Jaipur: Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, named the new BJP president in Rajasthan, has run into problems with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), informed sources said on Monday.

Sources in the RSS told reporters that its leaders were not happy that Raje had been appointed the state BJP chief replacing Arun Chaturvedi, who was a RSS nominee.

It is learnt that these leaders have conveyed their displeasure to the Bharatiya Janata Party as she is being projected as the chief ministerial candidate ahead of assembly elections due in November.

"Raje was not acceptable to RSS as...

Patna: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shatrughan Sinha on Monday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was suitable to become the Prime Minister of India.

"I agree with Yashwant Sinha and support his stand for declaring Modi the party's prime ministerial candidate," the actor-turned-politician told the reporters.

"Modi is an able and popular leader and a successful chief...

Agartala: Any of eight leaders in the BJP, including Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, could be the prime ministerial candidate, party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday.

"The parliamentary board will choose one from among the eight top leaders at an appropriate time as the prime ministerial candidate," the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president told reporters.

He said that...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday welcomed the filing of charge-sheet against former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi but sought to know if action would also be taken against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for irregularities during the 2010 games.

"While the BJP welcomes the belated charge-sheeting of Suresh Kalmadi," it would like to know...

New Delhi: Reacting strongly, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Monday asked his members not to speculate and comment on the issue of party's prime ministerial candidate.

Amidst the growing speculations within the BJP for declaring Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the next prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 elections, Rajnath Singh asked his party members to...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should talk to other parties in the NDA to decide the alliance's prime ministerial candidate in the wake of disparate views on the issue, Janata Dal-United MP Ali Anwar Ansari said on Sunday.

Ansari, a Rajya Sabha member of the JD-U, told reporters that some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders appear to be in a hurry to propose the name of Gujarat...

Bangalore: Following large-scale desertions from the party, the Karnataka legislature is doubtful of Bhartiya Janata Party's survival in the state. The last session of legislature's five-year term began on Monday.

The 10-day session has been called to enable Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar present his maiden budget on Feb 8. He took office six months ago to become BJP's third chief minister in...

Hyderabad: Veteran Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh minister Sarojini Pulla Reddy passed away on Sunday following prolonged illness. She was 85.

A former member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), she was suffering from cancer. She breathed her last at her residence here, family sources said.

Joining the Congress five decades ago, Sarojini Pulla Reddy was elected as a...

New Delhi: Disrupting Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's speech, an angry Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) councilor, Priyanka Gautam created a ruckus at the gathering on Saturday.

According to the sources, Dikshit faced the wrath of Gautam at a public function in Kondli area of east Delhi. The councilor shouted slogan against the chief minister for not being invited to the function even though she was...

Allahabad: Appreciating Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that the Gujarat Chief Minister is a towering symbol of nationalism having countrywide appeal.

According to Naqvi, there were number of capable leaders in the party and any decision about the party's prime ministerial candidate would be taken at an appropriate time.

Praising the...