Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said that he was ready to extend support to social activist Anna Hazare provided he distances himself from the "Naxalites" in his team.
"Let him (Baalu) come out with a white paper on surveys undertaken," Swamy demanded at a press conference in Chennai, and said he would seek details under the Right to Information Act.
During the arguments, Swamy said the evidence he had brought on court's record prima facie show that Chidambaram is equally culpable as former Telecom Minister A Raja, who is facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
The Election Commission on Wednesday rejected Janata Dal leader Subramanian Swamy's petition for de-recognition of the Indian National Congress on the plea that it violated rules for registration by loaning Rs 90 crore to a company.
"I have to be associated in a formal way with the CBI's case. I will be happy to assist them. The court should give me a formal status and I do not think CBI would have any problem in this," Swamy told Special CBI Judge O P Saini.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee and apprised him of his "findings on the black money deposits of Indian politicians abroad," according to a statement issued by him.
Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy on Monday told a Central Bureau of Investigation court dealing with the 2G spectrum case involving former telecom minister A Raja that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi should be made an accused in the case.
A Delhi court will decide on December 8 Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy's plea to examine witnesses, including senior Central Bureau of Investigation officials, to establish erstwhile finance minister and the present Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's role in the 2G spectrum allocation.
In a 206-page petition submitted to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy sought to prosecute Congress President Sonia Gandhi under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the Bofors case.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday asked Congress to clarify whether it paid Rs 90 crore to Associated Journals, which ran the now-defunct National Herald daily, saying if it was true it was violation of tax and electoral laws.
Seeking arrest of those instigating people over Mullaperiyar dam issue in Kerala and Tamil Nadu under National Security Act, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Monday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to hold talks with the neighbour in the overall welfare of the two states.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar passed the remark while hearing a batch of petitions filed by former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain and others, who have challenged the inclusion of words "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble of the Constitution.
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Friday claimed that the Congress tried to divert people's attention from coalgate by introducing the reservation bill but failed in its attempt.
A Delhi court on Thursday referred to the proposed special court to be set up for hearing the 2G scam the plea of Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy that he should be made a prosecutor in the case.
The Centre has approached the Supreme Court seeking its direction to restrain Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy from making public statements in the 2G case, saying that matter is subjudice.
Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are majority shareholders of Young Indian with 38 per cent shares held by each one of them. They were questioned for hours by the ED in this case a few years back.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to take up for hearing on priority basis Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy's plea to incorporate paper printouts in electronic voting machines or restore paper balloting system allegedly because EVMs "are not tamper proof."
The Chair expunged Swamy's reference to the Constitution of another country that triggered vociferous protests from Congress members.
A turning point arrived in the 2G spectrum case trial on Saturday. Janta party leader Subramanian Swamy, who has been seeking the inclusion of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the list of accused in the 2G scam, deposed as a witness in a special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation.
A Delhi court on Saturday started recording the statement of Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, who is seeking the prosecution of Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G case. Swamy had sought the court's permission to examine witnesses, including senior Central Bureau of Investigation officials, to establish erstwhile finance minister and present Home Minister P Chidambaram's alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list for hearing a PIL filed by former Rajya Sabha lawmaker Subramanian Swamy seeking a direction to the Centre to declare the Ram Setu as a national heritage monument.
A special court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation whether Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy's private complaint in the 2G spectrum case could be tagged with the agency's first information report in the case. Special CBI Judge O P Saini sought response from the agency by May 4 after Swamy said that he does not have any problem if his complaint is clubbed with the agency's FIR.
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy was on Friday allowed by a Delhi court to conduct his private complaint in the 2G scam.
BJP and RSS leaders are once again pushing to remove the words 'secular' and 'socialist' from the Constitution's Preamble, showing a deeper effort to change India's identity from a diverse, multi-religious republic to a Hindu-first nation, even though they don't have the numbers in Parliament to officially change the Constitution, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Janata Dal Chairman Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday filed a complaint in a Delhi court seeking his inclusion as a public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case. Swamy is also likely to move the Supreme Court, urging it to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation to name former telecom minister A Raja as an accused in the case.According to him, the agency has already collected substantial evidence against A Raja to include him in the list as an accused.
Dismissing the role of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy as negotiator for the Ram temple issue, the main parties to the case on Thursday demanded setting up a panel of Supreme Court judges to initiate the talks in the vexed matter.
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Thursday targeted Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, raising questions over acquisition of a company that published the now-defunct National Herald newspaper to which Congress gave a loan of over Rs 90 crore
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday told a Delhi court that it would provide in two days a copy of a file relating to 2G spectrum allocation to Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy who alleged the document would prove the "complicity" of the then finance minister P Chidambaram in the scam.
The Congress, however, dubbed Swamy as the 'undeclared spokesman' of Modi.
The Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions challenging the validity of certain provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which prohibits lawsuits to reclaim a place of worship or change its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947. The pleas, including one filed by Ashwini Upadhyay, argue that these provisions violate the right to judicial remedy and create an arbitrary cut-off date. The matter will be heard in the backdrop of several ongoing cases related to places of worship, including the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi and the Shahi Idgah Mosque in Mathura. The Muslim side has cited the 1991 law to argue that such suits are not maintainable. The Supreme Court had previously sought the Centre's response to Upadhyay's petition, which alleged that the law creates an "arbitrary and irrational retrospective cut-off date" for maintaining the character of places of worship.
The court said the company has made out a prima facie case in its favour and in case no ad-interim injunction is granted, it would suffer an irreparable loss.
There is concern in the organisation and the leadership over the unbridled criticism aimed at the Finance Ministry.
Veteran political leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday expressed surprise over Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani's decision to apologise to Congress president Sonia Gandhi over the black money issue
Janata Party chief Dr Subramanian Swamy slammed Team Anna on Thursday for 'insisting a new law to deal with corruption and bring the premier investigating agency under the Lokpal'. The government's Lokpal Bill is likely to be introduced in the Parliament on Thursday afternoon, which has already been opposed by Team Anna.
'They want to keep the pot boiling all the time.' 'The BJP wants to set a political narrative that the Gandhis are doing wrong things.'
The Rajya Sabha MP said for electoral success 'it is essential that the ideology of Hindutva is never lost sight of'.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday once again attacked Raghuram Rajan on the monetary policy, over a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had disapproved of his criticism of the Reserve Bank of India chief.
With Team Anna under attack for levelling allegations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday asked Anna Hazare to leave the group, which is in the grip of "Naxalite minded crazies" and join him and Ramdev in the fight against graft.
Continuing his tirade against Raghuram Rajan, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Friday said RBI Governor's policies have finished small industries and are anti-agriculture.
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, who is pursuing the 2G spectrum scam, on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to direct Central Bureau of Investigation to expand the ambit of its probe to cover the alleged link between terror outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam and telecom company Aircel.
