Akhilesh Sharma

PM Modi's New Cabinet Could See Prestige Posts For Smriti Irani, Bengal

India News | Reported By Akhilesh Sharma, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Friday May 24, 2019

For the first time after his Everest of a victory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with his cabinet this evening to discuss the shape and size of his new government.

20,000 BJP Workers Get Party Invite For PM Modi's "Grand Welcome"

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday May 23, 2019

The BJP, confident of winning the national election and returning to power with a huge majority, has asked some 20,000 workers to come to the party headquarters in Delhi this evening. The large gathering is being planned for a grand welcome for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said party leaders.

"Will Never Forgive Pragya Thakur For Insulting Bapu": PM On Godse Remark

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday May 17, 2019

In the huge controversy over comments by BJP leaders glorifying Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, including by Pragya Singh Thakur who called him a "deshbhakt (patriot)", Prime Minister Narendra Modi told television channel News24 today: "I will never be able to forgive them for insulting Bapu."

Election 2019: Under Pressure, BJP's Pragya Thakur Tweets Apology For Godse Remarks

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Anurag Dwary; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday May 17, 2019

Under fire from her own party, the BJP's Pragya Thakur has apologised for her controversial statement that Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse is a "patriot" after it sparked a political storm. The BJP candidate from Bhopalstopped short of an apology twice but appeared to give in after pressure from the BJP ahead of the final round of voting on ...

"If Allies Are Happy, It's Because Of PM Modi": Ram Madhav To NDTV

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday May 7, 2019

The BJP will win a huge majority by racking up more seats in the east and north-east, the party's top leader Ram Madhav said today. "We won't need anyone to form the next government, we are confident," the BJP general secretary told NDTV in an interview.

PM, Amit Shah, Pack In More Rallies Before Last Two Rounds Of Polling

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday May 6, 2019

Campaigning ahead of the last two phases of the national elections is expected to reach a hectic pitch, especially in the BJP camp.

BJP Contests More Lok Sabha Seats Than Congress For The First Time

India News | Written by Akhilesh Sharma | Thursday April 25, 2019

For the first time, the BJP is contesting more seats than the Congress in a national election. The ruling party has declared 437 candidates for the polls to the 545-member Lok Sabha. This is the highest number of seats the party has ever contested since it debuted in 1980 as a new avatar of its predecessor Jana Sangh.

Election 2019: Sunny Deol, Brand New BJP Leader, Says "Want PM Modi For Next 5 Years"

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday April 23, 2019

Actor Sunny Deol joined the ruling BJP today, days after he met with party president Amit Shah. He is likely to be the BJP candidate from Gurdaspur in Punjab. "Like my father joined Atal Bihari Vajpayee, I have decided to go with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I want PM Modi for the next five years," said the actor in a short speech.

13 States, 23 Rallies: PM Modi's Schedule While Fasting During Navratra

India News | Written by Akhilesh Sharma | Saturday April 13, 2019

Imphal to Junagarh, Cooch Behar to Calicut - 13 states, 23 rallies, and 22,000 kilometres of travel. That sums up Prime Minister Narendra Modi's schedule this Navratra.

Amit Shah Meets Upset LK Advani, MM Joshi Amid Worrying Rumours

India News | Reported By Akhilesh Sharma And Arvind Gunasekar; Edited By Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday April 9, 2019

BJP president Amit Shah met upset party veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in Delhi today, hours after the party's big manifesto launch for the national election starting Thursday.

"Won't Fight, Party Free To Pick": BJP's Sumitra Mahajan Is Done Waiting

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday April 5, 2019

Sumitra Mahajan, the outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker, is the latest BJP veteran to declare that she will not contest the national election starting next week. The senior parliamentarian from Madhya Pradesh said she had "freed her party" from having to choose.

"Vikas" Is Asking Where is "Ache Din" Manifesto: Akhilesh Yadav To PM

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday April 5, 2019

Hours before Akhilesh Yadav released his party's "vision document", for the Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party chief poked fun at the BJP and asked if the party will release its manifesto of "achhe din" after the elections are over.

Congress Manifesto "Dangerous And Unimplementable", Says Arun Jaitley

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 2, 2019

Union minister Arun Jaitley today shredded the Congress manifesto for the April-May national elections, alleging that it is "dangerous and un-implementable, and an agenda for balkanisation of India".

Brawl In BJP Camp Over Patna Seat Given To Ravi Shankar Prasad

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Akhilesh Sharma; Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday March 26, 2019

Patna airport today witnessed one of the rare instances of factionalism within the BJP as supporters Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and party colleague RK Sinha came to blows. Mr Sinha, 67, the owner of a prominent security agency, is a contender for the Patna Sahib constituency, from where the 64-year-old minister has been nominated

"Told I Shouldn't Contest": MM Joshi, Benched By BJP, Writes To Voters

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday March 26, 2019

BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi declared today in a message to voters in his Kanpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh that he had been told by his party not to contest the national election. The 85-year-old is the second leader to be benched after LK Advani from next month's national election contest.