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Articles 4421 through 4520 of 9764:
- A Strategy For Up Assembly Polls (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Jan 07, 2006)
While the change of guard was expected at the BJP’s silver jubilee meet at Mumbai, Rajnath Singh was indeed a surprise choice. Mr Singh, no doubt, was not a dark horse in any sense; he is certainly not another Bangaru Laxman or Jana Krishnamurthy.
- Year 2005: Best And Worst Of Times For Parliament (Business Line, R.C. Rajamani, Jan 07, 2006)
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times... It was the spring of hope; it was the winter of despair.
- Bjp After Advani’S Exit (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jan 07, 2006)
Under fire from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and party hawks after he praised Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah during his Pakistan trip, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president L.K. Advani has been forced to quit the top party post.
- Bjp Deserts Nepal King? (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jan 07, 2006)
Is one reading too much into it or is the BJP finally throwing its weight behind Nepal’s Opposition?
- Coalition: Jd(s)to Wait & Watch (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Unhappy with the Congress high command move to leave the issue of forging alliances in the hung zilla panchayats of the state to the local party units, the Janata Dal (Secular) is likely to take a decision on...
- Follow Which Leader? (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 07, 2006)
The Ramlila in the BJP seems to be over and hopefully, its new president, Rajnath Singh — who is not Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman or the infamous dhobi — will get down to the serious task of putting the party back on track.
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 07, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Old Order Gives Way (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The year just begun is likely to see a radical change in the political equations between the country’s principal parties broadly divided into two: the Hindu Right-wing and others.
- Even Lohiaites Are Learning (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 07, 2006)
If, like this writer, you too are a believer in economic reform leading to free markets, shrinking of the state’s role in economics and unshackling India’s creative and entrepreneurial energies, and are dismayed at the road-blocks and rollbacks at . . .
- Lights Out In Power Ministry (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 07, 2006)
Despite the hype and expectations, the ministry of power continues to hold back progressive initiatives of successive Central governments.
- Orissa: Bjp Leaders Favour Pulling Out Of Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Amidst demands within the ruling BJP to pull out of the BJD-led government in Orissa over the Kalinga Nagar incident, state BJP chief Jual Oram is leaving for Delhi today to apprise the party's central leadership about the whole episode.
- Rss Never Interferes In Bjp’S Affairs: Rajnath (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Seeking to bring back the party on its ideological path, new BJP President Rajnath Singh today disagreed with his predecessor Mr L.K. Advani’s contention on public perception about RSS “interference” in party affairs even as he called for a nation-wide de
- More Trickle Out Of Sena (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Rocked by rebellion and its morale at an all-time low, the Shiv Sena today suffered another setback after two more MLAs quit the party.
- No Regrets On Remark On Jinnah: Advani (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Former BJP President L. K. Advani has “no regrets” for his statement on Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Pakistan and feels that his party missed a golden opportunity.
- Jobs And Sops (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 07, 2006)
Basu becomes source of embarrassment
How Jyoti Basu could use a rally organised by the coordination committee of state government employees to announce a “cabinet decision’’ to recruit 40,000 people in various departments of the government and . . .
- Bjp Alleges Secret N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The BJP today charged the Manmohan Singh government with stealthily submitting “a plan” to the USA, “separating our civil and military nuclear facilities”.
- Politics Rarely Takes A Vacation (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Jan 06, 2006)
The New Year is upon us and politics rarely takes a vacation. Last six months I have written consistently about the Third Front and this is more than a reality and by the middle of 2006 we will see two large groups emerging to change the current . . .
- Uma May Comeback (Daily Excelsior, Yashpal Singh Tomar, Jan 06, 2006)
The new BJP president, Rajnath Singh, is expected to re-induct the expelled Dalit face of the BJP sadhvi Uma Bharati into the party. She is on her way to Ayodhya with a slogan Ram-roti, and has been drawing gullible crowd at every stop.
- Can’T Change Our Tory (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 06, 2006)
There's a frisson in the British media ever since David Cameron arrived on the scene. Cameron is fresh-faced and, at 39, the new leader of the Conservative party travels light. He is relatively unburdened by the cynicisms and disbeliefs . . .
- Bjp Chief Meets Rss Leader (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
BJP president Mr Rajnath Singh tonight held a long meeting with RSS joint general secretary Mr Suresh Soni and is understood to have discussed key issues including appointment of new office-bearers and the national executive of the party.
- Rajnath Defers ‘Team Selection’ Till Jan 20 (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 06, 2006)
The state of flux in the BJP will continue for another fortnight — president Rajnath Singh has decided to postpone picking his new team till after the National Council meet on January 20.
- Unlike Advani Bjp's New Chief Rajnath Singh Refuses To Go To Pakistan (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Once bitten, twice shy seems to be the case with new BJP president Rajnath Singh when it comes to the issue of visiting Pakistan.
- Some Friends (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 06, 2006)
The Congress must sometimes wonder whether the Left is really its ally.
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 06, 2006)
A year-end front page editorial gives the Left credit for much that is going right with the UPA. “Crucially dependent upon the Left for its survival, the UPA government had agreed to many proposals that no bourgeois-landlord government would agree . . .
- Speculation Rife On Change Of Governor (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
There was intense speculation here on Thursday over the possible shifting of Karnataka...
- Naveen Patnaik Government Under Fire (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Jan 06, 2006)
The Kalinga Nagar incident has put the already strained BJD-BJP relationship under further pressure.
- Bjp Meet To Ratify Rajnath's Appointment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Rajnath Singh to spell out his strategy
Strategy to expand the BJP's base
Leaders contacted at various levels
- Bjp Backs Yoga Guru (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party says it is fully with yoga guru Swami Ram Dev, who has come under attack from CPI (M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat
- Bjp Behind `Saleli Episode,' Says Rane (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
As the "Saleli landlord murder" controversy continued to hot up, Goa Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane on Wednesday alleged that BJP is behind the episode and asked Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar to desist from politicising the issue and . . .
- Vajpayee's Equivocation (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jan 05, 2006)
A temple to Ram at Ayodhya might have eluded Lal Krishna Advani while he headed the party, but in his last days as president he caught a glimpse of the Ramayan through the mouth of Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- Jd(s) To Await Congress Decision On Alliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Deve Gowda dismisses reports of talks with BJP
- The Polity Has To Turn Its Back On Politics Of Intrigue (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 05, 2006)
There can be no gainers in this game that no leader or party can hope to control fully. Unless the trend is bucked, the polity will stand denuded of its democratic legitimacy.
- Riverside Drama -Sudip Returns To The Stage (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 05, 2006)
It is encouraging that a former member of Parliament has revived a concern for the banks of the Hooghly in Kolkata, which are in distressing shape even when there is evidence of beautification in some pockets.
- Tainted Mps Reply To Probe Panel (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 05, 2006)
The Lok Sabha MPs named in last month’s television expose on corruption in the MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) have filed their replies to the inquiry committee set up by the Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee.
- Bjp Goes After Indian Communists On Ramdev Row (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Joining issues with CPM leader Brinda Karat on the Baba Ramdev controversy, BJP on Wednesday charged her with making a ‘motivated attempt to hurt the faith of Indians in yoga and Ayurveda’.
- Congress May Keep Off Siddu (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Jan 05, 2006)
In no mood to upset the applecart, the Congress high command is unlikely to let the Karnataka unit of the party tie up with the All India...
- ‘The Future Of The Bjp Is Bleak’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 05, 2006)
The United Nations has adopted the methodology devised by well-known political scientist Prof Ashutosh Varshney of Michigan University to study conflicts in south-east Asia and Nigeria. In his work, Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life:
- Another Corrupt Indian Politician Caught On Camera Red Handed (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
A senior Bihar minister in the Nitish Kumar government, which came to power on the anti-corruption plank, is in the eye of a storm,
- Terror’S Nalgonda Link Is Old, Pandya Killers Are From There (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The arrest of Mohammed Raiz-ur Rehman, a native of Miryalguda in Andhra Pradesh’s Nalgonda district, has brought the focus on the backward Telengana districts as the breeding ground for Islamic fundamentalists.
- Uma Trains Her Guns At Mulayam (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Putting at rest all speculation about her joining hands with Mulayam Singh Yadav, expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti today termed the Samajwadi Party-led government in Uttar Pradesh as that of "goondas and mafias".
- Why The Bjp Must Get Its Act Together (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 04, 2006)
Everybody loves a winner. Whether in the world of sports, politics, the entertainment industry, or the equity market, losers are not only looked upon with a certain disdain, but also punished severely. More so in politics than anywhere else.
- Bjp's Manifest Mirages (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 04, 2006)
In many ways, the root of the problem lies in an authority crisis within the BJP.
- No Question Of Joining Hands With Bjp, Says Prakash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Dismisses rumours of the party seeking support of All-India Progressive Janata Dal
- ‘I Am A Victim, Not The Woman In The Cd’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Almost a week after Sanjay Joshi quit as BJP general secretary following the CD scandal, Bhuvaneshwari Madhu, who had been missing from her Vadodara home, surfaced today to say that she was not the woman in the controversial CD and Joshi was a . . .
- The Rule Of Lawlessness (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 04, 2006)
Politicians who have several illegal activities have been opposing the Delhi demolitions
- Bjp Seeks White Paper On Security Situation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The BJP on Monday demanded that the Government publish a white paper on the extremist activities and the security situation in the State.
- Sena Default Lines (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Jan 04, 2006)
It was inevitable. The 'cub' has finally severed ties with the 'Tiger'. Firebrand Raj Thackeray, a prototype of his uncle, Bal Thackeray, has ultimately detached himself from his mentor, though belatedly, because of simmering differences with his cousin,
- Rajnath Is New Bjp Chief (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Rajnath Singh took charge as president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday from former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, marking a shift to younger leadership in the 25-year-old party.
- No Compromise On Corruption: Rajnath Singh (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 03, 2006)
Takes over reins of party; MPs indicted in cash-for-questions scam may be expelled from BJP also ]
Key responsibility for Bal Apte MPs may be expelled from party also Focus on cultural nationalism
- Uma Bharti's Return Possible (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 03, 2006)
She cannot and will not rejoin fake BJP, says supporter Many party leaders may oppose such a move
- Two In The Race For Uttara Kannada Zp President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The two posts in the panchayat reserved for members from the general category
- Stung Mp Challenges Expulsion From Ls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Pawan Kumar Bansal Committee had gone into the sting operation exposing 11 MPs in the scam. Of the 10 MPs from Lok Sabha, five belonged to BJP, three to BSP and one each to Congress and RJD.
- Change Of Guard (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 03, 2006)
As president, Rajnath Singh has his job cut out for him
- Day 1: Rajnath Choruses Rss, Sings Team-Bjp Tune (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Takeover BJP chief says zero tolerance for corruption, indiscipline, misconduct; quiet on Khurana, Shatrughan, Uma
- Uma Bharati Gearing Up To Clean The Mess In Bjp And Create A New Bjp (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Virtually ruling out expelled BJP leader Uma Bharati’s chances of returning to the party in the wake of change in its leadership, her confidant Prahlad Patel on Monday said the ‘character’ of the saffron outfit remained the same despite the . . .
- The Fall Of Mr Advani (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 03, 2006)
There is a Shakespearean dimension to Mr L.K. Advani’s fall from grace in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Wilting Lotus (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 03, 2006)
The new BJP president, Rajnath Singh, has now been adorned with what its tallest and most enigmatic leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, described as a crown of thorns.
- Bjp Chooses New Leader To Ride Out Troubles (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 03, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party named a low profile, regional politician as its new president on Saturday, hoping he will be able to steer the party out of a series of scandals and setbacks.
- Rajnath Lays Out Priorities After Taking Over As Bjp Chief (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
New BJP President Rajnath Singh today identified four priority areas, including intensifying its agitation against the "anti-people" policies of the UPA government and further strengthening the NDA.
- Corruption, Indiscipline Won't Be Tolerated: Rajnath (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
New BJP president Rajnath Singh today asserted that corruption, indiscipline and immorality would not be tolerated at any cost and denied he would face any problem from the RSS in running the party.
- India In 2006: Forging Ahead To The Forefront (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2006)
A stable political environment, law and order, and a reasonable governance all point to an India heading with confidence into a New Year.
- Ramayan Retold (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 03, 2006)
Maharshi Valmiki's Ramayan is a profound narrative. Not surprisingly, the BJP, which is obsessed with Ram, rarely gets the epic right.
- That Man From Up (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 03, 2006)
Rajnath Singh has taken over as the president of the BJP, not because he was the most acceptable of the candidates within the party, but because he was the least unacceptable.
- Rajnath Singh To Take Over As Bjp Chief Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Rajnath Singh will take over as BJP President tomorrow succeeding L K Advani who stepped down yesterday
- Exit Of Bjp Old Guards (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 02, 2006)
AB Vajpayee and LK Advani have stepped down from the BJP leadership. Vajpayee has announced retirement from politics while Advani has opted out as BJP President.
- Mp: Police Trying To Cover Up Cd Scandal Says Jamuna Devi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Accusing Madhya Pradesh police of trying to cover-up the CD scandal involving former BJP general secretary Sanjay Joshi, leader of opposition Jamuna Devi today sought intervention of Governor Balram Jakhar to ensure an impartial probe into the matter.
- Ram Vs Lakshman (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 02, 2006)
The Ramayana is forever being rewritten and adapted to the times. In the latest adaptation as unravelled by none other than poet-orator Atal Bihari Vajpayee—at the BJP’s silver jubilee rally in Mumbai’s Shivaji—Ram Rajya . . .
- What India's Netas Want (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 02, 2006)
New Year is when we wish people all around us, especially those whom we see most often, like Sonia Gandhi and L K Advani. The erstwhile leader of the Opposition is now the chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance even while she continues . .
- Bjp Chooses New Leader To Ride Out Troubles (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 02, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party named a low profile, regional politician as its new president on Saturday, hoping he will be able to steer the party out of a series of scandals and setbacks.
- Target Bengal (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 02, 2006)
What explains Advani’s optimism?
One can pardon LK Advani for becoming emotional while delivering his last speech as BJP president but that does not explain the optimism he expresses about his party’s determination to throw out the Left . . .
- March Of Time (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 02, 2006)
Harijans in Rajasthan show the way
The experience of a small community of Harijans in a Rajasthan district reflects the lingering scourge of untouchability in a social environment that claims to have thrown up saner voices.
- Ideological Deviation Ends Advani's Journey As Bjp Chief (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Lal Kishenchand Advani, the hawkish face of Hindutva, today stepped down as BJP President a little over a year after taking over the party's reins which witnessed rampant indiscipline and corruption and the backfiring of his attempt to shed "horns" ....
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 02, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Follow Which Leader? (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 02, 2006)
The Ramlila in the BJP seems to be over and hopefully, its new president, Rajnath Singh — who is not Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman or the infamous dhobi — will get down to the serious task of putting the party back on track.
- Crown Or Shoe? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 02, 2006)
The position of a compromise candidate is invariably an embarrassing one. He knows that he was not the first choice and that he enjoys no one’s trust and confidence.
- Bjp To Decide On Alliance Against Cpi(m) Later (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Congress, Marxist party having unholy alliance in State'
- Cpi(m)'s March Begins From Manjeswaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Achuthanandan says Kerala March will expose UDF Government's failures
- A Bjp Without Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 02, 2006)
The only time the party was able to secure a semblance of a national mandate was when it projected him as its prime ministerial mascot.
- Bjp, 25, Very Little To Cheer (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jan 02, 2006)
The mood, said my BJP friend gloomily, what do you think the mood is like at the birthday party obviously after these events it is more than a little morose. Others tried to put on a brave face after the sex, lies and videotape scandal hit slap bang ....
- What Me Retire? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 02, 2006)
The only graceful passage in the year past was the year itself
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