New Delhi: Beleaguered Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Saturday received support from unexpected quarters when NDA convenor and JD(U) President Sharad Yadav virtually absolved the Congress leader of any fault in a bribery case involving his nephew.
"If any relative of a political leader is involved in corruption then what is the fault of that leader. I have known Pawan Bansal for a long time. He has been in Parliament for a long time. What has he to do with anything if his nephew is taking bribe," Yadav told reporters in New Delhi.
He was asked to comment on Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla being arrested by the CBI in connection with alleged bribery of Rs 90 lakh for fixing a top level position in the government.
Singla was arrested in Chandigarh for allegedly accepting Rs 90 lakh in cash from Manjunath, the conduit of Mahesh Kumar, recently promoted as Member (Staff), Railway Board. Kumar was allegedly trying to get a lucrative position as Member (Electrical), Railway Board....
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01:25 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: In a bid to build consensus over immediate roll-back of wealth tax on agriculture land, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met leaders of Janata Dal (United), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and AIADMK in Delhi on Monday seeking their support for the cause. Badal, accompanied by his deputy and SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal and MPs Harsimrat Badal and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, met JD-U President and NDA convener Sharad...
12:46 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) on Sunday said its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was very old and it did not want to break the partnership. "Our alliance with the BJP is very old and we don't want to break it. We want to continue this alliance. Difference between the BJP and JD(U) is being projected by the media," said party president Sharad Yadav at the two-day...
03:02 PM, Apr 14, 2013
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10:49 PM, Apr 13, 2013
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11:54 AM, Apr 13, 2013
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10:31 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ally Janata Dal United JD(U) is set to raise the pitch over the Prime Ministerial candidate issue at its national executive meet that starts on Saturday. It is likely to demand that the BJP names its Prime Ministerial candidate within a specific time frame, insisting that the nominee should have secular credentials. With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's rising graph and some BJP...
07:50 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday indicated that top party leaders had spoken to Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav of ally Janata Dal (United) amidst reports that it will make a strong demand for the early projection of the next Prime Ministerial candidate of the National Democratic Alliance. The JD(U)'s antipathy to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is well-known and reports of him being projected...
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03:16 PM, Apr 09, 2013
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03:23 PM, Mar 29, 2013
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07:44 AM, Feb 21, 2013
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10:04 PM, Feb 08, 2013
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10:25 PM, Dec 08, 2012
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01:25 PM, Dec 05, 2012
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