Patna: BJP leader Arun Jaitley today attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying he frequently used the expression India stands tall as a nation, and alleged that it was the country that had been 'dwarfed' under a 'weak' PM.
Prime Minister is often heard using the expression India stands tall as a nation. But, the fact is that the country has been dwarfed under a weak PM, Jaitley said at the two-day state executive meet of the BJP which began in Patna.
Bangalore: BJP leader Arun Jaitley will meet senior Karnataka party leaders in Bangalore on Saturday to select a new head for the state unit following incumbent KS Eshwarappa's resignation on Thursday.
Jaitley, leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha, is reaching Bangalore late Friday and senior state leaders will meet him on Saturday to finalise the name, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar told reporters in Bangalore.
India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj, left, talks to Murli Manohar Joshi, right, as L.K. Advani, second left, and Arun Jaitley gesture during a meeting in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 2, 2013. The two-day long national council meeting of the BJP began Saturday.
New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday said his party was not opposed to the setting up of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) but it was against giving police powers to the proposed anti-terror hub.
In an article posted on the party's website, Jaitley said powers and jurisdiction of NCTC must be within the constitutional framework and fight against terrorism must co-exist with federalism.
New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Sunday asked Press Council chairman Markandey Katju to quit, saying a person holding the post much be impartial.
The Bharatiya Janata Party leader made the demand after accusing Katju of attacking non-Congress governments in Bihar, Gujarat and West Bengal on the basis of his political preferences.
In an article on the BJP web site, Jaitley said Katju's attacks seem more in the nature of thanks-giving to those who provided him with a post retirement job.
The leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha said Katju had over the past week released a draft report on behalf of the Press Council of India (PCI) alleging that the media in Bihar was not independent.
Senior Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Arun Jaitley (R) and Ravi Shankar Prasad prepare to address the media at Parliament house during the winter session in New Delhi on December 5, 2012. India's government, which lost its majority in September, faced a test of its ability to marshal support in parliament on Wednesday with a vote on a contentious recent reform of the retail sector. After two days of stormy debating in the rowdy lower house, lawmakers are set to pass judgement on new rules opening up the highly protected retail sector to foreign supermarkets that are being allowed in for the first time.
