Shivanand Tiwari

Hope Narendra Modi does not want to do to India what he did to Gujarat in 2002: Congress

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Saturday April 6, 2013

Narendra Modi's remark that he is ready to "repay his debt to Mother India", being read as the clearest indication yet of the Gujarat Chief Minister's interest in running for Prime Minister, has set the cat among the pigeons. The Congress has reacted...

Janata Dal (United) slams VHP support for Narendra Modi, says sadhus can't decide PM candidate

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Sunday February 3, 2013

Its allies remain as much a divided house as the BJP on whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi should be their prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 elections.

BJP upset after Nitish Kumar's party leader compares RSS chief to Akbaruddin Owaisi

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday January 7, 2013

The BJP has taken strong and public offense to remarks made by a leader belonging to Nitish Kumar's party, the Janata Dal (United).

Why Maharashtra won't ban Raj Thackeray's speeches altogether

Mid-day.com | Monday September 3, 2012

After Raj Thackeray's speech against north Indians on Friday, the Home department is contemplating serving him a notice; sources claim that the state will refrain from banning Thackeray's speeches altogether for fear of him deriving political mileage...

Nitin Gadkari asks BJP, NDA allies to 'exercise restraint'

Edited by Prasad Sanyal (with PTI inputs) | Monday June 25, 2012

The war of words with key National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partner, the Janata Dal (United), has led BJP president Nitin Gadkari to ask all party functionaries and alliance partners to "exercise restraint" while airing views on coalition-related is...

'BJP dropped Bangaru Laxman like a hot potato, but what about Yeddyurappa?' asks JD(U)

NDTV Correspondent | Monday April 30, 2012

Senior leader of Janata Dal (United), Shivanand Tiwari, has said the party's ally BJP dropped its former party President Bangaru Laxman like a hot potato after his conviction in the Tehelka sting case and yet they did not apply the same rule to forme...