New Delhi: BJP President Nitin Gadkari is heading to the poll-bound state of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. Himachal Pradesh goes to polls on November 4. Gadkari is going to oversee the BJP's election campaign there. Gadkari's visit comes after the BJP at a late night meeting on Friday decided that he must continue as the party president. The party has said that there's no question of him quitting over the...
01:45 PM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: In a major breather for Nitin Gadkari, his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has unanimously backed him as the party president, saying there's no question of him quitting over allegations of dubious land deals. The decision was taken at a late-night party meeting on Friday. From the time Gadkari arrived in Delhi, speculation started doing the rounds about his fate. His first stop in the capital was...
07:38 AM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: Putting an end to all speculations over party chief Nitin Gadkaris resignation over the corruption allegations against him, the Bharatiya Janata Party late on Friday night announced that it stands by its president and doesnt want him to step down. "The party is fully behind Nitin Gadkari and all reports about his resignation are wrong," party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters after the BJP core group meeting ended....
11:45 PM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, who is facing corruption allegations, on Friday met veteran party leader LK Advani after arriving in the national capital. According to sources, the Maharashtra leader told the senior leader in the meeting that he would abide by the decision taken by the party. Sources close to Gadkari, however, said that he is unlikely to resign over the allegations. This came after...
10:23 PM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: In an attempt to distance itself from the corruption allegations made against Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in a statement on Friday said that it has nothing to do with the matter. "RSS has nothing to do with any of the allegations. It is saddened by the efforts aimed at dragging Sangh's name in this," said the statement released by RSS general secretary Suresh...
08:15 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Mumbai: Top RSS functionaries met on Friday at RSS headquarters in Nagpur to discuss the controversy surrounding Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari's businesses. The RSS has decided to stand by Gadkari, say sources. RSS sources say there is no question of asking Gadkari to step down. "Gadkari is being targeted, we stand by him. We will push for Gadkari's second term as BJP president," RSS sources said. The...
12:15 PM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: As more details of the web of shell companies associated with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari's Purti Group emerged, the Income Tax department swung into action. Sources in the I-T department confirmed they were probing the source of funds of the 18 odd companies that are shown as investors in Purti Power and Sugar. "The source of the funds, the manner of the sourcing and the...
08:11 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst allegations of dubious funding of his companies, BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday got an all round support, not just from the RSS, but from the BJP's top brass. It started with Nagpur, where senior RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya called the allegations against Gadkari a trial by media. Senior party leaders LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley followed suit standing by the BJP president. While Gadkari...
07:31 PM, Oct 24, 2012
BJP president Nitin Gadkari's driver Manohar Panse is allegedly the director in a company called Ashwami. CNN-IBN spoke to Panse's son who said his father did maintenance work for Gadkari. He, however, refused to comment on allegations of corruption against Gadkari and his companies, including Ashwami. ...
05:33 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: Refuting corruption charges against BJP President Nitin Gadkari, senior party leader LK Advani on Wednesday said that allegations against Gadkari are more to neutralise the unprecedented charges against the ruling UPA. Advani released a statement in which he said, "One of the allegations of wrong doing against Nitin ji relating to land issue has been proved wrong according to media reports themselves. Next, on certain media allegations questioning...
02:14 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday refused to comment on charges against BJP president Nitin Gadkari, calling it the BJP's internal matter. While Mohan Bhagwat hit out at the UPA government on the corruption front, he kept silent on Gadkari's dubious dealings. Is this an indication that the Sangh Parivar is reposing confidence in the BJP president despite allegations of wrongdoing against him? Interestingly, he also said that...
10:10 AM, Oct 24, 2012
Nagpur: BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday shared the dais with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur. Delivering his annual Vijay Dashmi day address on Wednesday morning, Bhagwat hit out at the government on the corruption front. He also said the RSS backed activists are fighting for a corruption free India. But Bhagwat kept silent on his own man Nitin Gadkari's dubious dealings, indicating that the Sangh is reposing confidence...
10:07 AM, Oct 24, 2012
BJP president Nitin Gadkari's second term now looks increasingly threatened. The RSS is upset with the latest revelations against him and have assured that they will be taken into consideration at a meet next week. ...
10:25 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: BJP president Nitin Gadkari's second term now looks increasingly threatened. The RSS is upset with the latest revelations against him and have assured that they will be taken into consideration at a meet next week. Meanwhile, party MP Ram Jethmalani has asked him to step down. This is the result of two days of relentless questioning of Gadkari's business deals. His company website purtigroup.com was taken off. This...
09:09 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Surat: GPP president Keshubhai Patel on Sunday claimed that as the electoral scenario became tough, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi suddenly remembered RSS and rushed to meet its chief Mohan Bhagwat. Modi on Sunday met the RSS chief and other top functionaries at the Sangh headquarters in Nagpur. "When the election is coming up, he (Modi) remembered RSS and Mohan Bhagwat. This clearly shows that for him, situation in Surat...
04:27 AM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday had a marathon three hour meeting with the RSS top brass, including its chief Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur. The meeting came just before the Gujarat polls, with a section of the party seeking to settle the leadership issue within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sources now say that RSS would approach the issue only after the Gujarat elections. Recently, BJP MP...
06:13 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Nagpur: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met RSS top brass including its chief Mohan Bhagwat but brushed aside suggestions that the issue of projecting him as prime ministerial candidate for 2014 general elections was discussed. "RSS does not get involved in such things," Modi told reporters after the meeting at RSS headquarters here. He was replying to a query on the possibility of his being projected as the...
03:01 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat in the wake of BJP MP Ram Jethmalani suggesting that Modi should be projected as the party's Prime Ministerial candidate for the next General Elections. ...
02:25 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Nagpur: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat in the wake of BJP MP Ram Jethmalani suggesting that Modi should be projected as the party's Prime Ministerial candidate for the next General Elections. Modi will be facing Assembly Elections in Gujarat in December. Meanwhile, Modi's reported remarks about not allowing "even a single Bihari babu" during Assembly election campaign is aimed at his Bihar counterpart...
10:15 AM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is expected to meet the RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat later on Sunday. The Gujarat Chief Minister's visit comes against the backdrop of BJP MP Ram Jethmalani suggesting that Modi should be projecting as the party's Prime Ministerial candidate for the next General Elections. Modi will be facing Assembly Elections in Gujarat in December. He will meet RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and others and...
06:19 AM, Oct 21, 2012
