Patna: The BJP on Sunday slammed the RJD for its bid to corner the NDA government on the alleged BIADA land scam involving influential ministers and bureaucrats and said that a party that had been riled for scams, including fodder scam, during 15 years' rule had no moral right to point accusing fingers at others. "A party (RJD) whose rule was known for scams has no no moral right to...
04:33 PM, Jul 24, 2011
New Delhi: Slamming Digvijaya Singh for his anti-RSS remarks, the BJP on Monday accused him of "trying to communalise" the fight against terror and alleged that the Congress was using him for diversionary tactics as it was under attack over the Mumbai bombings. "It is very unfortunate that Digvijaya Singh is deliberately trying to provoke and seeking to change the entire investigation into the Mumbai serial blasts. It is BJP's...
07:28 PM, Jul 18, 2011
New Delhi: BJP on Thursday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) was dabbling in policy issues was "unwarranted and deeply regrettable" and maintained that most of the conclusions of the auditor had turned out to be correct. "The Prime Minister in his comments to the editors has made a most unwarranted comment against the CAG that he is commenting on policy issues....
08:45 PM, Jun 30, 2011
New Delhi: A day after the shocking revelation by a fellow judge that former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan could be approached for fixing cases, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chief refused to step down, saying that he has not done anything wrong. Balakrishnan has hit back, accusing Justice Shamshuddin of being approachable. While the opposition demands an investigation, the Centre continues to distance itself from the controversy. ...
09:59 PM, Jun 17, 2011
New Delhi: A day after the shocking revelation by a fellow judge that former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan could be approached for fixing cases, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chief refused to step down, saying that he has not done anything wrong. Balakrishnan has hit back, accusing Justice Shamshuddin of being approachable. While the opposition demands an investigation, the Centre continues to distance itself from the controversy....
09:59 PM, Jun 17, 2011
New Delhi: Hitting back at senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee for accusing it of supporting Anna Hazare and Ramdev, BJP on Sunday asked the Union minister not to shift anger on the main opposition and the RSS. "He (Pranab) must be angry because of the stabbing he received from his own party for going to the airport. But don't shift the anger on BJP and RSS," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar...
08:32 PM, Jun 12, 2011
New Delhi: BJP on Sunday expressed "satisfaction" over yoga guru Ramdev's decision to end his fast while maintaining that the government's inaction to bring back Indian blackmoney stashed abroad was "unacceptable". BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said the party has a "sense of satisfaction" at Ramdev's decision to break his fast following pleas by eminent saints and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. He said BJP veteran L K Advani was...
03:56 PM, Jun 12, 2011
New Delhi: BJP on Friday said the government should take yoga guru Ramdev's fast against corruption and black money seriously and announce "credible action" to tackle these issues. "This (black money) is a very serious issue....He has raised some very pertinent questions on the issue of corruption and the whole country is agitated on the issue. We want that the government take this matter seriously and announce some credible measures,"...
08:31 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Bangalore: The BJP on Thursday gave the thumbs-up to the party-ruled government in Karnataka for its performance but said it needs an image make-over to blunt the negative campaigns of the opposition Congress and JD-S. "His (Yeddyurappa's) performance as Chief Minister is good," BJP national general secretary and chief spokesperson, Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters, responding to questions. He was asked about senior BJP leader LK Advani's comments in Chennai...
04:22 PM, Jun 09, 2011
New Delhi: Reacting on the mid-night police crackdown on Baba Ramdev, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that the Prime Minister has lost all moral right to continue in office. "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has always indulged in the 'conspiracy of silence' be it the 2G issue, CWG or this crackdown," said BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad. "We want to tell Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi that even Indira ...
10:08 AM, Jun 06, 2011
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday said it will hold peaceful protests across the country against the crackdown on Baba Ramdev's agitation and meet President Pratibha Patil to demand convening of a special session of Parliament to discuss the issue. The party, whose top leaders inlcuding BJP President Nitin Gadkari are holding a Satyagraha at Rajghat, accused the governent of "shielding and protecting" the corrupt. "We would seek the intervention...
09:21 AM, Jun 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday evening launched a 24-hour Satyagraha here to protest against the police's post-midnight swoop on Baba Ramdev and his supporters at the Ramlila Ground. A large number of BJP workers and Ramdev's supporters assembled at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at Rajghat and shouted slogans against the Congress-led central government. Prominent leaders like Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Murli Manohar Joshi...
08:24 AM, Jun 06, 2011
BJP has kicked off a 24 hour satyagrah against corruption in New Delhi. ...
02:16 AM, Jun 06, 2011
New Delhi: The image of Babri Masjid accused Sadhvi Ritambhara sharing the stage with Baba Ramdev on day one of his fast at the Ramlila Maidan on Saturday, triggered a dramatic shift in the Congress' stand on Ramdev's fast. The party officially attacked Ramdev for the first time and went on accuse the BJP and RSS of hijacking the protest. Congress Spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, "What were BJP and...
09:44 PM, Jun 04, 2011
Lucknow: BJP on Thursday dismissed Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran's explanation on pay-offs to family-owned Sun TV Network and alleged that it was a simple case of "bribery and quid pro quo" as he gave licenses and allotted spectrum to Aircel in 2007 at 2001 rates. "Dayanidhi Maran's alibi that investment by Maxis company of Malaysia in Sun Direct TV after he ceased to be the Telecom Minister is all humbug....
05:29 PM, Jun 02, 2011
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil has acted on the mercy plea of two death row convicts - a move that could now advance the decision on the mercy plea of Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru. President Patil on Thursday gave her assent to the execution of Devinder Singh Bhullar of Punjab and MN Dass of Assam. This is the first time since 2004 - when Dhananjay Chatterjee was executed -...
05:15 PM, May 27, 2011
New Delhi: Janata Dal (Secular) Karnataka unit President and former state chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has kicked up a row by saying that the corruption rot runs so deep in India that even Mahatma Gandhi would have been corrupt if he had practiced politics in today's times. "Today, politics and corruption are synonymous. If someone in politics says he is not corrupt, he must be lying. If Mahatma Gandhi was...
02:15 PM, Apr 11, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed Law Minister Veerappa Moily for his statement on Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas' resignation. The party said that if the Supreme Court had quashed Thomas' appointment as the CVC then the question of him resigning does not exist. "I don't know what the honourable Law Minister wants to say? How can there be a resignation from CVC PJ Thomas? If...
12:32 PM, Mar 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants the leak of Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the 2002 post Godhra riots to be investigated. Hinting at a conspiracy behind the leak of the SIT report BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad demanded an inquiry. "Supreme Court ordered that the report be submitted in a sealed cover. SIT report was revealed to the media but the one on black money was...
02:25 PM, Feb 04, 2011
New Delhi: Atleast 21 Indians have allegedly stashed black money in their accounts with Lichtenstein Bank and just 24 hours before the government on Wednesday will tell the Supreme Court why these names cannot be disclosed now, the Opposition has upped the ante with NDA Chairman LK Advani himself taking on the UPA for its reluctance to disclose these names. Advani said, "We hope that the Supreme Court will force...
10:09 PM, Jan 18, 2011
