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BJP makes Karnataka turf for scandals and self-goals

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:28:03 +0000

Bangalore, Feb 10 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be turning Karnataka from its ‘gateway to the south’ into its playground for scandals and self-goals. As of now scams outnumber self-goals but both appear to impact the party with the same intensity. As the outrage over three ministers being involved in [...]

BJP’s troubles mount: Karnataka advocate general quits (Lead)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:20:13 +0000

Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, already battling debilitating scandals, is now caught in a new controversy. State advocate general B.V. Acharya has resigned accusing the party of pressuring him to quit as prosecutor in a corruption case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. Acharya, a [...]

Porngate unfortunate, say BJP leaders (Second Lead)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:26:18 +0000

Allahabad/New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership Wednesday termed as “unfortunate” the three party ministers being caught watching porn in the Karnataka assembly and said the incident will be probed. Even as the three ministers, as also the Karnataka chief minister, claimed they resigned voluntarily, BJP president Nitin [...]

BJP’s moral halo is fading rapidly (News Analysis)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:19:07 +0000

Bangalore, Feb 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) must be ruing coming to power in Karnataka and holding up the state as a gateway to rule south India. In the last four years, the party has been facing a series of scandals centred around money, land and sex. Worse is the shallow [...]

Porn incident unfortunate: BJP leaders (Lead)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:10 +0000

Allahabad/New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Three Karnataka ministers caught watching porn has not gone down well with the top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who have termed the incident unfortunate and promised action. Even as the three ministers, as also the Karnataka chief minister, claimed they resigned voluntarily, BJP chief Nitin [...]

Row over Jesus a conspiracy: Karat (Lead)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:16:46 +0000

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7 (IANS) There is a “conspiracy” behind the controversy surrounding Jesus Christ and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), general secretary Prakash Karat said here Tuesday. “There is a conspiracy behind this. I wish to repeat what Fidel Castro said to the Catholic community long ago that Christianity has got a [...]

Controversy over Jesus Christ needless: Karat

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:21:02 +0000

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7 (IANS) Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat Tuesday termed the present controversy surrounding his party and Jesus Christ as a needless one and one that had been created purposely. “There is a conspiracy behind this. I wish to repeat what Fidel Castro said to the Catholic community [...]

BJP demands Chidambaram’s immediate resignation (Second Lead)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:50:51 +0000

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of Home Minister P. Chidambaram after the Supreme Court in a verdict cancelled 122 telecom licences issued when he was the finance minister. Top BJP leaders spoke out in chorus against Chidambaram, who was the finance minister [...]

BJP steps up demand for Chidambaram’s resignation (Lead)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:13:56 +0000

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded the immediate resignation of Home Minister P. Chidambaram after the Supreme Court left the decision of a probe into his role in the 2G spectrum scam to the trial court. Top BJP leaders spoke out in chorus against Chidambaram, who was [...]

Himachal BJP leaders quit to protest graft

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:09:21 +0000

Shimla, Feb 1 (IANS) With assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh due this year, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got a jolt Wednesday with some senior leaders resigning from the party over “rampant corruption” in the state. They alleged that the government was involved in many illegal property transactions. “The entire state is up [...]

Shoe hurled at Rahul in Uttarakhand, Congress demands probe (Lead)

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:10:24 +0000

Dehradun/New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) A shoe was hurled at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while he was addressing an election rally near Uttarakhand capital Dehradun Monday. The shoe fell some distance from Gandhi, who continued with his speech. The assailant, identified as Kuldip, was immediately taken into custody by the police. As the [...]

Shoe hurled at Rahul in Uttarakhand rally; Congress demands probe

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:50:57 +0000

Dehradun/New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) A shoe was hurled at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by a man while he was addressing an election rally near the Uttarakhand state capital Monday. The shoe fell some distance from Gandhi who continued with his speech. The man, identified as Kuldip, was immediately taken into custody by [...]

Goa Congress likens illegal mining to ‘murder on the street’

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:20:24 +0000

Panaji, Jan 23 (IANS) The Congress in Goa Monday compared the mega illegal mining scam to “a murder on the street”, but claimed the Congress-led coalition government was not directly responsible for the menace in Goa. Speaking to reporters in Panaji Monday, Congress spokesperson Ramakant Khalap said the party’s opposition to illegal mining would [...]

Three UP BJP leaders resign after elevation of Rajnath’s son

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:26:13 +0000

Lucknow, Jan 22 (IANS) The infighting within Bhartiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Uttar Pradesh again came to the fore here Sunday, when three functionaries resigned from their positions to protest against appointment of former party chief Rajnath Singh’s son Pankaj as a general secretary. “We are at least ten years senior to Pankaj in the [...]

Goa Congress denies illegal mining charges

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:48:57 +0000

Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) The ruling Congress in Goa Tuesday shrugged off allegations of proximity to the multi-crore illegal mining lobby, even as it welcomed a politician arrested a day ago for a major illegal mining scam. Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Subhash Shirodkar told reporters that before admitting Jitendra Deshprabhu into [...]

Ayodhya case: Advani, others oppose CBI plea (Lead)

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:42:47 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and his colleagues accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case have told the Supreme Court that a CBI plea that challenged the quashing of conspiracy charges against them amounted to abuse of process of law. The Central Bureau of Investigation [...]

No decision on Modi campaigning for Maharashtra civic polls

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:25:43 +0000

Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) It is yet uncertain whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi would campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena-Republican Party of India (RPI) alliance for the civic polls in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. When asked whether Modi would campaign, state BJP chief Sudhir Mungantiwar said: “Several BJP [...]

In Chennai Saturday, Advani and Modi may meet Jayalalithaa

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:15:57 +0000

Chennai, Jan 13 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and BJP senior leader L.K. Advani are to arrive in Chennai Saturday to attend a function, and political circles are rife with speculation that they may call on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa. However, there is no official confirmation of Jayalalithaa meeting both or [...]

Put my membership on hold: Kushwaha tells Gadkari

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:33:55 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Tainted former Bahujan Samaj Party leader Babu Singh Kushwaha, who was recently inducted in the Bharatiya Janata Party, has urged party president Nitin Gadkari to put his membership on hold till he is proved innocent of the corruption allegations. “Till the time, the allegations against me are proved, [...]

BSP, BJP fooling people, says Congress

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:41:31 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Congress Friday again slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for inducting a tainted former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader in its fold and said the two parties were fooling the people of Uttar Pradesh by helping each other. “This, it seems, is a joint strategy of the [...]

Congress to track assets of BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:09:08 +0000

Bhopal, Jan 5 (IANS) Congress activists in Madhya Pradesh have been given a new task — to find out evidence of corruption against leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the state. Congress activists across the state have been asked to get the details of corruption as well as criminal cases pending [...]

BJP defensive over Kushwaha’s inclusion, Congress strikes

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:01:21 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) remained defensive on the induction of tainted former minister in Uttar Pradesh Babu Singh Kushwaha, the Congress Thursday continued its attack, questioning its credentials to head an anti-corruption campaign. Congress leader and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, V. Narayanasamy, [...]

Reconvene parliament for Lokpal bill, BJP tells Patil (Fourth Lead)

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:30:47 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday asked President Pratibha Patil to reconvene the winter session of parliament for a vote on the anti-graft Lokpal bill that could not be passed after the Rajya Sabha was adjourned Jan 29 midnight. “We urged (the president) to reconvene the winter session [...]

BJP tells Patil to reconvene parliament for Lokpal bill (Third Lead)

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:46:08 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday asked President Pratibha Patil to reconvene the winter session of parliament for a vote on the Lokpal bill that could not be passed after the Rajya Sabha was adjourned on Jan 29 midnight. “We urged (the president) to reconvene the winter session [...]

BJP leaders meet president on ‘parliament subversion’ (Second Lead)

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:49:39 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including president Nitin Gadkari and veteran L.K. Advani, met President Pratibha Patil to complain about what they said was “subversion of parliament” over the Lokpal bill. “We met the president and complained that there has been a subversion of parliament [...]

JD-U to go solo in Uttar Pradesh

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:09:26 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U), a key BJP ally, Wednesday announced it was going solo in the Feb 4-28 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls after seat-sharing talks with the BJP’s top leaders collapsed. The JD-U also announced its list of candidates for Uttar Pradesh. Party leader and National Democratic Alliance [...]

Embarrassed over Kushwaha, BJP targets Congress, BSP (Lead)

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:13:46 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Embarrassed over the allegations of corruption against former Uttar Pradesh minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, now a BJP leader, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday accused the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of misusing CBI against it. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday searched the Delhi [...]

BJP in Congress line of fire over Kushwaha as CBI raids premises (Third Lead)

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:16:59 +0000

Lucknow/New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A day after inducting a tainted former Uttar Pradesh minister into its fold, the BJP was Wednesday at the receiving end on the issue of corruption, with the Congress saying the party stood exposed in its commitment to fight graft. Sacked Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Babu Singh [...]

After BSP, Rahul Gandhi targets BJP

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:56:56 +0000

Pilibhit, Dec 29 (IANS) After a sustained attack on the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh over the past three days, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday trained his guns on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His first major attack on the BJP came in parts of Pilibhit district, the political [...]

PM, BJP leaders greet Vajpayee on his 87th birthday

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:47:53 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and other well-wishers gave their best wishes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who turned 87 Sunday. “The prime minister visited Vajpayee at his home and wished him,” an official of the Prime Minister’s Office told IANS. A [...]

Lokpal bill has many infirmities, says BJP

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:52:46 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said that the Lokpal bill introduced in the Lok Sabha was full of “infirmities” and indicated the party would move amendments during discussion on the legislation in parliament next week. Senior BJP leaders met here to discuss the party’s response to the [...]

Two Himachal BJP leaders resign from party posts

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:01:09 +0000

Shimla, Dec 23 (IANS) Factionalism within Himachal Pradesh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to the fore Friday when two senior leaders resigned from their party posts. Maheshwar Singh, a former MP and state BJP president, and Radha Raman Shastri, former speaker of the state assembly, resigned from the state BJP executive. Singh, who [...]

Mamata objects to pension bill

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:44:38 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is learnt to have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raising certain objections against the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 2011. The government may defer tabling of the bill, which was slated to be introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, said [...]

BJP leaders gift Gita to Russian envoy (Lead)

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:36:26 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Wednesday gifted copies of the Bhagavad Gita to Russia’s Deputy Ambassador Denis Alipov here to protest the likely ban on the Hindu holy book in his country. A delegation of BJP members, including party leader Bal Apte, Rajya Sabha member Smriti Irani, Vijay [...]

No comment on Lokpal bill for now: BJP

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:05:55 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said it will not comment on the Lokpal bill until the final version of the proposed legislation is circulated among MPs. A day after several BJP leaders said they will protest the bill and called it “cheating the people”, party leader S.S. [...]

Karnataka ombudsman row to end soon, says chief minister

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:32:58 +0000

Bangalore, Dec 20 (IANS) The row over naming a new Lokayukta (ombudsman) in Karnataka may end soon with Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda indicating that the government will prepare a new panel of names if the governor rejects its present nominee. “We will have to prepare a new list. It will be inevitable,” [...]

Bhardwaj slams Karnataka government over new ombudsman

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:42:50 +0000

Bangalore, Dec 19 (IANS) The row over naming a new Lokayukta (ombudsman) in Karnataka intensified Monday with Governor H.R. Bhardwaj charging the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party with attempts to shield its leaders indicted in the mining scam. In the most direct attack on the government over naming the new Lokayukta, he said it [...]

Akali Dal-BJP kick off Punjab poll campaign

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:23:17 +0000

Moga (Punjab), Dec 18 (IANS) Blaming the Congress government at the centre for rampant corruption, lack of development and the burden of price rise on the common man, Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance Sunday sought a clear mandate from the electorate in the forthcoming assembly polls in the [...]

BJP to propose amendments in Lokpal bill

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:51:33 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) A day ahead of the all-party meeting to discuss the Lokpal bill, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said it will propose amendments to the legislation prepared by the government. After a meeting, leaders from the main opposition party said at all-party meeting Wednesday they will press for [...]

Now a bizarre temple tradition trips Karnataka government (Karnataka Newsletter)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:47:52 +0000

Bangalore, Dec 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, already battling corruption scandals and dissidence, is now caught in a delicate balancing act over a bizarre practice at a famous temple. The practice, said to be 400 years old, involves people rolling over plantain leaves containing leftovers of meals consumed [...]

No compromise on FDI in retail: BJP

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:57:31 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP) Wednesday said there could be no compromise on its opposition to allowing foreign equity in retail sector, even as it brushed aside reports about the party having supported FDI in its agenda of 2004. Though BJP leaders Wednesday were unanimous in questioning the [...]

Parliament logjam: Government may agree to adjournment motion

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:57:54 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) An end appeared in sight to the parliament logjam over the cabinet nod to foreign equity in retail sector with the government Tuesday indicating that it may agree to an adjournment motion in parliament from the opposition and have a full-fledged debate on the issue, but may [...]

Roll back FDI decision or get parliament nod, demands BJP

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:53:47 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said that the government should either roll back the decision to allow foreign equity in the retail sector or get it approved in parliament. Talking to reporters, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj also questioned the timing of the [...]

Team Anna lobbies with Jaitley, Sushma for Lokpal bill (Lead)

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:58:53 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Top members of Team Anna Tuesday met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj in parliament house to press for passing of the Lokpal bill in the winter session of parliament. “We are meeting all the members of the standing committee one by one and [...]

NDA to boycott Chidambaram in parliament

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:56:59 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) In a move to put pressure on the Congress-led government on the eve of parliament’s winter session, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Monday demanded the resignation of Home Minister P. Chidambaram for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation and said it will boycott him till [...]

BJP backs JMM in bypoll, JD-U miffed

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:07:04 +0000

Ranchi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) decision to back ally Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in the Dec 4 Mandu assembly bypoll in Jharkhand has upset its other partner Janata Dal-United (JD-U). It’s a tricky situation as the Arjun Munda-led government is supported by the JMM, the JD-U as well as [...]

Advani’s Jan Chetna yatra concludes Sunday at Ramlila Maidan

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:48:44 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani will conclude his 40-day Jan Chetna Yatra — to draw public attention to the issues of black money and corruption — with a public rally in the capital Sunday. The rally, to be held at the Ramlila grounds at 11 [...]

Court order to book Chouhan, Sushma Swaraj stayed

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:23:50 +0000

Bhopal, Nov 17 (IANS) Within hours of a Madhya Pradesh district court ordering registration of a case against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his Bharatiya Janata Party colleague Sushma Swaraj, a sessions court stayed the order to book the two in a case related to allegedly showing disrespect towards the national [...]

BJP unites to defeat Reddy brothers in Bellary

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:23:19 +0000

Bangalore, Nov 17 (IANS) Karnataka’s faction-ridden ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday decided to unitedly take on Reddy brothers for propping up their own candidate in the Nov 30 bypoll to an assembly seat from their stronghold Bellary. Senior party leaders, ministers and parliament members met here and succeeded in persuading former chief minister [...]

Cash-for-votes: Kulkarni, four others walk out of Tihar (Lead)

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:07:29 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and four others, including two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former MPs, who were accused in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam, walked out of Tihar jail Thursday. Kulkarni and former MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh Bhagora were granted [...]

Shiv Sena, BJP and RPI announce alliance

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:04:34 +0000

Mumbai, Nov 14 (IANS) Nearly 23 years after the Shiv Sena joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the alliance Monday took into the fold a new partner, the Republican Party of India. The “grand alliance” was formally announced by Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde and RPI [...]

Advani’s yatra disrupted, shown black flags in Punjab

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:19:56 +0000

Bathinda (Punjab), Nov 13 (IANS) The Jan Chetna Yatra of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani was disrupted as it entered Punjab Sunday afternoon from this south-west Punjab town. Activists of the Akali Dal-Amritsar, which is led by radical Sikh leader Simranjit Singh Mann, and some Muslim groups protested against the [...]

Police response sought on bail plea of Amar Singh’s ex-aide (Lead)

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:24:27 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to police on the bail plea of Sanjeev Saxena, a former aide of MP Amar Singh and an accused in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam that rocked parliament ahead of a trust vote. Justice M.L. Mehta issued notice to Delhi police seeking [...]

Advani is emotive as Rajnath calls him PM material (Lead)

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:40:47 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Taking a break from his cross-country Jan Chetna Yatra, veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani became emotional as party colleagues lavishly praised him on his 84th birthday here Tuesday, with Rajnath Singh saying he was the party’s “natural choice” for the prime minister’s post. At a function held at [...]

BJP slams government for Manipur blockade

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:10:22 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday described the situation in Manipur as grim despite one group lifting the highway blockade and urged the central government to airlift essential supplies to the state. “The situation in Manipur is becoming worse day by day. It is very serious. There are [...]

BJP demands special probe in Goa mining scam

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:17:58 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, led by party president Nitin Gadkari, Thursday met President Pratibha Patil to seek a CBI or special investigation team (SIT) probe into illegal mining in Goa. The team, which also included BJP leaders from Goa, submitted a memorandum to the [...]

Single ad for Sardar Patel, dozens on Indira: BJP

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:56:04 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday lambasted the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for “belittling” the contribution of India’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by issuing “only one advertisement” to mark his birth anniversary while releasing “dozens of advertisements” in tribute to former prime minister Indira [...]

Advani’s yatra comes to Mumbai Nov 4

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:55:32 +0000

Mumbai, Oct 31 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani’s anti-corruption Jan Chetna Yatra will enter Mumbai Nov 4 afternoon from Airoli-Mulund, in north part of the city, a party leader said here Monday. Through the yatra, which started Oct 11 in Bihar, Advani is advocating clean and good governance, said Mumbai BJP [...]

BJP to meet president over Goa illegal mining scam

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:10:58 +0000

Panaji, Oct 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Monday its leaders would meet President Pratibha Patil to demand a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into Goa’s illegal mining scam. Speaking to reporters in Panaji, party spokesperson Rajendra Arlekar said that party president Nitin Gadkari would lead a delegation of senior party [...]

Gadkari meets jailed party colleagues in Tihar

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:37:56 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Monday visited the Tihar Jail here to meet two former party MPs and Sudheendra Kulkarni, advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who are accused in the cash-for-votes scam. Gadkari met former MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora, [...]

Our report to bare roots of Goa’s illegal mining: BJP

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:21:36 +0000

Panaji, Oct 30 (IANS) With the Goa assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on illegal mining mired in legislative red tape, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to come out with its own report, which promises “to bare the roots of illegal mining. Speaking to reporters here Sunday, Leader of Opposition Manohar [...]

BJP resolution against Mayawati government

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:02:14 +0000

Lucknow, Oct 29 (IANS) With an eye to the 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday passed a resolution to free the state from the “misrule of the Mayawati government”, a party leader said. Demanding the Mayawati government’s ouster, the political resolution was adopted by BJP leaders during the [...]

Delhi asked to probe BJP’s school uniforms distribution

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:57:58 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) India’s child rights panel has asked the Delhi government to probe and report to it on a complaint that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were distributing uniforms and satchels to students of schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). “The complaint is self-explanatory which may kindly [...]

BJP team meets PM over Manipur blockade

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:07:02 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by party president Nitin Gadkari met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Friday on the continuing economic blockade in Manipur and demanded imposition of president’s rule in the northeastern state. The delegation, which also included Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and [...]

BJP to raise Goa mining scam in Parliament: Venkaiah Naidu

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:43:17 +0000

Panaji, Oct 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will raise the issue of Goa’s Rs.25,000-crore mining scam in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament, party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu said here Friday. He also demanded an independent judicial probe into the scam with which Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is alleged to [...]

Advani to take up Goa mining scam in roadshow

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:27:38 +0000

Panaji, Oct 19 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani will take up the illegal mining issue during his Goa stop-over in his nationwide roadshow, the Jan Chetna yatra, a party official said here Wednesday. Speaking to reporters at the party headquarters in Panaji, Govind Parvatkar, BJP general secretary in charge [...]

Dark Diwali for Karnataka BJP politicos (Karnataka Newsletter)

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:38:19 +0000

Bangalore, Oct 19 (IANS) Two former chief ministers, four former ministers, one minister, one Lok Sabha member and three legislators in Karnataka have nothing much to celebrate Diwali for next week. For the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), this may well be its darkest period, at least in Karnataka, as nine of these [...]

Cash-for-votes: Samajwadi Party leader summoned (Lead)

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:26:50 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Rejecting a police clean chit, a Delhi court has issued summons against Samajwadi Party leader Rewati Raman Singh for Nov 3 over his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam that rocked parliament ahead of a trust vote. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal summoned him citing sufficient evidence [...]

Troubles continue to dog Advani’s yatra in Madhya Pradesh

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:55:57 +0000

Bhopal, Oct 15 (IANS) From allegations of bribery to media persons to mechanical glitches, problems continue to plague Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani’s Jan Chetna Yatra against corruption and black money as it traversed through Madhya Pradesh. At Narsinghpur Saturday, the third day of Advani’s yatra in the state, [...]

Advani’s last throw of the dice (Comment)

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:33:47 +0000

For a believer in astrology, L.K. Advani cannot be too pleased with the way he set off on his latest rath yatra. First, he had to shift the starting point from Gujarat to Bihar after Narendra Modi suddenly demonstrated his intention to play a larger role by a volte face which sought to [...]

Advani yatra gets Mayawati’s green signal

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:40:35 +0000

Lucknow, Oct 12 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday evening gave its go-ahead to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani’s Jan Chetna Yatra for holding a rally at Mughal Sarai in Varanasi district, about 300 km from here. The Varanasi district administration, that had withdrawn permission for holding the Advani rally following [...]

Sushma Swaraj, Jaitley suffer dehydration

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:54:00 +0000

Patna, Oct 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley suffered dehydration and were rushed to a medical centre Tuesday evening minutes before they entered Patna, along with party stalwart L.K. Advani on his Jan Chetna Yatra, said a party worker. Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in the Lok [...]

Delhi in mind, Advani starts yatra from Bihar

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:39:42 +0000

Patna, Oct 11 (IANS) Calling for a “brighter India” free of corruption, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Tuesday rolled out his sixth road campaign, the Jan Chetna Yatra, that will take him through 100 districts in 38 days - and hopefully closer towards power in the next general election. Hoping to [...]

How come you never raised voice against BJP: Digvijay to Hazare

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:18:12 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Seeking to counter Anna Hazare’s campaign against the party ahead of the Hisar by-poll, Congress leader Digvijay Singh Tuesday asked the activist why he had never raised his voice against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and had even praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. “You never raised a [...]

Nitish Kumar flags off Advani yatra

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:25:51 +0000

Chapra (Bihar), Oct 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani’s cross-country Jan Chetna Yatra was Tuesday flagged off by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from this Bihar town. The modified bus in which the veteran BJP leader will travel to various parts of the country over the next 38 days, was [...]

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