as its prime ministerial candidate. ...
08:22 PM, Jan 28, 2013
After party leader Yashwant Sinha made a strong pitch for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi saying that he should be made the BJP's PM candidate, party president Rajnath Singh said that a decision on it will be taken by the party parliamentary board. He, however, did add that Modi, at the time, was the most popular leader of the party. ...
07:19 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is set to play a national level role within the Bharatiya Janata Party. This comes after Modi met BJP President Rajnath Singh on Sunday in Delhi to discuss the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...
01:11 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Paty (BJP) continued its troubleshooting on the political crisis in Karnataka. Newly-appointed BJP Presdient Rajnath Singh met Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar early on Monday morning. Rajnath Singh is confident that there is no threat to the BJP government in the state. ...
08:18 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Gujarat Chief minister met BJP President Rajnath Singh on Sunday and both told the media that they discussed 2014 general elections. Leader of Oppositon in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely also came to meet Singh soon after Modi left. ...
09:40 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Jagadish Shettar will meet Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Monday even as the Karnataka Chief Minister struggles to keep his government afloat with 14 MLAs threatening to resign. The Karnataka government is in danger of falling if the Assembly Speaker accepts their resignation. ...
09:01 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Cyrus Broacha takes on Rahul Gandhi for taking over as the Congress Vice President. He also joked about Nitin Gadkari stepping down as the BJP chief and Rajnath Singh taking over the post. ...
07:29 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Jagadish Shettar will meet Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Saturday night even as the Karnataka Chief Minister struggles to keep his government afloat with 14 MLAs threatening to resign. The Karnataka government is in danger of falling if the Assembly Speaker accepts their resignation. ...
05:55 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Asserting that his government still enjoyed a majority even after 13 BJP MLAs announced their resignation, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Sunday said he is ready to face a no-confidence motion, if the opposition moves it. ...
04:50 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who met Rajnath Singh in Delhi on Sunday, discussed 2014 Lok Sabha elections "in detail" with the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party President. Modi was visiting the national capital to congratulate Rajnath for taking over as the BJP chief. ...
02:42 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
BJP president Rajnath Singh, who led the charge against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, saw Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj by his side demanding apology from the Congress on Home Minister's remarks on 'Hindu terror' and the RSS. ...
10:47 PM, Jan 25, 2013
