New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani is not ready to opt out of the race for the Prime Minister of India. Advani has recommended that former BJP president Nitin Gadkari be named as the head of party's election committee for five states elections later in the year.
Advani reportedly made the recommendations to mend his relationship with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which places immense trust on Gadkari. Moreover, RSS's blessings are a must for anyone from the BJP aspiring to become the prime minister.
On Wednesday BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has clearly said that no name has been finalised by the BJP for the PM candidate. Sushma's statement clearly showed that Advani 's name has also not been ruled out and now it seems that he is very serious about being in the race as he has asked BJP President Rajnath Singh to name Gadkari as the head of party elections management committee.
Gadkari is very close to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Advani is trying to get closer to him which can help him in the PM race. Advani's recommendation is also targeted at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who is slowly emerging as the frontrunner to be the BJP prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections....
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11:20 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Four people have been named in the 2008 Malegaon blast chargesheet filed in a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on Wednesday. The four accused named in the chargesheet are Rajender Chaudhary, Dhan Singh, Manohar Narwaria and Ramji Kalsangra, who is still absconding. But the chargesheet does not name Swami Aseemanand, Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit or any other Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh functionary. While the investigators...
03:15 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to pronounce order on whether to summon Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in connection with a defamation suit filed against him for his 'hindu terror' remark. The petitioner has alleged that the Home Minister had willfully made the remark to create ill will between communities. The petitioner has also alleged that these statements aimed at polarising votes ahead of the 2014 general...
06:40 AM, May 16, 2013
Bhopal: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is not only said to be favouring his family members. RTI documents with CNN-IBN show how the Shivraj government is also awarding land to institutions close to the BJP and the RSS. Saraswati Shishu Mandir, an RSS-backed educational institution was granted over 10 acres of prime land across the state between 2007 and 2008. Another RSS-backed body, the Saraswati Bal Kalyan Samiti, was granted...
06:47 PM, May 14, 2013
London: John O'Shea scored a second-half equaliser as 10-man Sunderland rescued a 1-1 draw at home to Stoke City on Monday that moved them three points clear of the Premier League relegation zone. Jonathan Walters gave the visitors an early lead when he reacted smartly in the box to poke home from close range on nine minutes after his header had been blocked. Sunderland had a player sent off for...
09:29 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: BJP President Rajnath Singh and LK Advani in Chhattisgarh on Saturday met top RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale. The meeting was held to discuss the party strategy to oust the UPA Government from Parliament in the coming Lok Sabha elections. The main agenda of both the BJP and RSS against the UPA is corruption. The UPA Government which is in the power for the last nine years has been...
10:05 PM, May 04, 2013
Florida: Serena Williams evened the United States' Fed Cup World Group playoff match against Sweden, waiting out a long rain delay to beat Johanna Larsson 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday night. In the opening match, Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson beat Sloane Stephens 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. The top-ranked Williams finished off the 66th-ranked Larsson in 66 minutes under the lights. "I've been through many rain delays so I know what to do," Williams...
08:31 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Delray Beach: American Sloane Stephens, ranked 16th, will open the Fed Cup World Group Playoff tie against 54th-ranked Sophia Arvidsson of Sweden at the Delray Beach Tennis Center on Saturday. The second match on Saturday features world No. 1 Serena Williams of the US against 66th-ranked Johanna Larsson of Sweden. On Sunday, Serena Williams will play the first match against Arvidsson, followed by Stephens taking on Larsson. The final match...
11:36 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Ayodhya: The 64-year-old practice of performing rituals at the disputed site in Ayodhya on Ram Navami may face a halt in 2013 as district administration has decided not to allow any religious activity in the area. Only court appointed priest, Acharya Satyender Das, has been allowed to perform religious activities on the 67 acre land, which had been taken over by the Centre. However, for the last 19 years, locals...
11:02 PM, Apr 15, 2013
One of the truly enigmatic personalities on the contemporary Indian political canvas, Narendra Damodardas Modi is difficult to ignore. From his humble beginnings as a RSS pracharak to his rise in the Hindutva ranks, and from being Bharatiya Janata Party' master planner to one of the its most popular and controversial state chief ministers, Modi's mantra of change and development is gradually finding many takers. Though he evokes vastly different...
07:21 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Jaipur: If one is a sportsperson in Rajasthan who has had anything to do with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or the Jamaat-e-Islami, they will now not qualify for the state government's awards. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has taken his fight with the RSS to bizarre levels making top sportspersons sign affidavits saying they have nothing to do with the RSS, before giving them awards. Weightlifter Vishal Singh was...
08:15 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Raipur: Former BJP ideologue and RSS thinker KN Govindacharya said in raipur on Tuesday that politics has become a tool to make politicians wealthier and increase their social stature. On the last leg of his three-day visit to Chhattisgarh, Govindacharya said: "To give new dimension to politics, Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan is trying to bring nearly 350 organisations, including some splinter political groups, together to forge a consensus on common issues...
03:30 AM, Apr 10, 2013
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday appealed to the rulers of erstwhile princely states to come forward in strengthening the unity among people irrespective of caste and religion. "I appeal to you to come forward for the purpose of ensuring unity among all sections of society", Bhagwat said while addressing a conclave of rulers of the erstwhile princely states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in Vadodara. ...
12:20 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Swami Vivekananda is a perfect role model for today's youths as his thoughts are still relevant and a guiding force for world, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Monday. ...
12:45 PM, Apr 01, 2013
On a day when Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was inducted into BJP's Parliamentary Board, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat raked up the issue of Ram Mandir in Ahmedabad, expressing the desire for a "glorious" temple at Ayodhya. "We will have to build good, honest and true Hindus in Bharat, because, now the whole world will be following Hindus. "In near future, we are taking up mass recitation of 'Vijay Mantra'...
02:58 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Amidst the clamour to seek a pardon for him, actor Sanjay Dutt on Thursday broke his silence. Sanjay said, "Right now I am a shattered man. My family is shattered. I have very very tough time in my life, in our lives." ...
07:09 PM, Mar 28, 2013
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07:57 PM, Mar 24, 2013
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01:55 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir wing of RSS on Thursday expressed concern over the description of the hanged Parliament attack convict, as Afzal Guru "saheb" in the state Assembly. "Use of respectful words for a terrorist like Afzal Guru is dangerous for the integrity and security of the country," the RSS said. ...
06:56 PM, Mar 21, 2013
