Even as Narendra Modi’s march to Delhi seems unstoppable, two unnecessary irritants threaten to take the sheen off his triumph, the like of which independent India has never seen. The Gujarat Chief Minister is resented in some circles not for his non-Congress background, but because he represents the first break … Read More
Promising to begin the process of de-criminalising politics by making a crime-free Parliament (apradh mukt sansad) his first priority on coming to power, Narendra Modi said that politicians with criminal associations can never serve the people and so “I will cleanse Indian politics”. Addressing ecstatic crowds in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, … Read More
Half-way through the election process, with polling over in 235 seats and reports suggesting that there has never been such heavy voting in the country, Narendra Modi said the Congress has broken out into cold sweat, so much so that the mother-son duo are in doubt whether they will be … Read More
There is a strong possibility that the phenomenon of multiple DIN (Director Identification Numbers) that first came to light in the case of Priyanka Vadra and her mother-in-law Maureen Vadra, and is now known to cover other politically eminent persons, is linked to businesses that may not be known to … Read More
Upping the ante against the Congress and the UPA for the remaining four phases of the election, Narendra Modi said that according to a television channel, the Income Tax department has reported that an extensive raid at the premises of a meat exporter has found that four Central Ministers, including … Read More
The BJP’s Prime Ministerial contender came out against the blanket sale of loss-making public sector undertakings (PSUs) and said these bodies can be professionalised to improve their performance, employees can be taken into confidence and trusted to turn the organisations around, and that it would be wrong to malign them … Read More
As polling for the parliamentary election entered its fifth phase on Thursday, Narendra Modi hit out at the de facto and de jure governance of the past ten years by appealing to the electorate, particularly the youth and first time voters, to choose a “Government that works, one with a … Read More
Ratcheting up his campaign in the remaining phases of the election, Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged the electorate in Tamil Nadu to consider the BJP alliance under the leadership of Vijaykanth, Vaiko, S Ramadoss and Pon Radhakrishnan as a credible alternative to the established political parties in the State, and … Read More
Continuing his pressure on the Congress ruling family for a propensity to violate rules and norms with impunity, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy swiftly invoked the legal process against Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Vadra, regarded as the ‘last hope’ of the politically declining party, for possessing three DIN (Director Identification Numbers) … Read More
Refuting charges that the BJP campaign has been Modi-centric, the BJP’s Prime Ministerial contender said the truth is that the youth fear a return to the chaos of the 18th century and are angry over the wasted past decade; the BJP instilled hope, so “hope is the strength of this … Read More
