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Rashtriya Janata Dal celebrates good show in Bihar by-polls

Patna, Sept 20 (ANI): The activists of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) here celebrated the party’s good show in the by-election for 18 legislative assembly seats.

The RJD-Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) won eight seats in the by-election for 18 legislative assembly seats, a major set back to ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U).

The JD (U) bagged three [...]

Shiv Sena-BJP alliance confident of victory in Maharashtra assembly polls

Mumbai, Sep 19(ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena on Saturday expressed confidence about emerging victorious in the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections.

“It is 45 years since Shiv Sena came into being. And this first day of Navaratri happens to be a red-letter day in the history of Shiv Sena that [...]

Congress – NCP to finalise seat-sharing formula on Saturday

New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): The crucial meeting of the Congress Party and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders will be held here on Saturday to give the final shape to the seat sharing agreement for next month’s Maharashtra Assembly polls.

The Election Commission issued notification for the assembly polls in Maharashtra, which is to [...]

Police swoop on sellers of Jaswant Singh’s pirated book in Pak

Lahore, Sep.18 (ANI): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh’s book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah has sent the Pakistani book piracy nexus working overtime, but it has also landed people in police custody.

Pakistani security agencies have arrested three [...]

Mayawati slams Congress party’s austerity drive

Lucknow, Sep 18 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has ridiculed Congress party’s austerity drive, terming it as a ploy to steer attention away from the steep price rise.

Addressing a mass rally here on Thursday, Mayawati hit out at the Congress party, calling its austerity drive “a drama.”

“Because of the wrong doings by the [...]

Rashtriya Janata Dal celebrates good show in by-polls in Bihar

Patna, Sep 18 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) celebrated its good show in state by-election on Thursday.

The RJD-Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) won eight seats in the by-election for 18 legislative assembly seats, a major setback to ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U).

JD (U) bagged three seats while its ally Bharatiya Janata Party won two seats.

RJD activists [...]

Shekhawat says Jaswant’s expulsion wrong

New Delhi, Sep 10(ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Thursday said the decision to expel Jaswant Singh was wrong.

“The way Jaswant Singh has been treated, I do not approve of it,” Shekhawat said.

Shekhawat was [...]

Congress party activists court arrest in Gwalior

Gwalior, Sep 9 (ANI): Hundreds of activists of Congress party courted arrest in Gwalior protesting against State government for power cuts, increasing crime, inadequate water supply and other local issues.

The activists, joined by several drought-hit farmers, raised slogans as women agitators protested by showing bangles to the authorities.

The protesters also scuffled with police as [...]

Government should lodge protest with China on incursion: BJP

New Delhi, Sep 7(ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday observed the Centre should lodge protest with China Government on reports of its troops’ incursion in international border in Ladakh region.

“Reports of Chinese incursion in Ladakh is a matter of [...]

BJP continues public appeal to Jaswant Singh to quit Public Accounts Committee

New Delhi, Sep 7(ANI): As Jaswant Singh chaired the meeting of the Public Account Committee on Monday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a tizzy, and Deputy Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has made a public appeal to the expelled leader to step down from the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee [...]

Action against party men who discuss ‘Jinnah’: Rajnath Singh

Rohtak (Haryana), Sep 6(ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh on Sunday warned the party members to avoid talking about Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the man who BJP holds responsible for the division of the country and massacre of lakhs of people, failing which would invite a strict action from the party.

“Jinnah was responsible [...]

Election Commission reviews Haryana assembly election arrangements

Chandigarh, Sep 5 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday visited Haryana and met leaders of various political parties to review arrangements being made prior to the Haryana Assembly elections scheduled to be held on October 13.

Chief Election Commissioner [...]

Radio Pakistan unhappy over criticism of Jaswant Singh book on Jinnah

Abohar, Sep.3 (ANI): The expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has got a new fan in Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan.

In its latest edition, the Punjabi Durbar programme has described all political parties of India be it Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress or Shiv [...]

YSR was son of soil, his loss is irreparable: BJP

New Delhi, Sep.3 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday expressed its deepest condolences on the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhara Reddy and four others in a helicopter crash on Wednesday.

Terming the late Andhra leader as a ’son of the soil’, BJP president Rajnath Singh described his death as shocking [...]

Top BJP brass begins meeting at Rajnath Singh’s house

New Delhi, Sep.1 (ANI): Senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have congregated at the residence of party president Rajnath Singh for a crucial meeting.

The meeting is expected to discuss many issues. Senior party leaders Arun Jaitely, Sushma Swaraj and M.Venkaiah Naidu [...]

Jaswant’s book on Jinnah selling like hot cakes in Pakistan

Islamabad, Sep 1 (ANI): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh’s controversial book, Jinnah: India, Partition-Independence, which has created a furore in India, is selling like hot cakes in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

The twin-city booksellers had imported more than 3,000 copies on Saturday and sold them out by Monday morning. [...]

No leadership role likely for ‘lateral entrants’ in BJP

New Delhi, Aug.31 (ANI): ‘Lateral entrants’, a term coined for non-RSS workers, are in for tough days ahead in the Bharatiya Janata Party.

In the wake of recent wrangling in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) followed by the exit of senior leader Jaswant Singh [...]

Karnataka Housing Minister resigns following defeat in by poll

Bangalore, Aug 31 (ANI): Karnataka Housing Minister V. Somanna resigned from the state cabinet on Monday following his defeat in the recent by polls to the state assembly.

Somanna handed over his resignation to the Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa.

“I will take a decision on accepting his [...]

BJP- Shiv Sena finalises seat sharing for Maharashtra assembly polls

Mumbai, Aug 31 (ANI): Though the party’s top leadership is struggling to set the house in order, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Maharashtra unit has finalised the seat sharing agreement with the Shiv Sena on Monday for the upcoming assembly polls in the state.

According to BJP sources the talks with Shiv Sena are almost over [...]

Vasundhara Raje to meet Venkaiah Naidu today

New Delhi, Aug 31 (ANI): Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu here today.

Earlier, the BJP central leadership had said that they have asked Raje to report to them in New Delhi on August 30.

On Thursday, Raje had asserted that she had no [...]