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Arvind Kejriwal's honesty certificate a joke: BJP
In a tweet Malviya said: "Recently in Karnataka, Arvind Kejriwal inducted Kodihalli Chandrashekhar in AAP. This week, farmer's union expelled the same Chandrashekhar, after a TV sting showed him demanding 35 crore to end KSRTC employees' strike, he led in 2021. Kejriwal's honesty certificate is a joke!."
Dilip Ghosh in no mood to abide by party gag order
Just a day after BJP's national General Secretary and headquarters in-charge, Arun Singh sent an email communique to Ghosh on this count, the latter was in his usual maverick mood on Wednesday morning. "What is this censorship all about? I have not received such communication from the party high command.
'Where will it bring votes from?' Gehlot on BJP's '2nd' RS candidate
Talking to media, Gehlot said: "BJP has fielded Subhash Chandra, but from where will they get votes? None of our MLAs are going to be sold. Our MLAs saved the government without any inducement. What will they offer to those MLAs who refused to be sold even for Rs 35 crore? "They know they don't have all the votes. Will they do 'horse trading' here and spoil the atmosphere?"
BJP throws a spanner in Congress' RS plans for Rajasthan, Haryana
The candidates are Subhash Chandra in Rajasthan and Kartikeya Sharma in Haryana. The Congress will now have to do extra work to manage its MLAs as the contest heats up in the run up to the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections. In Rajasthan, businessman Subhash Chandra filed his nomination on Tuesday as an Independent candidate backed by the BJP.
BJP censors Dilip Ghosh, bars him from speaking to media
BJP's national general secretary and headquarters in-charge, Arun Singh, in a letter to Ghosh pointed out that certain statements and outbursts by the latter have not only angered the state party leaders, but also embarrassed the central leadership. "This was pointed out to you on several occasions by the party leadership in the fond hope that you will take note," read Singh's letter, a copy of which was accessed by IANS.
Hardik Patel to join BJP on June 2
Confirming the development, BJP spokesman Bharat Dangar said that Patel, along with his supporters, will join the saffron party in the presence of the party state president C.R.Patil and former Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel at 12 p.m. Shweta Brahmbhatt, who had contested Assembly elections from Maninagar constituency on Congress symbol, is also set to join the BJP the same day, party sources said.
Hardik likely to join BJP on June 2: Sources
Though neither Patel nor the BJP has confirmed it officially, the sources said that he has sent messages to reporters informing them about the development. Last week, in an interview to a national news channel, Hardik Patel had dropped hints about joining the saffron party on May 31. But when no such event took place, the mediapersons started inquiring about it.
Congress turncoat RPN Singh fails to get in BJP's RS list
Singh before leaving the Congress was Jharkhand in-charge and was considered a probable for the Upper House in the party, but left the Congress after differences over the selection of candidates in his hometurf Padrauna. Through a tweet, Singh congratulated the party (BJP) nominees for the Rajya Sabha, "Wishes and Congratulations to BJP candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls."
Naqvi, Javadekar missing from BJP's list for RS polls
The BJP has so far released the names of 22 candidates in three lists for the June 10 election. The list misses the names of Union Minority Affairs Minister Naqvi, former Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, party national general secretary Dushyant Gautam, former national vice president Dr Vinay Sahastrabuddhe, former Union Minister Shiv Pratap Shukla and national spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam.
BJP is afraid of Congress ideology, says P. Chidambaram
Talking to reporters after filing his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election at the Secretariat here, he said that there was no need to speak about central agencies like Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation to queries on whether the recent raids at his son and party MP Karti Chidambaram's place had anything to do with his nomination to the Rajya Sabha.
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