Launching his campaign as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate in East Delhi constituency, Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, attacked Narendra Modi and demanded that he ‘come clean on his election funding and subject himself to media scrutiny on his so-called achievements’. Long an academic in the United States … Read More
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s decision to opt out of electoral politics and hand over his Sivaganga constituency to son Karti to nurture and defend may be counted as a pre-election victory for the BJP Prime Ministerial contender. Whether or not Narendra Modi had staged a ‘fake encounter’ with facts … Read More
Expressing uncompromising opposition to commodity exchanges in agricultural produce on grounds that it adversely affects both farmers and consumers, Narendra Modi said India needs to concentrate upon reducing the import of agricultural products and increasing exports in order to resolve some of the pressing issues in its agrarian crisis. Devoting … Read More
Calling for innovative agricultural practices including a scheme of ‘water credits’ to maximise utilisation of scarce natural resources on the lines of carbon credits issued to counter global warming, Narendra Modi mooted urgent measures to revive the floundering agricultural sector and appealed to farmers not to commit suicide on account … Read More
With as many as 37 farmers committing suicide over the past few weeks in Maharashtra as unseasonal rain and hailstorms hit 28 of the State’s 35 districts, wiping out their crops and leaving them burdened with crippling debt, and Madhya Pradesh claiming that the rabi crop of 10,000 villages was … Read More
A war of words has broken out in the media after a co-convener of the Maharashtra BJP communication cell tweeted an endorsement of Narendra Modi’s incorruptibility by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The Congress challenged the claim and on Monday the whistleblower website called the endorsement a fake. Wikileaks has since … Read More
It is now certain that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal will follow Narendra Modi for a dip in the Varanasi electoral contest, to lend a frisson of excitement to what is generally regarded as a one-horse race. Claiming in Bengaluru on Sunday that the formal announcement would only … Read More
Clear unambiguous laws and rules are the key to justice and often suffice in themselves to serve the ordinary citizens, Narendra Modi told a jam-packed gathering of lawyers at Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium on Friday, organised by Senior Advocate Ram Jethmalani under the banner of “Lawyers for Modi”. Regretting that Governments … Read More
Simultaneously attacking the Chief Minister Navin Patnaik and the Congress-dominated UPA for failing to improve the lives of the people despite two successive mandates, Narendra Modi lashed out at Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid for denigrating the Supreme Court and the Election Commission on the eve of elections while in London, … Read More
Nandan Nilekani, who got the Congress ticket for the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency even before officially joining the party on March 9, continues to hold the post of chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), or Aadhaar. The project has been dogged by controversy since its inception in 2009 … Read More
