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L.K. Advani said the book endorsed blog. “Prime minis n a book that has sent ripples what everyone knew — that Man- not by the numbe across the political establish- mohan Singh was the weakest prime have spent in office, ment for its timing, Sanjaya minister. “The book has officially prints they leave be Baru, media adviser to Prime endorsed what everyone knew... leader said. Minister Manmohan Singh in his When I said I feel he (Manmohan BJP spokesperson first term, has said that Congress Singh) is the weakest prime minister Prasad said the situa President Sonia Gandhi slowly ever, my colleagues said he is a nice gress was stuck betw chipped away at the authority of the man, why do you criticize him so tal prime minister” Prime Minister’s Office, created a much,” Advani said. president Rahul Ga parallel power structure and left a Leader of Opposition in the not even want to be weakened prime minister who Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said Man- terial candidate”. “allowed himself to become an mohan Singh must seriously introNarendra Modi, object of such ridicule in his second spect as to how his tenure has isterial candidate, term in office”. impacted the Prime Minister’s Manmohan Singh’s After this revelation, the BJP Office (PMO) as an institution. tion to a book which called Manmohan Singh the “weak“Manmohan Singh must serious- father’s authority as est prime minister ever”, and asked ly introspect as to how his tenure government proves t him to introspect how his tenure impacted on the institution of of the book are true election special “If the PM’s dau “impacted on the institution”. prime minister. Did he have the last Commenting on the book The word on all subjects? Or is it theNarendra sys- Modi that it was betrayal supporters at a rally Accidental Prime Minister: The Mak- tem of the original Communist that the prime m in Chennai ing and Unmaking of Manmohan states that was operating, where the believes that the c Singh by the prime minister’s former party general secretary was always book are true,” Mod advisor Sanjay Baru, veteran more important than the head of in Bhagalpur.
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‘NDA HEADING FOR FULL MAJORITY’ Varun has betrayed Gandhi family: Priyanka Arvind Kejriwal begins campaigning in Varanas Won’t cross Survey predicts 275 seats for BJP-led NDA in 543-member Parliament; UPA to manage 111 seats
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riyanka Gandhi Vadra on April 15 slammed estranged cousin Varun Gandhi for the second time in three days, criticizing him for siding with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and “betraying the family”. Talking to reporters in Amethi, Priyanka accused the candidate from Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency of “betraying the family”. Her remarks came hours after Varun Gandhi gave a warning that his silence should not be construed as weakness. Varun, son of late Sanjay Gandhi, pointed out at a rally that he had never crossed the “Lakshman Rekha” of decency. Priyanka, however, said the two were not engaged in a “family tea party” but were in the middle of an “ideological war”. A visibly upset Priyanka, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and late former prime minister Rajiv
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he BJP and its allies are projected to bag 275 Lok Sabha seats, three more than needed to form the government, while the Congress and its partners are set to win just 111 seats, according to a new poll survey released this week. Dressed in a veshti and shirt,BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi waves to supporters at an election rally in Chennai.
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The BJP alone is set to win 226 seats, the party’s strongest performance ever and a dramatic improvement from the two it won in 1984. The Congress, which has ruled the country for the past 10 years, has never dipped below 100 seats, but the poll by NDTVHansa Research projects that it will win only 92 seats. Even with its allies, the Congress is projected to bag 111 seats, three short of its worst solo performance of 114 seats in 1999. The survey showed the BJP had benefited from canny last-minute
Communist Party of India-Marxist had not grown as rapidly as the Aam Aadmi Party despite taking up issues against corruption. Asked how the Bharatiya Janata Party will fare in the polls now underway, Karat told IANS in an interview: “The BJP will make gains mainly in the states where it is the main force against the Congress.” DESAI, ButVARANASI the CPI-M general secretary insisted that the anti-Congress mood “will be garnered by a range of other parties in different parts of the country”. These, he said, would include regional parties, the Left and “non-Congress secular parties”.
Uttar Pradesh that the latest poll shows it winning. Till now, the BJP had been projected as heading towards being the single largest party but with its alliance falling short of the majority mark. If the alliance does not reach 272 seats, it will have to seek more partners from among regional players like J. Jayalalithaa, who is
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alliances such as the one with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh. Another poll by NDTV-Hansa Research in March had projected 214 seats for the BJP and 259 for the NDA. The NDA crossing the magic figure of 272 is heavily predicated on the BJP bagging the 51 seats in
nomic program”. “You can’t be anti-establishment and be still for neo-liberal policies and then be an anti-corruption movement,” Karat told IANS. On being asked why the CPI-M could not replicate AAP’s stunning debut in Indian electoral politics, winning 28 seats in December assembly polls, he said: “The AAP cannot substitute the Left in India.” Karat said the Left has emerged as a strong force in regions due to its working class and peasant movements. He reiterated his views that the Congress will suffer its worst defeat in the Parliamentary elections.
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Srinagar block, about 30 km from Purnea town, the district headquarters. “People in Pakistan are keen to vote for BJP to see Modi as PM,”
What is interesting is that there is not one Muslim family in the village, which comprises mostly Santhal tribal households. There also is not one mosque in this Pakistan. Murmu said they want to vote Modi to counter neighboring country Pakistan’s bid to disrupt peace. “Only Modi can do it,” he said. Purnea goes to polls April 24. According to a police official, government documents record the name of the village as Pakistan. So how did the village get its name? Elders in the village recall that the village was named soon after India’s partition in 1947.
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he climb from the ghats of Varanasi to New Delhi’s 7 Race Course Road is proving to be steep and replete with roadblocks for Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial aspirant Narendra Modi, veteran Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organizers admit. “The BJP and RSS have given us the target of securing a victory
’s true. People of this Pakistan want Narendra Modi to become prime minister of India. More than 250 residents, including over 100 voters of a village called “Pakistan” in Bihar’s Purnea district, are set to vote for the BJP to help Modi to fulfil his dream. “We want Narendra Modi to become PM,” said Hira Hembrum, a middle aged villager. Hembrum’s view was supported by most of the villagers who are living in abject poverty and without basic amenities. Pakistan is the name of a village in Singhiya panchayat,
margin of 300,000 votes for Modi. He would be lucky if he manages to win by 30,000 to 40,000 votes. There are three parallel setups, often working at cross-purposes, entrusted with the task of managing Modi’s election campaign. Is this how a war is fought and won,” a veteran RSS organizer, who has managed successive Lok Sabha, state assembly and Varanasi Municipal Corporation elections since 1977, asked while speaking
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candidates. All p now engage paid w BJP is no except RSS organizer. “For many pol election time is wh chance to make mo Tripathi, a former a movement of the 1 Apprehensions an campaign machiner widely expected to low win margin may
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