'At least half the population in UP has been infected.'
'This government is not cohesive. Earlier, the norm was to take a decision and then to announce it. Now what they are doing is to announce the decision first, before it is taken. When there is reaction, they say they will think about it. Then they set up a GoM and put the matter in cold storage. Perhaps there was pressure of showing something in the first 100 days.'
It is a measure of the overwhelming presence of the leadership of the original duo, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani, in the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party that the party has had some difficulty in making the transition from the Vajpayee-Advani era. But in choosing Sushma Swaraj for the post of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Arun Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha, the BJP has put its best foot forward.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday night announced the 47 remaining candidates for Haryana assembly elections who include Union Minister Sushma Swaraj's younger sister Vandana Sharma and two former Congress MPs and a former minister in B S Hooda government in the state.
The meeting was attended also by Modi baiters Keshubhai Patel, Somabhai Patel, Kanshiram Rana among others.
"It should have gone long ago. Glad that today a strong beginning has been made," prime minister said in response to another tweet.
The party's general secretary Arun Jaitley, who is in charge of the Punjab polls, will accompany Advani from Pathankot.
Here's a recap of the events from the past 24 hours.
A similar protest was organised by farmers on the Lucknow-Sitapur Highway.
States were directed to ensure there is no movement of people across cities or on highways. Only movement of goods should be allowed.
Stung by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks suggesting a rift between its leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Kishenchad Advani, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday accused him of attempts to divert public attention from governance.
The governor also said no life has been lost in Jammu and Kashmir due to any violence in the last 10 days
"It was a good meeting (with Shah). I will hold the press conference on Sunday," he said.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party terming it as a "party of pathological liars" and alleging it creates falsehood and then convinces itself of its truth.
Kirron Kher, actress-turned-politician, recounts how it was Jaitley who made her contest the elections from Chandigarh. Speaking to Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar, the Chandigarh MP talks of the BJP stalwart's generosity and how he was the focal point of any place he was at.
Uma Bharti's travails began on November 10 last year when she was sacked as party general secretary and suspended from its primary membership after she openly defied party president Advani in full glare of national television cameras.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will felicitate about a dozen Loktantra Praharis (defenders of democracy) on the occasion of the 113 birth anniversary of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan in the Plenary Hall of Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on October 11.
A day after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley criticised Nehruvian model of development, saying it had held the country back, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday termed Jammu and Kashmir a glaring example of the "failure" of Nehru's political model.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Saturday.
BJP demanded a probe against Verma and Naval chief Admiral Arun Prakash's close relative Ravi Shankaran in connection with the two cases.
Jaitley was the party's election in-charge for Bihar in the recent assembly polls also.
The Sikhs love a good fight, and that's what the Modi government has given them.
The BJP has dubbed the seer's arrest as an "assault on religion".
Mantreshwar Jha (35) called up Hindi film producers seeking roles for himself.
It is the first ever illumination of the historic monument's front fortification wall and its two important gateways -- Lahori Gate and Delhi Gate.
The court also adjourned hearing on a petition seeking review of its earlier order upholding transfer of Ayodhya case trial to Rae Bareilly.
The national capital on Friday witnessed a wave of fresh protests with a car being set on fire during one of the several demonstrations by people in their thousands who took to the streets shouting anti-government slogans over the contentious citizenship law. The epicentre of the protest was the locality around the Jama Masjid where large number of people held a massive protest after the Friday prayers at the mosque defying prohibitory orders and police clampdown.
Arun Saharya, former chief justice of Punjab and Haryana high court, would head the committee.
He, however, cautioned that "responsible and important members of any family, including ours, have to be more careful when they speak to the media so that they don't have to make clarifications every now and then."
Vijay Rupani and his deputy Nitin Patel took oath on Sunday in Gandhinagar.
Kejriwal said, "I don't regret anything. I accept I use bad language."
Addressing the party workers and people of Bihar through a virtual rally, he attacked the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal saying the growth rate of the state was just 3.9 per cent when the party was in power, but it rose to 11.3 per cent under the NDA.
The appointment of new expenditure secretary comes a month-and-a-half ahead of the Budget for 2020-21 to be presented on February 1.
The BJP is contesting 437 seats this election, the Congress 423.
The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it will hear "as and when required" a public interest litigation challenging the government's notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any computer system.
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