Jammu: Hours after Nitish Kumar described RSS as the BJP’s “supreme court”, party general secretary Ram Madhav on Wednesday hit back and alleged that the JD(U) leader took orders and permission from Sonia Gandhi and Lalu Yadav and they were his “two supreme courts”. “I was listening to the press conference of Nitish Kumar during […]
Rahul Kanwal: You were the architect of BJP’s foray into J&K. Are you disappointed with the performance of the Mufti government so far. The Sangh seems unhappy. Many in the BJP are unhappy. People in the valley are unhappy. The Mufti feels suffocated. This is one marriage that doesn’t seem to be working for anyone. […]
At a time when the Modi government has been accused of following an RSS agenda on meat bans and takeover of institutions, the key link between the Sangh Parivar and the government, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav tells TOI’s Sagarika Ghose that the RSS is an important voice but does not dictate to the government. […]
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived in New Delhi yesterday (September 14) on a three-day bilateral visit, his first international visit after taking over as Prime Minister last month. Mr. Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP) together with its allies secured a near-majority in the parliamentary election last month. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena engineered […]
The recent three-day meet of the leaders of the RSS and its affiliates has generated a lot of curiosity and controversy. The presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several of his cabinet colleagues invited extra attention and ill-informed criticism. The RSS is a big and popular organisation. Hence, the attention and curiosity are understandable. […]
How well his outreach to the Indian diaspora translates into a foreign policy instrument depends on their effectiveness as pressure groups but Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to be on course to attain two other objectives: “Unite” the Indian community abroad, and “revive” their links with the motherland. Over 250 organisations of the Indian […]
Prime Minister Modi spoke about corruption-free India in this year’s Independence Day address. He compared it with termites in our homes that require action at multiple levels. We have to give many injections at many places, he said. He was probably suggesting that besides government, people too have to play a role in uprooting corruption […]
Unlike his previous engagements with the Indian diaspora on foreign shores, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak to a different crowd at the Dubai international cricket stadium on August 17. The 2.6-million Indians living in the rich west Asian nation mostly have their roots in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the two southern states going to […]
Ram Madhav, Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary in charge of party affairs in Jammu and Kashmir and the seven northeastern States, has blamed certain elements within Pakistan for the escalating violence along the International Border. In an interview with The Hindu, he said: “What is happening now, and is quite worrisome, is the fact that […]
Silchar: Allying fears of Bengali Hindus living in Assam, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Monday said Hindus, Christians and Buddhists, who came to India from Bangladesh or erstwhile East Pakistan, will be granted Indian citizenship. “No person who came from Bangladesh out of persecution or harassment will have to leave Assam or India. The […]
