New Delhi : Amit Shah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trusted aide and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) general secretary, was on Wednesday anointed as the saffron party’s new president. His selection as the party chief came at a crucial time, a few months ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections due later this year. The senior […]

New Delhi : Failing to keep the April 3 date for releasing its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, BJP will now come out with its poll promise document on April 7, the first day of polling. Party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman, while making the announcement, added that a charge sheet against Congress led United Progressive […]

New Delhi: After overcoming initial hiccups, the BJP is all set to field its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi. Party chief Rajnath Singh is expected to contest from Lucknow. The BJP is expected to make announcements in this regard at a scheduled meeting of its Central Election Committee […]

Bangalore: The former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Rajnath Singh, who was in the city to attend an RSS meet, on Sunday and put forth a strong case in support of his followers, who are either not reinducted into the party or not promised ticket for the Lok Sabha […]

New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will kick-start its three-day meet in Bangalore from Friday. While speculations are on that the meeting will focus on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, RSS has clarified that the sole purpose of the meeting is to evaluate their work. RSS publicity head Manmohan […]

Shimoga : Ending months of speculation, former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Monday said he would return to the BJP, which he had deserted to form his own outfit more than a year ago. “I will give sweet news in the first week of New Year. I know the party which I built has […]

Washington : BJP President Rajnath Singh has pledged to build a replica of Bamiyan Buddha at Kushi Nagar in Uttar Pradesh where Gautam Buddha attained Parinirvana after his death. Singh, who is on a five-day visit to the United States, reiterated on Tuesday his pledge during a major Afghan-policy speech at the Capitol Hill, jointly […]

New Delhi: The crisis in the BJP, which had arisen after party patriarch LK Advani had resigned from all party posts, came to an end on Tuesday evening. Addressing a brief media conference in the national capital, BJP president Rajnath Singh said, “Advani ji has agreed to abide by the party’s decision and has taken […]

Panaji: Amid reports of rift within the BJP especially after L.K. Advani’s decision to skip the national executive meeting, party president Rajnath Singh said the conclave would end on a positive note and every one will go back “happy”. In his inaugural address to the national executive meeting here, Rajnath Singh said everyone will go […]

Belgaum : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has projected Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as a popular leader of the country and not as a prime ministerial candidate, the party’s national president Rajnath Singh said on Monday. The parliamentary board of the party will select the prime ministerial candidate later, he told reporters here. There […]