Ram Madhav

103rd Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Memorial Lecture

Ram Madhav, September 30, 2019

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s address at the 103rd Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Memorial Lecture at Jayanagar in Bengaluru Today is the 103rd birth anniversary of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Ji. Deendayal Upadhyay Ji was a Sangh Pracharak seconded to Bharatiya Jan Sangh in the early 50s. He had served as its General Secretary for over […]

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, a swayamsevak, was pitchforked to lead Jana Sangh at a critical juncture in party’s history

Ram Madhav, September 25, 2019

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya was the second top Jana Sangh leader to die under mysterious circumstances — the first being the founder, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who also died mysteriously on June 23, 1953. Mookerjee too was 52 at the time of his demise. Syama Prasad Mookerjee walked out of Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet due to ideological differences […]

Kashmir: The End of Victimhood Politics

Ram Madhav, September 20, 2019

Article 370: Chronicle of a death foretold ARTICLE 370 IS GONE. The country is rejoicing. But there are some mourners, not just in the Valley’s political circles but in Lutyens’ Delhi circles as well. For some it is an ideological confusion while for some others it is a political compulsion. But a sane examination of […]

Indian Express: Ram Madhav: ‘Preventive arrest part of political act… Sheikh Abdullah was in jail for decades’

Ram Madhav, September 11, 2019

Preventive arrest is a part of political activity and political leaders in Kashmir cannot argue that standing by the Indian Constitution or holding the Indian flag by themselves should be a reason for not keeping them in preventive custody, according to BJP general secretary Ram Madhav. In an interview with Liz Mathew, Madhav, the party’s […]

The Tribune: ‘Kashmiris have decided to pause, understand’

Ram Madhav, September 3, 2019

What is next for the state post abrogation of Article 370? Articles 370 and 35A were axed because they were coming in the way of development, political empowerment and dignity of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. They were also acting as a barrier for total emotional integration of the people of Kashmir in the […]

In Atal ji’s mould

Ram Madhav, August 27, 2019

Like Vajpayee, Arun Jaitley was a quintessential democrat. Atal ji used poetry to express himself, Jaitley used prose. What a cruel destiny it is to be forced into writing obituaries every few months. In the past five years, we in the BJP have lost six young and dedicated leaders to untimely deaths. First, it was […]

The Week: I do not see it through the prism of Hindus and Muslims

Ram Madhav, August 24, 2019

BJP GENERAL SECRETARY Ram Madhav was instrumental in forging the saffron party’s ill-fated alliance with the People’s Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir. As the volatile situation following abrogation of special status continues to persist in the valley, Madhav talks to THE WEEK about the BJP’s plans for Kashmir. Edited excerpts: What is the feedback from […]

The challenge is to quickly take the benefits of our move to the people: Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav, August 23, 2019

Ram Madhav, BJP national general secretary and the party’s key interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir, attributes the relative calm in the Valley in the aftermath of the ‘dilution’ of Article 370 to the Centre’s engagement with the people. Madhav spoke exclusively to Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa on the developing situation in the Valley and […]