New Delhi: The RSS added grist to the mill to the Nitish Kumar versus Narendra Modi debate when its chief Mohan Bhagwat reportedly rated Bihar's performance ahead of Gujarat. At an interaction with foreign correspondents in the national capital on Thursday, Bhagwat was asked which state governments are role models of good governance. "Bihar, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh to some extent, MP to some extent, some parts of Maharashtra," he responded, according...
08:48 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: Continuing his offensive against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted to sack him after the Gujarat riots. However, the RSS came out to Modi's defence and the Sangh chief called for a Prime Ministerial candidate committed to Hindutva. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat intervened in the battle for 2014 raging between two Chief...
09:42 PM, Jun 20, 2012
New Delhi: Hours after Narendra Modi's critic Sanjay Joshi resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) citing pressure from the Gujarat Chief Minister, sources said that the former party leader is likely to be rehabilitated by the RSS as the general secretary of its affiliate unit, Bharatiya Itihaas Parishad. It was a day of high drama in the BJP on Friday with cracks getting deeper and Narendra Modi having his...
06:10 PM, Jun 08, 2012
New Delhi: Speaking openly for the first time on the issue, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in its mouthpiece 'Panchajanya' slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the infighting amongst its leaders. The RSS slammed the infighting within the BJP, saying several leaders in the party carry Prime Ministerial ambitions. The mouthpiece however said that several Chief Ministers as well as national leaders were capable of becoming the Prime Minister....
05:27 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday stepped up attack on Narendra Modi asserting that the Gujarat Chief Minister has no moral right to continue in office in the wake of the High Court judgement upholding appointment of the Lokayukta. "Morally, Modi has no right to continue and he should resign," party spokesperson Rashid Alvi told reporters here. He said that the Gujarat government approaching the Supreme Court to challenge the...
10:27 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Saharanpur: Hoping to woo Muslims voters in Uttar Pradesh,Rahul Gandhi on Friday was out to hard sell Center's decision on sub-quota for minorities and attacked the Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party for "doing nothing" for the community when they were in power in the state. The Congress promised that the quota could also increase in future and that minorities could be given 6 to 8 per cent reservation in...
11:45 PM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday denied RSS' claims of the sangh parivaar supporting Anna's movement. Reacting to RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement, Anna said, "I have no relations with the RSS." Anna also blamed UPA Chief Sonia Gandhi and others of targeting him. Anna stated, "Everybody knows what Anna is. I don't need the RSS." Bhagwat on Wednesday had said that they supported the anti-corruption movement launched...
02:39 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh is keeping up his attack on spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, calling him a BJP-RSS agent. Digvijaya pointed to the fact that Sri Sri launched the book of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, sharing the dais with RSS members. The Congress leader posted a tweet, "Sri Sriji releases Nitin Gadkariji's book Advaniji and Suresh Soniji of RSS on the dais....
11:18 AM, Oct 29, 2011
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said that the RSS was trying to bring in Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in their campaign against the government. Digvijaya also claimed that the RSS had earlier brought in Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare in the campaign. "First they brought Baba Ramdev, and when he was exposed they came with Anna. We have heard now they are trying to bring Sri...
01:05 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: The ongoing war of words between Team Anna and the Government may ironically fall silent, at least on Anna Hazare's part since he's threatened to take a vow of silence in protest. Anna has also said that he decided to postpone his anti-Congress yatra in Uttar Pradesh due to health reasons. Hazare's vow to fast till Parliament assured to enact an effective Lokpal brought the Government to its...
11:50 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Gorakhpur: Insisting that it was very much part of his movement against corruption, RSS on Saturday said social activist Anna Hazare's comments that there was no support from the Sangh founthead to his Jan Lokpal campaign was beyond its comprehension. "Anna had made some comments on the RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat and also indicated that he viewed the letter written by me in support of his movement as a conspiracy....
07:47 PM, Oct 15, 2011
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Thursday condemned the attack on Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan. "I condemn any kind of extremist act," said Advani. He also clarified that the attackers do not have any links with BJP even though he is seen in an old photo with one of the attackers Tejinder Singh Bagga. Advani spoke to CNN-IBN and said, "I dont think this person had any...
11:02 AM, Oct 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Congress party on Wednesday disapproved of the latest letter written by Digvijaya Singh to Anna Hazare, saying it was not required after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to the Gandhian. "After the Prime Minister's letter to Hazare, I don't think it was required to send any communication to him (Hazare)," party general Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi told reporters. Dwivedi, who is the chief of AICC media department, said,...
07:00 PM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday said that the party had released the audio recordings of Lokpal Bill Joint Drafting Committee meeting following the principle of transparency. He further said that the fact that total proceedings of the meetings were recorded showed the intent of the government for transparency. The Congress leader also pointed that 26-28 suggestions of Team Anna were incorporated in the draft bill, adding that...
08:56 PM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare in a video CD has appealed to the masses and asked them to not vote for the Congress in the upcoming polls in Hisar, Haryana. It is this open foray into the political battlefield of Hisar by-polls which has given a political turn to Anna Hazare's fight against corruption. Team Anna will be campaigning for the seat over the next few days, asking people...
08:02 PM, Oct 07, 2011
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