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Modi is ‘Unavoidable’, blogs Amar Singh

February 11, 2010

Political activities after his expulsion from the Samajwadi Party, blogger Amar Singh Tuesday chose Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to comment on, describing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader as unavoidable.
Modi was the one personality in Indian politics who cannot be ignored, Amar Singh wrote in the latest entry of his blog.
Amar Singh recalled about [...]

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

April 26, 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 is [...]

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Now, Jaitley endorses Modi as PM candidate

April 26, 2009

Narendra Modi got yet another endorsement from a key BJP leader as party’s future prime ministerial candidate, with Arun Jaitley today saying that he would be happy to see the Gujarat chief minister occupy the top post after L K Advani.
“Modi has ruled Gujarat state which has now become role model for other states in [...]

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Arun Shourie touts Narendra Modi as Advani’s successor

April 25, 2009

In what may be the first clear advocacy of Narendra Modi for PM by a senior BJP leader, former minister Arun Shourie said the Gujarat chief minister’s leadership of his state was exemplary as he had already implemented programmes being promised by political parties in their manifestos.
Speaking in Ahmedabad, Shourie suggested that it could be [...]

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PM silent on black money and secret accounts: Modi

April 13, 2009

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had maintained silence on the issue of black money and secret accounts deliberated during the G-20 summit.
“The developed countries for the first time passed a resolution at the G-20 summit saying that they will impose economic restrictions and build up pressure against [...]

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INDIA ELECTION EYE-Gujarat’s Modi to strengthen BJP-poll

April 1, 2009

The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India’s general election campaign. (Items are from own sources unless stated.)
* Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat state, will strengthen the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) influence in the region and is also a favourite among 79 percent of the people for development work, according to a [...]

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Modi not my heir apparent, declares Advani

March 14, 2009

Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani has said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was not his “heir apparent” although he may be party’s most popular leader right now.
Asked by the Outlook
magazine in an interview whether Modi was “standing above the other leaders of the second generation in the BJP” and if [...]

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Modi PM material for Anil Ambani, Sunil Mittal

January 15, 2009

From being vilified as the most-hated politician in the country post-Godhra, to being eulogised as a prime minister-in-the-making, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has indeed come a long way. As the fourth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit drew to a close at Ahmedabad on Tuesday, corporate India, shedding its usual reticence, hailed [...]

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