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Sadbhavana Mission Will End Votebank Politics: Narendra Modi

Thumbnail image for Sadbhavana Mission Will End Votebank Politics: Narendra Modi 19 September 2011

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today began his three-day fast for “peace and communal harmony”, saying the success of his endeavour would mean an end to vote-bank politics. He also said that the fast was not against anybody. “We want to take this spirit to each and every village … Each and every house. This [...]

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Sadbhavana Mission : Narendra Modi begins fast, several national leaders and seers arriving at the venue

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Even as Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is starting his 72-hour fast for Sadbhavna Mission in Ahmedabad from Saturday morning, a number of national leaders and converging at the venue. Those who are arriving on the first day include former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Premkumar Dhummal, Leader of Opposition in [...]

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Sadbhavana Mission : Jayalalithaa supports Narendra Modi’s fast, will send reps

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Narendra Modi’s three-day fast, which starts tomorrow, has provoked debate and in some corners, fierce criticism. Not from Jayalalithaa. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has deputed two senior leaders from her party, the AIADMK, to attend the first day of Mr Modi’s fast in Ahmedabad. Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal will also join [...]

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Narendra Modi’s 3-day fast to begin from Sept 17, 9 AM, at Guj Uni convention centre

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Gujarat government spokesperson Health Minister Mr Jay Narayan Vyas and Minister of State for Industries Mr Saurabh Patel today said that Chief Minister Mr Narendra Modi will begin his 72-hr fast under ‘Sadbhavna Mission‘ from September 17, 2011, 9 AM, at Gujarat University convention centre. Chief Minister’s fast will show the world the power of [...]

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Wikileaks too Modi-fied now!!!

Thumbnail image for Wikileaks too Modi-fied now!!! 23 March 2011

Here is a politician who has been ‘exposed’ by wikileaks as being hailed as ‘non corrupt’, ‘effective administrator’, ‘no-non sense politician’, ‘business facilitator’, by US Diplomats in their cables. Reacting to the recent WikiLeaks disclosures in which a top US consular official described him as a “non-corrupt and efficient administrator”, Modi told reporters on the [...]

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Dadra & Nagar Haveli too goes into BJP’s bag

Thumbnail image for Dadra & Nagar Haveli too goes into BJP’s bag 28 October 2010

The Modi magic worked again as the Bhartiya Janata Party won the district panchayat and gram panchayat elections in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli on Wednesday. BJP won eight out of eleven seats in the district panchayat polls, leaving the Congress with three seats, and assumed power in eight gram panchayats out [...]

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Narendra Modi to meet new councillors on Oct 28

Thumbnail image for Narendra Modi to meet new councillors on Oct 28 27 October 2010

Chief minister Narendra Modi, who is visiting the city on October 28, will meet the newly elected BJP councillors. As the new board of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is likely to come into force only after Diwali, party leadership seems in no hurry to select its office-bearers who will play a pivotal role in the [...]

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Results reflect 10 years of hard work: Narendra Modi

Thumbnail image for Results reflect 10 years of hard work: Narendra Modi 24 October 2010

With the BJP emerging victorious in the civic polls (municipalities, taluka and panchayats), a confident Modi left no stone unturned in celebrating the party’s success and ripping apart the Congress. Employing his usual brand of sarcastic humour, Modi said the Centre ruled by the Congress had employed investigating and intelligence agencies like CBI, RAW and [...]

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Clean sweep for BJP in Gujarat panchayat polls

BJP Wins 23 October 2010

The Congress is down and out in Gujarat: CM Narendra Modi -led BJP on Saturday swept the local body polls, crushing the Congress completely in panchayats and municipalities, after having already won six municipal corporations. The win clearly underlines complete domination of the Gujarat CM on the political arena, where the Congress has been decimated [...]

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Modi slams central government for fake encounter case delay

5 October 2010

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has slammed the central government for delay in probing the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh. Addressing a public rally here on Monday, Modi also criticised the government for misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the case. “It is my humble request to the people of Rajkot [...]

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Celebrate Vijayadashmi by defeating Congress, Narendra Modi tells Surat voters

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To boost BJP’s chances at the upcoming civic polls, chief minister Narendra Modi addressed a public gathering at Surat. Modi praised BJP and party administration in SMC terming it as a remarkable one. He lashed out at Congress on various issues and termed the party as undemocratic. Addressing his first election rally for civic polls [...]

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BJP first to realise importance of reservation for women: Modi

8 March 2010

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has claimed that political parties started realizing the importance of the Women’s Reservation Bill after the BJP adopted an unanimous resolution regarding reservation for women in 1994. “BJP had realised the importance of women and that is why it decided to pass a resolution in the national convention of the [...]

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Nitin Gadkari’s Speech About Narendra Modi at Indore

24 February 2010

BJP president Nitin Gadkari has make his remarks on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi during BJP’s National Executive meeting at Indore, Madhya Pradesh

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Now, Shekhawat joins Modi-future-PM chorus

4 May 2009

Former vice-president and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has come out in support of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi saying his name has been suggested for the post of prime minister because he deserves it. Shekhawat, however, quickly added that L K Advani’s significance in the party has not diminished in [...]

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Modi PM chorus grows stronger in BJP as Jaitley, Naidu chip in

26 April 2009

More support on Saturday poured in from within the BJP for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the party’s prime ministerial candidate with senior leaders Arun Jaitley and M Venkaiah Naidu saying they would be happy to see him in the top post. However, both Mr. Jaitley and Mr. Naidu made it clear that Advani [...]

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