Tag: BJP
Gujarat ministers haunted by phone calls
BJP government in Gujarat faces a new problem lately. Audio clips of random phone calls to ministers, from people seeking answers on what they considerytp be an integral agenda to them, are going viral on social media. And this has only added to the government’s discomfiture. BJP government image of[Read More…]
BJP to conduct training camps for MPs,MLAs
BJP slams Telangana CM over Muslim quota promise
FIR against BJP leader Sangeet Som for using riots video during election campaign
An FIR was registered on Wednesday against BJP leader Sangeet Som and two others for violating the poll code by screening a documentary containing parts of his speech related to the Dadri lynching case and his arrest during the Muzaffarnagar riots. Sangeet Som, Virendra Kumar and Chandrshekhar Singh have been[Read More…]
Demonetisation briefing: Manmohan Singh saved Patel from grilling by MPs
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saved RBI Governor Urjit Patel on Wednesday from the possible grilling by a parliamentary committee over the demonetisation issue. While Patel was struggling with the tough questions by MPs, Singh intervened and said that the central bank and the Governor’s position as an institution should[Read More…]
Uttarakhand polls: Congress leader ND Tiwari, son Rohit joined BJP
Senior Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari and his son Rohit Shekhar have joined BJP in presence of party President Amit Shah on Wednesday. While the development came as a major boost to the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the crucial assembly election, it is a[Read More…]
UP Polls: Congress may announce Brahmin deputy CM
Aiming at the majority vote bank in electorally important Uttar Pradesh, Congress party may announce its deputy chief ministerial candidate who in all likelihood will be a ‘Brahmin’. Sources said that the grand old party is considering the names of Former State Minister Jitin Prasada, Former Varanasi MP Rajesh Kumar[Read More…]
I read this fact on research websites: Rajasthan Education Minister on ‘cow statement’
Days after his bizarre statement that ‘cow is the only animal to exhale oxygen’, Rajasthan Education Minister Vasudev Devnani on Tuesday stood by his claim and said his comments were based on “research websites.” “I read this fact on research websites and it recently appeared in a magazine,” he said.[Read More…]
Govt clears Delhi Police Chief Alok Verma for CBI chief despite Congress opposition
Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Verma was on Thursday appointed as the next chief of the Bentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI). His appointment was approved for a period of 2 years by a three-member selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar and[Read More…]
Why not go ahead a little to Pakistan: Harsimrat Kaur to Sidhu
In a counter attack on newly joined Congress man Navjot Singh Sidhu, SAD leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday said Sidhu might go to Pakistan. Some people have their feet in three boats, sometimes BJP, Congress and why not go ahead a little into Pakistan,” Harsimrat was[Read More…]
BJP team for Delhi municipal polls announced
Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari announced his team in the upcoming municipal elections. This new team which was announced on Sunday is heavily influenced by the union minister Vijay Goel, who headed the Delhi BJP during the 2013 assembly polls. More than 10 major faces of Goel’s team have found prominence[Read More…]
Kerala author’s decision to burn his novel in public echoes Perumal Murugan
Echoing the Perumal Murugan episode from Tamil Nadu in 2015, Malayalam novelist Kamal C Chavara has decided to withdraw his book and burn it in front of the public in Calicut’s Kidson corner on Saturday evening at around 4 pm. Kamal C Chavara, who hails from CPI(M) ruling state, was[Read More…]
Delhi Police arrested over 120 BJP councilors protesting outside Kejriwal’s residence
Friday: The Delhi Police arrested over 120 BJP councilors from outside CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, where they were staging a protest. The protestor were forcibly removed by the police and the detained were taken to Civil Lines and Maurice Nagar police station. The protest demanded the release of funds for salaries[Read More…]
Vidya Balan opts out of Kamala Das biopic, director Kamal hints at possible right-wing pressure
Actor Vidya Balan has pulled out of a biopic on the poet Kamala Das, Aami, directed by Kamal. Media reports suggest that several Hindutva outfits, including Shiv Sena, were opposed to Vidya Balan playing the role of the controversial figure Director Kamal alleged that Balan’s opting out could be linked[Read More…]
If Badal tells Akalis to turn violent, AAP workers won’t stay alive: Harsimrat Kaur
Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday said that “if chief minister Parkash Singh Badal told workers of our party (Shiromani Akali Dal or SAD) to turn violent, AAP workers will not stay alive”. In a news report on the Hindustan Times, the MP, who was campaigning in Budhlada, spoke[Read More…]
BJP has begun campaign to weed out black money from politics: Amit Shah
BJP has already started campaign to weed out black money from politics and bring major electoral reforms under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief Amit Shah said on Tuesday. “After attack on black money through demonetisation, some thinkers and experts asked Modiji what about bringing an electoral[Read More…]
Party has no money to fight Punjab, Goa elections: Arvind Kejriwal
Weeks ahead of assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday claimed that his “honest” party does not have money to fight the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab and Goa. “We don’t have a single penny to contest Punjab and Goa polls. Our bank[Read More…]
Suspense over! Navjot Singh Sidhu to formally join Congress on Jan 9
Ending speculations over his next party, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu will formally join the Congress on January 9, weeks before assembly polls in Punjab. Sidhu had resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party on September 14 last year. Sidhu’s wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, an MLA from Amritsar East constituency, joined the[Read More…]
Population is increased by those who support the concept of four wives and 40 children: Sakshi Maharaj
BJP leader Sakshi Maharaj, infamous for his controversial communal statements, on Saturday indirectly blamed the Muslims for country’s population boom, News 18 reported. Population is increased by those who support the concept of four wives and 40 children,” he said while addressing a public gathering in Meerut. The controversial leader[Read More…]
Surgical strikes, demonetisation changed the way world looks at India: Amit Shah
BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said that cross-border surgical strikes and demonetisation have changed the perception of the country about the party and that of other countries about India. “After the cowardly attacks in Uri, the country was expectantly looking at the BJP government at the Centre in the[Read More…]
Unrest in Bengal after TMC MP’s arrest
Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was arrested on Tuesday by the CBI as a suspect in the Rose Valley chit fund scam case. This is the second arrest of a TMC leader in a week. Another senior Trinamool MP Tapas Pal, accused in the same case, was sent to custody[Read More…]
Jayalalithaa’s absence a political opportunity for BJP: Venkaiah Naidu
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that the absence of Jayalalithaa in the Tami Nadu state’s political landscape offers a great opportunity to BJP. “Earlier, Madam, with her towering personality and influence, was persuasive. And, she was taking away the votes of some of our sympathisers also. Because, between[Read More…]
BJP forms govt in Arunachal with support of 33 PPA MLAs
BJP government on Saturday installed in Arunachal Pradesh after 33, out of 43 Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA) MLAs led by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, joined the saffron brigade. “Lotus has finally bloomed in Arunachal. The people of the state will see a new dawn of development in the new[Read More…]
BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh CM Sunderlal Patwa dies at 92
Former Madhya Pradesh CM Sunderlal Patwa died at a private hospital in Bhopal on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. He was 92 years old. Patwa was chief minister for a brief period of two months from January 20, 1980 to February 17, 1980 when he was in the Janata[Read More…]