Only in the event of the RSS managing to force Modi into accepting a consensual candidate, will the party not continue to 'being' the 'next Congress', observes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior BJP leaders and chief ministers of some other states will attend the event.
With the strain and anxiety of the longest Lok Sabha polls now behind the leaders, governance, with consensus, is the next step.
In the recently concluded Tripura Assembly elections, the BJP won 32 seats in the 60-member Assembly while its ally IPFT won one seat.
Leaders of 38 parties have confirmed their participation in a meeting of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to be held in the national capital on Tuesday, Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda said.
Economic situation, addressing price rise & jobless growth to be part of speech.
Seeking replacing of the "ideology" of the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party's new President Amit Shah on Saturday asked cadres to work for expanding the party's reach with focus on states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir where assembly polls are due in near future.
The report from the first request is scheduled to be delivered to Congress on December 15 this year.
New Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asked party men to exercise restraint in their speech and conduct and fight for people's issues to gain the confidence of the masses.
Back at the helm by the sudden turn of events, new Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Thursday steered clear of questions about the party's prime ministerial candidate or about Narendra Modi being one, saying there is no race in the party for the top post.
We will defeat them in the Speaker's election itself. We are sure the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP will form the government," Nawab Malik said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president Amit Shah, chief ministers of all BJP-ruled states and those governed by National Democratic Alliance allies are expected at the ceremony, to be held at an open ground near the state secretariat, Gujarat BJP president Jitu Vaghani said.
Nitin Gadkari, who is all set to take over as the new Bharatiya Janata Party president, will assume office in Delhi on Saturday afternoon.
Nitin Gadkari had raised expectations as a no-nonsense man who meant business. Even as he has tried to synchronise the pulls and pressures that any head of a political organisation would have to, the composition of his new team, his first real test as party chief, has been disappointing. What is more, he has failed to come across as his own man.
'He felt that he had no place in the BJP and he was wrong.'
It will take a long time to judge if it was for the BJP's good or not to surrender it's own space.
B S Yediyurappa, deputy chief minister designate of the new Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government to be sworn-in in Karnataka on February 3, Sunday said the government would formulate a Common Minimum Programme.
Seeking to revive the Ram temple issue after a long hiatus, new Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh Thursday appealed to Muslims to take the initiative to enable the construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya.
The new BJP government in Tripura has renamed a lane leading to the official residences of the CM after party ideologue Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
All members of the Planning Commission have submitted their resignations to the Prime Minister's Office paying the way for reconstitution of the institution.
The supply of buffalo meat has dried up due to ban on illegal slaughterhouses.
Sawant on Tuesday said his government had sought a floor test on Wednesday to prove its strength in the assembly.
Social activist Anna Hazare has called upon his supporters to ignore the threat to his life and to continue working.
The Rajya Sabha MP, who lost out to Bachchan in the race for re-nomination to the upper house and on Monday quit the Samajwadi Party to join the BJP, had said at a press conference that the SP denied him the RS ticket and gave it to somebody who used to dance and act in films.
New Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Thursday warned party MPs against any disconnect with voters and asked them to remain connected ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections in four states and bypolls in some other states.
Rediff's data journalists bring you data about toilet/bathroom and sanitation facilities across India from the 69th round (2012) of National Sample Survey.
Days after being sworn into office, Nitin Patel is yet to take charge of the portfolios allotted to him.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday informed that 10 tribal militants involved in the killing of Hamren police district Superintendent Nityananda Goswami and his personal security officer Ratul Nunisa have been arrested during the intensified operation launched by the Assam police and paramilitary forces in Karbi Anglong hill district of the state.
The Narendra Modi government is in possession of names of three women who tried to peddle influence in the run-up to the formation of the new Bharatiya Janata Party government in India.
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The benchmark has gained 2 per cent this week on continued hopes the incoming Narendra Modi government would unveil substantial economic reforms.
The company faces a potential tax demand.
This Haryana village believes it has 'found' the Saraswati river of the Vedas.
'I've always figured that it's the people who don't get laid enough, or well enough, who feel compelled to constrain and tear down anyone who looks as if they're having a good time.'
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