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In BJP blame game, leaders now criticise key strategists

June 10, 2009 India

The beleaguered Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sank deeper into a crisis Wednesday with its veteran leaders criticising key election strategists for publicly blaming others for the party’s poll debacle. Reliable sources told IANS that senior leader Jaswant Singh, who has written a letter to BJP president Rajnath Singh about the blame game, asserted again at [...]

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President speech ‘bundle of promises’: BJP

June 4, 2009 India

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday described President Pratibha Patil’s address to the parliament unveiling the Congress-led government’s agenda as a “bundle of promises”. “Hope the manifesto for the next five years released by the president does not remain on paper. As an opposition, we will play our role and ensure that it does not,” [...]

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BJP youth wing protests Australia attacks

June 1, 2009 India

The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Monday held a protest against the recent alleged racist attacks on Indian students studying in Australia and demanding increased security for them. Dozens of members of the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) protested outside the office of the Australian High Commission and raised slogans. Four Indian [...]

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Seven Karnataka ministers missing at anniversary bash

June 1, 2009 India

Eyebrows were raised when seven cabinet ministers stayed away from the gala function held Sunday to celebrate the completion of the first year of the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka. Amid conflicting reports, divergent reasons were being given for the conspicuous absence of the ministers at the vikas sankalp utsav, or commitment-to-development [...]

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New BJP MPs to meet ahead of parliament session

May 30, 2009 India

A meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) newly elected MPs will be held here Sunday to formally elect party veteran L.K. Advani as leader of the opposition on the eve of the first session of the 15th Lok Sabha. BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told IANS that besides naming Advani, 81, as the opposition [...]

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BJP, JD-U at daggers drawn in Jharkhand after poll results

May 19, 2009 India

The Jharkhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has threatened to abandon partner Janata Dal-United (JD-U) for its poor performance in the elections and declared that it would go it alone in the assembly polls. The BJP and JD-U, key members of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), fought 12 of the 14 seats together. [...]

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NDA meet called off

May 18, 2009 India

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting to discuss its post-poll strategy, which was scheduled to be held here Monday, has been postponed indefinitely since the leaders were busy assessing the reasons for the poll debacle. “Today’s meeting has been postponed as leaders said they were busy discussing the NDA’S fall in the elections,” NDA convener [...]

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BJP ahead in Gujarat with 15 seats

May 16, 2009 Election News

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 15 of Gujarat’s 26 Lok Sabha seats while the Congress had got eight as the final round of counting began Saturday afternoon. Among the BJP winners were Kirit Solanki in Ahmedabad West, C.R. Patil in Navsari, Dinubhai Solanki in Junagadh and Jayashree Patel in Mehsana. The biggest loss [...]

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BJP ahead in eight Jharkhand seats

May 16, 2009 Election News

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in eight of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand early Saturday afternoon while votes were being counted. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief and former chief minister Shibu Soren was trailing behind his BJP rival in the Dumka parliamentary seat. By 1 p.m., prominent BJP candidates who were [...]

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BJP wins four seats in Gujarat, Congress one

May 16, 2009 Election News

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won four Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat and the Congress one after the third round of counting around noon Saturday. The BJP winners are Kirit Solanki for Ahmedabad West, C.R. Patil (Navsari), Dinubhai Solanki (Junagadh) and Jayashree Patel in Mehsana. The Congress has won the Porbander seat contested by [...]

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