'Shibu Soren was the tallest leader of tribals in the country.'
Only in the event of the RSS managing to force Modi into accepting a consensual candidate, will the party not continue to 'being' the 'next Congress', observes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it has started "action" and disposed of a plea moved by former RSS ideologue KN Govindacharya, seeking a direction for a special arrangement with YouTube to safeguard the copyright of its live-streamed proceedings in accordance with a 2018 judgment.
Govindacharya was admitted to Apollo hospital on Saturday night after he fainted at a function in Hissar.
Govindacharya was admitted to Apollo hospital on Saturday night with a suspected blood clot.
Coming to the defence of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Jaswant Singh, former party leader K N Govindacharya said on Monday that the party top brass should have read the book and summoned Singh for an explanation instead of "summarily and shabbily" dismissing him.
Govindacharya was responding well to medication till his condition suddenly deteriorated Monday night.
'Govindacharya has held meetings with senior bureaucrats of the state on at least four occasions,' MPCC spokesman Manak Agarwal told the press.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue Govindacharya said that Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje should quit on moral grounds in the wake of the Lalit Modi controversy as from common man's perception they are "guilty".
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue K N Govindacharya on Friday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was pursuing opportunistic politics by demanding secular-nationa Democratic Alliance prime ministerial candidate.
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Virtually daring the Bharatiya Janata Party to snap links with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, former party ideologue K N Govindacharya has said the RSS can "walk straight without the crutches of the BJP".
Former RSS ideologue K N Govindacharya on Tuesday sought to dissociate himself from the criticism by the BJP elders against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Bihar polls, and said the senior leaders should have discussed the matter internally.
Ruling out his return to the Bharatiya Janata Party, former party ideologue K N Govindacharya on Thursday said he has decided not to tread the path which he has long quit. "I will not count trees of mangoes and tamarind on the road which I don't want to tread," Govindacharya told reporters when asked whether he was interested in coming back to the saffron party.
Long written off as a political force, K N Govindacharya made a strong comeback this week, bringing together a million people -- most of them farmers -- on the platform of alternative development.
The Madhya Pradesh chief minister also admitted that the former BJP ideologue was giving 'valuable' advice to her on running the government.
"It is time for the nationalist forces to pitch in. The two major conglomerates in Indian politics have become pro-rich, pro-minority and pro-foreign. I will announce the formation of political front on the occasion of Makar Sakranti," said the former BJP general secretary, who severed ties with the party during the Vajpayee regime following his famous statement calling Vajpayee a "mask" and Advani the "real face" of the BJP
A ministerial berth for Kerala BJP general secretary George Kurian in the third Narendra Modi government is indeed a reward for a loyal party worker who has been active in the saffron party movement post-Emergency in the late 1970s.
The Supreme Court is all set to live-stream its Constitution bench proceedings from Tuesday, and the hearing of pleas challenging reservations for the economically weaker sections and the row over control of services between the Centre and the Delhi government will be the first regular webcast.
'As socialism and secularism were the pivot of politics between 1952-80 and 1980-2010 respectively, Hindutva has now come to acquire the same dominance'
'You can do anything after retirement. You have to pursue it. You have to take it up as a challenge.'
Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue K N Govindacharya, said the petitioners have faith in the apex court but many petitioners in this case cannot come to the court to take part in the hearing on daily basis.
Raking up the issue of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-Team Anna "nexus", Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday alleged that Mohan Bhagwat, Anna Hazare and Govindacharya are "contradicting" one another over the issue.
Activist Anna Hazare has to give up his irrationally anti-political stance for the movement against corruption to succeed, K Govindacharya says
By conventional yardsticks, Das was an audacious choice by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP president Amit Shah, like Devendra Fadnavis was in Maharashtra and Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana. Will his choice pay off in the elections next month?
The committee has shared an online form consisting of 11 questions seeking comments of lay persons until March 31.
e Union minister of state for home is somewhat brash and rowdy, and has enormous confidence.' Some of this derives from the fact that he has independent sources of income (he reported assets amounting to Rs 18 crore in his 2019 Lok Sabha nomination papers)
'The PM should keep some distance from them (businessmen).' 'It will be better for the PM, the party and the government' Former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak in an interview to Priya Sahgal/Newsx speaks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's affiliation to businessmen and their presence during his foreign tours.
The Bharatiya Janata Party said the re-induction of former party leaders Uma Bharti and Govindacharya into its fold was under consideration of the central leadership. "The matter is under consideration. But, a final decision in this regard will be taken by the BJP parliamentary board," party spokesman Ramnath Kovind told reporters in Lucknow.
Not satisfied with the changes announced by the government in the Union Public Service Commission exam, scores of civil services aspirants on Monday vowed to continue their fight for "complete scrapping" of the Civil Services Aptitude Test paper and decided to shift their agitation to Jantar Mantar in central Delhi.
'The Congress and the BJP are both pro-foreign and pro-rich. They should merge. They are not allowing space to pro-poor voices. If you do this, you are leading people to anarchist forces.'
Vajpayee's statement comes as a setback to Bharti, who had himself incurred the wrath of the entire second generation\nleadership in the party earlier.
RSS ideologue and former BJP general secretary K N Govindacharya talks about commemorating the deaths of naga sadhus and sants who were killed in police firing on November 7, 1966.
K N Govindacharya, who submitted a memorandum to the President asking him to 'keep in mind the dignity of the post of President' before inviting Sonia to become prime minister, said he would thank the Congress leader if she kept away.
Yediyurappa is made of sterner stuff and is not going to yield so easily.
Allies, Opposition increase volume of criticism; hope in Kashmir, Assam
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The Delhi high court on Monday termed as "serious" the use of internet services provided by offshore firms by government officials in communicating on sensitive issues and asked the Centre to come up with the e-mail policy.
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