Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray never compromised on issues of national importance, former BJP president Venkaiah Naidu tells rediff.com's Onkar Singh
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was on Saturday elected unopposed as the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party in Rajasthan.
Chief Minister O Panneerselvam hugged Modi emotionally on a couple of occasions.
However, "we don't know who is Krishna and who is Arjuna," added the actor, who has said he would launch his political party and contest the 2021 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
Asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party would continue to insist on a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the 2G spectrum allocation issue, senior party leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said it is the government's responsibility to resolve the stalemate in Parliament.
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party dissidents on Thursday rebuffed Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's efforts to reach out to them by refusing to meet him.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a dig at feisty Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury, saying her laughter reminded him of epic serial 'Ramayana'.
The party president said the combined efforts of the cadre and the professional management of the campaign, which was successful in Gujarat, will be adopted for the upcoming polls in nine states.
"We will definitely contest it in court. The Shinde faction left the Shiv Sena, then how can they claim that their group is the original party, and not the one led by Uddhav Thackeray. The Thackeray name is synonymous with the Shiv Sena," the Rajya Sabha member said.
The Bhartiya Janata Party Parliamentary Board in New Delhi on Thursday unanimously decided that there was a need for a change in the party leadership in Karnataka, and advised Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to resign from his office.
Many MPs have complained that unsolicited calls have become a regular feature on their phones and sought a ban on these telemarketing calls.
The president also pitched for simultaneous elections to Parliament and state assemblies, saying there was a need to discuss and build a consensus among all parties on the possibility of holding simultaneous polls.
Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde, sulking over some decisions taken in his own state Maharashtra, on Saturday held discussions with senior party colleagues M Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar but party President Nitin Gadkari stayed away from the exercise.
The name of the former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh was missing from the party's fresh team of office bearers announced on October 30.
Upping the ante, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday set a 24-hour deadline to the United Progressive Alliance government to reject Governor H R Bhardwaj's recommendation to impose President's Rule in Karnataka or face a nation-wide agitation against it and him.
Amid efforts to break the stalemate over government formation in Jharkhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said it would take an 'appropriate decision' on Monday on forming the ministry with JMM support.
Opposition members in the Lok Sabha have moved 92 amendments on the motion of thanks on the President's address, while those in the Rajya Sabha have moved 80 amendments.
Terming "unacceptable" and "unfortunate" the demand for resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi following his questioning by the SIT in the 2002 riots case, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said there was "no prima-facie" case against him.
Hitting out at the government, BJP on Wednesday scored a "double century" on price rise and questioned the "silence" of Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the "burning issue".
Naidu routinely expunges any remark found unsuitable from Rajya Sabha's records after going through the proceedings of the day.
In the midst of speculations over who will succeed Rajnath Singh, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Wednesday clarified that it was not against four Delhi-based senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, who the RSS chief had virtually ruled out as party president. RSS All-India Propaganda Chief Manmohan Vaid said, "Reports that the Sangh is against four leaders of the BJP are completely false. M Venkaiah Naidu,Arun Jaitley,Sushma Swaraj and Ananth Kumar are all senior leaders".
The political crisis in Karnataka BJP seemed headed for a resolution with warring factions led by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and the Reddy brothers saying an announcement is likely by this evening.
Leader of Opposition L K Advani on Sunday turned 83 with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being among the first to wish him on the occasion.
"Sushma Swaraj is a great asset to the nation. There is a no allegation at all. Still they want her to resign," he said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra is set to deploy its top leaders for campaign for the October 13 assembly polls with senior party leader L K Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi leading the charge.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday defended Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the Ishrat Jahan encounter controversy, saying he cannot be held responsible for everything that happens in the state.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday remained non-committal on the issue of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi campaigning in the Bihar elections, indicating that it would take a call on the issue when the polls are nearer. "Why are you so keen about campaign details? That will be known to you at an appropriate time. We are now in the process of selection of candidates," senior party leader M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters when asked about it.
The govt and the opposition appeared set for a showdown in Parliament's monsoon session.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has convened a meeting of the party's core committee to discuss the resignation of senior Maharashtra leader Gopinath Munde. Senior leaders including L K Advani, Jaswant Singh, Yashwant Sinha, Sushma Swaraj, Venkaiah Naidu and Arun Jaitley are expected to participate in the meeting.The BJP leadership had called Munde and Maharashtra BJP chief Nitin Gadkari to Delhi. Gadkari had arrived in New Delhi and Munde was expected to arrive late on Monday.
Parliament will now meet on March 8 for the second part of the Budget session.
The marshals wore a blue uniform with a military-style peak cap and stripes on shoulders. In summers, the marshals are likely to wear white uniforms which have a resemblance to the uniform of the Indian Navy.
The generational shift in the Bharatiya Janata Party was complete on Tuesday with its founders Atal Behari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi being dropped from the Parliamentary Board, the highest decision-making body, which has the stamp of Prime Minister Narendra Modi all over now.
Vyshnav, a student of MBBS third year, suddenly collapsed while having dinner, the sources said.
Criticising the decision, the party also said it was a fight between forces 'rejecting democracy' and voices 'rescuing democracy'.
The Bharatiya Janata Party began seat-sharing negotiations with its National Democratic Alliance allies in seven states so that it can finalise its candidates soon. Three senior leaders have been empowered to conduct the negotiations: M Venkaiah Naidu in Maharashtra, Assam and Orissa, Arun Jaitley in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and Sushma Swaraj in Punjab and Haryana.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, who hails from Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, on Monday spoke with Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan after scores of people including children were hospitalised with an undiagnosed illness.
BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu tells Gyan Varmathat the recent crisis in Karnataka is politically motivated
The party has said they do no agree with her remarks.
