Agartala, June 23 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday called upon party workers and leaders to move forward by following the principles and ideals of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and draw inspiration from the life and contributions of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, whom he described as an extraordinary personality who dedicated his life to the service of the nation and its people. “We have to work for the welfare of the people by following his principles and ideology,” Saha sai…
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Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) West Bengal’s Jagannath temple in Digha, East Midnapore district, will no longer be considered a ‘Dham’, one of the sacred pilgrimage sites of Hinduism. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced this on Tuesday, stating that the temple complex will now be known as ‘Shri Sri Jagannath Cultural Centre’. Adhikari said that BJP MP from Puri, Sambit Patra, had come as an envoy with a letter from Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi.“The Chief Minister of Odisha …
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office bearers and karyakartas are meeting in the national capital to take stock of achievements over 12 years of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also to discuss future initiatives to broaden the party’s outreach across various sections of society. The meeting, which began around 2:30 p.m. at the party’s national headquarters under the chairmanship of BJP President Nitin Nabin, is …
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s recent claim that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government will fall within a year found support from the Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav. “He’s right,” Yadav said, answering a question during a press conference on Tuesday.”Once the SP comes to power in Uttar Pradesh, the Union government will fall,” he added.The Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh is slated for early next year.Rahul …
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) BJP National President Nitin Nabin is set to undertake a significant two-day organisational visit to Odisha beginning May 17. The visit is aimed at strengthening the party’s organisational framework and energising grassroots workers across the state.According to the party’s press release, the visit will feature a series of high-level meetings, training programmes, and strategic discussions with senior BJP leaders and office-bearers in Bhubaneswar and Puri. The tour is …
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday backed the BJP’s demands for clarity on the “funding” of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi’s foreign trips as well as the “unaccounted” income that was being spent on facilitating the same. Speaking to the media, Rijiju also stated the ‘opaqueness’ around certain foreign visits by the Congress MP was worrisome as it amounted to a violation of Parliamentary protocols.“The questions being r…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Heads of Missions (HoMs) of the 27 European Union (EU) Member States met Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday, discussing the “thriving EU-India strategic partnership” and the current geopolitical situation. Chairman of Congress party’s foreign affairs department, also attended the luncheon hosted by the EU delegation at Shanti Niketan.”As part of our engagement with Indian political parties, EU HoMs had lunch …
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday trained guns at the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP), Rahul Gandhi, over his multiple foreign visits undertaken over the past two decades, questioning the money trail and also the “source of funding” behind his “luxurious globe-trotting”.In a pointed attack, BJP MP Sambit Patra said the declared income of Congress MP was Rs 11 crore, but he has spent about Rs 60 crore on 54 foreign trips across continents, includin…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Criticising Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann’s allegation against the BJP over twin blasts in the state, Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu on Wednesday said that Mann should “place ice on his head” and “bathe in cold water” in order to realise what he is speaking. Further, he called CM Mann an “ISI agent”.Earlier in the day, CM Mann claimed, “Investigations into these minor blasts are underway. This is part of the BJP’s preparations for the elections in…
Gangtok, April 25 (IANS) Lok Sabha MP from Darjiling and BJP leader Raju Bista on Saturday expressed confidence that the party could secure between 170 and 180 seats in the West Bengal Assembly elections, citing what he described as a decisive shift in voter sentiment.Bista made the remarks after arriving at Burtuk Helipad in Gangtok to oversee preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Sikkim on April 27 and 28.He was accompanied by party leader Dilip Jaiswal as part o…