Tag: Bharatiya Janata Party

New Delhi: With less than 15 days to go to for the May 12 Lok Sabha elections in the national capital, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday intensified their poll campaign here. Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, who is pitted against Congress’ J.P. Agarwal and the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Pankaj Gupta from the Chandni Chowk […]

New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Gurdaspur parliamentary seat, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday. After his meeting with Deol, Modi shared a photograph of him with Deol and tweeted: “What struck me about Sunny Deol is his humility and deep passion for a better India. Happy […]

New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir on Sunday hit back at AAP’s Atishi Marlena over her allegations that he has two voter IDs, saying one makes such allegations to hide lack of vision and poor performance. “When you do not have a vision and have done nothing in the last four and a half years, you […]

Srinagar: Voting in the second phase of the troubled Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir ended on Monday marred by street protests but with only 10 per cent of the electorate coming out to vote. Two youths sustained pellet injuries in clashes with the security forces in Kulgam district. Both were shifted to […]

Gurdaspur (Punjab): With his popular dialogues “Yeh dhai kilo ka haathi hai” and “Hindustan Zindabad Tha, Zindabad hai aur Zindabad Rahega” to lure people, Bollywood actor Sunny Deol started his campaign for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat on Monday after filling his nomination papers as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. Filing his nomination under his real […]

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday granted exemption from personal appearance to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three others in a defamation complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajiv Babbar. However, Additional Chief Metroplitan Magistrate Samar Vishal asked Kejriwal, Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Gupta, MLA Manoj Kumar and Aam Aadmi Party […]

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday issued summons to authorised officials of UP and Delhi Election Commissions asking them to present all records and documents related to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal who is accused of possessing two voter ID cards. Metropolitan Magistrate Shaifali Barnala Tondon also took cognisance of the criminal […]

Patna: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, contesting from the Patna Sahib constituency as a Congress nominee, has emerged as the richest candidate with Rs 112 crore assets. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opponent from the seat, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad owns Rs 22.09 crore assets, comprising Rs 18.35 crore movable and Rs 3.74 crore immovable assets. Prasad […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday barred Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, the BJP candidate from Bhopal, from campaigning for 72 hours starting 6 a.m on Thursday, for seeking votes on religious lines thereby violating the model code of conduct (MCC). In its order issued on Wednesday, the poll panel “strongly condemned” her remarks and warned […]

Kendrapara: Bharatiya Janata Party’s national vice president and spokesperson, Baijayant “Jay” Panda, today took stock of situation in different areas of Kendrapara district which have been massively affected by cyclone Fani. Panda visited different cyclone-hit villages like Itipur, Gigahidia and Nilikana under Barua Panchayat of Kendrapara district and met the affected residents. The BJP leader expressed […]

New Delhi: Actor Vivek Oberoi, whose film on Prime Minister Narendra Modi was stopped from releasing ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, on Sunday actively campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), urging Delhi to vote for Modi. Vivek gave a dramatic twist to his speech at an event titled ‘Saaton Seetein Modi ko’ (All […]

New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir on Thursday denied the allegations levelled against him by the AAP’s East Delhi constituency candidate Atishi, saying he will withdraw his nomination if her accusations were proven true. In a series of tweets, Gambhir said: “My Challenge number 2, (Delhi Chief Minister) Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi. I declare that if […]

New Delhi: The BJP’s East Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Gautam Gambhir on Friday said that he will hang himself if Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal could prove that the cricketer-turned-politician was behind the distribution of derogatory pamphlets against his rival and AAP candidate Atishi. “Challenger Number 3 to Arvind Kejriwal and AAP. If he can […]

Sultanpur:  Violence erupted n Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh early on Sunday when supporters of BSP candidate Chandra Bhadra Singh a.k.a. Sonu Singh clashed with supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Maneka Gandhi. Supporters of Sonu Singh claimed that the BJP candidate’s supporters were distributing money in villages in Dhanpatganj area after midnight. When they tried […]

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday voted in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls and claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be ousted from power this time. The Congress leader and her husband Robert Vadra exercised their franchise at a polling booth in the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in […]