New Delhi: UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee today met JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav at his residence to thank him for the support the party has extended to his nomination. Clad in a traditional Bengali dhoti-kurta, Mukherjee, accompanied by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bandal and Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy, drove up to Yadav's residence and remained with him for around 20 minutes. The two exchanged some pleasantries...
02:45 PM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: With party leader Shivanand Tiwari's remark on UPA's handling of the economy creating unease in ally BJP, senior JD(U) leaders on Saturday got into fire-fighting mode and advised its spokespersons to consult them before speaking out. "The support of the JD(U) to UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee is no indication of any rift in the NDA. NDA is united and will remain so," JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav told...
05:26 PM, Jun 23, 2012
JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav on Saturday rejected rumours of a rift between the BJP and his party. Yadav said his party's alliance with the NDA is strong and has lasted for a very long time. ...
03:07 PM, Jun 23, 2012
A divided opposition NDA has been unable to reach a consensus on a candidate to take on the UPA's choice Pranab Mukherjee. ...
10:00 PM, Jun 17, 2012
New Delhi: Sharp divisions within the NDA emerged on Sunday over the decision of supporting Pranab Mukherjee's candidature for the post of President and there was also lack of clarity on extending support to PA Sangma. The NDA spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said that they will take a final call on the issue only after having consultations with the chief ministers of the NDA ruled states. Sources said that Senior BJP...
06:59 PM, Jun 17, 2012
New Delhi: The race to the post of President has never been this intense before. With the NDA yet undecided on its Presidential nominee, PA Sangma adamant that he will not opt out and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee firm that only APJ Abdul Kalam will have her support, the whole exercise has indeed become an interesting one. The NDA called a meet on Sunday to decide on its Presidential...
03:38 PM, Jun 17, 2012
New Delhi: 10:50 AM Trinamool Congress (TMC) Chief Mamata Banerjee refuses to lend her support to possible NDA nominee PA Sangma. 10:03 AM: Shiv Sena may skip NDA meet, say sources. The sources add the party is undecided on giving support to the NDA's presidential candidate. The NDA will hold a crucial meet on Sunday to decide on their Presidential nominee. Sources say the coalition is divided on its choice...
07:20 AM, Jun 17, 2012
JDU president Sharad Yadav says the NDA will call a meeting and decide upon the candidate. ...
06:43 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav on Friday made it clear that his party will not be proposing the name of any candidate for the Presidential poll and said it will go with the collective choice on the issue. There had been indication from JD(U) earlier that the party finds "unusual" the proposal to advance the name of APJ Abdul Kalam for the poll. A party leader, speaking on condition...
01:04 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: A divide seemed to appear in the National Democratic Alliance ahead of the presidential polls with ally Janata Dal United expressing displeasure over the last minute information of a meeting of National Democratic Alliance scheduled for Friday. JD(U) general secretary Javed Raza said that until 6 pm in the evening, no official communication about the NDA meeting was received. "We have no official information about the NDA meeting,"...
07:37 PM, Jun 14, 2012
New Delhi: As speculation about candidates for Presidential poll intensified after Election Commission announcing July 19 as the poll date, NDA convenor Sharad Yadav on Wednesday said the Opposition alliance has not zeroed on names for the posts of President and Vice President so far. "People meet each other. We have not decided for any name in any meeting of NDA. Only Jaswant Singh can tell whom did he meet...
03:05 PM, Jun 13, 2012
JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav said that the NDA will decide on the President's name soon. ...
01:24 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-graft activist and self-styled spiritual leader Ramdev is on a mission to build support for his campaign to bring back billions of rupees stashed in overseas tax havens by wealthy Indians. Ramdev has met political leaders cutting across party lines and many of them have shown interest, including BJP president Nitin Gadkari who even bent down to touch the feet of the yoga teacher when he called on...
04:46 PM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: After the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), another Congress ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Thursday backed the campaign against black money and corruption by Baba Ramdev, who was also supported by Janata Dal-United (JD-U). The yoga guru, who has been meeting political leaders, said he has sought time with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to discuss the issue. Ramdev had earlier met Bharatiya Janata...
10:06 PM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: Continuing with his campaign against black money, yoga guru Baba Ramdev will meet INLD chief Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Thursday. He will also hold discussions with JD(U)leader Sharad Yadav on Thursday evening. Earlier this week, Ramdev met Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari seeking his support for his movement to bring back the black money allegedly stashed abroad. Gadkari extended the BJP's support to Ramdev saying, "Baba...
01:11 PM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav was detained on Thursday in Bihar while he tried to enforce the Bharat bandh. JD(U)'s women's wing also stalled traffic on rail route in Patna. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also courted arrest in Delhi. He tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). In Allahabad, Samajwadi Party workers, too, jammed the Delhi-Howrah rail route...
10:30 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: In the race to the Rashtrapati Bhavan it was RJD chief Lalu Prasad's turn to make a political statement. The RJD chief said that he was willing to back Vice President Hamid Ansari. But in the Opposition, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj met NDA convenor Sharad Yadav to sort out differences on the Presidential candidate. This comes a day after cracks appeared in the NDA over Ansari's candidature. The...
09:31 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: NDA convenor Sharad Yadav met the BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday in connection with her statement on Monday that the NDA opposed Congress's Presidential nominees Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari. Yadav had reacted sharply to her comments saying that she had no right to speak on behalf of the NDA. Swaraj reportedly clarified her statement to Sharad Yadav...
05:34 PM, May 02, 2012
Even as the Congress is hoping to build a consensus, cracks are emerging within the NDA over the candidature of Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari for the President's post. ...
11:58 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Congress is hoping to build a consensus, cracks are emerging within the BJP-led NDA over the candidature of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari for the President's post. JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, who is also the NDA convenor, has said that his party doesn't endorse BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's dismissal of both the candidates. The Left seems to be open to their...
08:53 PM, May 01, 2012
