Written by Ram Madhav March 2, 2015 12:02 am When the Jammu and Kashmir BJP gave the call for “Mission 44+” during the run up to the assembly elections in the state, we had our own assessments and calculations for how we could achieve it. We foresaw various post-poll scenarios and worked on different permutations […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has empowered states through more financial independence and risen above partisan politics to create “history” in Centre-state ties, BJP has said while lauding Centre’s move to accept recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has empowered states through more financial independence and risen above partisan politics to create […]
BJP general secretary Ram Madhav is on the cusp of finalising a BJP-PDP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir. He speaks to ET on J&K, and the aftermath of the Delhi polls. How soon can we expect an announcement on a coalition government in J&K? We are actively discussing the contours of a common minimum […]
NEW DELHI: The newly elected president of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena will be visiting India on February 16. This visit is significant for both the countries. Sirisena has indicated on the day of ascension to office that his maiden foreign visit would be to India. Days after winning the historic Presidential elections, he dispatched his […]
NEW DELHI: India is looking forward to US President Barack Obama’s visit to Delhi as the guest of honour at this year’s Republic Day parade on January 26. Neither the fact that he is the outgoing president nor that it is his second visit as president dampens the enthusiasm in the Indian establishment. Coming a […]
Shri. Ram Madhav’s address to a delegation from Harvard Business School Friends, It is an honour to address the delegation of the prestigious Harvard Business School. I represent the ruling political party in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party. Under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s leadership the economic climate in the country is changing fast and […]
Thank you Chair. Friends, I am here to share my views on Indo-China relations not as an intellectual but as a politician, in specific I wish to share my understanding of the ‘new neighbour’ in the last 5-6 decades. However the views expressed here need not necessarily be understood as the views which shape the […]
Delhi has grown exponentially in the last couple of decades as a result of universal factors like migration, industrialisation, urbanisation. Delhi has always been a city of migrants. In the wake of Independence, it witnessed the influx of massive numbers of refugees who came from the newly born state of Pakistan. Post Independence, the city […]
Thinkers who best explain a rapidly-changing India to the world (and the world to India) Forbes India wanted me to list India-based intellectuals who are well regarded outside India. This isn’t that. Instead, this is a list of smart thinkers and doers who I—and a few others whose judgement I trust—think ought to be closely […]
‘We are certainly disappointed by our inability to win a single seat in the valley… We will analyse what led to this kind of dismal — in terms of seats — non-performance by the BJP.’ ‘I certainly don’t want to attribute any religious or so-called communal reasons for it; for the simple reason, that even […]
