Crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit appeared to worsen on Friday with former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa insisting on a February 27 ultimatum for his reinstatement and party president Nitin Gadkari ruling out replacing incumbent Sadananda Gowda. Yeddyurappa, who was forced to resign more than six months ago after a Lokayukta report indicted him on illegal mining, made it clear to the party chief that he was in no mood to wait any longer.
The party has taken a very serious view of the party candidate getting just four votes while seven other MLAs voted for other parties' candidates, party spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad told media persons on Friday.
Telugu Desam Party leader Ram Mohan Naidu will be sworn in as a cabinet minister and another party MP, Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, as a minister of state in the new Modi government, a party leader has confirmed.
"Anything can happen in cricket and politics. Somewhere you feel you are losing the match, but the result is exactly the opposite," Gadkari said when asked about the current political situation in Maharashtra
Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday wished Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday and hoped his three-day fast for "peace, unity and harmony" in the state would be a big success.
Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari on Monday met Sudheendra Kulkarni and two other party MPs at Tihar Jail and said it was beyond his comprehension as to why they were not being granted bail despite being chargesheeted in the cash-for-vote scam case.
Under the new regulations, known as the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Amendment Rules, 2024, fees will now be charged on the actual distance travelled if the distance exceeds 20 kilometres.
Gajanan Ghadge, a former deputy sarpanch of Khursapur village in the district who was named by Arvind Kejriwal as someone whose land was given away to the Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari's firms, has been missing since Wednesday evening, his family said.
Sulking senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gopinath Munde's joust with the party leadership has taken a new turn with the Maharashtra unit chief calling for a meeting of party MPs, MLAs, MLCs and office-bearers to discuss the situation arising out of the rebellion.
A Canadian-origin pilot of a private air charter company, who was to fly Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari to Mumbai, was arrested in New Delhi on Tuesday for allegedly trying to enter the airport with a cartridge in his baggage.
In the wake of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's remarks against the Opposition and civil society, Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari said on Monday her charges were baseless and sought to know if the Congress feels yoga guru Ramdev's demand for bringing back black money is anti-national.
Koshyari made the remarks after conferring D.Litt degrees on Gadkari, a senior BJP leader, and NCP president Sharad Pawar at an event held in Aurangabad.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari is likely to get another term at the helm as the party on Friday initiated the process of amending its constitution to facilitate such a step. BJP national office bearers, at a meeting on Friday, approved a proposal to amend the party constitution to allow a second term for the party president, sources said.
BJP's central leadership is expected to take a call next week, reports Sanjay Jog
Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari, on Wednesday went against his colleague Sushma Swaraj, over the issue of the appointment of chief vigilance commissioner P J Thomas. Swaraj had earlier said that after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepted the blame for the appointment after the apex court struck it down, the issue was now over and it was time to move on.
Congress on Wednesday launched a fresh attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying the process by which the party top brass had given a clean chit to its President Nitin Gadkari was "strange" as the complainant and the judge belonged to the same side.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari is reportedly upset about the fact that he has been left high and dry by party leaders in the wake of the corruption allegations made against him by activist Arvind Kejriwal and by certain media reports. Senior party leaders who had promised to come to his defence have now backed out, leaving the BJP president fuming.
Refusing to be on the back foot over allegations against its president Nitin Gadkari, Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday suggested that he was being framed as Congress was facing serious charges of corruption and said he was the only leader to have volunteered for a probe by any agency.
Stating that the country is going through a difficult period due to "wrong" economic policies and "corrupt" governance, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday claimed that it was the only alternative which could save the nation from such problems. "The situation is very serious and difficult today. The wrong economic policies and bad and corrupt governance has ruined our nation," BJP president Nitin Gadkari said at a function to launch the 150th year birth anniversary.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday asserted that his party was not anti-Muslim or anti-dalit but had been victim of "false propaganda", clearly carrying forward the campaign to reach out to sections which are seen as outside the party's vote bank.
Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday found himself at the centre of yet another controversy over a letter he wrote to the Union water resources ministry seeking release of funds for an irrigation project in Maharashtra, in which an associate of his is said to be a contractor.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should go on a pilgrimage if he was helpless in checking corruption, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday.
Rohit, the Pune Mirror newspaper reported, was driving his Lamborghini at speeds of 200km/h, at times touching 215km/h on the Mumbai-Pune expressway.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday met Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat and discussed "important" issues, but said there was no talk on politics in Maharashtra where the Bharatiya Janata Party is in the process of government formation.
Extending support to Anna Hazare's anti-graft crusade, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday claimed that it was his party that brought corruption and black money issues to the forefront and it will firmly stand with the Gandhian in his agitation.
The national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party, held in Mumbai, has made it amply clear that no important decisions can be taken in the party by sidelining Narendra Modi, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray said on Saturday.
As the controversy over alleged bugging of his residence continued, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday insisted that the reports were "false and baseless".
'The path beyond diesel is not going to be clear. It is really going to be dependent on applications.'
Modi, who met the ministers-designate, said people have huge expectations and everyone will have to deliver, sources said.
In an interview with CNN-IBN, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari has slammed Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal for questioning the 2G report and rubbished the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh's alleged links with terror. Here are some excerpts from the interview:
Various stakeholders, including about 600 developers, bankers and officials from various wings, including the National Highways Authority of India, will also be present.
Hitting back at Union Minister V Narayanasamy for alleging that his close associate benefitted from coal allotments, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that all those making such baseless charges should apologise or face criminal and civil suits from him.
Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari, who was asked by the Income Tax department to appear before it on Monday in connection with the probe into alleged dubious investments in Purti group of companies, has sought more time to present his case.
The Congress president cited a report quoting Gadkari as saying that party workers should first fulfil their domestic responsibilities as "those who cannot do that cannot manage the country".
A nine-member Bharatiya Janata Party delegation led by party president Nitin Gadkari will leave for China on a five-day tour from January 20, its national secretary Dr K Laxman, said.
Alleging that the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party were hand-in-glove on the coal block allocation issue, erstwhile Team Anna on Thursday announced gherao of the residences of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Sunday.
Is anyone in the BJP listening -- to what Nitin Gadkari had to say, but possibly left unsaid? asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
Nitin Gadkari has a message as much for his party as much purportedly it is for the Opposition. Listening to him, whatever be his reasons and motives, will help, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The aide said doctors have attributed the "spell of dizziness" to a strong dose of antibiotics the minister took on Wednesday for a throat infection.
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