The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Sunday released its second list of 155 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, which features children of at least three party bigwigs and a few defectors from other parties. The most prominent among the so-called 'star kids' is Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj Singh, who has …
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January 22, 2017Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu's cross over to the Congress could be the fallout of the "hurt" he might have felt in his parent party, former Union minister Shatrughan Sinha said here on Sunday. "Sidhu is not a bad man. He was with BJP earlier and now he is in Congress party. He might …
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January 22, 2017Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu's cross over to the Congress could be the fallout of the "hurt" he might have felt in his parent party, former Union minister Shatrughan Sinha said here on Sunday. "Sidhu is not a bad man. He was with BJP earlier and now he is in Congress party. He might …
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January 22, 2017Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said though the contest in the February 4 Punjab Assembly elections was no longer bipolar with the "advent of new smaller parties", the BJP will nevertheless emerge clear winner. The Bharatiya Janata Party in alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal is part of a coalition government in Punjab …
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January 22, 2017The BJP's West Bengal unit Vice President Jayprakash Majumdar, arrested for allegedly taking money from School Service Commission candidates by promising them jobs, was on Saturday sent to jail till February 3. Majumdar spent six days in police custody after his arrest on January 14. The judge at Bidhannagar court also rejected a bail plea …
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January 21, 2017The ruling BJP is yet to decide on stitching together a pre-poll alliance to fight against the ruling Congress in Meghalaya. "We have been working like visiting guests here. But now, BJP has come here to stay. Hereafter, BJP is not going to be a visiting guest to Garo Hills. It is going to be …
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January 21, 2017BJP leader and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday expressed confidence of his party doing well in the upcoming Assembly elections in Punjab and said Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) coming to power will bring an era of development in the state. “We're confident of doing extremely well in this election and visualise that we'll …
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January 21, 2017A Junior Engineer in Assam's Nagaon district was allegedly made to apologise by touching the feet of a BJP MLA for removing the legislator's car blocking the road to the office, a BDO official said. The action recorded in camera of a TV news channels and in front of eye witnesses showed Jayanta Das, Junior …
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January 21, 2017Recent ticket allocations by BJP and Congress came as a shocker for many of their stalwarts in Goa who are now in the fray either as independent candidates or have withdraw from the election campaign in the run up to the state assembly polls. BJP which was ruling with 21 legislators on the floor of …
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January 21, 2017Recent ticket allocations by BJP and Congress came as a shocker for many of their stalwarts in Goa who are now in the fray either as independent candidates or have withdraw from the election campaign in the run up to the state assembly polls. BJP which was ruling with 21 legislators on the floor of …
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January 21, 2017Preferring its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) apparently suggested cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu – who has now joined the Congress – to quit Punjab politics and contest from Lok Sabha poll from Kurukshetra in Haryana and be a minister in the Centre government. But as Sidhu was not …
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January 20, 2017Preferring its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) apparently suggested cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu – who has now joined the Congress – to quit Punjab politics and contest from Lok Sabha poll from Kurukshetra in Haryana and be a minister in the Centre government. But as Sidhu was not …
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January 20, 2017Setting the tone for Goa poll campaign, the BJP is trying to project its social schemes and infrastructure development in the state during last five years, in a bid to woo the voters. Senior leaders, including Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, state Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, party's Goa unit president Vinay Tendulkar and others, have hit …
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January 20, 2017In the process to accommodate Congress rebels, BJP has created dissatisfaction among its own party leaders. Many ignored BJP leaders, who were denied party ticket for Uttarakhand assembly election, have resigned from the saffron party to contest as independent candidates. Suresh Jain, who was hopeful of getting party symbol from Roorkee, resigned from the primary …
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January 19, 2017In the process to accommodate Congress rebels, BJP has created dissatisfaction among its own party leaders. Many ignored BJP leaders, who were denied party ticket for Uttarakhand assembly election, have resigned from the saffron party to contest as independent candidates. Suresh Jain, who was hopeful of getting party symbol from Roorkee, resigned from the primary …
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January 19, 2017Veteran Congress leader and former Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Narain Dutt Tiwari provided a fresh dent to Congress by joining BJP with his son Rohit Shekhar in New Delhi on Wednesday. Ignored by Congress, ND was left with little options to help his biological son Rohit make progress in political field. In a move …
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January 18, 2017Resentment is building up within the BJP over the unprecedented number of rebels from other parties who have been given tickets both in Uttar Pradesh and in Uttarakhand. Although officially, the Uttarakhand unit of the BJP has welcomed the nominees’ list released a couple of days ago, party insiders say that the decision to accommodate …
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January 17, 2017