http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Thu, 23 May 2013 22:30:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/nda-allies-have-no-veto-power-on-bjps-choice-of-pm-candidate-786157.html#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 16:41:08 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=786157 "BJP is part of NDA and we respect all our allies. But one thing is clear that the prime ministerial candidate will be of BJP and none of our allies has a veto power on this matter," Prasad said.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/nda-allies-have-no-veto-power-on-bjps-choice-of-pm-candidate-786157.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/sack-bansal-sonia-gandhi-protecting-corrupt-upa-ministers-bjp-751759.html#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 07:19:38 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=751759 "We not only demand that Bansal be sacked, he should be prosecuted by CBI under 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act. If any public servant abuses his position to obtain benefits for himself or any other person, he or she is to prosecuted and convicted," BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad said.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/sack-bansal-sonia-gandhi-protecting-corrupt-upa-ministers-bjp-751759.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/time-pm-took-responsibility-of-coal-scam-says-bjp-740685.html#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:48:34 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=740685 "The public spat between the Attorney General and the Additional Solicitor General on how, who pressurised whom on the CBI report on coalgate is not only saddening but also very, very regretable," BJP Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/time-pm-took-responsibility-of-coal-scam-says-bjp-740685.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/provide-sarabjit-with-best-medical-treatment-ravi-shankar-prasad-737507.html#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:36:55 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=737507 Sarabjit Singh was hit on the head with bricks and cut with sharp weapons by fellow inmates.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/provide-sarabjit-with-best-medical-treatment-ravi-shankar-prasad-737507.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/attack-on-sarabjit-singh-was-pakistans-revenge-for-kasab-bjp-735813.html#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:13:55 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=735813 "This is a case of paralysis of the Indian foreign policy," Ravi Shankar Prasad, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, told reporters.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/attack-on-sarabjit-singh-was-pakistans-revenge-for-kasab-bjp-735813.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/govts-approach-towards-china-very-weak-says-bjp-722625.html#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:58:52 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=722625 Terming the government's approach towards China as 'very weak', BJP on Tuesday asked the Centre to spell out steps being taken to tackle the danger arising out of the Chinese troops' incursion in Ladakh.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/govts-approach-towards-china-very-weak-says-bjp-722625.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/manmohan-technically-at-helm-but-power-lies-with-sonia-bjp-684794.html#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:38:40 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=684794 "Should the Prime Minister of a big country like India need to have the charging from a battery to show his own authority. Manmohan Singh is in chair but not in power," said BJP's Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/manmohan-technically-at-helm-but-power-lies-with-sonia-bjp-684794.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-takes-pot-shots-at-pm-calls-him-reluctant-politician-679027.html#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:52:03 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=679027 "Obviously, Manmohan Singh, the reluctant politician, has shown his true colours a few days after Holi and has indicated that he is audaciously ambitious," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-takes-pot-shots-at-pm-calls-him-reluctant-politician-679027.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/believe-it-or-not-congress-spoke-bjp-laughed-trinamool-smiled-674199.html#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:55:48 +0000 Roy http://www.firstpost.com/?p=674199 Politicians from the Congress, BJP, Trinamool, CPI(M) and a television host sit down for a debate. No one interrupts each other. No one shouts anyone down. Believe it or not, it did happen as part of a debate about freedom vs equality in the Indian democracy.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/believe-it-or-not-congress-spoke-bjp-laughed-trinamool-smiled-674199.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/srinagar-terror-attack-bjp-calls-for-scaling-down-ties-with-pak-659638.html#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:40:00 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=659638 Party spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad underlined that the attack took place just four days after Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf visited Ajmer for peace.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/srinagar-terror-attack-bjp-calls-for-scaling-down-ties-with-pak-659638.html/feed 0