The Bharatiya Janta Party chief, Amit Shah, asked the party workers to work towards achieving the target of winning 150 of the total 182 seats in Gujarat in the upcoming Assembly polls. He said, “Mission 150” would ensure that the BJP wins three Rajya Sabha seats in the state next[Read More…]
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PM Modi congratulates Smriti Irani, Amit Shah for being elected to Rajya Sabha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated union minister, Smriti Irani and BJP chief, Amit Shah on being elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. With the victory, Shah has made his maiden entry into the upper house. Polls for the Rajya Sabha seat were held on Tuesday. “Congratulations to BJP[Read More…]
Gujarat braces for Rajya Sabha polls today: Congress shaken as NCP to support BJP
Gujarat braced for the high stakes polls to three Rajya Sabha seats from the state on Tuesday. In the fight are BJP party president Amit Shah, union minister, Smriti Irani and Congress defector Balwantsinh Rajput from BJP. The Congress is trying to ensure the return to the upper house of[Read More…]
BJP unhappy over Karnataka units’ ‘failure’ to show state protecting corrupt during DKS raid
The BJP’s top brass aren’t happy with Karnataka unit after it failed to do much during raid on energy minister, DK Shivakumar. Congress leader Shivakumar recently faced an income tax probe. Though the congress attacked PM Modi and party national president, Amit Shah over the use of the taxmen, none[Read More…]
Amit Shah’s entry into Rajya Sabha good for BJP: Prakash Javadekar
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has said it will be good for the BJP to have party President Amit Shah in the Rajya Sabha. It would be “good for the party when Amit Shah wins Rajya Sabha election”, he said in an interview reported India.com. Praising the newly-elected vice-president M. Venkaiah[Read More…]
Why is there a fear to question Amit Shah?
Amit Shah was recently caught in a controversy pertaining to over ‘300% increase in his total assets. However, the BJP on Monday issued a statement saying Shah was being wrongly targeted by political opponents and that the growth in his wealth was due to the movable properties he inherited after his mother’s[Read More…]
Amit Shah slams BJP MPs for bunking monsoon Parliament sessions
BJP president, Amit Shah on Tuesday rebuked BJP-party MPs for frequent absence from Parliament sessions, saying that lawmakers should do justice to the people’s faith in electing them to look after the interests of the voters. Addressing the BJP Parliamentary party in New Delhi, Shah said there were many people[Read More…]
There is no question of me becoming a minister: Amit Shah
Amit Shah on Monday has said that there is no question of him getting designated to the Rajya Sabha and subsequently resigning as the BJP President. When asked if he would fight the Rajya Sabha polls, he said, “There is no question of doing so. I have the responsibility of[Read More…]
BJP has no role to play in whatever had happened in Bihar: Amit Shah
BJP chief, Amit Shah on Monday has said that his party had no role in resignation of Nitish Kumar. “Nitish Kumar resigned because of his differences with Lalu Prasad Yadav and intolerance against corruption. BJP has no role to play in whatever had happened in Bihar,” he said. Shah was[Read More…]
Gujarat: Congress flies 44 MLAs to Karnataka fearing more defections ahead of RS polls
The Congress party in Gujarat flew off most of the party’s MLAs to Bengaluru on Friday night after accusing BJP President Amit Shah of engineering defections in Gujarat by “money and muscle power”.Congress is shaken after the exit of six of its legislators in 24 hours, with one more likely[Read More…]
Congress accuses Amit Shah of using muscle, money power to lure MLAs
Congress chief spokesperson, Randeep Surjewala on Friday accused BJP President, Amit Shah of engineering defections in Gujarat by “money and muscle power”. “Hunger for power has made the rulers blind to the extent that Congress MLAs are being offered bribe of crores of rupees, election ticket and other allurements,” Surjewala was quoted as saying by IANS. “By misusing[Read More…]
Amit Shah files nomination for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, Amit Shah filed nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat on Friday. Shah was accompanied by Gujarat chief minister, Vijay Rupani and senior party leader Anandiben Patel to the Election Commission office. Currently, a MLA in Gujarat, Shah will be making his debut in[Read More…]
Day after Vaghela’s exit, buzz within Congress with Paresh Dhanani as new face
AICC secretary and MLA from Amreli, Paresh Dhanani is all said to be elevated as the leader of the Congress legislative party in Gujarat, sources told Newsd.
Aviation ministry receives notice over Amit Shah’s meeting at Goa airport
A notice was issued by Bombay High Court on Monday to the civil aviation ministry and the Goa chief secretary and three others in link with the meeting led by BJP national president Amit Shah at the Dabolim international airport on July 1. Notices were issued after a city lawyer[Read More…]
Surgical strike changed the world’s outlook: Amit Shah
Bharatiya Janta Party President Amit Shah said that the surgical strike conducted by the army in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir last year changed the world’s outlook towards India and showed the country is committed to “self-defence”. The decision to conduct the surgical strike was taken with a political will, he added. Talking[Read More…]
Here is all you need to know about Ram Nath Kovind
In the run-up to the Presidential elections scheduled to be held on July 17, the BJP on Monday conducted a meeting of its board members in New Delhi. As announced by BJP President Amit Shah, Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind has been decided as BJP’s Presidential candidate. The final decision[Read More…]
Bihar governor is NDA’s choice for President
In a press conference on Monday, BJP chief, Amit Shah, said that the NDA government has nominated Bihar governor, Ram Nath Kovind as their presidential candidate. The decision was taken after a parliamentary board meeting. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Venakiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari were present[Read More…]
Shatrughan Sinha forwards L K Advani’s name as the presidential candidate
Soon after BJP president, Amit Shah formed the three-minister panel to discuss possible candidates for presidential election, actor-turned-politician and Patna Sahib MP Shatrughan Sinha on Tuesday forwarded the party’s patriarch L K Advani’s name for the ruling alliance’s presidential candidate. “As the D-day for the Presidential election draws close, I[Read More…]
Amit Shah constitutes three-member committee for deciding presidential candidate
On Monday, BJP president Amit Shah constituted a three-member committee, which will reach out to the other political parties for a consensus over the alliance’s candidate for the upcoming presidential polls. The three members include Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and M. Venkaiah Naidu. The last date for nominations[Read More…]
Congress demands apology for Amit Shah’s insensitive remark on Gandhi
Strongly condemning the statements made by Amit Shah on Mahatma Gandhi on Friday, Congress is demanding an apology from the BJP President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They are labelling Shah’s comments as an ‘insult’ to the Father of the Nation. “Rather than fighting casteism, they [BJP] identified even the[Read More…]
Amit Shah calls Mahatma Gandhi a ‘chatur baniya’; says Congress has no principle
BJP president Amit Shah termed father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi as a ‘bahut chatur baniya’ while addressing an event in Chhattisgarh. “Bahut chatur baniya tha woh, usko maloom tha aage kya hone waala hai,” Shah was quoted as saying. Shah also attacked the Congress saying that it is a[Read More…]
Dailies refused to publish our ads under ‘govt pressure’: Chattisgarh Congress President
In an application to the Press Council of India, Chhattisgarh Congress president Bhupesh Baghel has alleged that five Hindi newspapers in the state have refused to print full-page advertisements issued by the party. He refrained from naming the papers. The advertisements were supposed to appear on Thursday, the very same[Read More…]
Why should I tell you the name of our presidential candidate: Amit Shah
The ruling party in Centre, BJP is confident that it will have its own presidential candidate in Rashtrapati Bhavan. However, the name of the candidate has not been revealed even after being asked repeatedly. Now, BJP President Amit Shah has said that “Why should I tell you the name our[Read More…]
Not possible to provide job to everyone in country of 125 cr people: Amit Shah
It’s been three years of the BJP government whose main election promise was to provide employment opportunity to people. But the government has miserably failed as there is hardly any reform. And now, BJP President Amit Shah had said that the government have tried to give new perspective to employment[Read More…]
BJP president Amit Shah slams UPA’s ‘policy paralysis’
On Friday, as the BJP led NDA government completes three years in power, BJP party president Amit Shah on Friday launched a sarcastic attack on the 2004-14 UPA government. “In 2014, BJP replaced a regime suffering from policy paralysis and gave the people a decisive and transparent government,” Shah said at a press conference. As[Read More…]