Opposition Shiv Sena-BJP today submitted a joint letter to Protem speaker Ganpatrao Deshmukh proposing the name of BJP leader Eknath Khadse as the new Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.The letter was signed by Girish Bapat, chief whip of the BJP Legislature party and Subhash Desai, the Sena leader in the lower House, BJP general secretary and MLC Vinod Tawde said.The Leader...
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An article published in BJP house journal stated that BJP is stronger than Shiv Sena and the Sena is overestimating its strength in Maharashtra.This statement in the article could be the last straw in the already deteriorating relation between the Sena and BJP.According to the journal the assembly polls was not as bad for BJP as it was for the Sena and BJP had to compromise with Sena to keep the alliance...
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chief Mohan Bhagwat, who had asked the top BJP leadership to sort out problems in the wake of Lok Sabha debacle, on Tuesday seemed to suggest that the party may need a "surgery" or even chemotherapy" treatment, a view rejected by BJP chief Rajnath Singh."As far as BJP is concerned, whatever surgery, medicine, chemotherapy is essential for them, it has to be diagnosed by them (BJP)," he told a press...
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RSS chief Mohanrao Bhagwat has sounded a mild warning to the BJP to either accept the Sangh’s advice or risk remaining a “divided”, dysfunctional and rootless party.“The BJP is a divided house and a divided house can’t function properly,” Bhagwat was quoted by news agencies as telling reporters in Pune. He reportedly added that the BJP needed to rediscover its roots.The Sangh chief said he had counselled...
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Correspondent
Lucknow
Nov. 15: The BJP has hit rock bottom in Uttar Pradesh — the state that once catapulted the party to power at the national level.
A detailed look at the results of the recent byelections held in UP show that the BJP now ranks lower than even the Independents and smaller parties in some constituencies.
In the Kolasala Assembly...
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JAIPUR: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, whohad asked the top BJP leadership to sort out problems in the wake of Lok Sabhadebacle, today seemed to suggest that the party may need a "surgery" or even"chemotherapy" treatment, a view rejected by BJP chief Rajnath Singh."As far as BJP is concerned, whatever surgery, medicine,chemotherapy is essential for them, it has to be diagnosed by them (BJP)," hetold a press...
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The recent crisis in the BJP government in Karnataka was focused on whether B S Yeddyurappa would remain as the chief minister or would the rebels get their way, or whether the BJP central leadership would succeed in affecting a compromise.But the real significance of this crisis lies elsewhere. The events in Karnataka showed up the brazen nexus between politics and a big business that the BJP had...
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latest buzz in BJP circles is that LK Advani, Venkaiah Naidu and Arun Jaitley are trying hard to get Narendra Modi to the Centre, but it is the Gujarat CM who is reluctant to go.Quoting reports from Delhi, BJP sources said that the three senior BJP leaders are resisting Maharashtra state BJP chief, Nitin Gadkari's candidature for the post of national party president. Gadkari is the RSS's choice for...
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Relations between saffron allies Shiv Sena and BJP, not on the best of terms in recent times, may be strained further following an article published in the state BJP house journal which said the Sena's strength in Maharashtra was less than what its leaders projected.Last month's Assembly elections saw BJP, with 46 MLAs, taking over Sena's role of `Big Brother' in state Opposition politics. Sena got...
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the midst of all speculation over who will succeed Rajnath Singh, RSS on Wednesday came out with a public statement that it was not against four Delhi-based senior BJP leaders who the RSS chief had virtually ruled out as party president.In a rare statement, RSS All-India Propaganda Chief Manmohan Vaid said, "Reports that the Sangh is against four senior leaders of BJP are completely false. M Venkaiah...
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