Bharatiya Janata Party national vice president Shanta Kumar here on Saturday called for convening special session of Parliament immediately to discuss the issues arising out of Delhi gangrape case. ...
10:54 PM, Dec 29, 2012
New Delhi: Activist Arvind Kejriwal on Monday attacked BJP leader Shanta Kumar for asking them to include Priyanka Vadra's property in their fight on DLF-Robert Vadra issue, saying the party-led Himachal Pradesh government has the details and it should make the details public. Kumar wrote the letter on Sunday, two days after Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan alleged that Vadra has business links with DLF and the realty major was benefited...
05:01 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has invited actor Aamir Khan, who exposed malpractices in the medical sector on his 'Satyamev Jayate' TV programme, for an interaction on the issue. He will appear Thursday morning with his team. Rajya Sabha MP Shanta Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who heads the parliamentary standing committee on commerce, has invited the actor to share the knowledge he gained while researching the episode. Aamir's...
12:01 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Amritsar: BJP vice president Shanta Kumar on Sunday said the party's decision of fielding new faces for the Punjab assembly polls will prove to be a success. "Winnability factor was kept in mind while fielding them," Kumar, party's in-charge for Punjab affairs, told. He said the national-level leadership of the party would aggressively campaign in Punjab to ensure victory of ruling SAD-BJP combine. BJP is contesting 23 seats and its...
11:32 PM, Jan 15, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Thursday asked Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to resign, a day after his severe indictment by the Karnataka Lokayukta in the illegal mining scam. BJP vice-president Shanta Kumar Shanta Kumar spoke to CNN-IBN and said, "Yedyurappa must obey the decision of the high command. I am very happy about this decision." Kumar also added, "This decision will go a long way as far as the fight...
12:22 PM, Jul 28, 2011
New Delhi: There is a divide in the BJP over Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. The demand for the removal of Yeddyurappa on Saturday emerged from within the BJP in the wake of the Lokayukta indicting him in his report on illegal mining in the state. BJP vice-president and former in-charge of Karnataka Shanta Kumar has written a letter to party president Nitin Gadkari and senior leader LK Advani seeking...
07:15 PM, Jul 23, 2011
