Anshuman Mishra

Rajya Sabha polls: More trouble for BJP in Jharkhand?

Reported by Rahul Shrivastava | Thursday April 26, 2012

After the controversy over its candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from Jharkhand, Anshuman Mishra, the BJP seems to be heading for fresh trouble. Sources have told NDTV that its coalition partner in the state, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), h...

Election Commission countermands Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand for 'horse-trading'

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday March 31, 2012

In an unprecedented move, the Election Commission (EC), on Friday, countermanded the Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand. The strict action by the poll panel, also the first ever, came amidst reports of "horse-trading" and the seizure of cash worth over R...

Anshuman Mishra apologises to BJP leaders

Press Trust of India | Monday March 26, 2012

Anshuman Mishra, who had levelled certain allegations against BJP leaders after the party backed out of supporting him for Rajya Sabha seat from Jharkhand, today retracted his comments and apologised to the party leaders. The NRI businessman apologis...

Arun Jaitley sends defamation notice to Anshuman Mishra

NDTV Correspondent | Monday March 26, 2012

The tiff between NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra and senior BJP leaders is getting murkier. Party leader Arun Jaitley has now sent a defamation notice to Mr Mishra for making "baseless allegations."

Gadkari hits out at Anshuman Mishra, calls allegations baseless

Press Trust of India | Sunday March 25, 2012

BJP President Nitin Gadkari today hit out at NRI business Anshuman Mishra terming his allegations against party veteran Murli Manohar Joshi and some other leaders as "baseless" and an "expression of frustration" over his failure to make it to the Raj...

Gadkari faces heat over Anshuman Mishra's Rajya Sabha fiasco

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday March 24, 2012

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have rejected NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra's claims that he was offered a Rajya Sabha nomination by party president Nitin Gadkari, but serious differences within the party seem to be surfacing. There is discont...

Congress slams BJP over Anshuman Mishra's fund-raising claims

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday March 24, 2012

The Congress has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a day after NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra alleged that he had funded the election campaign of senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi in 2004 and 2009. Mr Mishra, who withdrew from the Rajy...

Why Anshumam Mishra is worried he's going bald

NDTV Correspondent | Thursday March 22, 2012

Anshuman Mishra, a 37-year-old businessman from London, has accomplished a rare feat - he united the senior-most leaders of the BJP. From LK Advani to Sushma Swaraj, they all agreed that the entrepreneur's background and his status as an "outsider" i...

Anshuman Mishra obliges BJP, pulls out of Rajya Sabha election

NDTV Correspondent | Thursday March 22, 2012

Nitin Gadkari stood completely isolated on Wednesday with leaders from the BJP and its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), expressing fierce criticism of a major decision he made. As the president of the BJP, Mr Gadkari had decided th...

BJP will not support Anshuman Mishra as Rajya Sabha candidate

NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday March 21, 2012

In a clumsy attempt at course-correction, the BJP has now said it will not support Anshuman Mishra, a businessman and an Independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand. The reversal comes after senior party leaders made clear that support t...

Why BJP is working to defeat its own Rajya Sabha candidate in Jharkhand

NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday March 21, 2012

Amidst growing criticism within the BJP over his nomination, Anshuman Mishra, a businessman and the party's candidate for the Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand, may withdraw from the electoral race today, sources have told NDTV.

'Don't put power on sale': BJP leaders upset with Rajya Sabha candidates

NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday March 20, 2012

It's Nitin Gadkari versus the rest of the BJP leadership. A crisis over the party president's alleged choice of candidates for the Rajya Sabha has led to BJP veteran LK Advani asking for an emergency meeting of BJP leaders.