A day after launching the “Main Bhi Chowkidar (I am a watchman too)” campaign on social media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Bharatiya Janta party Chief Ministers and many Union Minister added ‘Chowkidar’ to their Twitter handles. With Congress President Rahul Gandhi mocking PM Modi over ‘chowkidar’ title, the BJP[Read More…]
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Party doesn’t have enough winnable candidates in Bengal: Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh
Kolkata: Bhartiya Janata Party’ West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday said that the party does not have enough candidates who can secure win for BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the state. “We have party leaders and workers who are working very hard. We had given them[Read More…]
Rampant corruption in Karnataka: BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar
New Delhi: Citing an Income Tax raid on a rural development department official and land grabbing charges against a Congress MP, BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday said rampant corruption was thriving in Karnataka and 10-20 per cent commission was being charged from contractors. He demanded answers from Congress President[Read More…]
After Tom Vadakkan, now Shashi Tharoor’s aunt, uncle join BJP
Kochi: A day after Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan joined the BJP, Thiruvananthapuram Congress Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor’s aunt and her husband took membership of the BJP here on Friday. Sobhana Sasikumar, Tharoor’s mother’s sister, as well as her husband Sasikumar and 13 others were welcomed into the party by[Read More…]
‘BJP won’t mind if I have coffee with Moon Moon’ says Babul Supriyo
Kolkata: BJP’s MP from Asansol Babul Supriyo on Friday said that his party would not mind if he goes for a cup of coffee with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from his constituency, actor Moon Moon Sen. “The thing I appreciate is that Moon Moon Sen is a very educated[Read More…]
Haryana: Former Karnal MP Arvind Sharma joins BJP
New Delhi: Former Congress MP Arvind Sharma, who joined the BSP five years ago ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Sharma, a former MP from Karnal in Haryana, quit the Congress[Read More…]
Congress leader Tom Vadakkan joins BJP
New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan, who was considered close to party leader Sonia Gandhi, on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Vadakkan said he was deeply hurt at the way the Congress questioned the integrity of the armed forces after the suicide bombing at Pulwama led to India-Pakistan[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi blasts PM Modi over China, BJP hits back
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “weak” and “scared” of Chinese President Xi Jinping, provoking an angry reaction from the BJP. Gandhi hit out at Modi a day after China blocked the naming of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist.[Read More…]
Lok Sabha 2019: Trinamool Congress’ Arjun Singh to join BJP
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress strongman and Bhatpara MLA Arjun Singh is all set to join the BJP here in the presence of senior party leaders, party sources said on Thursday. The legislator was miffed with the Trinamool leadership as he was denied a Lok Sabha ticket from Barrackpore parliamentary constituency,[Read More…]
Priyanka Gandhi meets Bhim Army chief Chandrasekhar Azad, hits out at BJP
Meerut: Congress general Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday met Bhim Army chief Chandrasekhar Azad and attacked the BJP, saying the government has become “arrogant” and it was trying to suppress the voice of the people. Priyanka Gandhi arrived at Anand Hospital here along with Western Uttar Pradesh in-charges Jyotiraditya[Read More…]
Declare Bengal super sensitive for polls: BJP to EC
New Delhi: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation here on Wednesday met Election Commission officials and demanded that West Bengal be declared a “super sensitive” state for 2019 Lok Sabha polls due to its “history of violence”. The BJP delegation, led by Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and comprising[Read More…]
Maharashtra: 7-time Congress MLA Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar likely to join BJP
Hours after Sujay Vikhe-Patil, son of the Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil joined Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), in yet another setback to the Congress party before the Lok Sabha elections, senior politician and a 7 time MLA Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar has shown indications of joining the BJP.[Read More…]
BJP to ally with AJSU in Jharkhand, Modi to contest from Varanasi
New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board met here on Friday under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and decided to ally with All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) in Jharkhand ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. The highest decision making body of the ruling party also decided that Modi will[Read More…]
Nagaland: Former Chief Minister KL Chishi resigns from BJP
Kohima: Former Nagaland Chief Minister, veteran politician KL Chishi resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday. Chishi, who had joined the saffron party last year, was annoyed by the BJP-led NDA government at the centre for their alleged insincerity in coming up with a solution to the Naga[Read More…]
Maharashtra: BJP minister Pankaja Munde accused of Rs 106 cr scam
Mumbai: Dhananjay Munde, who is also Leader of Opposition in the state, and a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, has accused BJP Minister for Women and Child Welfare in the state, Pankaja Munde, of masterminding the Rs 106 crore scam involving in the mass purchase of cellphones. Pankaja Munda, minister[Read More…]
BSP leader Mayawati flays PM Modi over BJP address
New Delhi: BSP leader Mayawati on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “serving political interest” when she said India is facing hostility from Pakistan. “At a time when India is facing hostility of war and country needs firm leadership, Modi, instead of concentrating on matters of national security, is[Read More…]
BJP MLAs disrupt Lt Governor Anil Baijal’s address, marshalled out
New Delhi: Soon after the Delhi Assembly began its Budget Session, three BJP MLAs were on Friday marshalled out of the House for interrupting the welcome address by Lt Governor Anil Baijal. The MLAs — Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta, O.P. Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan — went near the Speaker’s[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh BJP’ official website hacked by Pakistani hackers
In another incident related to cyber attack, the official website of the Chhattisgarh BJP unit was allegedly hacked by Pakistan hackers. In the image that the hackers put on the website, it read, “Don’t ever think about Kashmir”, the message further said, “we are ready to give you counterblast in[Read More…]
Will expose anti-Delhi character of BJP in Lok Sabha elections: AAP
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday said that it will expose the “real anti-Delhi face of the BJP” in the coming Lok Sabha elections by presenting the facts and lies of the Central government before the public. The party in a statement said that it will distribute[Read More…]
AIADMK, BJP sign electoral pact; BJP gets 5 seats
Chennai: The ruling AIADMK signed a pact with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday to contest the Lok Sabha elections together, with the BJP allocated five of the 39 seats in the state. Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam told the media here: “Under the AIADMK-led alliance for the 2019[Read More…]
BJP’s General secretary Ramlal Gupta’s niece ties knot with Faizan Kareem
Shreya Gupta, BJP’s National General Secretary (Organization) Ramlal Gupta’s niece exchanged rings with minority youth resident of Gorakhpur, Faizan Kareem in a high-profile marriage at a five star hotel in Lucknow on Sunday night. Governor Ram Naik, Union Minorities Welfare Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dr.[Read More…]
After tough posturing, Shiv Sena and BJP to seal alliance
Mumbai: Tottering on the brink for months, the Shiv Sena managed to bulldoze its way with the BJP, paving the way for a pre-poll alliance for the Lok Sabha and in all probability even the Assembly polls later in the year, party sources said on Monday. “It is finalized. It[Read More…]
West Bengal: BJP leader arrested for abduction plot of his own daughter
A local BJP leader Suprabhat Batyabyal and two others were arrested in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on for “staging” the abduction of his own daughter “to fulfil his political agenda.” Two others arrested from Dalkhola in connection with the abduction are Raju Batak Sarkar, a mason, and Dipankar Mondal, a[Read More…]
Trinamool, Left, BJP take out rallies in Kolkata to protest Pulwama attack
West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Saturday organised a candle march led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here to protest against the terror attack on a paramilitary convoy in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 49 troopers while the opposition Left Front and the BJP also hit the streets. During the[Read More…]
Pulwama attack: BJP-Shivsena workers burn Pakistan flag
Mumbai: BJP and Shivsena workers burnt Pakistan flag in a reaction to thursday’s terror attack in Pulwama which killed over 40 CRPF troopers. In a display in Boriwala, Shiv Sena workers raised slogans of Pakistan down. while in Ghatkoper BJP workers should their resistance against Pakistan. Shiv sena leader Anil[Read More…]