Strongly condemning the terror attack in Mumbai, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said that the terror war against India was still on and asked the government to take a determined stand to deal with the menace.
This is likely to be the last extension of the central rule in the state as the Election Commission had issued a statement recently stating that elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be announced after the annual Amarnath Yatra beginning on July 1.
Arvind Kejriwal is poised to return to power with a simple majority. Even if the BJP wins 20 to 25 seats, it will be seen as a victory, says R Rajagopalan.
Padgaonkar said that during their last visit to the state, the team held intensive discussions with women representatives, and had tried to understand their view on the Kashmir issue and how to solve it. "Women in Kashmir had suffered immensely -- both physically as well as psychologically," he said after the meeting with the home minister.
Reacting sharply to Sunday's early morning arrest of Baba Ramdev from Ramlila grounds in New Delhi, Bhartiya Janata Party spokesman Prakash Javadekar condemned the government's move and described it as highly barbaric act.
The news of Shah joining the Cabinet came from Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani, who tweeted a congratulatory message. "Had a courtesy meeting with our mentor Amit Shah and gave my best wishes to him on his inclusion as a strong member of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers," he tweeted.
There is also a buzz about Shah joining the government. About 60 ministers may take oath.
Modi has appointed P K Sinha, who superannuated as cabinet secretary on Friday, as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), he said.
The Bhartiya Janata Party on Sunday asked the government to unveil a concrete action plan to curb inflation effectively in a month and demanded an immediate roll back in the hike of fuel prices.
Responding to Singh's Twitter post -- which stated that Ramdev was BJP's plan A, Team Anna was plan B, and when both of which had 'crashed', Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was plan C -- BJP national spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, "Digvijay Singh is no doubt the plan D of the Congress party, and D can be read here as duffer or dirty tricks."
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday termed the on-going investigation by Delhi police into the cash-for-vote scam as an "eyewash" and "cover-up", saying a clean chit had been given to Congress and Samajwadi Party without examining the whistleblower MPs and former SP leader Amar Singh.
All political parties have appeal for peace and harmony.
The Telugu Desam Party-Bharatiya Janata Party combine on Friday appeared set for an impressive performance in Seemandhra by leading in about 90 Assembly seats, followed by YSR Congress in around 70, out of the total 175 seats in the region.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday hit back at Rahul Gandhi for his attack on Narendra Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying his "irresponsible" comments were condemnable and he should express regret for these.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari will head a committee which will reach out to social and volunteer organisations while his Cabinet colleague Sushma Swaraj will head a group that will produce literature for the polls.
The former union home and finance minister also alleged that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government would not have taken the bold decision had Jammu and Kashmir been a "Hindu-dominated" state.
In an embarrassment to BJP, its Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani today came out in support of Kashmir interlocutors and termed as "childish and churlish" party accusations that they were internationalising the issue.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday demanded an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the gruesome murder of Nasik Additional Collector Yashwant Sonawane. "It is surprising why new Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is shying away from a CBI enquiry. The state police enquiry won't be able to reveal who was protecting the accused Popat Shinde and others," BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar said.
India is also short of about a thousand colleges.
The police had filed a chargesheet against Kumar and others, including former Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya.
Escalating its attack against Mani Shankar Aiyar, the BJP called his remarks "treasonous" and demanded an apology from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
'Dear PM, INC supports the salary cut for MPs. Please note that MPLAD is meant to execute developmental works in the constituency. Suspending it is a huge disservice to the constituents and will undermine the role and functions of MP,' Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said on Twitter.
'Global investors expect the rupee to be more vulnerable in the downturns in the future than ever before,' notes Apoorva Javadekar.
With curtains drawn over the Commonwealth Games, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said it will "pursue" the alleged delay and corruption in Games preparations vigorously as reflected by the "mood of the people".
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday hit back at the Congress party for releasing pictures of Narendra Modi with Lalit Modi and alleged that it showed "political bankruptcy".
The climate conference on Saturday came out with an ambitious final draft that will commit USD 100 billion a year from 2020 to help developing countries.
With almost all opposition parties and several trade unions backing the 'Bharat Bandh' and many announcing parallel protests in support of the farmers, the Centre has issued an advisory directing all the states and Union Territories to tighten security and ensure COVID guidelines are followed.
Expressing confidence about his party coming back to power in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BJP chief Amit Shah said that his party will rule the country for the next 50 years.
'The only reason why it has taken him in is to rile the Congress and also to show, yet again, how fleet-footed the saffron camp is when it comes to raiding the pastures of its rivals,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
The EC on Wednesday reminded political parties about the bad effects of plastic and asked them to avoid using it for making banners and posters for electioneering.
The government has also extended till August 31 the repayment date of short-term crop loan of up to Rs 3 lakh for agriculture and allied activities. The decision, taken by the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will give respite to farmers and also help them take a call on which kharif (summer) crop to grow as sowing picks up with the arrival of southwest monsoon.
Minutes after Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's speech at the 83rd Congress plenary on Monday, where he offered to appear before the Public Accounts Committee in the wake of scams that have rocked the nation, he came under the fire of the Opposition.
A three member delegation of Bhartiya Janata Party headed by Prakash Javadekar called on the union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday evening and demanded that the government should take immediate steps to end the blockade of National Highway 39 by the Naga students so that the supplies of the essential commodities reach the people of Manipur.
Kanhaiya, who is out on bail in a sedition case, has been leading a movement demanding justice for Rohith Vemula, a Hyderabad university scholar who was found hanging in his room earlier this year after he along with five others were suspended.
The overall pass percentage was 83.01 per cent as against last year's 82.02 per cent.
"We have always had the highest regard for our judicial system and always cooperate with law, so there will be a legal fight in the court," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will fulfil all its responsibilities with regard to climate change.
The BJP has threatened a nationwide stir, along with other parties, against the hike in fuel prices.
'Change is the rule of politics.'
Coastal road will decongest the traffic of Mumbai and will create 91 hectares of green space.
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