A Raghuram Rajan-Narendra Modi team can be good news for India
Fp Archives • 11 years agoOne is amused and yet troubled by the recent media discussion on the non-issue of whether Raghuram Rajan will continue as RBI Governor in case a Narendra Modi government takes over.
Elections 2014: How Modi's sharp campaign helped BJP move ahead
Sanjay • 11 years agoAs BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi finished his speech in Balia, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and drew the curtains down on his campaign, he created a record in the Indian political history, very difficult to match.
Live: Did Narendra Modi just defend Maya Kodnani?
Fppolitics • 11 years agoWe will be live blogging parts of the interview, possibly his last before the polls, where Modi is expected to tackle a range of contentious issues.
Elections 2014: How BJP gained from a Modi-centric campaign
Sanjay • 11 years agoAs it goes to the seventh phase of polls, the BJP issued a statement captioned, “Largest Mass Outreach Campaign in Electoral History of a Democracy”, crediting Narendra Modi for addressing an unprecedented 5827 public rallies, programmes, events, 3D rallies and Chai pe charcha.
Why 17 April may spell gloom for prospects of a Modi wave
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on a roll. A smattering of opinion polls has forecast a mammoth win for it in the ongoing Lok Sabha election. In the BJP's case, that data doesn't inspire much confidence in the 121 seats that voted on April 17 in the largest of the nine phases of the Lok Sabha elections.
BJP leaders are using PR companies to build image: Akhilesh
Fp Archives • 11 years agoTaking on Narendra Modi, Akhilesh said the people of Uttar Pradesh will stop him from becoming prime minister and the SP will "stall" BJP in the state.
Amethi will be developed on lines of Gujarat model: Smriti Irani
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAddressing an election rally in Raniganj here, Irani said, "Jab Amethi me kamal (lotus - the symbol of BJP) khilega toh yahan ki sari bandh factory khulengi aur Amethi ke yuvaon ko rojgar milega (When lotus will blossom in Amethi, all closed factories will reopen and Amethi youths will have employment)..."
Modi is right: We need institutional reforms, not political vendetta
Dhiraj • 11 years agoBJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has said that a prospective government led by him will not be vindictive to its political opponents, not even to Robert Vadra, Sonia Gandhi’s controversial son-in-law.
Rahul has not matured mentally: Modi counters 'toffee' barb
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAttacking Rahul Gandhi for terming the Gujarat model of development a "toffee model", BJP prime ministerial candidates Narendra Modi on Monday said the Congress vice president lacks a mature brain and thinks like a child.
Dev. in Modi's Gujarat is just a 'toffee model' says Rahul
Fp Archives • 11 years agoTaking a dig at BJP's campaign posters on empowering women, Gandhi said 20,000 women are "missing" in party-ruled Chhattisgarh.