Patna, A Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, police said on Thursday. Baiju Prasad Gupta was killed at his medical shop at Pakri village on Wednesday night ,district police officer Gaurav Oandey said. –IANS
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Indian rupee has slipped into coma: Yashwant Sinha
Ahmedabad: Former Finance Minister and former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said here on Tuesday that the economic turmoil in the country had sent the Indian rupee into a coma. Speaking on the Rashtra Manch platform, formed early this year, Sinha said: “Narendra Modi, when he was the Gujarat Chief Minister,[Read More…]
Only 2 Dalit generations should be given reservation: BJP leader
Senior BJP leader C.P. Thakur Sunday said only two generation of Dalits should be given reservations in jobs and educational institutions, not beyond that. “The son of a Dalit IAS officer should not be given the benefit of reservations in jobs and educational institutions,” Thakur, a former Union Minister, said[Read More…]
Abducted BJP leader Shabir Ahmad shot dead by militants
Shabir Ahmed Bhat, affiliated with PM Modi led Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was shot dead by unidentified militants early on Wednesday at around 2:30 am in Rakh-e-litter village of Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. A message was received that BJP worker went missing on Tuesday evening while he was on his way to[Read More…]
Bihar: BJP leader arrested for sexual assault in Patna
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Patna has been arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of the secretary of an NGO run by him, police said on Wednesday. Baban Yadav was arrested late on Tuesday following an FIR lodged by the secretary of Buddha Society Seva Foundation, an NGO which[Read More…]
48 hours, yet no action by Gujarat Police against rape accused BJP leader
Ahmedabad: There has been no action against former Gujarat BJP vice-president Jayanti Bhanushali by Gujarat police even after 48 hours of since the victim filed the complaint. The 21-year-old women from Surat had submitted an application, seeking registration of a rape case against Bhanushali to the police commissioner’s office on July[Read More…]
Vehicle that killed 9 children in Bihar belongs to BJP leader
Patna: Opposition RJD on Saturday said the speeding vehicle that killed nine school students in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district belongs to a ruling BJP leader and demanded stern against those responsible for the death of innocent children. According to district police officials, speeding vehicle, a Bolero that hit and killed nine school[Read More…]
Virat married abroad, can’t be a patriot: MP BJP leader
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Guna in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday voiced his reservations over cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood actress opting for a foreign land as the venue of their marriage. “A big cricketer got married recently. But in such a large country, he could find a[Read More…]
Corruption, cover-up, shielding guilty is Congress history: Ravi Shankar Prasad
BJP leader and union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday attacked the Congress, saying they did not spare a “single element of this earth” from corruption and “covering it (corruption) and saving the guilty has been their history”. “If we take the air waves, then there is 2G scam; if[Read More…]
Sunanda Pushkar death: Delhi HC dismisses Swamy’s plea for CBI probe
The plea filed by BJP leader, Subramanian Swamy for a court-monitored investigation into the death of Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was dismissed by the Delhi High court on Thursday. The HC dismissed the petition saying it to be ‘frivolous’. The HC also warned both Swamy and his[Read More…]
‘I need to speak up now’: Yashwant Sinha on Indian economy
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former finance minister, Yashwant Sinha, has spoken out against the way his party has weakened the economy of India. According to him, many leaders in the party know that the economy is in a downward spiral, but refuse to speak up because of[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: Former BJP leader who ran cow shelter used to sell dead cattle, bones and skin
Chhattisgarh BJP leader, Harish Verma sold dead cattle to butchers and traded their skin and bones, according to police. Verma was detained after death of 300 cows at his cow shelters. The revelation was made by the state’s Gau Sewa Ayog (official body for bovine welfare) in their complaint to[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: 200 cows die of starvation, BJP leader defends charges
In another incident of neglect in cow shelters, over 200 cows died in two days because of starvation and lack of proper care in a gaushala in Rajpur in Chattisgarh, as villagers claimed on Friday. BJP leader, Harish Verma, runs by the gaushala. He has been running it for the[Read More…]
Tejashwi Yadav hits JD(U)-BJP govt over Srijan scam; demands CBI probe
Bihar’s leader of opposition, Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday demanded a CBI probe into the Rs 1,000 crore Srijan scam. In the scam, the government funds were transferred to private accounts amid 2005 and 2013. BJP leader, Sushil Kumar Modi was the state’s finance minister then. “It is high time that[Read More…]
Indian women sharing midnight selfies online and there’s a valid reason
Several women have taken to social media to post their selfies out at midnight with the hashtag #AintNoCinderella after a senior politician has questioned why a woman, who was reportedly stalked, was out at the night. In yet another instance of victim blaming, vice-president of Haryana BJP, Ramveer Bhatti, blamed[Read More…]
Haryana: Patient dies after BJP leader allegedly blocks ambulance
In a shocking incident, a man in Haryana died on Saturday allegedly after a Bharatiya Janata Party leader (BJP) refused to allow the ambulance to move for nearly half hour. According to ANI, a case has been registered on Monday against BJP leader, Darshan Nagpal. The BJP leader allegedly stopped[Read More…]
‘Woman shouldn’t have gone out at 12 in the night’, Haryana BJP leader Ramveer Bhatti
In yet another instance of victim blaming, vice president of BJP in Haryana, Ramveer Bhatti, blamed the victim in the Chandigarh stalking case for driving “so late in the night”. According to CNN-News18, Bhatti said, “The girl should not have gone out at 12 in the night. Why was she[Read More…]
Nitish meeting Rahul is nothing but time-waste: Sushil Modi
BJP on Saturday said that Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar is wasting his time in meeting Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi in wake of asking RJD’s Deputy chief minister, Tejaswi Yadav to resign. “Nitish Kumar is wasting time meeting Rahul Gandhi for reportedly asking Tejaswi Yadav to tender resignation,” said senior[Read More…]
Goa BJP leader, family booked for assaulting daughter-in-law for dowry
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state vice-president Anil Hoble along with his wife Sandhya and son Milind have been booked for allegedly harassing his daughter-in-law Shweta for dowry. The Panaji police also rescued Shweta, who had numerous injuries on her body. The step was taken against Hoble and his family after[Read More…]
Delhi HC adjourns hearing on Sunanda Pushkar case till July 20
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the Sunanda Pushkar death case on a plea by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Subramanian Swamy, till July 20. On July 6, Swamy had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court, seeking a court-monitored enquiry into[Read More…]
BJP leader Ravindra Bawanthade arrested for allegedly raping woman in crowded bus
Ravindra Bawanthade, a local BJP leader from Armori Taluka of Gadchiroli district arrested for allegedly raping 19-year-old student in a bus on June 27. The arrest happened after a clip of Bawanthade engrossed in sexual act with a woman in a moving bus in Maharashtra had gone viral. The woman[Read More…]
BJP leader carries out protest demanding Momo ban
Days after senior BJP leader, Ramesh Arora, asked for a ban on momos, the MLC is leading a protest in Jammu against the selling of the popular street food in the state on Thursday. The BJP MLC had criticised the dumplings as being both addictive and a health hazard. He[Read More…]
I will reveal Rajini’s irregularities if he joins politics: Swamy
In a conversation with India Today, BJP leader, Subramanian Swamy said that if Tamil superstar, Rajinikanth joined politics, he will reveal all his financial irregularities, which will force the actor to quit politics. Lashing out at Rajini, the leader said that he will unleash the misappropriation or fraud that the[Read More…]
Post demonetisation drive, police seizes fake currency from BJP leader’s house
While BJP’s one of the main agenda is to drive away ‘black-money’ from the country which is why PM Modi chose to ban currencies overnight, Kerala Police seized fake currency notes and printing machines from the house of a BJP local leader at Sree Narayanapuram near Kodungallur in the district.[Read More…]
‘Hindu-terrorism’ was a ploy by Congress: BJP leader Anil Vij
Hitting out at the Congress party, BJP leader and Haryana Health and Sports Minister, Anil Vij, on Wednesday alleged that the concept of ‘Hindu terrorism’ was a ploy by the party. “There can’t be a terminology like Hindu terrorism. A Hindu cannot be a terrorist. Had there been Hindu terrorism,[Read More…]