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BJP, JD-U to repeat seat-sharing formula in Bihar
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) have reached an understanding for the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections with both parties sticking to the seat-sharing formula of the 2005 assembly polls, a BJP leader said on Monday. BJP Bihar unit chief C P Thakur also told IANS that the relations between the two parties were on track and there was no tension. He, however, did not answer a direct question on the chances of … Read entire article »
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BJP asks Congress to make Emergency-related papers public
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday demanded that the Congress-led central government make public documents related to the imposition of Emergency in the country in 1975. ‘The citizens of the country ought to know the reasons that led to the imposition of the emergency. They (citizens) need to know why they were deprived of their rights,’ said senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh, while addressing a rally in Ambedkar Nagar district, some 200-km from Lucknow. ‘The release of … Read entire article »
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Jaswant Singh stands by his comments on Jinnah
Jaswant Singh, who on Thursday returned to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 10 months after he was expelled for his book praising Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, has stressed he could not “disown the book”. In an interview to NDTV’s Barkha Dutt, Singh said: “I cannot disown the book on Jinnah”. “‘Jinnah is an ambassador of Hindu Muslim unity’ is not a comment made by me. It is said by Gopal Krishna Gokhale and repeated by Sarojini … Read entire article »
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‘Rajiv Gandhi responsible for Anderson escape’
Maintaining the heat on the Congress over the release of Warren Anderson, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj said on Friday that former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was responsible for allowing the then Union Carbide chief to leave India after the Bhopal gas tragedy. ‘The district collector and the superintendent of police of Bhopal escorted the main accused to the airport in an official car after securing bail and he was allowed safe passage from … Read entire article »
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BJP And The Ghost Of Maut Ka Saudagar!
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday ended its two-day national executive meeting with a scathing attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government and its chairperson Sonia Gandhi for failing to control rising prices, increased Maoist violence and the handling of the Bhopal gas tragedy case. It is interesting to note that few days back after the PM’s Press Conference, BJP criticized the UPA for prise rise, Naxalism, Pakistan etc etc. But it didnt criticise … Read entire article »
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